Only thing I don't like about it is the lack of range w/ blasters. Other than that it's, as the kids say, bitchin'

I'm finding it's cap life to be causing more problems then the power grid restraints. though i am determined to make a railgun Hecate over a blaster Hecate. It's a good thing it has a decent cargo hold.. Fill the hold to the brim with cap boosters.

That's blasters for you though, they don't have range when fit on anything.
Null will go about 9.5ish in sharpshooter though which isn't bad.

I have yet to actually kill anything with it yet though so this is all very much "omgmycoolshinynewtoy" with shag all to back it up yet.

Will report back if the ashtray catches fire or the steering wheel falls off though.

I want to try a rail fit. I feel like anything with blasters is just going to get scram kited to death. Then again when it doesn't and gets to face melting range it just might be worth it

They do however make hilarious small gang ships if you put 3-4 of them together for face melting madness.

9Kish with sharpshooter, yeah. But I expected to get more than 3,300 falloff with fed navy antimatter in a 36 million isk T3 dessie. A TE will pump it out to barely under 4K.

Cap life is mainly an issue due to the armor rep cycle time bonus, otherwise its pretty normal.

It is a fantastic brawler. Dual web, hull tank, triple gyro and you can hit 550 dps to end of scram range with null which is not to be taken lightly as well as still maintain 8k ehp out of defense mode with a rig hull tank. Its a bit of a one trick pony and i would never dual rep personally as a Svipul can do the same (allbeit with less dps) and have excellent range control.

Imo it makes a brilliant ship for punching above its weight class or as the main bulk of dps in a small gang. It's just not a good solo vessel for taking on frigate gangs who know how to scram kite correctly.

Edit for OP edit: You cannot scram kite effectively the dual web, hull tank, neutron variant. It hits to 9.6km with null in sharpshooter for 550 dps with triple gyro. That said its tank is only 8k ehp as mentioned.

Cap life is mainly an issue due to the armor rep cycle time bonus, otherwise its pretty normal.

It is a fantastic brawler. Dual web, hull tank, triple gyro and you can hit 550 dps to end of scram range with null which is not to be taken lightly as well as still maintain 8k ehp out of defense mode with a rig hull tank.

[quote=Switch Savage]And punching above your weight... well, i don't see many instances in which 500ish dps and 8-10k buffer are gonna be enough to kill cruisers and above, with 2x up the tank, similar or superior dps, possibly neuts, maybe an active tank, and that might even have range control on you.

You would obviously not use the buffer 800 dps fit to punch above your weight class outside of quickly breaking an active tanked T1 cruiser before it drops you. Dual rep/Single rep fits and some tight orbiting is more than enough to get under the guns and break active tanks that other T3 dessies simply do not have the punch to mimic.

I agree as well the Hecate is just not the ideal solo T3 dessie. It makes up for it though by being the muscle in small gang when others can help you stick to a target and melt it like nothing else can.

In cruiser situations...get under their guns and pound away with void.

I doubt you'll be able to get under the guns on anything other than webless kiters tbh, brawlers are most likely gonna have range control on you, and even if they don't, speed difference won't be enough to orbit and keep transversal up.