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I saw that there has been some tinkering with their slot layouts, stats, and bonus' on chaos server.

lol, the wolf is so awesome it doesnt get its last bonus, but still gets an additional low slot :-P

It did apparently get a tracking bonus, the original post about the data dump was in error. The corrected version is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/nmv25/from_chaos_with_love_to_assault_frigates/

THank goodness.
In which case I rest my case, I would nag that wolf would loooove a third mid rather than a 5th low, but I won't be picky. <3

i take it you didnt see the ab bonus' that were on sisi last time. those were about as modest as could be made and they still turned out overpowered and ridiculous. your not going to get the ab bonus so just stop saying it =P

besides, none of these can do ceptor speeds

mwd's are always used by good AF pilots. right now, AF's are glorified tacklers. thats all theyre good for. AB AF's get kited and raped by nano canes, t1 cruisers with mwd, etc.

this is looking very interesting. might work.

p.s. i think the bonus to drone HP for the Ishkur is huge. this should give it the resiliency against other AF's like the Wolf that rely on sniping the drones quickly.

inties are fine. there's no way AF's will be able to achieve the same speeds and agility. speed IS defense for AF's. the AB bonus buff allowed them to mimic armour-AB HAC's, but this was OP.

hope they put this on sisi soon.

the role of AF's has always been to take down "bigger stuff". this role has not been realized, but thats what it is.

With the exception of the stiletto. Most fleet interceptors are terrible. Mainly because a Stiletto can fit 1 medium shield extender.

Anyway, from what I've read. The Bonuses and changes to the Enyo, Hawk and Retribution are not substantial. Atleast compared to the other assault frigates.

Jaguar: The Jaguar would have no weaknesses. You could use a dual medium shield extender set-up, with a damage control and possible 2 damage modules. You will not have to down grade to 125mm auto-cannons to track afterbunering frigates. The only thing it would lack is projection damage. However, you could use one of the low slots for a tracking enhancer. Just with a damage control and 2 medium shield extender. The Jaguar can have around 12,000 effective hit-points or you could use a invulnerable field. After you factor in shield rigs. Even more hit-points

Vengeance: I'm already able to put together a perma-running neutralize set-up for the Vengeance. This means unless another frigate has a capacitor booster. I can shut off all their modules until my ship is destroyed. That is a built in GTFO ability. Works really well, but I was using a all turret set-up. Apart from that, which will be viable with rocket launchers if CCP goes ahead with these changes. The Vengeance can permanently run one repair and have a very large effective hit-points. While maintaining 130 - 140 damage per second. More than enough damage already. Only the most damaging assault frigates can engage this ship effectively @ the moment and survive. Increasing the Vengeance rate of fire is a big mistake. However, CCP went and made some of the other overpowered too.

Ishkur: Well, giving this ship one low slot is just increasing it's tank. Does not take much to make this overpowered. Those who have some insight on this frigate and figure out the rest Here.

Wolf: Now, not only does it already have the best gank-tank ratio of all the assault ships. CCP is suggesting increasing tank further, while maintaining that nice 300 damage per second. Not to mention it now has bonuses to tracking. No weaknesses other than only having 2 mid slots. However most frigates will not survive a engagement with this ship if they stayed under scrambler range.

Harpies: This will be better than the Eyno and will be more in-line with the Vengeance. Has range bonus which helps with damage projection and will allow it to out-damage most every ship under warp scrambler range. Except The Ishkur, Enyo, Wolf, Retribution. CCP seems to want to turn it into a little Drake with Blasters (shield resist bonus). Thing will be able to use a neutraliser. Set-up correctly, it will be able to active tank and track with blasters with the new changes to hybrids. Or just beast buffer tank like a dual mse Jaguar.

I would like to add the retribution, because it would be closer in-line with a Coercer in terms of damage if CCP went forward with these changes. Not to mention a bonus to Tracking and a mid slot. I will be using these alot to deal with the other OP ones.

Now if these ships get a sig bonus. What makes interceptors unique and worth using? A little more warp disruption range? What does it matter when you'll be fly swatted anyway. Doesn't a frigate with more tank become the better option? Also their are less than a handful of cruisers faster than 2,000m/sec and every frigate is significantly faster than that.

Even some of the best interceptor pilots in-game can see what these changes would mean. All I'm saying is at-least let interceptor keep their useful signature bonus. It's all they have. Assault ships do not need a role bonus. Focus on damage and projected damage for these ships. With the exception of the Vengeance and Hawk (these ships should focus on defence).

Also my new Jagabond set-up would look a bit better if these changes went threw.

[Jaguar, Cougar]
Damage Control II
Tracking Enhancer II
Micro Auxiliary Power Core I

Small F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Small F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
1MN MicroWarpdrive II
Warp Disruptor II

280mm Howitzer Artillery II, Republic Fleet EMP S
280mm Howitzer Artillery II, Republic Fleet EMP S
280mm Howitzer Artillery II, Republic Fleet EMP S
[empty high slot]

Small Projectile Burst Aerator I
Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I


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