Ships & Modules

The scythe fi is one of the most curious ships to me. In this vessel we observe an antiquated design philosophy for eve online ships that curiously takes its inspiration from real life. I am making this thread not to assess its power level relative to other ships but to gain ideas and insight in to situations where it could be or has been successful.

Some thoughts are: fitting 3x artillery and 2x rlml for frigate hunting in lowsec. If you fail to volley the target you can burn them down slowly with missiles.

secondly you have the 4x ham 1x ac fit. Fighting other cruisers is a challenge not only because of their own stats but because most cruisers have decent drone bays. The hams fight th cruiser while your ac grinds the drones off.

Thirdly you can fit 4x ac and 1x hml on an armour fit. Perfect for those situations where some flexible backup dps is required on a hilariously fast platform.

has anyone got comments or critique? I am basing this off my experience with games like mechwarrior and typhoon fleet issue

It does everything. It is super fast and has a tiny sig. You can fit it a million different ways which is an advantage. Best navy cruiser by far.

If you want to be frigate killer, fit it with lights missiles and neuts or light missiles and 220's
Dual prop it for extra dunks but personally I don't like using RLML's on it.

We fly it. It is awesome.

My two favorite fits are;

The 650 Arty Scythe for fleet. Fly it as a skirmishing comp with Huginn webs or Bellicose TP and it's great. Kinda like a cheaper Muninn gang.

The 3 425s+2 HAMs + large asb is great as a solo brawler. I use it to catch kiting ships like the Caracal, Cynabal or Cerb. It puts out 500+ dps

I don't like RML because it doesn't have the range bonus like the Caracal does

Almost univeraal praise? I always saw people saying that split weapon ships were terrible?

Fleet phoon is an oversized version of this same ship but I don't really see them at all. Is it the same story or just too expensive for use?

ScyFI isn't a split weapon ship though. The classic version of split weapon would have been more along the lines of 6 highs, 4 turret slots, 4 launcher slots and a 25% bonus to each weapon system, making either choice poor against the competition, and a focus on both a nightmare to fit enough damage mods (BCU's and Gyros.) The ScyFI is a dual weapon bonused ship, with powerful bonuses to each weapon system making it not directly inferior.

Against a comparable HAM Caracal fit, it gets a little more cap life, about 20% more EHP, slightly less DPS (10%) but a bit more volley (20%), goes substantially faster (30%), and aligns more quickly. It also has a utility high you could use to try and fit a gun for more DPS to match the Caracal, or alternately fit a neutralizer. It also has more drones.

Against a comparable fit Armour Rupture, it has a similar tank, more cap life, much higher speed, more DPS, better cap life, and an extra mid (extra web? Dual prop? Both?) all with similar other stats. Against a Shield Rupture the difference is immense, with it gaining a lot more everything (50% EHP, 50% speed, faster align, smaller sig, more DPS, only downside is a small neut to a medium.)

So basically what I'm saying is it's not a ******** split weapon system ship of old where you NEED to fully fit it with both weapon systems and try to cram something useful together to make it work, it gives you a ship which is at the least comparable to the competition in a focused role, if not better, while also being able to operate as a split weapon ship.

we have an entire fleet comp based on it. 4x ac and 1x neut. 10mn AB brawler