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Tegid12	Posted - 2006.05.02 01:03:00 - [1] Can anyone give me a quick rundown on the damage types, and what they affect? Such as em damge, does that effect shields? Also on a related note if I can fit 5 drones should I go all one type or mix and match like 3 kinetic and 2 em? Any advice would be great thanks
Derrys	Posted - 2006.05.02 01:23:00 - [2] Edited by: Derrys on 02/05/2006 01:23:42 Originally by: Tegid12 Can anyone give me a quick rundown on the damage types, and what they affect? Such as em damge, does that effect shields? Also on a related note if I can fit 5 drones should I go all one type or mix and match like 3 kinetic and 2 em? Any advice would be great thanks EM - Very strong against shields, very weak against armor. Associated with Amarr ships/drones. Explosive - Very weak against shields, very strong against armor. Associated with Minmatar ships/drones. Kinetic - Medium damage to both shields and armor; slightly better damage to armor. Associated with Caldari ships/drones. Thermal - Medium damage to both shields and armor; slightly better damage to shields. Associated with Gallente ships/drones. All laser weapons do a combination of EM and Thermal damage. All hybrid turrets do a combination of Kinetic and Thermal damage. Projectile turrets do largely explosive damage, but can also do others depending on what type of ammo is loaded. Missile users have complete control over which damage type they do. It's also important to realize that pilots can change their shield and armor resistances with modules called shield/armor hardeners. For example, many people who rely on shields fit one or more EM hardeners, since their shields would otherwise be very vulnerable to EM damage. Also, some ships have boosted resistances to certain damage types, so it might be good to check their stats before attacking. :) -- Admiral Derrys Otireya Commander, Fleet Operations Caldari Independent Navy Reserve
Tegid12	Posted - 2006.05.02 01:35:00 - [3] Thank you for the info Derrys very helpful
Derrys	Posted - 2006.05.02 01:37:00 - [4] Edited by: Derrys on 02/05/2006 01:40:13 As for what damage types you should use, and whether you should mix-and-match, that's one of the bigger tactical decisions you'll have to make. If you have a good idea what kind of ships you'll fighting, and a good idea of how they might be equipped, then I'd say to concentrate on what you think their weakest damage type will be. Otherwise, try to spread it around. Of course, if you use lasers or hybrid turrets, you don't have a lot of choice. Some ships also have bonuses for a particular damage type (for example, a lot of Caldari ships get a bonus to Kinetic missile damage), so that might make up your mind for you, too. -- Admiral Derrys Otireya Commander, Fleet Operations Caldari Independent Navy Reserve
Tegid12	Posted - 2006.05.02 01:39:00 - [5] Again thanks! Quick prolly dumb ? here can drones be given ammo?
Derrys	Posted - 2006.05.02 01:41:00 - [6] Originally by: Tegid12 Again thanks! Quick prolly dumb ? here can drones be given ammo? Nope, each type of drone does one damage type and it can't be changed. Of course, you could just carry drones for the other types, if you have room. -- Admiral Derrys Otireya Commander, Fleet Operations Caldari Independent Navy Reserve
Myiesha	Posted - 2006.05.02 13:50:00 - [7] IMHO dont count on the this Race does X damage notes. I dont belive this is very good info to go on at all, and will often get you killed. I found that while the race will give you some idea of what they might be strong or weak against, often the information is totaly wrong about what that NPC is going to hit you with. Sure they may do 2 kin and 2 thrm as expect but then slap you with a 150 point EM heavy missile that wasnt listed and can be realy painfull if your shield tanking. :) In general I found most of the NPC rats have at least 2 general types of resists and damage configurations. If your going against NPC's, Look up those specific NPC's. There are a number of sites like http://eveinfo.com/npcships/ that will tell you EXACTLY how much damage of each type a NPC will do and what they are weak against. In addition the site above will tell you any specials such as ECM or Warp Scrambling.
Dark Shikari	Posted - 2006.05.02 13:55:00 - [8] Originally by: Myiesha IMHO dont count on the this Race does X damage notes. I dont belive this is very good info to go on at all, and will often get you killed. I found that while the race will give you some idea of what they might be strong or weak against, often the information is totaly wrong about what that NPC is going to hit you with. Sure they may do 2 kin and 2 thrm as expect but then slap you with a 150 point EM heavy missile that wasnt listed and can be realy painfull if your shield tanking. :) In general I found most of the NPC rats have at least 2 general types of resists and damage configurations. If your going against NPC's, Look up those specific NPC's. There are a number of sites like http://eveinfo.com/npcships/ that will tell you EXACTLY how much damage of each type a NPC will do and what they are weak against. In addition the site above will tell you any specials such as ECM or Warp Scrambling. But different NPC races do in fact do different damage types. Guristas uses kinetic missiles and kin/therm guns--nothing else. The only exceptions may be named bosses or sentry guns. What gets people often are enemies like Mercenaries that may come in a Guristas mission but do EM/therm damage. [23] Member: Official Forum Warrior What's with the blue robots? Click my sig.
Derrys	Posted - 2006.05.02 14:26:00 - [9] Originally by: Myiesha IMHO dont count on the this Race does X damage notes. I didn't mean that NPCs of those races necessarily did those types of damage, I said that those damage types were associated with those races; e.g. Kinetic is associated with Caldari in the sense that Caldari drones do Kinetic damage and many Caldari ships get a bonus to Kinetic missile damage, EM is associated with Amarr because their drones do EM damage and their ships get a bonus to laser weapons, and so on. Racial damage types. -- Admiral Derrys Otireya Commander, Fleet Operations Caldari Independent Navy Reserve


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