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The Bigpuns
Touring New Eden Haven.
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Posted - 2015.08.29 09:52:33 -
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Morning all, been trying to do a bit of maths and its making my head hurt.
Doing PvE in my Golem, I usually have 4 target painters fitted. Would it be worth dropping one or two for a precision scripted Guidance Comp, due to the stacking penalties? Or is the Golems tp bonus big enough to make them still more effective?
Just for completeness, I rig with a calefaction and a flare II, and we can discount the tp falloff as I dont use mjd so am nearly always in optimal.
I guess the answer will be something like "doesnt make much difference". I only ask cos I got the question stuck in my head and it won't quit. Plus, some NPC's (namely Zor and the guy at the end of the Minnie epic arc) are immune to tp's, so do I lose much application, if any, by switching modules?
Apparently you can plug things like these into EFT's damage graphs, but I haven't had a chance to look yet.
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Nafensoriel
KarmaFleet Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2015.08.29 13:07:21 -
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Current consensus is: Golem= Rigor+Rigor+MGC+3x Painters for max application
However... depending on if you use FOF missiles your mileage may varry with MGC.
Assume in general a 1-5% reduction in effectiveness when comparing MGC vs a painter even considering stacking penalties. |
Haatakan Reppola
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.08.29 13:43:24 -
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Nafensoriel wrote:Current consensus is: Assume in general a 1-5% reduction in effectiveness when comparing MGC vs a painter even considering stacking penalties.
If its 1-5% reduction in effectiveness with MGC vs painter, wouldnt the 2nd module be better with MGC? |
Arthur Aihaken
Chig
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Posted - 2015.08.29 14:54:06 -
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I assume we're talking about cruise launchers with Fury ammunition for application. From what I recall, after two target painters a pair of precision-scripted missile guidance computers gives you the best damage application on a Golem. Your electronic, missile and Marauder skills as well as implants can affect this greatly (since implants aren't stacking penalized, they're often equivalent to a third rigor or flare).
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Tsukino Stareine
Sock Robbers Inc. Low-Class
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Posted - 2015.08.29 18:14:54 -
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imo in any solo situation the MGC is superior because you won't have to wait for cycle time to increase your damage application |
Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
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Posted - 2015.08.29 19:57:38 -
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I run 1x Flare 1x Rigor, 2x TP, 1x MGE, and 1x MGC
I have almost no issues in pve, but it isn't actually a PvE boat.
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Jeremiah Saken
The Fall of Leviathan
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Posted - 2015.08.29 21:07:26 -
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Nafensoriel wrote:However... depending on if you use FOF missiles your mileage may varry with MGC. FOF? on golem?
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Arthur Aihaken
Chig
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Posted - 2015.08.29 23:23:41 -
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Jeremiah Saken wrote:FOF? on golem? Well, it would be a lot slower than using Fury ammunition - but still doable...
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2015.08.30 00:33:36 -
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a bit slower, but you don't really have to pay attention. Just look over every min or two just to make sure you didn't reload and/or killed all the npcs.
as for the math dunno, I usually let people on the forums try it out for me. I also don't really fly missile boats so not really too worried on that bit either.
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Arthur Aihaken
Chig
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Posted - 2015.08.30 12:39:53 -
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Chainsaw Plankton wrote:as for the math dunno, I usually let people on the forums try it out for me. I also don't really fly missile boats so not really too worried on that bit either. With the auto-switching target feature on FoF missiles the DPS is comparable to Faction ammunition and manually switching targets. However, the total applied damage is about 20% less per ammunition rack.
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The Bigpuns
Touring New Eden Haven.
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Posted - 2015.08.30 19:16:21 -
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Arthur Aihaken wrote:I assume we're talking about cruise launchers with Fury ammunition for application. From what I recall, after two target painters a pair of precision-scripted missile guidance computers gives you the best damage application on a Golem. Your electronic, missile and Marauder skills as well as implants can affect this greatly (since implants aren't stacking penalized, they're often equivalent to a third rigor/flare or fourth target painter).
