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Help with loadout, new player

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Toryna Evingod
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2015-01-05 14:52:23 UTC
Hey everyone.

Just started playing eve and running the Epic arc missions atm. Im having trouble with my ship. I could use some help with the loadout.

Current ship:

Rifter

3x 200mm Light prototype automatic cannon with EMP S rounds.
1MN Afterburner I
Small Shield Booster I
'Langour' Drive Disruptor I
Small Armor Repairer I
Gyrostabilizer I

I dont know if im supposed to run this or go for a more ranged build or if up close is the best. whats your thoughts?
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2015-01-05 16:09:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Antillie Sa'Kan
I assume you are running the level 1 SoE Arc.

First off, don't tank both shield and armor at the same time. It just makes you terrible at both. Second, you don't really need a web on an AC Rifter for PvE. Small ACs track really well already and the Rifter has a tracking bonus. Try something like this:

[Rifter, Rifter fit]

Small Armor Repairer I
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I
Gyrostabilizer I

1MN Afterburner I
Tracking Computer I, Optimal Range Script
Eutectic Capacitor Charge Array

200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
Small Diminishing Power System Drain I

Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Small Nanobot Accelerator I
Small Anti-Explosive Pump I

Should fit with reasonable fitting skills (CPU Management V and Weapon Upgrades V). If not, drop the Anti-Explosive Pump for a fitting rig or drop the cap charger. It won't have enough DPS to kill Dagan in the final mission so you will need to move up to a destroyer or get some help to take him down.

The Rifter works with either ACs or Arties. However AC's are easier to fit and let you slap a NOS in the utility high for the one mission where you get neuted (yes, the nos works against the NPC in question, I have tested this). They also do more DPS and track better. To be honest the Thrasher will run the arc much better since it does more DPS and has enough cargo space for the 150 m3 cargo in Mission 19: An Economy Under Threat.

[Thrasher, Thrasher fit]

Damage Control I
Gyrostabilizer I

1MN Afterburner I
Small Shield Booster I
Shield Boost Amplifier I

200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I, Fusion S
Small Diminishing Power System Drain I

Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-Kinetic Screen Reinforcer I

A Talwar would also work, probably even better than the Thrasher, but that involves missile skills, which you may not have yet.
Toryna Evingod
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2015-01-05 16:13:58 UTC
Getting the skills for all that will take a long time, have around 128k skill points. Any suggestions to what to do in the mean time? or a less skill heavy-needed build?
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2015-01-05 16:24:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Antillie Sa'Kan
Well get training and seek out some help while you wait for skills. Fleeting up makes everything easier. Could also try dropping the Eutectic Capacitor Charge Array for an empty slot and switching the Small Anti-Explosive Pump for a fitting rig.

You are going to want fitting skills and whatever else you are missing to fly that fit anyway. Might as well train them now. The fits I gave are about as light on skill requirements as you can get without being truly terrible.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#5 - 2015-01-05 16:29:26 UTC
Toryna Evingod wrote:
Getting the skills for all that will take a long time, have around 128k skill points. Any suggestions to what to do in the mean time? or a less skill heavy-needed build?


Skip the last high slot. It won't help all that much and takes up fitting space you could use for other things. Without that, the whole thing should be trainable from scratch in less than 2 days.
Toryna Evingod
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2015-01-05 16:45:57 UTC
Thanks for the imput, i am training skills but have no implants (other than the three +1 u get from missions) and i dont rly have the ISK to buy better ones, looking at the rigs, just that part will take 12hrs+ is there any other missions i can run with my current setup in the mean time to get some cash?
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2015-01-05 16:47:50 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Skip the last high slot. It won't help all that much and takes up fitting space you could use for other things. Without that, the whole thing should be trainable from scratch in less than 2 days.

This is a good idea. The NOS only helps on one mission and you can probably speed tank the rat in question without the AB. Since the guns don't use cap you should be just fine.
Toryna Evingod
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2015-01-05 16:51:01 UTC
The mission im currently stuck on is "Chasing Shadows" I need to kill "Kristan Parthus" and i cant deal enough dps against his Armor tanking.
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2015-01-05 16:53:25 UTC
Toryna Evingod wrote:
Thanks for the imput, i am training skills but have no implants (other than the three +1 u get from missions) and i dont rly have the ISK to buy better ones, looking at the rigs, just that part will take 12hrs+ is there any other missions i can run with my current setup in the mean time to get some cash?

You could run normal level 1 missions in the mean time to get the hang of things and make a little ISK. Read up on the missions here before you run them. EVE University has a good guide on the SoE Epic Arc here as well.
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2015-01-05 16:54:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Antillie Sa'Kan
Toryna Evingod wrote:
The mission im currently stuck on is "Chasing Shadows" I need to kill "Kristan Parthus" and i cant deal enough dps against his Armor tanking.

