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infraX
Caldari
Finite Horizon
The Red Skull
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Posted - 2006.11.20 20:49:00 -
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Well I'll start you off.
If you are saying that the extra turret makes up for the lack of 1 heavy drone and that the extra mid can fit a tracking comp that (in your opinion) makes up for the lost tracking bonus and that although the hype has less armour but better ability to repair that armour and that the speed bonus is negligable but it does have a larger sig radius although better scan resolution....what is the the difference between the two ships? Sounds like you are fitting the hyperion up as a blaster boat (as you should) but if the different configuration of slots and bonuses is just there to be the 'same but different' why would you want to fly the hyperion instead of the mega?
I'm still undecided on the hyperion. I do like the way i can fit:
 8x Electron Blaster Cannon II
Quad Lif MWD
Faint 20k scram
Fleeting web
2x Heavy Electrochemical cap injectors (doesn't cap out even under pressure from NOS but uses up the boosters a lot faster for the privilege.)
2x LAR II (To make the most of the tanking bonus)
2x EANM II
Internal Force Field damage control (these have become 'must fit' modules now.)
Magnetic Field Stablizer II (the bonus a single damage mod gives to any setup is too great to ignore.)
4x Berserker II (explosive damage ftw.)
I must say I do like the model now I have seen it in game because the concept art didn't do it justice. The lack of tracking doesn't seem to make much difference when shooting battleship sized targets with even with void ammo. The ability to fire your cap booster 800's at double the normal speed can save your life when some idiot has the equivalent of 6 heavy Nos on you and no guns.
What I don't like is that the tanking bonus is sort of negated by the loss of a low slot which means you have to compromise on resistance which kinda makes it a non-bonus. Other than that, it is very similar to a megathron and I'm not sure if it warrant's the 50% (?) inscrease on the price tag tbh. Also, my megathron setup with 7 guns, 37.5% tracking bonus (Gallente Battleship 5), a heavy NOS and 5 drones instead of 4 provides better protection against smaller ships and absolutely minces HACs once they are webbed.
The hyperion is getting better but for BS vs BS combat it's "too much of the same" and I think the megathron is still better for versatility, even though it is setup more or less the same.
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infraX
Caldari
Finite Horizon
The Red Skull
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Posted - 2006.11.20 21:34:00 -
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Edited by: infraX on 20/11/2006 21:34:46
@Crellion
I take everything you say onboard. I've not had a chance to use rigs yet and you provide a good point about these and about extra optimal with a tracking comp. I know all too well that you can't take what happens on sisi as gospel. We will just have to wait till Kali hits tq to get a real representation of what's what.
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infraX
Caldari
Finite Horizon
The Red Skull
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Posted - 2006.11.24 10:09:00 -
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Surely that Rokh would still get utterly owned by a mega/hyp Joshua? Although I see what you are getting at by being able to kite other bs and keep them damped so they cant lock back and take them down slowly. Kind of wastes the Rokh's shield resist bonus too, or did they take that off now?
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