Ships & Modules

range bonus works ok with blasters too so can fit decent blaster gank/tank combo.

The Cyclone is crap. Totally and utterly crap, which is why I fly it. Just no one else start realising how crap it is.

Honestly, now you can actually fit neutrons and a tank to the Ferox, it isn't that bad of a small gang DPS ship...if your gang includes a logi, and you include an ability to fly the thing properly.

I think that if it feels like a brick, you should fit a nano to it. I've heard people complain about the Cyclone being a slug compared to the nanocane...but then not fitting 2 nanos to the Cyclone. It can go like a scalded cat, and same for the Ferox.

Its the same thing as nanodrake vs brick drake - one can be annoying if you have tackle on the field able to hold down something long enough for the drake's long range to work; the other is a pathetic way to fly. With the Ferox, like all blaster boats, you basically need to do the opposite of a nanodrake and just run straight for the enemy and pew pew them...and overheat your MWD liberally, then OH your scram and web to grab them. Your optimal bonus will greatly help you deal some DPS in a stern chase.

I think the key with the Ferox may in fact be TE's. DPS isn't ZOMGWTFBBQ but with a TE or two people will find it hard to kite you. If they are, well, 5s later you've got Null or Lead in and you have rails-level range anyway.

In fact, I shall have to start rolling a Ferox around, see how I go.

Medium rails suck, and if you are going to run rails, you may as well get a Naga and put the big guns on.

Ferox and Cyclone are fine in small gangs, especially when you want your opponents to draw first blood, as those ships are completely under-estimated. Both are more of close range boats than kiting boats tho, so getting aggro from a lot of ships will get you killed pretty fast unless help is REALLY close.

Active tanked it can be okz for solo, just like the Cyclone, but don't expect wonders. Should be able to get buffer BCs 1vs1. Canes are harder than other cause of neuts, but doable with good timing (or bad on their side, pick one).

Tbh the Ferox has as a limited use as any other active tanking oriented BC (like the Gallente ones)...but it's cheaper and/or less feared so it might get you more fights.

As a sniper it was always underpowered. If you cannot use a Naga or another Tier 3, using an HML Caracal or something like that is actually better than a single sniping ferox! I mean...sniping ferox is not really better than a sniping catalyst or Harpy

She posted the fit that makes this possible, so you already had the chance to see it.

62k on a Ferox is easily possible as a buffer tank.

Almost all ships are good if you look beyond standard thinking. Just like the Cyclone the Ferox can be pretty mean if fitted well/creatively. There are only a very small number of ships I cant/wont fly because I cant get a decent fit on them. The Ferox is not one of them.

So is the Ferox dead? No, not to me anyways.

Hmm. Yeah, I'm starting to sound like Spank. FWIW, the best I could come up with was ~37.4k DPS local tanked. Getting 62k DPS tanked with the fit I posted is pretty easy with a pair of triage Chimeras on the field. :-/

-Liang

The ferox isn't dead. It will live forever... In my heart.

He was making a funny because I ****** up in my initial post. I meant EHP, said DPS. This shouldn't be such a confusing issue given that I posted the fit in question.

-Liang

I buried mine a long time ago. RIP Bumbubble Bee

well the new ferox is going to be frontal assault so expect the optimal range to go and be swapped for damage and add a high slot and an extra mid slot... plus enough pg to fit everything...

then you have a very nice blaster ship...

edit. think about it this way after tieriside its going to be the only caldari BC with a resist bonus...

I actually flew a bit of ferox recently and kinda liked it. Felt kinda similar to a cyclone