Ask for help in local. Someone will probably be happy to help out. EVE is a multi player game after all and gets very very boring if you only play by yourself.

I suspect your gunnery skills are probably not that great. Training them up will really increase your DPS. Or try a Thrasher.
Toryna Evingod
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2015-01-05 17:12:03 UTC
Can i kill Dagan with the thrasher setup u suggested?
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2015-01-05 18:07:03 UTC
Dagan falls to most destroyer fits yes
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2015-01-05 19:26:07 UTC
Toryna Evingod wrote:
Can i kill Dagan with the thrasher setup u suggested?

If your gunnery skills are good enough, yes.

Dagan dies easily enough to anything that does about 120 DPS. I think a bit over 100 DPS is the bare minimum to break his tank depending on the type of damage you are dealing. Anything more than 150 DPS and he will just vaporize.

That Thrasher fit does 217 DPS with my skills. With your skills it will deal a lot less. But probably still enough to kill him. For comparison the Rifter fit I posted does 92.9 DPS with my skills. Not enough. You could kill Dagan in a Rifter, but you would need T2 weapons to do it.
Toryna Evingod
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2015-01-05 19:42:28 UTC
Just killed him, my thrasher does 115.2 dps, so im a bit low :) but thx for the help, should i continue on level 1 missions or do level 2 missions?
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2015-01-05 19:45:29 UTC
you might find level 2s midly difficult with autocannons as u have to get down and dirty with the npcs.

A lot of PvE damage mitigation is in outranging the npcs.

Try artillery and an an afterburner and fly away from them while shooting.
Toryna Evingod
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2015-01-05 19:48:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Toryna Evingod
Tsukino Stareine wrote:
you might find level 2s midly difficult with autocannons as u have to get down and dirty with the npcs.

A lot of PvE damage mitigation is in outranging the npcs.

Try artillery and an an afterburner and fly away from them while shooting.


Don't have enough skills to mount 7 Artillary cannons with using the other stuff. if im gonna use Artillary i need to ditch the Shield Boost Amplifier, what should i change?

And the ammo im usin, Fusion S cuts the optimal range in half, what ammo should i use for artillery?
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2015-01-05 20:05:29 UTC
This might be a lot to take in but I will try:

1. Projectile weapons (autocannon/artillery) are balanced to fight in falloff ranges, this means you will want to shoot at around optimal+50% of your falloff range.

For example: Your optimal is 5km and your falloff is +10km, a good range to stay at would be 5km+ 0.5*10km =10km

This is because of how falloff works, your damage doesn't decrease as much to start with but after a certain point will drop sharply.

This picture roughly shows you what is going on: https://wiki.eveonline.com/wikiEN/images/a/a4/Falloff.png


2. All turrets have different versions within a size class. Small artillery has 250mm and 280mm versions. 250mm does less raw dps, has less range but has better tracking and lower fitting requirements.

As a new player fitting 7 280mm artillery will be next to impossible, try 250mms first. This applies to pretty much all ships in eve.

3. Different ammo have different properties, I would advise going through all of their "show infos" to get a good idea of what each one does.

In particular, projectile ammunition differ in several ways:

Optimal range bonus/penalties
Damage types
tracking speed bonus/penalties
Toryna Evingod
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2015-01-05 20:21:54 UTC
What would be good medium and low fittings for usin artillery?
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2015-01-05 20:30:17 UTC
to start off: damage application will be your main concern.

mids:

1mn experimental afterburner
optical tracking computer I (optimal range script)
small C5-L Emergency shield overload

lows:

fourier transform tracking program
damage control I
To mare
Advanced Technology
#20 - 2015-01-05 23:02:39 UTC
Toryna Evingod wrote:
What would be good medium and low fittings for usin artillery?

with 250mm artillery you should have no powergrid problem even with very low skills the thing that probably cripple the fitting is the shield boost amplifier, 50cpu aint easy to spare on a low skill thrasher.
try to fit a co-processor in your low slots and see if that helps, otherwise ditch the shield boost amplifier for a cap recharger it wil make your tank weaker but you can run it for longer.
all fitting modules goes in the lows slots and co-processor and micro auxiliary power core (MAPC) are the best for starters, when you move to bigger ships you wanna cosider reactor control units and power diagnostic systems, there are no medium slot options for fitting modules.
you can use rigs like Small processor overclocking unit and small ancillary current router (probably too expensive for you) but they usually give less benefits than the low module slots


dont use too many modules for damage application as long as you set your keep at distance properly (as someone already said optimal+ 0.5*falloff) and you use said keep at distance button on the rat you shooting you will have no problem hitting him.

remember that during mission you can run away if the situation gets overwhelming.
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