Gabriel Karade
Nulli-Secundus
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Posted - 2007.03.12 08:00:00 -
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 Originally by: Ecky X
I think the problem with Minmatar BATTLEships becomes obvious when you try to compare them to Gallente ships. You generally can't go head to head with them, you'll lose (if you don't have a lot more SP). Other Minmatar ships are fine.
Typhoon vs Dominix:
Domi has a damage bonus for drones, Typhoon has more highslots, so they are equal in damage.
Domi and Typhoon both have 7 lowslots, so they can tank the same, right? Well, not if you want to use torps on your Phoon.
Domi and Phoon both have .... wait a second, the Dominix has more midslots!
Typhoon vs Megathron:
To start, Blasters do 25% more base damage than autocannons, at the expense of cap use. Mega has 3000 more powergrid, same midslots, and your damage mods affect ALL of your weapons. To get similar damage with a Typhoon, you need to use twice the number of lowslots. Typhoon has a bigger drone bay? Uhuh, yea, the Mega can use 5 heavy drones too. Tank? Phoon has less powergrid, needs more lowslots for damage mods.
Tempest vs Megathron:
Mega does more damage with its highslots, has a stronger tank, can hold more drones. Tempest has an additional highslot for... what, a NOS? One NOS won't make much of a difference... and an extra midslot. If you're going to be going 1v1 with a Mega, throwing a racial ECM on there might give you an edge, but otherwise the Megathron will kick your butt. For sniping? Tempest does a great job, but really... whats to stop your enemy from warping away? This isn't a very effective form of PvP.
Typhoon vs Dominix, the Dominix requires an RCU II to fit the smallest tier of large blasters and a 5-slot (single repairer) armour tank, the Typhoon as I pointed out earlier can fit 4x Siege II, 4x 425mm II and a 7-slot armour tank. In terms of a Blaster-Dominix that 5th midslot is no longer the advantage it used to be...
Typhoon vs. Megathron, you're better off not trying to compete with the damage output of the Megathron, the setup I posted does a good 400+ dps less than a decent Ion II Megathron (5-slot tank, 2 damage mods), but a fight between the two is pretty evenly matched (actually favours the Typhoon slightly) if you go for the 7-slot tank option.
Tempest vs. Megathron, granted the extra mid-slot isn't quite as useful as it once was, though the biggest killer of Tempest pilots I find, is charging straight into web range and trying to have a stationary slugging match...
To be honest, the Typhoon makes a better BS killer in a close range configuration, though the Tempest is better vs. smaller ships (two nosferatu, majority of damage output from ACÆs rather than torpedos)
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