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Umega
Solis Mensa
#1 - 2011-12-12 08:28:31 UTC
Haven't seen one of these type of threads in a while. And with the changes to dram and hybrid (cause small hybrid didn't need much help but got full bump anyway).. I'm curious where people sit on this now. I'll drop my list.. with reasons for each..

1 - Daredevil. Speed, dps, lockdown, range dictation, reliable slot layout. Blasters or rails.. it does not matter for this beast. Solo or gang work, without a doubt.. the Daredevil to me is the King of Frigs. It simply is the perfect frig to me.

2 - Jaguar. Because of how solid all three are with this hull, I'm putting the cream of it at number 2. You want a heavy tackler.. really shouldn't look much further. While its dps and applied overall dps (just like engine horsepower and brake horsepower are different) are slightly lacking to some others, its adaquate speed and hardy, easy to manage tank allow one to focus on the task at hand.. capture n hold.. hence its name, and it has lived to such so well for so long.

3 - Taranis. Real men hull tank. That's all there is too it. The Daredevil's big brother.. as the Taranis was spawned first into existence and I believe it is the Taranis's exceptional reputation amongest her handlers that lead to the creation of the superior DD. Inty speeds and locking, with insane firepower from a toxic-waste born pelican. Adrenline at its finest.. if you aren't leaving a dogfight on fire, then you aren't in a Taranis.

4 - Hookbill. To me this ship can just be flat out wrong. I wanted to list all the Navy Frig Class ships at four, but decided on the top one. The slicer gives Amarr pilots something wrong.. laser + range dictation abilities = evil. The comet, while deeply sadden it lost its Police Squad badge.. it is a brute.. a faster, better version of an Enyo. Firetail with it's new smoked black skin has turned it into Batman.. almost gave it number 1 simply cause of that. And then.. the Hookbill. Fast rocket pooper with dual webs is just wrong.. when you can make your enemy take full dmg as you take low end of theirs, you're doing something horribly Right.

5 - Worm. If ya don't know.. ya jus' don't know. And some of you won't get it till you experince it performed the right way. While its dps is poor.. its applied dps is actually better than you think. Where blasters are short, and barrage misses in falloff.. this is full bore generally all the time. It'll gnaw on your cruisers like a toothless crack hooker.. slowly sucking the life right out of you, taking your will away. How many frigs can passive tank a flight of bonused light T2s? This one. Better buffer, regen, tank in general.. better speed.. than an Ishkur. Trust me.. don't catch Worms.

Feel free to leave your list, with reasons or not. Comment/flame on mine or others.. I do not care. I am curious where the tide of frig favor is atm in EVE.

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egola
NSFW federation
#2 - 2011-12-12 08:37:09 UTC
ima let you finish your list but the Bantam is one of the top frigs of all time! ALL TIME!
rodensteiner
Looser Cannons
#3 - 2011-12-12 14:39:30 UTC
Slicer. Because when skillfully piloted, it will beat every frigate you've mentioned.
Berneh
Backwater Redux
Tactical Narcotics Team
#4 - 2011-12-12 14:51:56 UTC
rodensteiner wrote:
Slicer. Because when skillfully piloted, it will beat every frigate you've mentioned.


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Opertone
State War Academy
Caldari State
#5 - 2011-12-12 17:18:30 UTC
Manticore, because with extra torpedo and bomb support it can literally become a suicide bomber, like in COD MW - bazooka + martydom (hand held suicide grenade, that goes off as your heart stops, killing your murderers in tight places)

Drop the bomb, fit appropriate hardeners, extra HP, let dumb daredevil engage - boom wham. If you tanked your manti right, you can take up to two bombs.


[Manticore, New Setup 1]
Damage Control II
Power Diagnostic System II

Medium F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Ballistic Deflection Field II
Ballistic Deflection Field II
[empty med slot]

'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
Bomb Launcher I, Concussion Bomb
[empty high slot]

Small Core Defence Field Extender I
Small Core Defence Field Extender I

This post sums up why the 'best' work with DCM inc.

WARP DRIVE makes eve boring

really - add warping align time 300% on gun aggression and eve becomes great again
Max Von Sydow
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2011-12-12 17:24:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Max Von Sydow
Opertone wrote:
Manticore, because with extra torpedo and bomb support it can literally become a suicide bomber, like in COD MW - bazooka + martydom (hand held suicide grenade, that goes off as your heart stops, killing your murderers in tight places)

Drop the bomb, fit appropriate hardeners, extra HP, let dumb daredevil engage - boom wham. If you tanked your manti right, you can take up to two bombs.


[Manticore, New Setup 1]
Damage Control II
Power Diagnostic System II

Medium F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Ballistic Deflection Field II
Ballistic Deflection Field II
[empty med slot]

'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
Bomb Launcher I, Concussion Bomb
[empty high slot]

Small Core Defence Field Extender I
Small Core Defence Field Extender I


With that fit you won't even be in the explosion radius of the bomb. It flies at 3km/s for 10 seconds and have a radius of 15km, so that means that you'll need to fly at 1,5 km/s for 10 seconds to be hit by your own bomb.
Captain Nares
O3 Corporation
#7 - 2011-12-12 17:48:41 UTC
rodensteiner wrote:
Slicer. Because when skillfully piloted, it will beat every frigate you've mentioned.

