Ships & Modules

Eve is a sandbox game as we all know, that said I am wondering if I have deep ended. I find myself really liking a hull tanked Garmur, and a Smartbomb in the final high slot of a Daredevil. On paper they look real good. Why add defenses to a ship that most likely won't get caught? Why not add two target painters? I mostly fly low sec, so a MWD is not a must with the fit I have one solvo equals 1343 DPS at 30 km. Now for the daredevil a smart bomb seems odd, but think about it, two salvoes and boom. Most frigs are gone. I welcome your feedback, and I thank you for tanking the time to read my ramblings.

You have the freedom to fit whatever you want. The "sandbox" lets you fit whatever you want. It is your prerogative after all.

But are catches:

Just because you can fit anything any way you want, it doesn't mean it will be effective or useful.
Some modules will "synergize" better with other modules just because of their inherent properties and abilities.
Some "realities" necessitate that you fit certain ways.


Some examples:
- a single small smartbomb does not deal much damage. In fact... the only thing it will be good at is scaring people for a nano second... until they see their HP levels (or drone HP levels). At that point, they will disregard it at a threat.
Now if you use the CPU/Powergrid to fit... say... an energy neutralizer... then if something comes that close you you can reduce its capacitor and shorten its staying power.
Mind you... you may not use the energy neutralizer in the grand majority of cases... but when that certain situation comes up it will be vastly more useful compared to a smartbomb.

- Microwarpdrives are a "staple" for most PvP engagement because range dictation is key for almost all ships... both to deal damage and to stay safe. Then again... there are situations where a MWD is useless. Situations like close range brawling (where scrams, which shut down MWDs, are most likely to be employed).

- You could Hull-tank a Garmur... in fact you might be able to make a viable fit doing this (the only version I have come up with can only fit Rockets due to CPU/PG restraints). But the question is... would it be more effective compared to the fast, shield-tanked, Light-Missile version? Could it dictate range against multiple foes?
Remember... it is a "shiny ship." Shiny ships tend to attract more attention and thus more hostiles than a normal Tech 1 ships.



So yeah... you CAN fit anything you want. But not everything will be "good." And that is not something you can really change unless you make every single ship, module, and stat be and perform exactly the same as everything else.

@op, no all of those ideas are terrible.


A smartbomb does nothing to frgis, the only one you can fit is a small one which is only good vs ecm drones (which isnt worth it). A mwdless dual target painter is ********, stick to the rules till you are good at the game, then think about breaking them.

I would like to thank all of you for your feedback, especially you Sarah. Wolf I hope you are an alt. I would like to address some of the issues brought to light through your comments. First the I would like to address the Smartbomb on the Daredevil, you are correct it does seem to be a poor decision. Although the comment made that they would only be useful against ECM drones is incorrect, ECM drones orbit at 10km the small smartbomb only extends to 5km. Truth of the matter is that the Daredevil is just to expensive of a ship to try that on. Second one major problem with a MWD is that it raises the ships signature radius from 32 to 358. Where as anafterburner does not. Now before you jump on me for that, remember that we are speaking of the Curmer, which can point and orbit 35km away. So one turns on the MWD to close the gap, now add the two target painters. I then head to the local market to sell my new found MWD.

It is true that a MWD makes your sig increase... but it also makes you go 4-5x faster than with an AB...

You will die instantly, dont do it.

Op is an idiot for many reasons, either way you look at it

Thank you.