Ships & Modules

Hello Community, hello DEVs,

In my encounters I figured some problems with kity frigates.

Well thats OK. So I thought, the best way to counter them would be a artilleryship.

I put my (last Version) EFT on and did some fittings. Well I tryed at least with no success.

Thats how I tryed it:

What would the best ship for a longrange setting? Thrasher, must be.

Set to all Lvl V, thats me.
Small Artilleries: awsome, 280mm Howitzer II

7 of them into the Ship and there are 5 points of Powergrid left, 5 (in Words five) is not even enough for an afterburner.

Ok, I thought maybe the large Brother, the Sabre can do this. But shortly after, I realized, the Sabre has even less PG than the Thrasher.

Ok lets try the Wolf, that should do it. Well, the Wolf is a litle bit better, you can put 4 of the 280er Artys on it and at least an Afterburner. MWD? No Way! Iam not even talking of any tank.

I see definitly no reasonable way to fit those 280mm artillerys. No, I dont want it for suizide ganking with the Lowslots full of Reactor Controls, I want it for ordinary PVP, with at least a MWD on it without the rigslots or Reactor Controls.

Maybe there is some way of thinking behind these prerequisites but I cant figure it out.

The 250er Artys are a little bit better, but it is still very hard to do something sensible, not possible even to try a rudimentary tank.

I hope you guys can help me here and tell me why the prereqs of the guns are the way they are.

Sincerely, Shantarius

If you look at the alpha, there's enough to volley right through a frigate with 280's. That's why it's so hard to fit them.

Ah, I see you discovered the flaws of being EFT Warrior!
Carry on.

280s are really, really good. I find myself perfectly willing to drop in the odd fitting mod or implant in order to fit 280s on a Wolf or a Thrasher. I'd be wary of making them any easier to fit, lest 250s be made pointless.

Thank you for that one.
You see, 1 fitting and 2 Rigslots "missused" for fitting issues, lots of expensive Meta4 Stuff, not even a T2 Point is not what I call reasonable. That could be a stopgap assistance for Players without all Lvl V Skills but it can not be the propper way to use those Items.

I tryed something equal with the coercer, it is a little bit better in case of PG but CPU is the issue there.

I think those small long range guns need some rebalancing. It is understandable, that a long range Sniperbattleship does not need a Propulsionmod, but in frigfights, where the distances are covered much quicker, a propmod is essential.
A battleship, which uses 1 of 6 Lows for a Fittingmod is something different than a Frig / Dessi with only 2 or 3 Lows.

With the Arty Wolf, you simply aren't trying hard enough.

[Wolf, my alpha brings all the bads to the yard]
Gyrostabilizer II
Co-Processor II
Micro Auxiliary Power Core I
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Faint Warp Disruptor I

280mm Howitzer Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S
280mm Howitzer Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S
280mm Howitzer Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S
280mm Howitzer Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S
[empty high slot]

Small Projectile Collision Accelerator II
Small Projectile Ambit Extension I


2 shotting inties erryday m8s.