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Sorry yes, exactly right, cruises and high damage ammo. Two tp's and two mgc's it is then. I might just see if I can work out the damage charts in eft.
I didn't like torps before, hadn't actually looked at them with these new modules, might be worth a shout.
Thanks for all the input guys o/ |
Nafensoriel
KarmaFleet Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2015.08.30 20:32:43 -
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Worth noting that RHML snakes are pretty much custom built for MGC. 100km range or frigate blaping application and a drone to keep you from wanting to kill yourself with a spoon while reloading. |
Arthur Aihaken
Chig
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Posted - 2015.08.31 00:54:53 -
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Nafensoriel wrote:... to keep you from wanting to kill yourself with a spoon while reloading. No, it really doesn't...
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Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
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Posted - 2015.08.31 01:53:38 -
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From my own personal testing, 3 RFTPs versus 2 RFTPs and an MGC scripted for precision made little difference, namely it seemingly hurting app more if one of the TPs missed a cycle. For me, that's my whole point of a third TP to begin with, to add module redundancy in case one of the buggers misses. I know someone might point out that RFTPs cost more than an MGC2, which they would be in fact correct. My counter would be to point out that RFTPs are dirt cheap and even more so inexpensive given the cost of the hull in the first place. It's what works for me, even if it may be different in someone else's eyes.
With respects to those who have found some resemblance of worth from the MGCs at least, the Golem in particular is really among the worst ships to argue that opinion. The healthy number of mids and now minimal need for many of them for tank since Rubi, coupled with the TP bonus the hull receives and very generous velocity buffs for Cruise missiles ensures MGCs are fairly low priority for people like myself. If you're running an FoF build (shudders), want to give torps a bit more range, or happen to run into those very scant few NPCs that are indeed TP immune and/or your TPs seem to miss too often for your taste, MGCs can be a decent substitute for TPs. Hell, you may just like them (or even the MGEs) more than TPs for sake of their ease of use. I even run an Orthrus with LMLs and an MGC2 for range for running high sec anoms and sigs. Not the best in the world, but that Modus look is super smexy, and the missile range actually synergises perfectly with my locking range.
Conservatively, I'd run with the TPs up to three at most for Cruise builds, regardless ammo used (except FoFs, shudders again) then start throwing MGCs on there, if anything. If you feel like leaning more on the MGCs than TPs, start trading mids. An MGE on a Golem -1 CNBCS adds around 15 meters ER, less than that in EV, and nearly 1000m/s velocity for as much as a 60dps cut. Again, up to you, though I would say MGCs certainly have a much better effect.
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The Bigpuns
Touring New Eden Haven.
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Posted - 2015.08.31 09:00:50 -
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With the short tp cycle times, I find they are finished before the launchers about 99% of the time. Might be different if rigged with a bay loading accelerator instead of calefaction. I use pwnage tp instead of rf (in fact, look at my killboard for my exact fit, lost one to a wartarget after not being careful and watching local).
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Arthur Aihaken
Chig
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Posted - 2015.08.31 21:50:33 -
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I'm finding that with Faction ammunition you can typically get away with a single TP - no rigors or MGCs needed.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2015.08.31 22:32:19 -
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Arthur Aihaken wrote:I'm finding that with Faction ammunition you can typically get away with a single TP - no rigors or MGCs needed. can, but then you lose a lot of damage. and given the golem has a ton of extra slots you can run 2x mgc and 3x painter without much of a worry (kinda making a guess on stacking there). 1/3 if you want a prop mod.
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stoicfaux
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Posted - 2015.08.31 23:13:20 -
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Tsukino Stareine wrote:imo in any solo situation the MGC is superior because you won't have to wait for cycle time to increase your damage application Cruise cycle time is longer than TP cycle time + cruise missiles go fast. Especially the red thermal ones.
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Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery Prolapse.
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Posted - 2015.09.01 00:08:22 -
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Wow, you nerds need to get out more.
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Arthur Aihaken
Chig
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Posted - 2015.09.01 00:28:04 -
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Trinkets friend wrote:Wow, you nerds need to get out more. You mean like undock and quit station spinning?
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