Please note I said:


Sure blaster vindi can do in the neighborhood of 1.7k dps at what ...10% of the range? Your ~1.7k dps at 9 optimal/11 fall off with void or ~1.2k at 17 optimal/30 fall off with Null vs Rattle's ~1.4k dps applyable out to 84 km(1/2 of it is delayed from missiles) and ~700 to 93.75km(lock range without modules). Outside of niche uses in Incursions, sitting on top of rats spawns in anoms, etc the Vindicator can't compete due to it having to travel to apply it's beastly dps. As soon as the Rattlesnake lands on grid 95% of the time you can start apply dps right away. The other 5% you gotta putter 10km or so to get into lockrange so you can apply that dps vs the 90km the Vindi would have to travel(probably less because your stern look would draw the rats attention and they would meet you half way).

TFI applies missile damage better but so does the CNR/Golem. However, those three are left behind when you add in drone damage from the snake.

DPS is only part the equation. There's a reason the Machariel is considered the king of level 4s. It's not because of it's dps, because most of the time you'll be in fall off which is a reduction down to 50% dps(god forbid double falloff). It's a combination of dps, mobility(a BS that can keep pace and even move faster then some cruisers) and warp speed.

There's many things when looking at mission boats. Here's my top 2 priorities

1) Looks. You look good you feel good. You feel good, you don't hate your life while grinding standings/make some iskies.

2) Ease of use. Sure cruise missiles have travel time but they also don't often have to deal with changing ammo types based off range. Usually target size. With guns, I focus on small targets first before they get under my guns. With missiles, I focus on bigger targets so they deal less damage and then deal with the small targets. Other missiles like Torpdoes...yeah....that's a whole other bag of worms I'm not getting into.