Ships & Modules

Which is best on what and when (assuming you use blasters and get within range)? Particularly in the case of medium blasters. I'm inclined to use void ammo against anything battlecruiser sized given the recent accuracy adjustments, and sometimes vs cruisers when using heavy electron blasters. But what about ion and neutron blasters? Can they hit things with void within optimal range?

The 20% buff to blaster tracking could have made Void more viable than CN AM even when shooting equal-sized ships.

I believe a webbed frig can be hit with void now that the patch is out. Does anyone have the tracking for old caldari navy antimatter before buffers got boosted opposed to buffed void?

Since the buff I now take Void loaded, with Null and faction AM in cargo.

If it turns out I can't track with void, or the target I'm going for is significantly smaller (think frig if I'm using medium guns, I won't downgrade from Void if I'm fighting another cruiser unless it's a SFI for example) I'll switch to faction AM.

Use for Null is obvious.

-Ed

I will say that the tracking issues for blasters, and thus void, are still not fixed.

I had a dual rep thorax with medium electrons, scram, and no web. I had void loaded. I tackled a Naga, scrammed him and set orbit at 1000 and turned off MWD. I got under his guns and started chewing through his shield buffer. It took longer than i thought necessary, and by the time I had him in low armor, falcon and drake showed up and did me in.

I went back and looked at the logs and 95% of my hits were 'barely' or 'lightly' or whatever the exact name is. That is why I didnt kill him.

Now, i didnt have a web, was using void, and Nagas have a lower signature than your normal BC. BUT I was using electrons (best tracking) and he was shield tanked, so his sig was bigger. I can only conclude that tracking on blasters inside their optimal is still not working right. So, at the very least, be careful with void against T3 BCs.

Becuase he was in a fast T3 BC and I would have lost him. Regardless, it doest change fact that for ships and guns designed to go into tight orbit at close range to kill the enemy, doing so makes your guns completely nerfed. I should be able to get reasonable regular normal hits on a larger target in my optimal - even with no web and void. Something is still jacked.

Void isn't for every target. Try the antimatter ammo next time. Conversely, you can go with a conventional buffer fit Thorax that has a web.

If you are the one orbiting your enemy that means you are the faster one {or the guy you are fighting is a complete tool}. So if you are the one orbiting, whether you have a web or not is completely irrelevant in regards to tracking. Furthermore, orbiting your enemy is not the way to keep them close to you. If you click the orbit button there is a good chance your enemy will escape if his speed is remotely similar to your own because your ship is automatically panning to the side in an attempt to orbit while your enemy {if he is smart} will be heading off straight away from you. While, yes, you can quickly react to this and spam approach or what have you, doing so will also mean that your enemy will be able to track you, probably for full DPS. Not a good situation to get into. Now, When the dude above your post asked "why didn't you stop?" I think a more logical response from you would have been for you to assume that 'stop' = 'stop orbiting' as orbiting was the source of this whole problem. Now, to stop orbiting completely might be a bit drastic, but perhaps slowing your boat down a tad would have scored you some nicer hits. But then again if the guy was in armor... why wouldn't you simply hold him at an advantageous range rather than orbiting at all? I guess you were just sitting there thinking "die already, die already!!". Sadly that is a mistake made by many pilots during times when they should have been paying more attention to the battle.

load void, hit approach, web, kill.

void should work fine in neutron blasters against other cruisers if you aren't trying to orbit. Remember, in addition to the 20% tracking buff, void 's effective tracking was tripled with crucible, when it went from a 75% tracking penalty to a 25% tracking penalty, giving it the same raw tracking as null. So if you're missing with void, you're a bit too close.

I still keep faction antimatter with me, and I wouldn't plan on using void if i have a scram and no web