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Zoe Alarhun
Drunken Space Irish
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Posted - 2011.09.23 06:31:00 -
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Just a quick question really - I've been flying alot of frigates lately and it seems that Shield tanking is much better than armor tanking. I'm specifically comparing Medium shield extender frigates vs 200mm Plate + rep + damage control armor tanks. I've tried the Merlin, Rifter with MSE tank and I've tried the Tristan, Rifter, Punisher with the 200mm + rep tank and it seems the shield varients always can take way more damage and can out tank and kill you despite the fact that the armor fit often does more damage.
Can anyone enlighten me as to some suggestions on how to bring the armor tank up to the same level ? |
foksieloy
Rockets ponies and rainbows
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Posted - 2011.09.23 07:26:00 -
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Your analysis does not seem complete.
Usually it is the armor tank that does less damage, but has more buffer, while shield tank has less buffer and more damage.
Also, shield tank ships are faster while armor tank ships have better control inside web range, and can opt for cap injection.
Reason for that is that armor tank occupies low slots, which are also used for damage mods, while shield tank occupies mid slots, which are also used for propulsion and electronic warfare. Disclaimer: I do not actually play this game, I just forum warrior. |
Zoe Alarhun
Drunken Space Irish
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Posted - 2011.09.23 07:28:00 -
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I realize that, but what I'm getting at is that the active armor tank seems much "softer" than the MSE tank. Easier to break. |
foksieloy
Rockets ponies and rainbows
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Posted - 2011.09.23 07:36:00 -
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Actually, active armor tank does not work well on most frigates. Notable exception would be a vengeance.
Reason is that in order to be effective on a ship you need at least 2 repair modules. Vengeance can make do with 1 due to bonuses to armor resistances and excellent cap recharge.
On the other hand, a medium shield extender gives you a lot of shield HP which then translates to a pretty decent peak recharge, which coupled with hefty buffer means you need CONSISTENT hits to break the shield tanked ship.
While a pure buffer armor tank can be broken with incosistent damage over a prolonged period, shield is resistant to that due to natural recharge.
Thats why people put reppers on buffer armor tanked ships. You do not count on repairing all the time, you count on your armor base HP to keep you alive. Repairer is there to occasionally rep yourself up if the damage turns out to be inconsistent enough.
On frigates, the main armor tanking item is the plate, not the repair system. That one is just a bonus. Disclaimer: I do not actually play this game, I just forum warrior. |
tagen young
The Night Witch
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Posted - 2011.09.23 10:16:00 -
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As far as pure tanking is concerned I always prefer shield over armour if possible. However the huge drawback is using mids for tank rather than tackle. A shield rifter can be a huge surprise, but you give up a web to achieve this making it much harder to control range. |
Karl Planck
Labyrinth Obtaining Chaotic Kangaroos
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Posted - 2011.09.23 10:42:00 -
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tagen young wrote:As far as pure tanking is concerned I always prefer shield over armour if possible. However the huge drawback is using mids for tank rather than tackle. A shield rifter can be a huge surprise, but you give up a web to achieve this making it much harder to control range.
And by harder you mean impossible. Shield rifters, good in a gang, terribad solo.
I got to admit a lot of what is being said in this thread hurts a bit. There are some things you are not mentioning here, for instance is the pvp or pve? I'll assume pvp
Merlin) MSE gives you tank and the trifecta in the mids. However, unless you use your last low slot for a nano, you will still be slower than an armor tanked rifter (sucks). Also, your dps is worse. You do have more health, but this adv can dissapear (nos rifter)
Shield rifter) as I said before, no web means you can't control range. Only thing it is good for is pickin up some extra speed, more dps and people loading the wrong ammo on you. Good for gangs, just plain terrible for solo.
Armor tank) Punisher, its missing a mid, so despite the awesome armor tank you need friends to go out in it.
Tristan, fine ship but you usually need people to be within 6km, and with the armor you are extremely slow (for a frig).
