Warfare & Tactics

Last night Caldari Admiral Kahn "KAHHHNNNN!!!!" Farshatok took the fight to a whole new level. In one fell swoop he nullified the only two remaining advantages the Gallente had with what our Intelligence Sources are calling the "Fat-Cat Doctrine".

The Fat-Cat is a simple fitted Tristan hull with two objectives: 1) Remove the effect of lousy Caldari pilots from the battle by concentrating as much of the piloting, targeting, and basically everything to the FC, and 2) Deny FDU pilots any worthwhile loot.

Bottom Line: Kahn plans to starve us to death, just like he tried to starve Kirk to death by transporting him to the center of a planet. This is an all-out war of attrition - to the bitter end.

Here is the fit:
[Fat Cat, Tristan]
Small Shield Transporter I
200mm Autocannon Ix2
1MN Microwarpdrive I
Medium Shield Extender I
Warp Scrambler I
Micro Auxiliary Power Core I
Overdrive Injector Ix2
Small Capacitor Control Circuit Ix3
8x Tech 1 Drones

The fleet doctrine is brilliant. Set up inside a FW Plex, turn on the MWD, hit "keep at range 500" to the FC, launch drones and assign them to the FC, put the small shield transporter on the FC (since he is the only one actively piloting and targeting anything). And wait. The only thing the fleet members need to do is engage anybody who attacks the FC with their autocannons and scram. "F1" and "F2" isn't very hard - even for a Squid.

What makes this fit a "game changer" however, is the fact that there is no loot that the Federation Militia pilots can use to replenish their ship losses. There is nothing of value here with the sole exception of the Capacitor Control Circuits. In fact, the CCC's cost 3x the rest of the ship. This might sound "moronic" at first, but in reality it's brilliant because rigs don't drop and so an enemy fleet can't use them to resupply their forces. That, coupled with the fact that Gallente are at Tier 1 and cannot make isk in FW, will likely prove to be the last nail in the coffin for the Gallente Militia. We will not be able to endure our losses for much longer.

Difficult times are ahead.

Get a smart bomb. GG

Yah and there is a thing called a small smart bomb

Who could possibly find enjoyment in being in such a fleet? Faction Warfare, e-uni style.

Get out of their drone range and snipe them into oblivion?

..clears throat...

I've had issues with assigning drones in low sec space. The buggers just kind of sit there sometimes.



*Oh and looking at that setup the trists are using try arty rifters.

In an epic battle between atron blobs and tristan-cat blobs, there can be only one...

Drones are jam/damp resistant because you can:
1. Assist somebody who is not jammed/damped, and
2. Put them on "aggressive" so that if you are jam/damped they will still apply dps.

Our fitting experts are still at work trying to counter this setup. Will report back soon and get your opinions.

Dear Jim, my enemies are flying a fleet comp with precisely 0% natural EM resist. Can you fix it for me to please bring some lasers?