The Vindi does more dps. If you pimp it enough to do full dmg while still having sufficient tank, it'll be the superior ship. The N-Mega is much more conservative and less likely to be ganked.

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For PvE the N Mega is a better boat for the cost put in with T2 Sentries. For PvP it's all Vindie all the time.

good info nonetheless ... but does anyone take Vindy to PvP ?

Yes, they do.

It's very situational, but the sight of a pimped Vindicator targetting you in front of a station when you suspect you won't be able to dock quickly enough, will have you asking your First Mate not only for your red shirt, but for your brown pants too.

If it gets you, it hurts. A lot.

In PvE the navy Mega can hold a full load of sentries and smaller Drones, has farther targeting range and an extra low for a damage mod. That vs the Vindies 8 guns roughly equals out to the same damage.

For PvE the N Mega is a better boat for the cost put in with T2 Sentries. For PvP it's all Vindie all the time.

Yes, they do.

It's very situational, but the sight of a pimped Vindicator targetting you in front of a station when you suspect you won't be able to dock quickly enough, will have you asking your First Mate not only for your red shirt, but for your brown pants too.

If it gets you, it hurts. A lot.

Very much so indeed this.

Let me add this simple stuff people tend to forget: 1 more low = 1dmg mod applying to ALL the guns making your 7 guns actually hit for about 8, and this leaves you a high slot free for a heavy energy neutraliser or NOS.

Tank is about the same, resist profile about the same, overall ehp about the same, higher pg for NAVY better cap recharge for Vindi (this might as well have been changed, but difference must be small)

This.

The vindi is one of the most painful ships for docking games...
It sure attracts gankers, but it will obliterate whoever engages without logis

100mn tengu says hello.

Even Frigates should beware of the vindicator with its 90% webs and high tracking and dps blasters, along with its drones.

I believe you can smack frigates with 2 90% webs with Large Blasters.

I have a Vindicator. Anyone saying the Navy Mega does about the same damage because of the extra low slot has no idea what he's talking about. Even with Gallente Battleship at level V the Navy Mega gets about 20% less DPS than the Vindicator. It's not even woth mentioning the extra sentry when comparing DPS as they do pitiful damage compared to the bonused railguns. I am fully skilled at drones and don't even bother deploying them most of the time. They take more than 30 seconds to do damage similar to one salvo from large hybrids (time more than enough to wreck a Battleship).
Anyway, the only advantage the Navy Mega can possibly have is a better tank... due to the extra low slot. But as Im wrecking battlecruisers with 2 rail salvos (sometimes just 1) I don't even bother with that extra tank.
If you follow the game logic the Vindicator should be the PVP one since its from a pirate faction, but as we often see in EVE perventing that logic can prove to be more rewarding. I would never take that billion hull to PVP (except maybe if you plan to just camp a station and dock if things get ugly) over the Navy Mega, wich is way cheaper and can fit a better tank. On the other hand I use it in PVE often since most situations are predictable and the risk of losing it much smaller.
The only problem I see in using it for PVE is the targeting range... nothing a SEBO can't fix on the few ocasions when this gets in the way (most of the time I have a sensor strenght script on it to lock cruisers before my weapons cycle).

Hello all,

Need some insight on a choice of weapon platforms. I will be skilled up for a Vindicator in about 4 days and was comparing it to my Navy version of the Megathon that I currently have. If with a choice which one would be better for PVP? PVE?

Any comments would be helpful.....Thanks!

-12.5% raw dps numbers, this is not blahblah, it's a mathematics fact.

Now if you feel the need to write a wall of text painful to read and cannot understand some (like me) are not saying Navy Mega has better dps but offers better options for cheaper with similar dps then I guess reading comprehension took a hit.

I have to agree with you on that. Been working fits and I can end up with a better PVP fit for my Mega and a real nice PVE fit for the Vindy. I see you prefer rails.....I added a couple of tracking extenders and got the range pus falloff to about 45km which is nice for blasters.

So - someone post me a NMega pvp fit. More than one would be appreciated. :)

So - someone post me a NMega pvp fit. More than one would be appreciated. :)