Ships & Modules

I wanted to make a post about this ship in the hopes of some kind of suggestion for a re-work magically appearing.
Since the re-work of the Typhoon, this ship has become even more....Odd

For those of you who are unaware, the bonuses of the Typhoon Fleet issue are as follows:

Minmatar Battleship bonuses (per skill level):
7.5 %bonus to Heavy Missile, Cruise Missile and Torpedo damage
7.5 %bonus to Large Projectile Turret rate of fire

Okay, so what's wrong with this? It doesn't look that bad right?

At one time i would agree, This doesn't look too bad, until you realise that its very difficult to mix/match or just go for one weapon system and still get a decent damage result. Please do not misunderstand, this ship has an excellent Capacitor, Armour and shield Stat, (easily fielding 150k ehp from a very affordable price).

Now, these bonuses allow these ships to be fit in unusual ways, ways that people don't expect. Which is an advantage in itself, but my argument is that all of these methods of fitting, simply don't do enough damage to be worth using the ship at all.

For example, a buffer fit Typhoon with 650mm projectile turrets and x2 gyro-stabilisers can only reach dps of 669 (RF phased plasma). The bonuses do not help that much either, when you factor in that due to no range bonus, this damage is applied only in same range as a Megathron (which alternately can get shy of 1k dps and much better tracking).

You could swap to rapid heavies, but since the ship has no bonus for them, they are wasted.
Try it with torps? You get very high damage, unfortunately thats not very good against small targets (which are the most common targets) So that leaves cruiser missiles. Using cruise missiles, and armor you get practically unlimited tactical range, good damage projection, and very nice tank....Sadly the dps is still not great, only reaching past 800 with the help from x5 max skilled ogres (1064 dps)


So whilst the Phoon fleet issue has some very nice tanky stats, other T1 battleships still out perform it in every way.


I hope this opens up for discussion on the ship itself and what could be done to fix this.

The ship is fine. I would say its one of the best and versatile battleships out there. Do keep in mind it only works well with missiles, but within that limitation, it can do a LOT. Shield or armor kite? Sure! Brawl? Why not! Works with any missile system.
Reworking this ship would probably mean nerfing the 7.5% dmg bonus, which is kinda one of its main selling points.

Okay then, guess i'm wrong on every front then...


Though it doesnt actually get a bonus to 'Rapid' heavies only gets a bonus to Heavy missiles - Might seem like a small difference, but they classify as two seperate weapon systems

Why Does it have the turret bonus then? Everyone here seems to favour missiles on them? why not scrap the turret bonus entirely?

I'd very much like to see that fitting.

[Typhoon Fleet Issue, New Setup 1]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

500MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
Large F-S9 Regolith Compact Shield Extender
Large F-S9 Regolith Compact Shield Extender
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron

Polarized Torpedo Launcher, Mjolnir Rage Torpedo
Polarized Torpedo Launcher, Mjolnir Rage Torpedo
Polarized Torpedo Launcher, Mjolnir Rage Torpedo
Polarized Torpedo Launcher, Mjolnir Rage Torpedo
Polarized Torpedo Launcher, Mjolnir Rage Torpedo
Polarized Torpedo Launcher, Mjolnir Rage Torpedo
Polarized 800mm Repeating Cannon, Hail L
Polarized 800mm Repeating Cannon, Hail L

Large Warhead Calefaction Catalyst II
Large Core Defense Field Extender I
Large Core Defense Field Extender I

Ogre II x5

For when you REALLY need to kill a POCO lol

Seems to have an insanely good alpha... got a 1700 dps fit here with armor buffer using T2 torps
Same highslot layout. Think i'll give a few fits testing on the test server. Thankyou for your feedback

Rapid heavy launchers use... heavy missiles. So you're getting the equivalent of 8.25 launchers with Minmatar Battleship V. A damage bonus will always trump a rate of fire bonus with rapid launchers. The Fleet Typhoon will thus also out-DPS a Raven or Navy Scorpion as well.

You don't see Phoons much, because that is not EVE's current META. But if there's a battleship engagement to be had, the T1 phoon is a super cheap, powerful, tanky, utility versatile ship. The best in game for my thinking. The Fleet Issue is even better.

The can be fit to neut, or fit to remote rep.
Selectable damage
Shield tank
Armor tank
Fast, as battle ships go
Great drone bay
again, very affordable

If your not getting 1000 to 1200 DPS, you either have bad skills or a bad fit.

Minmatar used to be skill intensive. A well skilled Phoon needed Missile skills, Drone skills, Shield, Armor, Gunnery, Speed/Nav skills. But: it was a fairly easy cross over for mission pilots with decent CaldariRaven skills.

I've been in hundreds of BS fights with a T1 Phoon.
I like Mega's second, and I liked the 'old' Armageddon a lot.
Definitely worth skilling for imo.

I agree, the typhoon fleet need a boost, more fire power.
The ship as some reals problems against any ships from its class, it"s hard to get some kills with it



for those who did not realize I was joking

ha ha ha one of the most funny thread i have ever read