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Peanut Swsh
Antares Fleet Yards
SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.27 08:40:00 -
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Can someone give me the lowdown on speed rigs? From what i can see, the best would be a mix of polycarbon engine housings, and auxilary thruster, but what combination would give the most speed boost with 2 rig slots free? or 3 rig slots free?
also do these stack against overdrives and nanofibres?
unfortunately i don't have the skills to rig my ship, otherwise i would test on singularity. (i am going to ask a friend to rig it for me, once i decide which rigs to use)
thanks in advance
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Sahriah BloodStone
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Posted - 2007.05.27 08:58:00 -
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Rig it for you? If you dont have the skills to rig it yourself i think the rigs become inactive once the ship is back on your character..not sure though
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Gaul Cascade
Survey Division
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.05.27 09:05:00 -
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For an interceptor, the best rig is the polycarbon engine housing. It reduces your weight, which makes your base speed higher, and since an ABs/MWDs effect depends on a ships mass...
Auxillary thrusters are also cool, but they are only really in effect when you are using an AB/MWD. They don't do crap when you don't have one of those active. Besides, even when you have the MWD running and 2 aux thrusters fitted, the resulting speed is still lower than you would have with 2 polycarbon housings...
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Peanut Swsh
Antares Fleet Yards
SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.27 09:31:00 -
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Edited by: Peanut Swsh on 27/05/2007 09:32:35
fyi, ship being rigged is a sabre. i might considering rigging my stiletto, and hurricane, but most likely not.
and as far as i know, rigs depend on the person rigging the ship. rig penalties also depend on the skill level of the person rigging the ship. i fly a few ships with rigs and they work fine. thou just recently i did train jury rigging to lvl1, so i can fit CCC rigs myself now.
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James Lyrus
Lyrus Associates
Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.05.27 12:20:00 -
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Polycarbons reduce mass. Therefore you go faster on MWD/AB. Quite a lot faster.
Auxiliary thrusters increase base speed. You don't go quite as fast when boosted, but you go faster when not doing so (MWD off, or cloaked).
To answer your question, I'm afraid the answer is 'it depends' - it depends a lot on the base speed and mass of the ship in question in the first place. You also have stacking with istabs, overdrives and nanos. These are sometimes better choices, sometimes worse, depending on slot layout.
Your best bet, is try it on the test server. Generally polycarbons mean more MWD velocity. Which is nice.
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Kua Immortal
RSP Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.05.27 12:27:00 -
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Edited by: Kua Immortal on 27/05/2007 12:26:34
The attribute gets a stacking penalty so that ODs and auxiliary thrusters stack and so do Nanos and Poly... thingys.
This makes a mix of the two types preferable in most cases. But bear in mind that mass reduction mods and rigs aren't only increasing your speed they're also making your ship more agile.
OD II > Auxiliary Thruster
Poly thingy > Nano II
So as far as rigs go, Poly thingy FTW \o/ (but its not so cheap). Get some ODs in the lows and you got a fast ship  .
Can someone confirm whether another player can rig your ship and whether that player's skills apply to the mod? Sounds unlikely, at least the second part does.
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Peanut Swsh
Antares Fleet Yards
SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.28 01:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Kua Immortal
Edited by: Kua Immortal on 27/05/2007 12:26:34
The attribute gets a stacking penalty so that ODs and auxiliary thrusters stack and so do Nanos and Poly... thingys.
This makes a mix of the two types preferable in most cases. But bear in mind that mass reduction mods and rigs aren't only increasing your speed they're also making your ship more agile.
OD II > Auxiliary Thruster
Poly thingy > Nano II
So as far as rigs go, Poly thingy FTW \o/ (but its not so cheap). Get some ODs in the lows and you got a fast ship .
Can someone confirm whether another player can rig your ship and whether that player's skills apply to the mod? Sounds unlikely, at least the second part does.
ah really good points there. turns out it will only take 3 days to train the appropriate rigging skills to lvl4. but i can't fly a sabre on test server :/ which is a bit of a pain.
i guess it will really depend on what i want to run in lows of the sabre. if i wanna go 2x overdrive IIs then most likely 2 polycarbon engine housings would be the best choice. but if i decide to go with i-stab +overdrive II combo, then polycarbon enginehousing + auxilary thruster may be a little faster.
i guess 100m/s won't make a huge difference anyway.
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xHalcyonx
Amarr
EmpiresMod
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Posted - 2007.05.28 04:50:00 -
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Originally by: Peanut Swsh
ah really good points there. turns out it will only take 3 days to train the appropriate rigging skills to lvl4. but i can't fly a sabre on test server :/ which is a bit of a pain.
Train Rigging 3 and Astronautics Rigging 1. The drawbacks are not that great on a Sabre because you lose armor due to drawbacks but you are primarily a shield tanker, thus negating the penalty to a degree.
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Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.05.28 10:48:00 -
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Originally by: Peanut Swsh
but if i decide to go with i-stab +overdrive II combo, then polycarbon enginehousing + auxilary thruster may be a little faster.
Nope. At least if you are talking about MWD speed. 2 polys will make you a good deal faster even there. It's simply because they give a 15% bonus and auxs only a 10% bonus.
There is really no point in fitting any speedrigs but polys (outside isk since they are expensive). ODs are WAY better for boosting speed and istabs WAY better for boosting agility than their rig versions.
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Kua Immortal
RSP Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.05.28 13:50:00 -
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Originally by: Aramendel
Originally by: Peanut Swsh
but if i decide to go with i-stab +overdrive II combo, then polycarbon enginehousing + auxilary thruster may be a little faster.
Nope. At least if you are talking about MWD speed. 2 polys will make you a good deal faster even there. It's simply because they give a 15% bonus and auxs only a 10% bonus.
There is really no point in fitting any speedrigs but polys (outside isk since they are expensive). ODs are WAY better for boosting speed and istabs WAY better for boosting agility than their rig versions.
QFT
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