Sylek
Amarr
Bleak Cabal
Insomnia.
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Posted - 2007.05.14 18:11:00 -
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Edited by: Sylek on 14/05/2007 18:36:27
The Armageddon is very good I think for a tier 1 BS. It can tank and set up for decent DPS and still tank good. The lack of medslots make it less viable as a solo ship, but what the hell, it's a tier 1 BS, it's cheap. Oh and it's the best Amarr ship because it has room for 5 heavy drones.
(This is assuming you have at least BS 4 to make the lasers usable)
The Apoc is kind of crappy compared to the armageddon and most other Tier 2 BSes. It does less damage than the apoc, can tank a little better because of the extra cap, one more med, one less low, 3000 more PG (armageddon with a built-in T2 RCU and an extra med). Compared to the Tempest, Raven and Megathron the Apoc does the least damage, and is really only viable for killing Sansha, and even if you're doing that the armageddon is better.
(this also assumes you have BS 4 so you can deal damage while tanking)
The Abaddon looks nice, but really isn't all too nice. It'll deal a little bit more damage than the armageddon, and that's only because it has more base PG, making Mega Pulses easier to fit rather than Dual heavies, which I normally use on the geddon. The damage bonus is nice for putting things in your bio, but it isn't any better than the geddon bonus.
Now, the armor resistance bonus, that's useful. The Abaddon is really good at tanking, except obviously that if it starts shooting you need a cap recharge time of around 300-400 sec to keep your lasers running, plus some nosses and maybe an injector to run a dual-rep tank.
To make the Abaddon viable for close combat you need at least 3 cap rigs, there's an extra 70m.
Even for sniping, if you don't want to spend around 5 slots to cap recharge, you're going to have to use all the rig slots for cap stuff. Tachyons take enough cap already, a ship with 8 of them and no cap bonus is just silly.
I don't like it for solo PvP because it costs so damn much to rig it up and fit properly. I lost one recently and there's no way I'm getting another one soon.
Other Amarr ships are good: Curse, Absolution
Some Amarr ships are just crap compared to other counterparts:
The Harbinger, which does measly damage when compared to the Myrmidon or Hurricane and doesn't tank nearly as well as the Drake.
Sacrilege sucks, Zealot used to be good.
Crusader, Malediction are bad compared to Crow, Claw and Taranis. Sure, I've gotten some kills in a Crusader, they can kill other inties nicely but it's nearly impossible to get it to fire lasers and keep a scramble as a long range inty, and in close combat is just dies.
I'd rather get a Punisher than a Vengeance and the Retribution is a PvE ship only due to 1 med.
That's all the ships I can think of at any rate - Myself, I'm getting an Archon, the only Amarr ship that doesn't use lasers.
Edit: Oh I forgot to mention. EM damage sucks.
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