Ships & Modules

Sorry, the title is a bit simplistic and sensationalist :D What I mean is this:

I'm currently flying a Vexor in level 3 missions. Skills are fairly decent I would say, and I have fit that works well (no room for a Omnidirectional Tracking Link however), so I'm quite happy with my ISK/hour.

I use Hobgoblin II, and Integrated Hammerheads. Now, the Hobs are a safety measure for when a hole group of elite frigs show up, although I should say that the IHHs perform well enough against those as well. The IHHs take care of almost anything else efficiently.

Now I started testing Integrated Ogres on the same missions. They are about 50% slower, sure, but their tracking is pretty close to HHs, and their damage is double. So, I am getting the impression that I could skip the mediums and rely on light+heavy for level 3.

Sure, the limited drone cargo of the Vexor is a factor as well, but I do wonder if the point I'm trying to make (light+heavy seems to make using mediums less of a priority) has any value at all.

For a Vexor, the optimal drone layout for max damage is 2 heavies+2mediums+1light which equals the same bandwidth as 3 heavies but more damage and better application.

Also bear in mind that while their tracking may be near the same, the signature resolution of the drones are different. HH are medium drones and got the signature resolution of medium sized weapons which is 125m. Ogres on the other hand has a signature resolution on 400m which brings their effective tracking much lover since a smaller resolution = better tracking.

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Imagine clowns with chainsaws. Chainsaws that are on fire.
Now imagine there were TWO clowns like this. The fun you could have!
With eight more clowns in the car just waiting to jump out with their own chainsaws as well, you can only imagine the fun at that point.
Oh, and was the fact that it has a nearly battleship level tank and cruiser speed/sig mentioned at all?
So you have a high speed clown car capable of spewing forth flaming chainsaw wielding clowns who will mulch all that offends you at your fingertips.

Is there any better reason for medium drones?

Over 600 dps from drones alone. Battleship tank. secondary weapon system just in case 600 drone DPS wasn't enough.
versatile fitting variants. I know I'm sperging about the ship, but it kind of justifies the drones as well.
Likewise in the case of say a Sacrilege, you can only muster a full rack of medium drones... which gives it a decent fallback weapon system for dealing with the small and the fast. These are not the only ones, just the immediate ones that come to mind.

You mean the Gila I guess.

Only thing is, I didn't ask "Do medium drones suck in general?", I asked: Flying what I fly, on the missions that I fly, does it make sense for *me* to skip them.

Depends entirely on what the frigate is doing.

Since the frigate is likely pissing his pants, he is likely burning like mad. The drones are hence trailing behind him and have 0 angular velocity on him. Hence the mismatching resolution has negligible impact and what you should worry about more is how fast your drones are.

Ironically the frigate can't stand still, cos then he risks being hit by guns.

Scissors, Paper, Scissors.

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What you're asking, somewhat re-phrased, is:
"Hi, I fly cruiser sized hulls from the Gallente race. But I don't want to train medium drones. Does that make sense?"

My general answer is:
No, that does not make sense.

Watching cocky MWD frigates squirm trying to shake off Valks that go 6m/s (VNI + Drone Nav comp) is worth the training time alone.

Got 9.3k Acolytes for that heh.

They still won't do **** because of derpy drone AI