No. That's the simple and short answer, sadly. A blaster tengu has to get into scram/web/neut range, lacks dps and range. In many ways it's worse than a blaster proteus, for various reasons.

Just curious...after the hybrid buff, is there any solid reason to fit a Tengu with blasters or rails?

I wasn't aware that guns with 18km optimal (+9km falloff) were considered "within web/scram/neut range". Has EVE been rebalanced to make super-tanked Arazus and Rapiers the most common ships?


As for the original question, the blaster Tengu is a good HAC, but a poor T3. If the price was more like the Eagle it would be an awesome ship, but if you're paying full T3 prices the missile setups are just too good to ignore.

ed. To answer Merin's question: yeah, pretty much. I think it's good manner to assume some specialist tackle with Logi support around every corner these days. Wether or not you were being ironic, i actually am not. I don't really see a problem with it either, but it's well worth keeping in mind, trend has really changed that much in my oppinion.

Show me a viable Tengu fit that gets 18km optimal from its blasters (I'll forgive you the weird 9km falloff number).

Then tell us how that is to work outside scram range, you're going to orbit at 20? It can't use the 100mn AB too well because of short dps range so it'll have to use MWD and that makes it just a slow, sluggish 550 dps short range cruiser, albeit with 100k EHP. Not realistic in any sort of way.

No.

Medium Hybrid Locus Coordinator I
Medium Hybrid Locus Coordinator I
Medium Hybrid Locus Coordinator I

My point about the range is just that it's stupid to say that a blaster Tengu has short range. The ship has its flaws, but "have to get within scram range" isn't one of them.

Oh come on. You can't seriously suggest that to be a viable, logical set of rigs. It's just not good at the blaster role other than being gang linked to hell and killing idiots, "it works sometimes" is hardly a compelling argument.

I'm sad to say that there's a reason everyone and their mother uses missiles on it - a blaster Tengu will simply not be as good as Proteus and nowhere near as good as a missile Tengu.

Truth be told, I don't really mind, I see Tengu as something of a Drake mk.II - I find it a much bigger issue that hybrids in general are neglected for various reasons when it comes to Caldari. Lack of navy or T2 hybrid hull doesn't help either, I have no doubt that a navy Rokh would be at least as popular as SNI.

A Hybrid Navy Rokh would be lovely.

That blaster Tengu looks OK...745 DPS with Void, 500 with Null. I would pimp for two T2 locus rigs and a T2 EM rig, though, and you get 83K EHP when you overheat the invuls.

However, you are paying 600M ISK to replicate to within 10K EHP and 20DPS the following Ferox (plus/minus a few km optimal).

[Ferox, Blastox]

Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Large Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Warp Disruptor II
Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II

Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Null M
[Empty High slot]

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I


Warrior II x5

so much this. wtb hybrid CNR.

Short answer no...

http://aten-hosted.com/images/blaster.jpg (kinda assuming you'd use it in a fleet with support webs).

...long answer no (you'd probably be better off with a regular T2 HAMGU)