Wrayeth
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Posted - 2005.08.24 03:07:00 -
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Edited by: Wrayeth on 24/08/2005 03:16:52
 Originally by: Sorja
If torpedoes are supposed to be the high damage short range weapon, how comes I have a 90km range with them, which is the max locking range of my Raven?
Torpedos are only effective out to that range against NPCs, since NPCs don't (generally) warp out when they see incoming fire and the flight time isn't (again, generally) a problem. Against players, torpedos are only effective within 30km, and that's pushing it; to be truly useful, a raven has to be within 20km. That said, torpedos are UBER at that range now that tech 2 siege are available and named launchers have dropped in price...especially if you slap on a bunch of ballistic controls. I can kill the shields on a battleship (player OR npc) in one volley with my raven.
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For PvP, how can you break a decent tank before going down, provided the opponent doesn't use defenders (a single rocket launcher correctly timed when the defender explodes means a great deal of the offense taken out)?
It's quite do-able as long as the target doesn't have rocket or assault launchers loaded with defenders. However, you don't want to use cruise in a close-range setting; other ships will out-dot you up close. At longer ranges, however, cruise missiles truly shine - in an engagement at 70km, a raven will generally out-dot most other ships. Again, tech 2 launchers and cheaper named versions help immensely, along with ballistic controls. Here's a setup I was using before I finally got my hands on tech 2 siege launchers and switched to torps:
6 limos cruise
2 heavy nos
XL shield booster II
Em hardener
Thermal hardener
Kinetic hardener
Sensor booster or cap recharger
Shield boost amp
3 ballistic controls
2 PDU II's
With this setup, my rate of fire was roughly once every 10 seconds. Probably be every 9 seconds, now, since I got my Rapid Launch to 4.
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Any advice appreciated, I'll then decide to specialize either torps or cruises, but please no bragging about multi billion ravens loaded to the roof with faction mods which are each one worth the ship price, if not more...
For NPCing, I'd definitely go with torpedos. Cruise missiles get shot down too frequently.
For PvP, use torps for short-range and cruise for long range or cruiser-killing.
As far as my raven goes, the only truly expensive items are the tech 2 siege and the XL booster II. The rest is cheap named stuff, with the exception of my BCU's, which are tech 1. You can substitute ZW-4100 launchers for the tech 2 as a cost-effective solution. (Also, bear in mind that the missile specialization skills will apply only to tech 2 launchers after the patch on the 30th.)
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P.S.: I had large rails fitted in the remaining 2 highs, that, without any bonus from the ship, are *not that great* to say the least.
I'm with you, there. For PvP, two heavy nos are the way to go if you can fit them. If you can't due to fitting BCU's instead of PDU's in the lows, then I'd suggest medium energy neutralizers, preferrably named. For NPCing, go with light guns with excellent tracking (lasers, ftw) to kill the frigs and save on missile ammo costs (of course, you can combine missiles, drones, and the lasers to take the little sucker out quickly in a pinch).
-Wrayeth
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