Skillfully piloted any ship beats any ship.
Garr Earthbender
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2011-12-12 18:31:56 UTC
Max Von Sydow wrote:
Opertone wrote:
Manticore, because with extra torpedo and bomb support it can literally become a suicide bomber, like in COD MW - bazooka + martydom (hand held suicide grenade, that goes off as your heart stops, killing your murderers in tight places)

Drop the bomb, fit appropriate hardeners, extra HP, let dumb daredevil engage - boom wham. If you tanked your manti right, you can take up to two bombs.


[Manticore, New Setup 1]
Damage Control II
Power Diagnostic System II

Medium F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Ballistic Deflection Field II
Ballistic Deflection Field II
[empty med slot]

'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
'Malkuth' Siege Missile Launcher I, Caldari Navy Juggernaut Torpedo
Bomb Launcher I, Concussion Bomb
[empty high slot]

Small Core Defence Field Extender I
Small Core Defence Field Extender I


With that fit you won't even be in the explosion radius of the bomb. It flies at 3km/s for 10 seconds and have a radius of 15km, so that means that you'll need to fly at 1,5 km/s for 10 seconds to be hit by your own bomb.


I think he means to sit in the bomb radius so that the MWD frig pops while he laughs it up.

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Max Von Sydow
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2011-12-12 18:39:36 UTC
Garr Earthbender wrote:

I think he means to sit in the bomb radius so that the MWD frig pops while he laughs it up.


How does he sit in the bomb radius? When he'll launch the bomb it will fly 30km away from him.
Terranid Meester
Tactical Assault and Recon Unit
#10 - 2011-12-12 18:49:34 UTC
Max Von Sydow wrote:
Garr Earthbender wrote:

I think he means to sit in the bomb radius so that the MWD frig pops while he laughs it up.


How does he sit in the bomb radius? When he'll launch the bomb it will fly 30km away from him.


Fun Fact: Bombs don't move if you don't.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#11 - 2011-12-12 18:54:42 UTC
Umega wrote:
How many frigs can passive tank a flight of bonused light T2s? This one.


I only wish. That would make it well worth flying.

For the record, the Worm and the Ishkur get the same bonus: +5 drone bay capacity/level.
Max Von Sydow
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2011-12-12 19:02:09 UTC
Terranid Meester wrote:
Max Von Sydow wrote:
Garr Earthbender wrote:

I think he means to sit in the bomb radius so that the MWD frig pops while he laughs it up.


How does he sit in the bomb radius? When he'll launch the bomb it will fly 30km away from him.


Fun Fact: Bombs don't move if you don't.


Fun Fact: They do.
Dorian Tormak
RBON United
#13 - 2011-12-12 19:09:06 UTC
The Vengeance takes all five spots

What you gonna do about it?

Run away, that's all you can do

Holy Satanic Christ! This is a Goddamn Signature!
FlinchingNinja Kishunuba
Crunchy Crunchy
#14 - 2011-12-12 19:28:50 UTC
Umega wrote:

5 - Worm. If ya don't know.. ya jus' don't know. And some of you won't get it till you experince it performed the right way. While its dps is poor.. its applied dps is actually better than you think. Where blasters are short, and barrage misses in falloff.. this is full bore generally all the time. It'll gnaw on your cruisers like a toothless crack hooker.. slowly sucking the life right out of you, taking your will away. How many frigs can passive tank a flight of bonused light T2s? This one. Better buffer, regen, tank in general.. better speed.. than an Ishkur. Trust me.. don't catch Worms.
.


I brought a Worm randomly cause I like the Merlin shape what is this fit of crack hookerness you speak of? Can't find any that look at all good.
Jack Miton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#15 - 2011-12-13 02:13:14 UTC
Worm?!?!?!

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAAAAHHHHAAAA...

Havnt loled that hard, ever.

Dram is still in top 5 easily.

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Benco97
#16 - 2011-12-13 02:26:21 UTC
Shame they nerfed the hookbill a while back, I used to passive tank archaeology complexes (One particularly well known one in minmatar space was a favourite hangout for me) in mine and laugh at all the gangs of cruisers that came in and had to run away when they got even a small amount of aggro as I just sat there getting shot at from all directions calmly scanning a floating bit of junk.
It was OBSCENELY tough for a frigate.

It was obvious that the fun had to end at some point but before it did I made at least three billion isk in my hookbill, it more than paid for itself.

Days sadly gone by now, I guess it was unbalanced though.
Taelos Mishi
Lighthammer Security Solutions
#17 - 2011-12-13 06:40:36 UTC
I'll second that Vengeance, what a powerhouse!!
Skelee VI
Swamp Panthers
Bog Brotherhood
#18 - 2011-12-13 17:20:52 UTC
I vote for the vengeance. dramiel and i love my malediction. Love the hookbill too.
rodensteiner
Looser Cannons
#19 - 2011-12-13 20:31:05 UTC
Berneh wrote:
rodensteiner wrote:
Slicer. Because when skillfully piloted, it will beat every frigate you've mentioned.


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Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
Dorian Tormak
RBON United
#20 - 2011-12-13 22:15:38 UTC
rodensteiner wrote:
Berneh wrote:
rodensteiner wrote:
Slicer. Because when skillfully piloted, it will beat every frigate you've mentioned.


getout.jpeg


Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.

I think you're wrong about the 'Devil.

Holy Satanic Christ! This is a Goddamn Signature!
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