The rifter, golded child for the buffer+rep. Most of the time you see this pair with a nos. You only run your reps until you cap out in the rifter, then its done. Its teh only thing on your ship that usually eats cap, so you can get in close and keep your cap alive pretty long with the nos. A rep is on their usually because you have nothing better to do with the cap. Sometimes you can fit a nuet rifter with a 400 plate instead of the 200+rep, but in general a lot of people like having that extra buffer (cap+rep) It may not have quite as much EHP, but typically it will spank a MSE fit merlin, just sayin |
Zoe Alarhun
Drunken Space Irish
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Posted - 2011.09.23 10:57:00 -
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Hmmm - I seem to be having the opposite experience. This is what I'm running:
[Tristan, Tristan Rocket Blaster Armor] Damage Control II 200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Small Armor Repairer II
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I 'Langour' Drive Disruptor I 1MN Afterburner II
Light Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S Light Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S Rocket Launcher II, Caldari Navy Foxfire Rocket Rocket Launcher II, Caldari Navy Foxfire Rocket
Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I Small Hybrid Ambit Extension I Small Hybrid Locus Coordinator I
Hobgoblin II x1
I really struggle vs shield fits with it. I overheat my weapons as soon as the battle starts. But often I get blam'd going into their last 10% shields or so. I've goy my armor tanking skills maxed and all gunnery support skills on 4. I've also got some small hardwirings. Any suggestions ? |
Othran
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.23 12:50:00 -
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Karl is on the money here.
A Rifter or a Claw with armour repper will have a nos. You can run the repper for about 2:30 before you run out of cap and about 1:30 overheated.
If the Rifter/Claw pilot has a clue then the repper will be running as soon as you engage and it will still be running at the end of the fight.
I had loads of fun with the Claw in Factional Warfare - and just general roaming around :
[Claw, 200mm Plate Scram] 200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Adaptive Nano Plating II Small Armor Repairer II Damage Control II
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I 1MN Afterburner II
150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S 150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S Small Nosferatu II 150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S
Small Projectile Burst Aerator I Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I
You can fit 400 plate on it too but it flies like a brick. Tanks 50dps and has max DPS of 170, which given the size/speed of the Claw is usually enough in a solo encounter. |
Othran
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.23 12:51:00 -
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Zoe Alarhun wrote:Hmmm - I seem to be having the opposite experience. This is what I'm running:
[Tristan, Tristan Rocket Blaster Armor] Damage Control II 200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Small Armor Repairer II
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I 'Langour' Drive Disruptor I 1MN Afterburner II
Light Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S Light Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S Rocket Launcher II, Caldari Navy Foxfire Rocket Rocket Launcher II, Caldari Navy Foxfire Rocket
Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I Small Hybrid Ambit Extension I Small Hybrid Locus Coordinator I
Hobgoblin II x1
I really struggle vs shield fits with it. I overheat my weapons as soon as the battle starts. But often I get blam'd going into their last 10% shields or so. I've goy my armor tanking skills maxed and all gunnery support skills on 4. I've also got some small hardwirings. Any suggestions ?
The blasters cap usage is your problem. Reppers work on minnie ships because of no cap usage on weapons.
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Zoe Alarhun
Drunken Space Irish
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Posted - 2011.09.23 13:13:00 -
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Ok - but I can't exactly not fit blasters on my ship. And most frigate combats are over in less than 60 secs anyways so that hardly matters anyway. So what do I replace the repper with that will give me similiar or more HP ? |
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ChromeStriker
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Posted - 2011.09.23 14:07:00 -
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Othran wrote:Zoe Alarhun wrote:Hmmm - I seem to be having the opposite experience. This is what I'm running:
[Tristan, Tristan Rocket Blaster Armor] Damage Control II 200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Small Armor Repairer II
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I 'Langour' Drive Disruptor I 1MN Afterburner II
Light Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S Light Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S Rocket Launcher II, Caldari Navy Foxfire Rocket Rocket Launcher II, Caldari Navy Foxfire Rocket
Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I Small Hybrid Ambit Extension I Small Hybrid Locus Coordinator I
Hobgoblin II x1
I really struggle vs shield fits with it. I overheat my weapons as soon as the battle starts. But often I get blam'd going into their last 10% shields or so. I've goy my armor tanking skills maxed and all gunnery support skills on 4. I've also got some small hardwirings. Any suggestions ? The blasters cap usage is your problem. Reppers work on minnie ships because of no cap usage on weapons.
