Quite substantial changes CCP Rise.

The Raven is now a little bit more nimbler than before, a few people here think it is still a slow boat, but they don't realize its the top 3 lightest battleships which means it accelerates faster and aligns faster. The other 2 lighter battleships are the Armageddon and the Megathron, but that changes once you throw Plates on them, so essentially the Raven is the lightest Battleship, which means fast align, fast acceleration and benefits better from speed boosting modules. So what i gather from this is Nano Raven now!

There is still few few problems with it:
Typhoon has quite a higher DPS, this i fine as the Typhoon is designed to brawl and the raven is a kite, the problem is Torpedo and Cruise Missile Explosion Velocity and Explosion Radius.
Typhoon also can fit more Tank on board compared to the Raven which is fine as i said above one being a brawl and one being a kite.

CCP Rise here is what I believe needs to be done to bring the Raven into a position where the Typhoon isn't the Dominant only.

Caldari Battleship Skill Bonuses:
+5% bonus to Cruise and Torpedo Launcher rate of fire
+10% bonus to Cruise Missile Torpedo Velocity

Slot layout: 7H(-1), 7M(+1), 5L; 0 turrets , 7(+1) launchers
Fittings: 12250 PWG(+2250), 820(+120) CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 6800(-700) / 5800(-841) / 6400(-241)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / recharge per second) : 5500(+187.5) / 1160s / 4.74
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 118(+24) / .12(-.008) / 99300000 / 16.52s (-1.1s)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 50(-25) / 75
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 75km / 85 / 7
Sensor strength: 22 Gravimetric
Signature radius: 400(-70)

Those changes i think will do it, let me know what you think.

EDIT: Torpedo and Cruise Missile Explosion Radius and Explosion Velocity need to be fixed.

[Quite substantial changes CCP Rise.

The Raven is now a little bit more nimbler than before, a few people here think it is still a slow boat, but they don't realize its the top 3 lightest battleships which means it accelerates faster and aligns faster. The other 2 lighter battleships are the Armageddon and the Megathron, but that changes once you throw Plates on them, so essentially the Raven is the lightest Battleship, which means fast align, fast acceleration and benefits better from speed boosting modules. So what i gather from this is Nano Raven now!

Here are the mobility stats next to eachother, but I see something diferent than you in them


Align Time: Typhoon 15.8 > Megathron 15.96 > Apocalypse 16.02 > Hyperion 16.36 > Raven 16.52 > Scorpion 16.66 > Dominix 16.88 > Tempest 17.18 > Armageddon 19.96 > Maelstrom 19.53 > Rokh 19.85 > Abaddon 20.03

Max Velocity: Typhoon 130 > Megathron 122 > Temptest 120 > Hyperion 115 > Apocalypse 113 > Raven 113 > Dominix 109 > Armageddon 100 > Scorpion 94 > Maelstrom 94 > Rokh 89 > Abaddon 89

Agility: Typhoon 0.11 > Scorpion 0.116 > Megathron 0.117 > Hyperion 0.1178 > Apocalypse > 0.119 > Tempest 0.12 > Raven 0.12 > Dominix 0.1254 > Armageddon 0.13 > Maelstrom 0.136 > Rokh 0.136 > Abaddon 0.14

Mass: Apocalypse 97100000 > Magathron 98400000 > Raven 99300000 > Hyperion 100200000 > Dominix 100250000 > Tempest 103300000 > Typhoon 103600000 > Scorpion 103600000 > Maelstrom 103600000 > Armageddon 105200000 > Rokh 105300000 > Abaddon 125000000

In these stats it is the slowest Attack battleship, The clumsiest, and the slowest away from the gate. at some point even the non attack battleships are faster.

aside from pure mass The Typhoon beats it everywhere.

This is just a typo, the Rokh will keep its launchers. Sorry about that!

I feel the resist bonus is out of place on the rokh. If you want a sniper go with a naga, if you want a heavier sniper then change the resist bonus to damage to match the naga. Half a brawler, half a sniper doesn't make a viable ship.

I feel the resist bonus is out of place on the rokh. If you want a sniper go with a naga, if you want a heavier sniper then change the resist bonus to damage to match the naga. Half a brawler, half a sniper doesn't make a viable ship.

Range isn't only good for sniping.

25% damage bonus is the Naga's territory, if you like it so much fly that. The Rokh has always been a tank boat, and making it into an overpowered Naga won't make the Caldari Navy better. Also, blasters have significant drawbacks, they are good, but you pay for it in several ways. Not the least of which is their abysmal range, the worst in the game.

The nerfs to the Raven EHP are way to much. It was already thin before with 2 LSE II and 2 Invuls. 1 extra mid slot will not make that much difference. And most of us would like to fit a TP/web/MJD etc in that newly opened slots. Instead it will go to another LSE or an EM field II to patch up this miserable tank.

And don't let the "Why does the phoon get the damage amp bonus?" get you down. That velocity bonus is gold when it comes to actually using torps. Also, I look forward to you fixing Torps/CMs. It's been a long, long time coming.

Ok so everyone here thinks the Raven is now still crap, here is a hint:

N A N O R A V E N

You mean the Typhoon, right? Nano typhoon will slap the **** out of a nano Raven, I am positive.

Raven mobility: 113

Tempest mobility: 120

The slow combat BS is faster then a fast attack BS.

and most of all we dont want to get back in frigate raping raven's shooting you at 250km away

Its designed to kite at close range with Blasters, the only reason Rails were used was when they were good 3+ years ago til they got nerf bat