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The Bigpuns
Touring New Eden
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Posted - 2016.02.15 11:31:56 -
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Still outperformed by a more actively engaged cruise fit. Only advantage of this fit is that you don't actually have to play the game if you would rather watch cat videos while your rattlesnake clears the room... |
The Bigpuns
Touring New Eden
Haven.
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Posted - 2016.02.15 11:46:01 -
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Arthur Aihaken wrote:The Bigpuns wrote:Still outperformed by a more actively engaged cruise fit. Only advantage of this fit is that you don't actually have to play the game if you would rather watch cat videos while your rattlesnake clears the room... Opinions vary, but I can run circles around a cruise fit. For starters, I don't have to wait for target lock cycles - and I never lose DPS to any kind of EW. If you consistently run missions in the same systems you get auto-aggro, which means you can start shooting immediately. Even if you average out rapid launchers you're still getting upwards of 1200-1600 DPS (depending on fit). You will be hard-pressed to get that even on paper with cruise missiles, and you lose upwards of 40-60% engaging anything smaller than battlecruisers. Feel free to post your personal Rattlesnake fit.
Please refer to all previous posts and threads on this topic to see why that's not true. |
The Bigpuns
Touring New Eden
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Posted - 2016.02.15 16:48:14 -
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It has been pointed out time and again why a passive shield rhml rattlesnake is inferior. Arthur still says we just hate his (continued, repeated, and frankly becoming rather tiresome) fits because they don't conform. The real reasons are, to be brief:
Passive shield is bad for pve. Too many slots devoted to not blowing stuff up.
Rhml's are bad for pve that isn't blitzing. Arthur likes quoting his burst dps figures, needs to tick the "include reload time in dps" box in eft.
Peak dps on paper is with a gecko. A gecko is rarely the best answer in practise.
Saying you never need to target anything is basically relying on your drones and fof missiles picking the best targets. And fof's do low damage. Best bet is to target things (whoops, have to include a 4 second delay per mission while that first target gets locked) and then set your drones and missiles on appropriate targets manually.
I stated Arthur's fit is good for afk mission clears. It has been stated by many people on many threads that Arthur's methods, which include semi afk multiboxing, are not best and not for everyone. Granted, if you are semi afk multiboxing, then a passive shield, fof spamming, gecko tanking rattle is a fine choice. That did not appear to be the stated intent of this fit, merely just for full mission clears. Which the traditional rattle still does better.
Hope I've explained myself a bit more clearly now. |
The Bigpuns
Touring New Eden
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Posted - 2016.02.16 16:02:21 -
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Cos looting and salvaging isn't worth much these days, with few exceptions. Most cash is in bounties and lp's. Rattle applies enough dps to complete missions faster than marauders in most situations. |
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