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Rail guns vs Autocannons
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Cage Man
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Pandemic Horde
#21 - 2013-02-11 22:22:24 UTC
You absolutely need to train drones. T2 light drones are teh only thing that is going to save you in missions when you BS can't hit the frigs scramming you. Also for PVP.. they keep those pesky tackler at bay... well sometimes...
I would suggest get you support skills up and stick with the AC's till you can use T2 large AC and Arty) with lvl 4 spec before you switch to another system.
Rezig Huruta
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#22 - 2013-02-11 23:11:05 UTC
Cage Man wrote:
You absolutely need to train drones. T2 light drones are teh only thing that is going to save you in missions when you BS can't hit the frigs scramming you. Also for PVP.. they keep those pesky tackler at bay... well sometimes...
I would suggest get you support skills up and stick with the AC's till you can use T2 large AC and Arty) with lvl 4 spec before you switch to another system.


I endorse this message completely. Drones are a valuable and flexible tool. You don't have to super-specialize in them, but being competent in them will increase your combat power at the cruiser level by a good margin.
Solomar Espersei
Quality Assurance
#23 - 2013-02-12 20:12:15 UTC
At some point as you're transitioning into BC hulls (earlier if training Gallente or Amarr) you will want to make a run at T2 light drones. It'll take you quite a few weeks to do so, but it's really a huge deal for both PVP and PVE.

In my experience, ACs and Blasters are more enjoyable and generally more useful than their long range brethren. I think that you'd be wise maybe to train those up to spec 3 or so for frigates and see which one you prefer. You can then move onto a spec'd medium gun of the preferred shorter range gun and onward from there.

I can say that T2 rails have left me mostly disappointed, except for their application in web/kiting frigs such as the Harby, Incursus, etc. They seem pretty good in that spot. Still, if given the choice between ACs and Rails for small guns, I'd do AC spec first. Honestly though, blasters might suit you more so consider those as well.

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Pinaculus
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2013-02-14 12:23:27 UTC
By the time you train either Hybrids or Projectiles to T2, train all the support skills to actually use them well, train all the fitting skills to be able to stick them on a ship and have room for tank, train all the tank skills so you don't die instantly, train all the cap skills so you can actually run everything for longer than 20 seconds, and train all the navigation skills so you can actually go fast enough to control range on someone else....it's not that much longer to just train the other gun types to T2 as well (except for Large guns).

And, yes, drones are awesome. Also....Thermodynamics.

I know sometimes it's difficult to realize just how much you spend on incidental things each month or year, but seriously, EVE is very cheap entertainment compared to most things... If you are a smoker, smoke one less pack a week and pay for EVE, with money left over to pick up a cheap bundle of flowers for the EVE widow upstairs.
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2013-02-14 16:29:23 UTC
obviously this person is looking at this dilemma because of time restraint.

People posting "TRAIN ALL THE THINGS" is fairly pointless because obviously eventually after many years we will train everything but for now I think that autocannons are the way forward.

You can change your damage type and they have decent range due to the natural high falloff, plus they do not use cap.

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