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Death Toll007
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Posted - 2008.10.04 17:44:00 -
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Which one is better and why?
-Ferox
-Drake
-thx |
BiggestT
Caldari
Space Oddysey
Pupule 'Ohana
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Posted - 2008.10.04 17:50:00 -
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Edited by: BiggestT on 04/10/2008 17:50:04
Ferox coz its different and you wont be like the 90% popn. of cal bc pilots that fly drakes.
Shooting stuff at 150km with railguns is fun :D
Though, in general the drake is "superior" (but lame) |
Liang Nuren
No Salvation
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Posted - 2008.10.04 17:53:00 -
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Trick question, right? One's a tier one, the other's a tier two. It comes with more slots and better fittings.
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Rawr Cristina
Caldari
Naqam
Exalted.
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Posted - 2008.10.04 18:15:00 -
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What's a Ferox? 
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Kaileen Starsong
Amarr
Veto.
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2008.10.04 18:30:00 -
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 Originally by: Rawr Cristina
What's a Ferox?
A caldari BC that can fit a gangmod in a pvp fit?
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Orakkus
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Posted - 2008.10.04 19:25:00 -
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Why Drake is good:
Drake is an uber, battleship level tank, and adds some DPS to the fight, and makes a pretty nice bait ship.
Why Ferox is good:
The Ferox is much cheaper and lends itself to gank style of play. It can be used in both a sniper and close range configurations (seen a few wicked Blaster Feroxes around).
Why Drake is bad:
Midslots in the most typical configuration are used up for the tank, so you are stuck trading tank for tackle.
Why Ferox is bad:
Not really a tanking ship, this ship generally won't last in any protracted engagements. |
goodby4u
Valor Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.04 19:34:00 -
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Drake is very much so better at many different things.
However, blasteroxes are often used because nobody in their right mind will primary a ferox over the number of different juicy targets. |
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Caldari
Wreckless Abandon
G00DFELLAS
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Posted - 2008.10.04 19:45:00 -
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If you have to fly caldari BCs in PvP, and you are not in a Drake, then you are an idiot or bait. |
goodby4u
Valor Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.04 19:47:00 -
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Edited by: goodby4u on 04/10/2008 19:46:56
Originally by: Felix Dzerzhinsky
If you have to fly caldari BCs in PvP, and you are not in a Drake, then you are an idiot or bait.
Ferox is hardly ever primaried and does alot more blaster dps.
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Felix Dzerzhinsky
Caldari
Wreckless Abandon
G00DFELLAS
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Posted - 2008.10.04 20:03:00 -
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Originally by: goodby4u
Edited by: goodby4u on 04/10/2008 19:46:56
Originally by: Felix Dzerzhinsky
If you have to fly caldari BCs in PvP, and you are not in a Drake, then you are an idiot or bait.
Ferox is hardly ever primaried and does alot more blaster dps.
you mean EFT dps? and there is a really good reason its not primaried. . .
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MalVortex
Reaper Industries
Eternal Rapture
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Posted - 2008.10.04 20:16:00 -
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Originally by: goodby4u
Edited by: goodby4u on 04/10/2008 19:46:56
Originally by: Felix Dzerzhinsky
If you have to fly caldari BCs in PvP, and you are not in a Drake, then you are an idiot or bait.
Ferox is hardly ever primaried and does alot more blaster dps.
I just ran the numbers. A Level 5 skilled Ferox, with 6x Neutron IIs, 1 HAM II, 3x MFS, all faction high-damage ammo + 5x Hobgoblin IIs does 594 DPS. A HAM drake will out damage this on the kinetic damage type, whilst having 4 times your EHP, full tackle, 5x the optimal, and a MWD for mobility.
Blaster Feroxs are interesting and fun, but they won't be out a serious HAM Drake.
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Azuse
Brotherhood of Suicidal Priests
Pure.
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Posted - 2008.10.04 21:38:00 -
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And the drake is not capable of sitting outside lowsec sentry range and hitting things, it's a decent budget sniper, drake is a decent budget everything else but it need expensive rigs to really shine pretty much negating the initial cost.
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Derek Sigres
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Posted - 2008.10.04 21:52:00 -
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Originally by: Death Toll007
Which one is better and why?
-Ferox
-Drake
-thx
It's actually quite difficult to do a direct comparison beween the two. Sure they are the same hull class and mount the same class of weapons but one is bonused to snipe with railguns and the other is bonused to sling shorter ranged missiles.
From my own experience, in 90% of the instances you'd want to use a BC the Drake is your better bet. It does better damage (in general) and tanks better (again, in general), while being a more universally flexible ship. There are times I'd take a ferrox over a Drake (like if I wanted to actually participate in a gatecamp in 0.0), or to use it as an light sniper.
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