I see your problem and raise you this...
[Tristan, Up close n Personal] Small Armor Repairer II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Small 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I 1MN Afterburner II Initiated Harmonic Warp Scrambler I
150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet EMP S 150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet EMP S Small Diminishing Power System Drain I Small Diminishing Power System Drain I
Small Projectile Burst Aerator I Small Anti-Explosive Pump I Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Warrior II x1
pulse the second repper and keep the other guys cap low if you can keep hom in range this thing is as funny as hell to fly
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Karl Planck
Labyrinth Obtaining Chaotic Kangaroos
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Posted - 2011.09.23 14:08:00 -
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Zoe Alarhun wrote:Ok - but I can't exactly not fit blasters on my ship. And most frigate combats are over in less than 60 secs anyways so that hardly matters anyway. So what do I replace the repper with that will give me similiar or more HP ?
you should be able to plop a 400mm plate on there and switch the SAR for a adapative (something), either boost a particular resist or get the one that boost all your resists.
On the flip side, since your slow, there is always the boosting, no web, double neut, SAR tristan (try it out, it puts a smile on my face)
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ValentinaDLM
Ubi Concordia Ibi Victoria
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Posted - 2011.09.23 14:09:00 -
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Well, it isn't quite fair to compare armor reps to shield buffer, after all active and passive tanking is different. You don't see many MSB frigs either aside from the occasional hawk for a pretty good reason, and that is that you would need to be full of cap boosters to even hope to active shield tank.
So why does the armor repper seem sorta popular? because it uses alot less cap than a shield booster which makes it pretty well suited for a rifter which doesn't have great cap as is, but also doesn't use any on it's guns. I have a tristan fit similarly, and I will say it doesn't perform as well, but it makes sense in some situations mainly FW plexes where not only can you have PVP, but also there is going to be PVE you will want to be able to rep afterwards if you decided to run the plex (though running in two armor buffer tristans with light armor maintenance bots works just as well for patching up armor). For normal solo PVP, buffer usually wins.
The problem is though, while shields can really be nice after all the merlin is my favorite tech one frigate on most of them such as the Rifter, Tristan, or incursus you are giving up precious ewar ability with your lack of mids to fit a MSE. A MSE rifter still needs a point and a propmod, but now has no room for a web or a tracking disruptor for the kiting style fit.
It isn't so much that armor or shields is better IMO, merely that from a solo point of view you really want those mids for tackle/ewar. |
Zoe Alarhun
Drunken Space Irish
4
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Posted - 2011.09.23 14:23:00 -
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karl please post your 400mm plate fit you use. |
Gogo Seun Yabari
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.23 18:27:00 -
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[Rifter, buffer]
Damage Control II 400mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Adaptive Nano Plating II
X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
150mm Light AutoCannon II 150mm Light AutoCannon II 150mm Light AutoCannon II Rocket Launcher II
Small Trimark Armor Pump I Small Trimark Armor Pump I Small Trimark Armor Pump I
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Princess Nexxala
Quantum Cats Syndicate
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Posted - 2011.09.23 18:40:00 -
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Armor Rep AB Daredevil is pure win. In a Frig 1v1 the only thing you really have to worry about is a Sentinel if you know what you are doing. I have never lost one in a 1v1 vs another frigate. Fighting dramiels is nearly effortless. Comet also works really well with a similar fit.
As for a general rule on whether shield is better then armor or vice versa on a frig...can't be done. It depends entirely on the ship and in some cases the situation.
Personally I don't think I have ever flown a shield fit frig. Is sexy time? |
Hamatitio
Aperture Harmonics K162
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Posted - 2011.09.23 20:17:00 -
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Othran wrote:Edit - the Claw is 30m sig radius so 25% of the opponents damage is negated even if you're not moving as small guns have a signature of 40m. A much under-rated ship IMHO.
