Powergrid is very tight for most fittings, but CPU is much more generous.

Guys.. its a missile a boat. It doesn't need to be as fast as a svipul or confessor. Have we not learned what fast ships and missiles do? Look at the garmur/orthrus, those 2 ships have been a cancer on PvP since their introduction.

It has no tracking to contend with. And it will have insane acceleration.. so if its fit with a 1mn MWD, it will still have the acceleration to slingshot most ships. Plus, a 66% bonus to missile velocity will mean even the kiters can't kite it when its fit with LML. Possible you could even get enough range for rockets to hit out to point range with a rig or 2.

Medium Ancillary Shield Booster

When T3 destroyers were announced, it was said that they'd be a different take on Tech 3 versatility and unpredictability, hence the 'Tactical Destroyer' class.

Now we're seeing these 'Tactical' destroyers being placed into specific niches rather than what they were originally intended for.

I understand that the Jackdaw is supposed to be the slowest T3 destroyer, but having the native speed on the level of battlecruisers? This eliminates the Jackdaw's viability as a kiting ship, and nudges the ship towards brawling. As I've stated before, these ships are meant to be versatile and unpredictable. The Confessor and Svipul have the ability to kite (and based on rough concept of stats given by CCP, the Hecate) unlike the Jackdaw. You'd need to go far out of your way to make this a viable kiting vessel to the point that switching from propulsion mode would be a death sentence.

Even when you make the ship a brawling vessel, it still doesn't hold a candle to the abilities of the Confessor and Svipul.


In short: Why fly the Jackdaw when the other T3 destroyers outclass it in almost every way?

One thing I noticed on the jackdaw is a 137km lock range in sniper mode. But you'd only hit about 100km with t2 velocity rigs so I'm at a loss? Why even give ships that can't benefit from so much range that much range to start with?

What could possibly be more Caldari than a kiting missile spamming ship doctrine? It might be hard to balance, but I think the tactical subsystems could be a way to make that work. Either you get range, tank, or speed. But not all three at once. I think a 10% sig radius bonus per level would work well. With that bonus the Jackdaw could perhaps not have as large of a buffer, but could sig/speed tank a lot of the damage. It would still be a fine brawler with all of it's mids and high resists. But I would love to see a "mini-drake" bringing back the kiting missile spam doctrines.

quicker reload than blasters... a little too good i suggest .. also why 6 mids? .. my ferox only has 5 and its a bc does this seem right too you?

I've been saying that for over 3 months but people always parrot on about their options being removed nevermind that balance is a higher priority.