Verity Sovereign
Sovereign Fleet Tax Shelter
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Posted - 2013.09.03 18:47:00 -
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So yesterday I looked up the Jita prices of various ammos, and calculated the "ISK/second" that a weapon would consume (before factoring in ROF boosting skills/bonuses). I only considered high damage faction ammo and T2 ammo.
My suspicion was confirmed, its cheaper to shoot artillery than beam lasers As I see it Projectiles and missiles should have the highest ammo cost, as they use no cap Hybrids use some cap, and should have a moderate ammo cost. Lasers use a lot of cap, and cannot really split their ammo into smaller stack, so they should have the lowest ammunition cost.
I think it makes good gameplay sense to have a tradeoff of using more ISK/resources for the benefit of not relying on cap to use the weapon.
Here's what I calculated (no skills factored in, Jita prices from the 2nd), all large size ammo, assuming 4,000 shots per faction crystal and 1,000 on average per T2 crystal:
Hybrids RailsISK/s F AMJav Spike 425mm 116.9556.1760.36 350mm 152.9473.4678.93 2x250mm 191.1191.7998.63 F AM = Navy Faction Antimatter
BlastersISK/s F AMNull Void M. Neutron 141.8863.4577.41 M. Ion 165.6374.0790.37 M. Electron 248.44111.11135.56
Lasers Beam LasersISK/s IN MultiGleam LAurora L Tachyon 18.855.262.64 M. Beam 26.1176.6787 Dual H. Beam 32.6495.83108.75
Pulse LasersISK/s IN MultiConfl. LScorch L M. Pulse 29.8268.2764.34 Dual H. Pulse 34.8179.775.11
Projectiles ArtilleryISK/s RF EMPQuake Tremor 1400mm 29.5615.9611.06 1200mm 56.4230.4721.1
Auto-cannonsISK/s RF EMPBarrage Hail 800mm 150.6376.5280.84 2x650mm 158.2780.484.93 2x425mm 175.8589.3394.37
Missiles CruiseISK/s CN. Sc. Cr.Sc. Fury Cr.Sc. Prec. Cr. Cruise Lnchr II 111.6741.3529.38
Ammo: Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missil, Scourge Fury and precision Cruise missiles
TorpedosISK/s CN Sc Torp.Sc. Rage TorpSc. Jav. Torp Torp Launcher II 163.19138.1968.68
Here are the highlights: Cheapest user of faction ammo: Tachyon beams at ~19 isk/second Cheapest user of close range T2 ammo: 1400mm at ~16 isk/second Cheapest user of long range T2 ammo: 1400mm at ~11 isk/second
T2 Cruise ammo is cheaper than both T2 laser ammo and T2 hybrid ammo
Except for artillery and the missiles/torps, considering the largest size in classe (ie nuetrons, megapulse, 425mm, 800mm auto and tachyones) all users of T2 ammo use between 55 to 81 ISK/second
*T2 ammo for Artillery is roughly 4x cheaper to use than for T2 beams and T2 rails* * T2 ammo for autocannons is the most expensive among the turrets, as I think it should be * In all cases except lasers, the T2 ammo is significantly cheaper than the faction ammo * After lasers, Arty is the cheapest faction ammo user, cheaper than all non arty T2 ammo
I propose that the material and invention requirements for T2 arty ammo be increased significantly (roughly 2-3x). Follow this with a "buff" to T2 crystal durability - I recommend making T2 crystals on avergae last as long as faction - sometimes more, sometimes less.
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