This is not true of turrets, the signature of the turret vs the target is taken into account in hit chance in the formula:
ChanceToHit = 0.5 ^ ((((Transversal speed/(Range to target * Turret Tracking))*(Turret Signature Resolution / Target Signature Radius))^2) + ((max(0, Range To Target - Turret Optimal Range))/Turret Falloff)^2)
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Liz Laser
The New Era C0NVICTED
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Posted - 2011.09.23 20:40:00 -
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Frigates have tanks?
Sorry, I fly griffins. When you've got 3 battleships jammed you don't need a tank. |
Bor Navkjid
Autocannons Anonymous
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Posted - 2011.09.23 22:28:00 -
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My wolf would like to have a word with you.
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Liz Laser
The New Era C0NVICTED
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Posted - 2011.09.23 22:57:00 -
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I'm teasing, kind of sort of.
I just found this thread amusing because I had never bothered to contemplate the idea of a tank on my frigate. I really do run griffins.
In the kinds of battles I'm usually involved in the frigates are speed/sig tanking and you know they're either going to live because of your ECM and numbers, or they're going to die no matter how you tanked it because the enemy was just too much for you.
But if you must introduce me to your wolf, I'm only hard to find because I'm ultra-casual in hours played. Add me to your friends list and search the Delve Thunderdome area when I'm online on a weekend.
And bring friends, the more the merrier. Even if you can't find me, you'll find SOMEONE (or vice versa). |
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Zoe Alarhun
Drunken Space Irish
4
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Posted - 2011.09.24 08:01:00 -
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Lost of replies here - anyone actually ever use a 400mm plated tristan ? Cause so far we got claws, rifters and griffins mentioned |
Zen Guerrilla
Royal Order of Security Specialists
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Posted - 2011.09.24 12:06:00 -
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Zoe Alarhun wrote:Lost of replies here - anyone actually ever use a 400mm plated tristan ? Cause so far we got claws, rifters and griffins mentioned [Tristan, Zen Guerrilla's Tristan] Damage Control II Adaptive Nano Plating II 200mm Reinforced Titanium Plates I
1MN Afterburner II J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator
125mm Railgun II,Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S 125mm Railgun II,Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S Rocket Launcher II,Caldari Navy Foxfire Rocket Rocket Launcher II,Caldari Navy Foxfire Rocket
Small Anti-Explosive Pump I Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I Small Trimark Armor Pump I
Hobgoblin II x1
Never tried a 400mm plate fit tho, it's already real fat and slow with just the 200mm one. You could probably just swap the rails with electron blasters and scram a 400mm plate in there but i'd say it's too slow to work then.
It really is fun to fly, even with ****** agility and speed. You just need to figure out how to start a fight without getting too close early at the start.
Also, if you can fly the rail tristan properly, you'll be awesome in a rail 'ranis. And after that there's the rail comet, which is a beast vs. other frigates.
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YesI'mWatching
Cool4Cats
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Posted - 2011.09.24 14:04:00 -
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shield tank if you can't efectively armour tank . Vigil , incursis , merlin all spring to mind. Power grid available can influence the choice over and above the number of mid or lower slots. |
KFenn
Percussive Diplomacy
3
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Posted - 2011.09.24 14:21:00 -
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Gogo Seun Yabari wrote:[Rifter, buffer]
Damage Control II 400mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Adaptive Nano Plating II
X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
150mm Light AutoCannon II 150mm Light AutoCannon II 150mm Light AutoCannon II Rocket Launcher II
Small Trimark Armor Pump I Small Trimark Armor Pump I Small Trimark Armor Pump I
No prop mod, and the trimarks make you sloooooooooow AND you do so little DPS the extra buffer doesn't even matter. This is a terrible fit.
