Originally by: Grey Area

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Edited by: Grey Area on 14/02/2006 16:52:29
Strongly recommend switching to Cruise rather than Torps, for the following reason.

1. Torps are gimped against smaller targets even worse than cruise, particularly because the Guided Missile Precision skill does NOT affect Torps.

2. Factoring in rate of fire and the "gimping" your DPS with cruise will be only fractionally lower than Torps

3. More flexibility in terms of range...fit a sensor booster and pound your enemy from 150 km plus!

4. When you get to T2, you will find it hard to fit 6 T2 siege, but six T2 cruise is a doddle (interestingly I can find NO sensible setup that will allow me to fit SEVEN T2 siege launchers on a Caldari Navy Raven...again, 7 T2 cruise fit easily)

5. In general for missions, even when there are BS present, there are more hitpoints worth of cruisers (and smaller ships) "on screen" than hitpoints worth of battleships - thus if your main weapon is Torps, you are at a comparative disadvantage for more than half of the damage you are doing.

6. There are no FOF Torps, and if you fight Guristas a lot, FOFs are a VERY nice solution to their target jamming trick (use caution in deadspace though...the targetting priorities for FOFs are JUST as stupid as for drones...)

Comment about drones is well made...T2 ones are awesome in combat (expect a nerf soon ) but I can't use them yet .

My setup;

Hi's
6 x T2 Cruise (I use Wraths most of the time, but there is the odd mission that requires variation (Enemies Abound for instance, where both Thermal and Explosion are required at various points in the series)
2 x Heavy Nosferatu

Med's
Gisti 100MN Afterburner
T2 Sensor Booster
Caldari Navy Shield Boost Amp
2 x T2 or named hardeners (type depends on enemy)
Gist X-type Extra Large Shield Booster (ker-CHING!)

Low's
3 x Caldari Navy BCUs
2 x T2 Power Diags

The afterburner is an offensive weapon...if you can actively close the distance to a target, you kill it faster (I can prove it, but just trust me, ok?). The sensor booster means that on Vengeance I can target and kill the gate guns IMMEDIATELY...they are just out of range for most BS, being just over 100km away. With this setup and my skills, the cruise hit for 551.4 points on hull (but I do have nearly 10 mill SP in missiles alone).

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