Ships & Modules

Tachs do more dps than pulses beyond 30km while not being forced into low thermal damage types. So if you are capable of fighting beyond 30km then Tachs > pulses. Tachs can still operate within that 30km given decent targets due to gleam and TC but obviously not as good as a pulse fit will. But using Tachs over 70km forces you to use lower dps crystals, so MJDing away from targets generally just means lower applied dps. Just because they can hit at 100km doesn't mean one should choose to fight around that range.

So, to me it's not a "go for pulses unless the mission is long range" but rather "go for tachs unless the mission is short range".

Oh yes, using MJD as tactical option to help your tracking makes good sense, you're right on that. But many people have this mistaken "must be at 100km range because it's cool".

However:

Lets assume my Tach fit hitting an unfitted Harbinger at 100km, that forces you to use Gamma and you'll do 915@100 to that non-transversal BC and it'll do 960@90km. Now picture that fit shooting at that same BC at full transversal (orbiting) still using range scripts and switched to MF, if that happens then the target has to be within 39km to finally drop below 916 dps and it would be 50km for 960 dps.

But you don't have to keep using range scripts, you could switch to tracking and then they'd have to be within 25 or 31km (depending on which dps number you use, 916 or 960) before range + gamma makes more sense. And THEN you can still switch to Gleam where the 916 dps will be attained at 19km and 960@23km. And all that time it keeps the thermal damage compound as high as is possible for lasers when compared to gamma (or even longer range crystals).

This is of course against BC targets and against cruisers then yes you'll be better at range, but then again cruisers aren't even speed bumps. But vs BC or even better BS you're simply better off using MF or gleam even if shooting at shorter (relatively) ranges than MJDing away forced into Gamma.

Keep that tach fit (mine specifically, numbers will obviously be different for other fits) between 20 and 85km and you'll out perform "MJD and use Gamma" both in applied dps as in damage types, would you not be shooting Amarr based NPC.

ignoring tracking tachs with gamma out damage scorch at any range. and in my experience npc frigs are stupid and very rarely need more than 1 shot.

I also think the paladin has more than enough optimal range.



if you were in bastion mode it would be impossible for the npcs to scram you. that said when bastion ends and your ship would theoretically try and warp off they would have a chance to scram you.

that said I'd love to see a mission where npcs were remotely a threat to a blinged out bastioned marauder

aaaaaaaakay, pardon my lack of graphical understanding.

Of course if you just sit there trying to kill everything your applied DPS with beams is going to suck. My questions is why would anyone do this? Just MJD where the NPC's are 70-100 km away and go to town as the all blindly approach you.

I've always wanted to try a pulse fit. Yes you can kill stuff at 70 km but to get maximum DPS you need everything close. This would mean putting more of a tank on it. I wouldn't think the 1 or 2 EANM tank would work if you had everything at 20km. Yes Bastion mode adds a huge boost to tank but it also holds you in place. Not a good thing when you realize the incoming DPS is a bit more than your repper is fixing.

Read this post, my response was to that. If you check out the tach loadout I use (and posted in this thread), you will see that I agree with you...C:

I wasn't talking about being scrammed but rather the emergency warp mechanic itself. It's my understanding that your ship tries to warp only one time right when you disconnect... If you're in Basion it can't do this. After that your ship will just hang out there till it either goes pop or you log back on and warp out.

Good luck finding Pashan's implants....and good luck not losing them to a gank (ppl that do buy them tend to make their ships look like giant tooth-fairy checks, or advertise them like idiots)...