Warfare & Tactics

Im new to the game. Im working on improving my understanding of pvp.

I intend to fit a brawling ship that uses 2x web II which has a range of 10km(13km overheated). I was curious which weapon system would perform best destroying 4k/m frigs and 2k BCs which have been double webbed.

I picked a range of 7km as my target range to give me some wiggle room on that 10km web range.

I made an excel sheet where i went thru and tested each weapon type using every ammo type based on those parameters

There are quite a few weapons usually with faction ammo that do roughly the same damage at the 7ish km mark so i wanted to get some more info about the differences in the weapons. I have a good idea of all the things that go into DPS. tracking, resolution, explosion velocity/radius.

What im wondering about is damage type selection, reload times and anything else i havent thought of in my newbness that could affect the decision. The decision matters for skill training purposes.

missile - Im really not liking these. They have long reload time. And their range sucks IMO. Im seeing a trend in the dps/range balance in the different weapons. The problem i have with missile range is they need to accelerate which lowers their "theoretical range" and they suffer from trying to catch up to targets running away further reducing their range.

So if you have 20km range missiles then you can shave 3k off for acceleration and another 4k for tryinng to catch a fast target. So you really need to be within 13k of a target, a 33% loss in range.

But their DPS/range balance seems to indicate that CCP thinks the missiles theoretical range is their real range and their DPS is adjusted accordingly. Which puts their combined dps/range balance below that of other weapons Im looking at.

pulse -

beam -

blasters -

railguns -

autocannon -

artillery -

i dont have anything to say about all the other ones because havent used them but i have an idea that some are instant reload, some are locked into certain damage types but not sure which is which and what other interesting information might pertain to some of them

am i off on my view of missiles?

I also realized i need to take fitting requirements and cap usage into consideration

you forgot firework launcher

good point about the running away increasing their range. And about caldari ships having best lock range

i get why their more resistent to TD. But why damps

in this case im looking for a brawler, with 2x webs which have 10k range so im thinking whatevers most effective around 7k and it looks to be

heavy neutron blaster with void ammo

does that jive with peoples experience or did I mess something up or miss a better option?

is there any advantage of Rockets vs rapid light missiles?

Fitting!

More specifically, a Rapid Light Missile launcher is basically an up-sized version of a frigate-sized light missile launcher, with a larger magazine, a faster firing rate, and CPU/powergrid requirements that make it unsuitable for fitting on a frigate.