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Cpt Branko
The Bloody Red
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Posted - 2007.10.01 09:31:00 -
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 Originally by: Wardeneo
Originally by: Lux Exterior
A T2 AC plate Rupture would win as long as it stayed out of blaster/web range for as long as possible.
If the Thorax had the jump on the Rupture and got up close quickly then it would win.
So the answer is; it comes down to pilot skill and a little luck.
and i was thinking close range fittings.. as in rax with blasters and ruppi with autocannons, in which case thorax would win
wardeneo
Everyone was talking about a short-range fitting, as in a Rupture with ACs. Barrage M is just an added bonus.
At any rate, you will be hard-pressed to win even a less skilled Thorax pilot if you engage him at 3-4km range. Far reaches of webrange and out of it, you should win in a Rupture.
The Rupture is fortunately significantly faster then a Thorax. A good Thorax pilot and a good Rupture pilot would always be a fun match.
The fact you're using close-range fittings doesn't mean you should click 'orbit at 2km' or whatever is your preffered orbit range in every fight. 
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Cpt Branko
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Posted - 2007.10.01 10:55:00 -
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Edited by: Cpt Branko on 01/10/2007 10:55:31
Originally by: Drek Grapper
Close range? What if the Ruppi uses Hail? And as someone mentioned earlier, if the Rax is fitted for gank...he don't have the tank...and if he has fitted a good tank..he don't have the gank. Ruppi has a good bit of both damage and tank with 1600mm plated/gyro fit.
Would be a very close fight.
Yeah, Ruppy has a good chance even in close-range, if it's a 1600mm fit, but I prefer the increased agility / speed of the 800mm plate version, which makes it very risky to engage a 800mm plate Thorax at point-blank range.
I'm not a big fan of Hail - while it's good on paper, having to be at literally point blank range and not moving to get a real DPS increase is 
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Cpt Branko
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Posted - 2007.10.01 11:41:00 -
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Yeah, I completely forgot you always love fitting the biggest plates you can ;)
Well, you're the only frig pilot who menaged to pop my Rifter in a solo fight in all my piracy days 
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Cpt Branko
The Bloody Red
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Posted - 2007.10.01 18:58:00 -
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Originally by: VJ Maverick
Falloff rigs are dirt cheap these days. I make them myself and my cost (if I buy the mats) is a little over 3 mil a pop.
You are failing at basic economics - there's always a 'opportunity cost' involved. If you can sell the rigs for 10M, then you basically lost 10M (or, they cost 10M) when the ship explodes.
If I fit a DB hardener on my Hurricane which I found off a faction spawn, does it make it cost any less then the one I got off an auction? No. I just made the 20M when I picked it up - it still costs 20M to lose one, even if my wallet balance didn't budge at all.
Rigging a T1 cruiser is mostly meh. Maybe a T2-fit stabber, and that's a big *maybe*. Basically, will the trimarked Rupture make the extra 13M over the non-trimarked one from loot&ransoms before it explodes? If no, then it's stupid to rig it.
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