Have you actually read the new specs? I too am a dedicated caldari pilot At least on one of my toons. I fly the Raven a lot, completed over 1000 lvl 4 missions with it. I never said the Raven was crappy, just that it's tank was barely adequate. True the Raven can be fit with a very good tank. But in doing so the DPS is far to low to be an efficient mission runner. As an experienced level 4 mission runner, any fit that includes CCC rigs is a fail. At worst fit a cap booster, but do not sacrifice DPS for tank. Gank is tank when running missions.

My raven is fit for DPS with cruise missiles, It does well over 700 DPS, and with 2 rigor rigs and a flare rig it applies that DPS very well out past 50km, a range that is needed in level 4 missions. You need this kind of DPS to compete with other mission running fits. If you are happy with 400-500 DPS then you are better off running missions with the Drake as it will do 400-500 DPS and still have a better tank. My Raven can complete missions almost as fast as a Mach. At a fraction of the price.

If you have not noticed the changes coming with Odyssey bring a significant reduction of the ravens tank. -500 shields HP, - 841 armor, and - 241 hull. 500 shield HP may not sound like much, but with 75% resists that is 2000 EHP. The extra mid slot should more than make up for this lost tank, but does not really add any utility. An extra mid slot would have been nice for a Target painter, or e-war, but now you need to use it for tank to compensate for the cuts to its already mediocre tank.

The raven has also had a little boost to CPU and power grid ans well as a small buff to its capacitor. As I said, I never said the Raven was crappy, only that I would have to test these changes to see if it was actually a buff, or a nerf in disguise. I

Now on to the Scorpion. ECM has been nerfed to hell. ECM is nearly useless in PVE. Missiles are nearly useless in PVP. So what situation is this ship used for?

The Scorpion is the worst ship in its class for DPS. It has a decent tank, but is set up as primarily an ECM boat. Why does nobody complain about other races not having an ECM battleship? One simple fact, because they suck and nobody wants or uses them. If an ECM battleship was a good idea every none caldari pilot would be complaining their race did not have one. Making the Scorpions primary purpose ECM, makes the ship near worthless.

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