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Clarification on Capacitor Battery "Reflect" Effect
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Ansirem Plato
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-10-01 00:28:43 UTC
I was wondering if anyone knew, in detail, the way that cap batteries reflect neuting/nosing.

For example, if I have a battery fitted, and I get neuted, is that 12.5% reflection (as per attributes) applied to the enemy in addition to 100% of the neut effects on my ship, or do I instead only get neuted for 87.5% ( 100 - 12.5 ), and the remaining 12.5% is then applied to the enemy who is neuting me?

If it is the latter, does anyone know if any component of this works in PvE? I think the most impactful example of this would be when considering sleepers, for the following 2 reasons:

1) Can you reduce the incoming neuts of sleepers via a cap battery?
2) Does the neut reflection then count towards EWAR effects that have a tendency to affect their choosing targets to attack?

I have be unable to find any comments on these aspects of cap battery reflection thus far, so thanks in advance if you have any input.
Cpt Smasher
Rafzakael Enterprises
#2 - 2013-10-01 20:18:39 UTC
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=155441

Only decent looking thread i found with a quick search. I dont know much about it. But when you expect your capacitor to get wrecked. I always bring my trusty cap booster. Nothing gets you going quite like 800GJ charge. Lol
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Ansirem Plato
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-10-07 04:45:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Ansirem Plato
Thanks for the link.

Looks like like I'll have to test this out though.

Will post back when I determine something. :)
Nalha Saldana
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-10-07 07:18:56 UTC
Cap batteries are super powerful in a fleet that has cap transfers because it gives you buffer and the reflect can hurt the enemy a lot while you will get that cap back. I always try to fit my logi ships with batteries nowadays and it works like a charm.
They can also be powerful on amarr ships to make the lasers be able to run for a longer time and make them less susceptible to neuting.

From another thread i read before the reflect is a chance that reflects the entire cycle but that might be wrong.
Kosetzu
The Black Crow Bandits
Northern Coalition.
#5 - 2013-10-07 09:59:22 UTC
Nalha Saldana wrote:
From another thread i read before the reflect is a chance that reflects the entire cycle but that might be wrong.

It's a constant amount that gets reflected each time, at least according to someone who tested it some time back. Was in some thread I posted in about this a while back... Too lazy to search it up now =)