EVE General Discussion

Hello all,

I am a suicide ganker. Since the last hulkageddon, I have been perfecting the art.

My setup of choice today looks like this:

[Catalyst, Catalyst - T1 Suicide Ganker]
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I

Sensor Booster I, Scan Resolution Script or Initiated Harmonic Warp Scrambler I (requires perfect fittings, CPU issue)
Sensor Booster I, Scan Resolution Script

Light Neutron Blaster I, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster I, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster I, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster I, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster I, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster I, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster I, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster I, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S

Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I
Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I
[empty rig slot]

I prefer this setup due to the cost being roughly 2 mil. When a T2-fit catalyst easily costs 5 times more for not even twice the DPS, this ship becomes a clear winner when you can bring more people.

I have been using this setup for some time now, practicing on mining barges and exhumers:
- Untanked Covetors can die to a single T1 catalyst in a 0.6, might even get the pod if skills are maxed (avg loot 5-15 mil).
- Retrievers with low-to-moderate tank can easily be killed with two T1 catalysts (avg loot 5-10 mil).
- Untanked Hulks can just barely be killed with two T1 catalysts in a 0.6 (avg loot 10-40 mil).
- Link to our killboard, feel free to check the last two months for confirmation of these numbers.

I did some number crunching concerning freighters and jump freighters:

EHPs Against Caldari Navy Antimatter with level 5 skills (no implants):

Providence - 192124
Charon - 181288
Obelisk - 202988
Fenrir - 172790

Ark - 345824
Rhea - 329735
Anshar - 371146
Nomad - 311021

T1 catalyst overheated volley: 830 (418 dps)

(1.0 - 0.9) 3 volleys = 2490
(0.8 - 0.7) 5 volleys = 4150
(0.6 - 0.5) 8 volleys = 6640

Amount of Catalysts needed (3 / 5 / 8 volleys):

Providence - 77 / 46 / 29
Charon - 73 / 43 / 27
Obelisk - 82 / 49 / 31
Fenrir - 69 / 42 / 26

Ark - 139 / 83 / 52
Rhea - 132 / 79 / 50
Anshar - 149 / 89 / 56
Nomad - 125 / 75 / 47

What have we learned:

1) Aim Minmatar, avoid Gallente
2) Taking variables into account, 50 catalysts (~100 mil) to gank a freighter in 0.5
2) Taking variables into account, 75 catalysts (~150 mil) to gank a jump freighter in 0.5

I am already manufacturing 500+ such catalysts per month. EVE mail me in-game if interested and await further instructions. Feel free to help me optimize further or provide me your most delicious tears.

Man we occasionally have trouble getting enough people in highsec to gank freighters and jump freighters with taloses and whatnot, to whoever manages to get even the fifty DPS pilots, I tip my hat to you. Triple points if you don't have several people ISBoxing multiple DPS clients.

Nice work. Some very useful info.

The Eve community owes you for putting the hard work in, keeping the economy flowing and adding game content for miners and freighter pilots.

Even if they don't realize it yet - They should all thank you, because if nothing splodes - no one needs to buy anything.

Just remember that perfection is pretty hard to get everyone to live up. Poor skill, people firing from the wrong range, pilots not overheating or haven't trained it, a girth of low dmg rolls, Ect.

Might want to bring a few extra people and encourage some people to get the highest Meta Guns they can comfortably afford because Meta 2 guns are like 150k and meta 3 Mag Stabs are 200k which is way better then a Freighter escaping because a few people didn't measure up.

Congrats

If that was 100 mill between 5 pilots, I'd have balance concerns. But with 30+ pilots? No problems in the slightest; the higher pilot requirement balances it all out. Good luck to you, in your endeavours. Well, unless it's one of my freighters. But I'm sure you understand

For comedy purposes, how many low meta fitted velators would it take to kill a freighter, at least in EFT warrior theory? Would it be cheaper or more expensive than catalysts?

(I could probably figure this out myself but :effort:)

Nice work with the number of Catalysts needed for freighters and Jf´s BUT
it is pure theory.

You need a mean value and standard deviation to know the number of extra catalysts you have to bring to succeed with a confidence level of at least 95%.
Just saying...if you want to do it then do it right.

And another drama unfolds...

This is what you do when you have no luck in EVE - you dream of success, of your sucky destroyer, of having 50 friends and how these will put an end to your tears.

My catty is yours sir.