[Rifter, Armor] 200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Damage Control II Small Armor Repairer II
1MN Afterburner II Warp Scrambler II X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator
150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet EMP S 150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet EMP S 150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet EMP S Small Diminishing Power System Drain I
Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I Small Projectile Burst Aerator I [empty rig slot]
That's a fairly cookie-cutter Rifter fit. Swap T2 for Meta where needed, and you can drop one of the rigs for armor rigs if you want, it's preference. I don't advise dropping both though, else you'll hit about as a hard as a wet noodle. Commanding Officer of the Treacle Tart Brigade SLAPD Director |
sukmanobov
The Priesthood The 0rphanage
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Posted - 2011.09.25 03:05:00 -
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[Jaguar, NEUT - SCRAM - WEB] Gyrostabilizer II Pseudoelectron Containment Field I Power Diagnostic System II
Medium Shield Extender II Catalyzed Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters Warp Scrambler II 'Langour' Drive Disruptor I
150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet EMP S 150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet EMP S 150mm Light AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet EMP S Small Unstable Power Fluctuator I
Small Core Defence Field Extender I Small Core Defence Field Extender I
175dps Faction ammo - 195 hail 11.9k ehp tank EFT figures so about 10K ingame 3.6kms Also being sheild it has 43hps regen
Also cheap jag fit no web http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=8994231 why i had a poly carb rig on i have no idea :P just use another SSE rig |
Azelor Delaria
We Are So Troubled Everyone Runs Screaming The 0rphanage
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Posted - 2011.09.25 03:29:00 -
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Quote:[Jaguar, Solo Combat] Damage Control II Gyrostabilizer II Nanofiber Internal Structure II
Coreli C-Type 1MN Afterburner Gistii B-Type Small Shield Booster Warp Scrambler II Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
200mm AutoCannon II, Barrage S 200mm AutoCannon II, Barrage S 200mm AutoCannon II, Barrage S Corpii C-Type Small Nosferatu
Small Core Defence Field Extender I Small Anti-Kinetic Screen Reinforcer I
This is an expensive fit for a Jaguar, and realistically you will want HG Crystals going, as well as maybe the Booster. The shield booster alone is about 75-mil, so this is not for the novice pilot.
The booster, along with the NOS, is cap stable at 54%. Facing a neut is painful, but you are, for the most part, able to outrange small neuts. 112 DPS with Barrage, which you want to use. Maintain distance at a minimum of 8,000 meters. Your max range before overheating on the NOS is 8.6km, and your falloff is also 8.6km. This is a scary fit for anyone to face, and a competent active tanked Jaguar pilot is pretty frightening to see on the battlefield. |
Ravenclaw2kk
Native Freshfood Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.09.25 04:52:00 -
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Duel MSE Jaguar is pretty epic, you really wouldn't want to armour tank a Jag. |
KFenn
Percussive Diplomacy
4
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Posted - 2011.09.27 00:50:00 -
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Ravenclaw2kk wrote:Duel MSE Jaguar is pretty epic, you really wouldn't want to armour tank a Jag.
Why not? It has enough lowslots to fit a reasonable armor tank, and it frees up the extra mid for a TD or the like:
[Jaguar, Armor] Damage Control II 200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Small Armor Repairer II
1MN Afterburner II Warp Scrambler II Stasis Webifier II DDO Photometry Tracking Disruptor I
200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S 200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S 200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S Small Diminishing Power System Drain I
Small Anti-Explosive Pump I Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I Commanding Officer of the Treacle Tart Brigade SLAPD Director |
Mfume Apocal
Origin. Black Legion.
12
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Posted - 2011.09.27 01:44:00 -
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KFenn wrote:No prop mod, and the trimarks make you sloooooooooow AND you do so little DPS the extra buffer doesn't even matter. This is a terrible fit.
The fit you posted does basically the same DPS. |
sukmanobov
The Priesthood The 0rphanage
3
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Posted - 2011.09.27 02:42:00 -
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KFenn wrote:Ravenclaw2kk wrote:Duel MSE Jaguar is pretty epic, you really wouldn't want to armour tank a Jag. Why not? It has enough lowslots to fit a reasonable armor tank, and it frees up the extra mid for a TD or the like: [Jaguar, Armor] Damage Control II 200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I Small Armor Repairer II 1MN Afterburner II Warp Scrambler II Stasis Webifier II DDO Photometry Tracking Disruptor I 200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S 200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S 200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S Small Diminishing Power System Drain I Small Anti-Explosive Pump I Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I
Lets do the math.
SAR II+AB II+Web II+Scram II+Tracking Dis I+Neut 1 + being nueted buy my fit = 20s of cap after that your basically a slightly less maneuverable slightly slower AF with less tracking less dps and smaller tank.
But yeah you can armor tank a jag all you want. |
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