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Eternal Phoenix Rises
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Posted - 2011.08.20 02:31:00 -
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I'm not sure why everyone always says Maelstrom. True, it has excellent shield tank and good dps, but I preferred the Typhoon for missioning. Cruises aren't very hard to train for when you're only using them in a mission scenario, and it can work with 800mm's just as well. It's true that you need drone skills, but overall that just sweetens the deal for me. It's like some sort of hybrid of a Dominix and Tempest and Raven. And that's awesome.
Here's a fit, the numbers and hardeners are for cartel, which is your worst-case mission scenario with an armor tank.
[Typhoon, Armor - Autocannons]
Large Armor Repairer II
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
100MN Afterburner II
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Paradise Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Paradise Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Paradise Cruise Missile
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, EMP L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, EMP L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, EMP L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, EMP L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, EMP L
Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Garde II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
With the Garde's out, that's 808 DPS out to 27 km, 423 DPS out to 45 km, and 123 DPS 75 km (farther really, but locking range prohibits). This will work with one hardener missing for a tracking enhancer, which brings up your range to 31 km with the autocannons but hurts your tank a bit. Speaking of the tank, it tanks 408 DPS cartel, 750 Sansha/Blood Raiders when spec fitted. Big difference, but you should be able to manage.
Now, if you swap those guns for missiles and those missiles for guns (seriously, 3x large autocannons as an auxiliary weapons system works just fine) you get 758 DPS out to 27km, 600 to 45km, and 300 to 75km. I find that better. Oh, don't forget to swap for BCUs as well. Tank is the same.
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