Ruffles
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Posted - 2004.01.07 17:05:00 -
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Edited by: Ruffles on 07/01/2004 17:07:40
The refire rate is a little high.
M12 Launcher I's with MLO 5 will have a refire rate of 10.5 seconds. Add 2 seconds for manual click-reload, and the 10 seconds for reload, and another second or two to reactivate:
23.5-24.5 seconds per volley.
Assuming Cruise 3, which is pretty attainable, thats 345 per missile. Assuming the kestrel is all offense mode only, no means to defend itself except perhaps its speed.
Thats 345 x 4 = 1380 / 24.5 seconds = 56.32 hits/sec
(Assuming about 5k per paradise cruise missile)
Cost per salvo: 816.32 isk / second
This has ignored flight time for this particular instance (which I don't think should be ignored).
A battleship of say, 5000 hits of shields.
Assuming the kestrels used EM Cruise missiles, this is approximately 15 cruise to bring down the shields.
Now, lets imagine a battleship pilot with some brains, an EM and Thermal Tactical shield, and a shield booster of any sort.
1380/2 = 690 / 24.5 seconds = 28.16 hits/sec
Assuming the shields can reboost at, what, Large Shield Booster rates. 160 shield / 4 seconds?
960 / 24 seconds of shield regeneration.
If the target actually has any tactical shield hardener you would annoy it, but you would be throwning a lot of money away, as he can mostly regenerate it faster - at least long enough to warp out, or sick his drones on you if you come within 20-40km (depending on what drones they have fitted).
With a Microwarp drive fitted, you might survive the encounter, but you would probably be warping away or loosing the ship.
Start doing the figures multiplied by additional ships and you will start introducing a factor of threat to the equation for the battleship.
However, it won't be for long. Frigates are now, officially, no longer intended to fire cruise missiles.
/emote sighs
Indeed I was very happy to see so many people un-mothballing frigates and taking them out and risking them in action. I thought "Yay, now lets try some things".
Such a shame, it was great seeing frigates being used in combat.
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