Ships & Modules

Hey,

Going to be returning to the game over the course of the next month. Just want to get to grips on where the game is now and move things around before I jump right back in (only been abscent for 5 months)

My whole EvE life revolved around Frigate hulls. I was active in RvB, solo Frigate PvP and Minnie FW missions (SB's).

I wanted to know what the impact of the changes in Assault ships has had on the game when it comes to Frigate Hulls; both PvP and economics.

I appreciate my question is a little general, but I either PvP in Frigates or I run FW missions to sell Firetails. So, as an example of a direct question; is there still a market for Firetails due to the changes to Assault ships?

Regards

Barrak

Might finally be able to return to my roots as a Caldari pilot and rock with my Hybrids :)

Sounds like I'm gonna have to EFT warrior it for a few weeks too......

Have the extra slots dramatically changed the balance of AF's now?

Completely forgot about those changes........ was never really that into them but they are cheap, which is always nice :)

Better not let Liang here you say that.

For the record, Liang flew his Blarpy before the buff. He knows it's OP and should not be faulted because he flies a ship that gives him advantages within its class. If more people had the skill sets to fly it and realized how good it was, more people would fly it. Unless it gets nerfed to a point of uselessness, I'm sure he will continue to fly it.

To not fly a ship that's broken or OP just because it's broken or OP is to unnecessarily put yourself at a disadvantage in PvP. Remember drams before the nerf?

Before you take out your shiny frigate out of the hangar you should consider to inform yourself about the new thread to frigate pilots: the Tier 3 BC, they have incredibly high scan res and can insta-pop you easily from medium to long range. So keep your fingers close to the warp or jump button if one of them appears on Grid.

Disregarding Harpy and neglecting Talos's tracking of doom in the same thread...
That's it, I'm opening a cyno for liang to come over and show you the one truth.

OP, there might still be a niche market for the Firetail but it did shrink by quite a bit lately. Be sure to check prices and market volume again before buying new BPC's.

Rifters all the way.

Frigate PvP is alive and well in lowsec from what I've seen, but in nullsec it's a bit... um... dead. I left 0.0 because of that.

In a gang, T1 frigates are great. T2 frigates are also pretty awesome, and AFs are beautiful now. The faction frigates are pretty cool too. Destroyers are now amazing, so long as you don't take too much fire.

For railgun Caldari, look into a Merlin fit with 75mm railguns, rockets, an afterburner, scram, and a MSE/invuln tank with a DCU. It gets AF levels of tank, while doing decent amounts of DPS at 5-6 km, or closer if you load Javelin ammo into your rails (close range rail/beam/arty ammo was buffed and actually works now). You can also look into dual web Cormorant, which is a really inexpensive, underestimated, and quite powerful fit. Unfortunate (or perhaps fortunate) part is it really cannot fit with T2 fittings.

Also, one last note: be careful attacking Ahrieman, Liang, or Hahbahdishdoo (or whatever his name is), particularly if it happens to be in Amamake. They are cool people, but very good frigate pilots and have command ship T3 boosts in system. I would not bet on you winning.

I know how you feel, people have told me I'm good too, but I know I am utterly terrible and can present evidence to support that. It might be the fate of all those who lose frigate after frigate after frigate.