with some skill, a rifter will destroy just about anything

I had a Firetail with a TD kill my Coercer earlier. I made some piloting mistakes, mainly not getting it turned away from him soon enough but I still think I would have had to have flown it absolutely perfectly in order to win that fight. Truthfully I do not enjoy flying the Coercer. Frigate fights are much more fun but the Thrasher is hugely popular in FW minor plexes so I've felt compelled to fly a destroyer in order to counter them.

So after losing this fight it's got me thinking "Is there any Amarr frigate that can do the same thing to the Thrasher?". I think maybe a Slicer might stand a chance but the huge sig bloom from the MWD scares me. I'd love to be able to punch above my weight in a frigate but I just can't devise a laser boat that could do it. Suggestions?

Here is a rough list of the frigates that can kill an ac thrasher

Most of the time: Rail Daredevil, pretty much any standard Hawk or Hookbill fit, most Vengeance fits, Kiting Slicers, Rail Ranis, Blaster/Rail Harpy, Helios, Buzzard, Armour Jags/Firetails/Dramiels, Sentinels and anything else that can hit it beyond 14km without letting it leave

Some of the time: Blaster/Rail Incursus/Merlin, Close Range Wolf, Close Range Retributions, Blaster Ranis/Comet, Cheetah, Anathema, im sure there are other fits that can do it but my brain is having a little fart at the moment.

All you have to remember is most people who fly AC thrashers stick to the same MSE/Scram/MWD fit and pretty much never change ammo out of the standard PP/EMP/Fusion types so a lot have really terrible dps at 8-10k so anything that can sit beyond that mark and still do dps will have a chance against a thrasher and there are plenty of frigates now that can do that.

The lists above are by no means foolproof they are just based around my experience of flying the above ships or fighting them.

And I've killed AC Thrashers in various frigs, probably 10 or more. And no I will not got get the killmails, I don't care about this thread enough to do so.

Yes yes, but the real reason you won't got get them is because even if there actually were a single Thrasher KM in your board anywhere at all that was impressive, it would take forever to find it because you'd have to sift through all your other kills, which are basically made up of solo noob kills and Amamake ganks :)

I'll make sure to remind Jude to stop PVPing unless the KM might be of interest to you.

-Liang

Well I was just goofing around but since you replied I feel obligated to double reply because I'm cool like that so my response is this:

Maybe tell him to start PVPing, haha :D.

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Yes: http://kb.heretic-army.biz/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=29496

-Liang

Ed: No implants, tank links, TDs, or other tomfoolery.

Guess the orca doesnt show on killmails, eh?

Guess the orca doesnt show on killmails, eh?

Guess the orca doesnt show on killmails, eh?

You guy do realize that that was a joke right?


(seeing as all you are known for throughout eve atm, i cant say if its right or wrong as i never see you outside of 2 jumps from ammamake, is no risk orca camping )

No, it wasn't obvious it was a joke. It probably irritates Jude and me more than usual because neither of us partake in said bullshit.

-Liang

don't worry people will just accuse you and Jude of being boosted instead

Hehe, it must hurt so much to admit that Heretics are better at frigate PVP than Tuskers. Or, well... PVP in general. Actually, just everything but being giant arrogant self righteous douchebags.

-Liang