Ships & Modules

Only thing precisions might help you with would be popping drones I would think. Maybe give a buddy a couple of mill and have him buy a few tech 1 frigs to try out different ammo vs base, ab, and MWD speeds and see what results you get.

The way I see it, Corax's fury LM have a faster explosion velocity than regular CN LM, the only difference then is signature radius/explosion radius.
Hence, with target painters, your fury LM should apply their dps as well as regular CN LM would do.
Hence, I'd say you can go with them as your regular ammo, because it will be more effective than a regular setup on a regular ship.

Yet, you can consider the most effective ammo for the Corax itself, but this question is more complex, because it depend upon the fit but moreover it depend upon the average target you will shoot or, depending on your will, the worst case you need to deal with your regular ammo.

Also, keep in mind when testing that any minmatar ship is a worst case scenario for damage application (amarr ship are slower, gallente/caldari are slower AND larger).

Seeing the stats you show, I'd say a Corax fury LM with one TP will be as effective as another ship CN LM without TP, but this intuition don't consider the DRF of fury, but this one could be offset by the overload of the TP.

Rifter. What about about anything else ? Also, I was talking about CN LM on another ship than the Corax. My mistake if you're still right, that's the DRF issue.

Rifter is quite fast with low sig radius compared to other similar frigs. Tackle frigs have smaller sig radius while being even faster ans as such using fury generally makes no sense against frigs. Two painters would help but it's just not worth losing 2 midslots for it.

You could swap the fit and gain ~20% EHP while losing ~20% dps, but at the same time not have to use a 605 but instead a much cheaper eg-603 and it would allow for an F85. Not sure if the swap is useful in your case seeing as you never seem to lose your pod.

[Corax, test]
Internal Force Field Array I
Micro Auxiliary Power Core II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Medium F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Faint Warp Disruptor I
F-90 Positional Sensor Subroutines, Scan Resolution Script

Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile

Small Ancillary Current Router I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
Small Bay Loading Accelerator I



Or assuming you run CA-1&2 + a 603 you could go for this, again slight more ehp, slightly less dps but much cheaper fit.

[Corax, test 2]
F85 Peripheral Damage System I
Ballistic Control System II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Faint Warp Disruptor I
Small F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Small F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction

Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile

Small Ancillary Current Router I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I




OR, as a simple improvement over your fit use this, slightly more EHP with same dps at a slightly lower cost. I'm pretty much assuming here the sebo is there as a "low cpu mid slot" thing than a tactical necessity.


[Corax, test 2]
Internal Force Field Array I
Ballistic Control System II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Faint Warp Disruptor I
Small F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Small F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction

Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missile

Small Ancillary Current Router I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
Small Bay Loading Accelerator I

You don't have to, use EFT's damage graph to figure out how stuff works against specific targets.

In the missile damage formula, the explosion radius is *always* used, and it's effect on the dps is a bit higher than the explosion velocity, even when the target signature is larger than the explosion radius. Hence, rigor are always better than flare and two painters are far better than one web.

The problem with EFT and all is that you still need to find either your average target or the worse target you want to engage for full dps. The second problem is that unfited ships drasticaly lower the applyed dps of missiles, because tanking rigs and mods rgeatly modify the target signature and speed, with prop mod on or not. The difference between fited and unfited ship can be as high as 35% (fited ship can take 35% more damage).

To correctly assess your average dps with missiles, you need a large enough set of target AND their fit. That's a lot of data to gather.

Here you can find a practical tips to assess your missile dps.

The technique is to use the minimum velocity factor which give the speed of the target at which the damage start falling. Unfortunately the chart is outdated, but you can calculate the numbers for your case easily. The mvf is calculated as follow :
target signature * explosion velocity / explosion radius = maximum target velocity for 100% damage.

Another thing to keep in mind is the Damage Reduction Factor : this parameter means that fury missiles will see their damage falling faster than CN missiles when speed limits damage.