James Lyrus
Lyrus Associates
Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.06.30 21:49:00 -
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 Originally by: Tnanever Risen
Originally by: Marketcheck2
Originally by: Stitcher
Technically, any ship can theoretically be used for solo PvP, and used well... provided you come up against the right opponent.
oh, and good Caldari solo PvP ship? how about the Scorpion? or the Blackbird/Rook? The hell with tanking, those things can just deny all the target locks ever.
When is the last time you saw a solo Scorpion in 0.0?
Rook can get away but can't kill anything, horrible dps.
Sorry but really, lets get real here.
Theoretically....if a scorpion scrambles you, webs you, and ECMs you, can't it just do moderate DPS until you died? Wouldn't it win most of the time, vs most ships, due to it's ECM capability?
I did try. I had a PvP fit, that I'd worked on for a while.
Tell ya what though. It's humiliating having a hauler tank you to fly back to the gate and jump.
I mean, seriously. Being killed by a scorp, is like being mugged by a hamster. Theoretically possibly, and very embarassing when it happens, but not actually all that likely.
Scorps, actually, I think scorps _could_ be viable. However, when you combine the worst locking time, with the highest mass and lowest base speed, with a ship that ... well, actually you _can_ get a good success rate with ECMs, but ... well if you don't use at least 4 slots on essential mods (A sensor booster is essential, otherwise even BS will mock you and warp off before you lock) then you won't catch much.
Scorps, Falcons, BBs and Rooks, I'm afraid have suffered. Back in the day, ECMs used to be guaranteed lockdown, and missiles didn't have explosion velocity and radius. Then, the scorp was nerfbatted repeatedly, because it was a pretty good solopwnmobile.
Now, these ships are your only realistic choices for jamming, but the price they pay is that of being a one trick pony. They can jam. Their damage output is miserable, and their tank non existant. Your mids are ECMs, your lows are SDAs. OK, so you might have a spare slot for a plate on a scorp.
Oh, and you're flying the fattest, slowest ships in their class, with the worst sensor resolutions.
They're PvP only ships, but ... well I'm really not seeing many on the field these days. I still fly a Scorp from time to time, but my Rokh seems to be entirely a more valuable addition to a fleet.
As such, they really are fleet only.
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