Why must every ship have drones? The zealot is fine without them.

except amarr is the DRONE race, we need more drones and missiles, lasers are too hard tor ebalance, people will be happier if we just swap everything into missiles, drones, and neuts.

which is ironic because everyone also complains that missiles and drones suck.

Eve players are a finnicky bunch

I'm actually annoyed by the fact that the Amarr do so many things. Min do projectiles/missiles, Cal do missiles/hybrids, Gal do drones/hybrids, so it would stand to reason that Amarr should do energy weapons/drones. Instead we have all these missile boats in the mix (and keep in mind this is coming from someone who likes missiles well enough).

Edit: Also, I see no problem with the zealot being better for gangs and the ONI being better for solo.

I agree with this, as any ninny in a frig with a TD and logpoint can pin one down and there's not a damn thing outside of good fits and fancy flying that can save them.

I want to see more ships without drones. You want to fly a ship with drones, then pick one with a drone bay.

If you think the drones on the Omen make it superior to the Zealot, then stop complaining and start paying less for your ships.

So a frigate with a good fit shouldn't be able to tackle a cruiser that doeesn't have a good fit?

sorry fellow goon friend.

but **** drones...

The zealot is fine.

You just dont know how to use it.

Zealot doesn't need a cap booster.

If you fly it in AB fleet, that is true.

But in other cases, like almost all laser ships, a cap booster is needed.

If you have an armor repairer, a MWD, and Lasers, i don't see another choice than having a cap booster.

So fine that we don't see any zealot on the fields ;-)

Of course, in armor fleet with an AB and a lot of Logies, this ship is not so bad...

[Zealot, Pulse X3]
1600mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Adaptive Nano Plating II or (Overdrive Injector to up the speed to 1502 m/s)
Damage Control II
Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II

10MN Microwarpdrive II
Medium Capacitor Booster II, Navy Cap Booster 800
Warp Disruptor II (or Tracking Computer II in fleet)

Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Scorch M

Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I

This one could be cool if its speed was not 1335 m/s and an align time of 10.6s

except amarr is the DRONE race, we need more drones and missiles, lasers are too hard tor ebalance, people will be happier if we just swap everything into missiles, drones, and neuts.

except amarr is the DRONE race, we need more drones and missiles, lasers are too hard tor ebalance, people will be happier if we just swap everything into missiles, drones, and neuts.

Laser ships are so dependant of their capacitor that there is no way to fly them witout a Capacitor Booster.

If you have an armor repairer, a MWD, and Lasers, i don't see another choice than having a cap booster.

In fact almost all fregates can tackle a Zealot. It is not really matter of good fit.
No Medium laser can track a frig orbiting it. As it doesn't have High utility, only 3 medium slots, and no drone it just cannot take distance to shoot.

I want to comment on a point made above about a ship being not equally fit for solo and fleet ops. Well, maybe some sips are designed to work better in groups, not every hull should be good for all jobs, especially t2 hulls, that are supposed to be specialized. You might notice, that most t2 lack utility high slots - that being just one example.

But it is probably too late for that now and the Ishtar would be a big problem...

Why must every ship have drones? The zealot is fine without them.

which is ironic because everyone also complains that missiles and drones suck.

Eve players are a finnicky bunch

Like the Stabber before him...

I think the Zealot deserve 25 m3 of drone bay and 25 of bandwith.