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TrimethylChromiumdioxide	Posted - 2011.02.19 09:16:00 - [1] Edited by: TrimethylChromiumdioxide on 19/02/2011 09:16:58 Originally by: Paikis Edited by: Paikis on 16/02/2011 02:00:56 Originally by: Omara Otawan New caldari players 'rush for Drake' since the entire caldari combat cruiser lineup is just pure and utter garbage. Simple as that. This man speaks truth. Ironically the least useful racial cruiser skill is the only one I have trained to V. Caldari Cruiser V is only really useful for the Tengu, Falcon and Rook. Basilisk is useable, but the scimitar I believe is better on its own in that it doesn't require someone feeding it cap. Tech 1 Caldari Cruisers: Moa. It's a bit of a LOL-ship, although I blame that mostly on it's weaponry. Hybrids being horribad all by themselves. The ship itself isn't THAT bad. Caracal. Really only good for killing frigates in an AML configuration. The only reason to use this ship over the Drake is to get frigates to think they can kill you so they engage. A drake is better for everything except speed, and getting things to attack you. Useless because of Drake. Blackbird. Good solid ship, mostly because there are no alternatives in this class of ships. ECM is basically useless without the bonuses provided by certain hulls. Osprey. LOL mining ship. I actually almost forgot to put this ship in here. Perhaps turn this into a drone ship? Caldari Faction Cruisers (not including pirate factions) Caracal Navy Issue. Not a bad little ship. Faster than it's tech2 variant with shorter range. Still very expensive and still may as well use a drake. Useless because of Drake. Osprey Navy Issue. It's a smaller, lighter, more manuverable version of the Caracal. It's bonuses are locked to heavies and HAMs, so it can't even be used to kill frigates. Useless because of Drake. Tech 2 Caldari Cruisers: Basilisk. Useful for shield logistics. Outclassed by the Scimitar though. Onyx. Solid passive tank and it does it's job well. Broadsword has a better tank thanks to T2 resists being better for minmatar shields. Rook. Good combat/ECM ship. Does what it is supposed to do, does it well. Falcon. Good ECM/Combat ship. Does what it is supposed to do and does it well. Eagle. LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Again, because of Hyrbrids. Cerberus. Useless because of Drake. The only reason to use this ship is if you have the need to do LOLtastic, delayed deeps at a range that is more than 100kms. These two are right on the ball. The only thing I'm using to any extent other than the drake in the caldari lineup is the navy osprey, which actually gets some pretty decent speed. And all caldari missile setups come prenerfed because the cpu requirements on t2 bcu's are 10 cpu per module higher than what's needed for t2 hybrids, lasers, or artillery damage mods.

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