Mephiztopheleze
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.08.09 23:31:49 -
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First up, I wouldn't be using a Frigate for PvE. I know some people do, but I use a Vexor Navy Issue for that task.
As for 'which factions frigates are the best', that's a pretty open question that any five people can give you ten different answers to.
They each have strengths and weaknesses and all Empire factions have at least one solid frigate in their lineups.
Ships:
Amarr: Sentinel is awesome and the T1 frigates are all pretty solid.
Caldari: The T2 Harpy is a main line ship for many coalitions for very good reasons, it's cheap, a comparatively short skill train for newbros and the damage projection is amazing when you have a fleet of them. Kitsunes are overpowered as hell in a small gang (but have some steep training requirements to be truly effective). Merlins are about as solid as T1 frigates get.
Gallente: Tristan, Maulus, Atron are all pretty great little hulls. The Keres is an interesting boat. Ishkur/Enyo rock when you get the skills up for them.
Minmatar: Hyena and Vigil are some of the best force multipliers in the game. Rifter is still a solid hull (if a little lacking on it's glory days of yore).
Weapons:
Lazorz: Cap heavy, decent damage, good tracking, decent range. Stuck with EM/Thermal damage.
Hybrids: Good tracking and solid damage. Sadly stuck with Kinetic/Thermal damage.
Projectiles: Lousy tracking, good range in falloff. Amazing alpha with Arty. Selectable damage types.
Missiles: Selectable damage type and missiles recently got a huge buff.
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Mephiztopheleze
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.08.10 23:05:31 -
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Tsukino Stareine wrote:
*snip*
as they are not used for solo play since their job is to repair other ships.
Apart from that there are the more "meta" frigates:
navy slicer
comet
worm
garmur
Don't forget the Daredevil and Dramiel!
elitatwo wrote:Mephiztopheleze wrote:....Missiles: Selectable damage type and missiles recently got a huge nerf... Carry on, I just corrected a small typo, nothing to see.
i thought the whizbang new lowslot thingies were all sorts of yum? i don't know to be honest, i rarely use missiles (being more an EWAR kinda guy).
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