Originally by: Almarez

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Short answer, YES! And let me tell you why. Too all the "Amarr are fine" clueless pilots I have put a little something together. Now I am not a big fan of Eve-fitting my way onto the forums but I found this to be a bit interesting. I wanted to put different types of guns the Amarr ships that have laser cap usage bonus on them and compare the final results.

I am going to do two ships, one with and one without a second laser bonus. For this I chose the Prophecy (generally deemed a garbage Amarr ship) and the Harbinger (generally deemed a pretty good Amarr ship). So let's see. All skills set to lvl 5. No drones were used.

Autocannon Prophecy:
lows:
2 x MAR II
EANM II
800mm Rolled Tung plate
2 x Gyrostabs II

med:
10MN MWD II
Medium Electrochem injector
Stasis Web II

high:
6 x 425mm Autocannon II

rigs:
Ancil current
Projectile Burst Aerator (rof)

Final:
CPU - 392.5/437.5
Grid - 1738.18/1787.5
Tank - 194 DPS with 8729 armor HP
Cap - use = 51.3, regen = 48.1
DPS - 278

Blaster Prophecy:
lows:
2 x MAR II
EANM II
400mm Rolled Tung plate (had to reduce from Autocannons for fit)
2 x Mag Field Stabs II

med:
10MN MWD II
Medium Electrochem injector
Stasis Web II

high:
6 x Heavy Neutron Blaster II

rigs:
2 x Ancil current

Final:
CPU - 432.5/437.5
Grid - 1839.8/1966.25
Tank - 194 DPS with 7416 armor HP
Cap - use = 60.2, regen = 48.1
DPS - 372

Pulse Prophecy:
lows:
2 x MAR II
EANM II
400mm Rolled Tung plate (had to reduce from Autocannons for fit)
2 x Heat Sink II

med:
10MN MWD II
Medium Electrochem injector
Stasis Web II

high:
6 x Heavy Pulse Laser II

rigs:
2 x Ancil current

Final:
CPU - 432.5/437.5
Grid - 1942.4/1966.25
Tank - 194 DPS with 7416 armor HP
Cap - use = 61.1, regen = 48.1
DPS - 319

So as you can see for each of these setups I used only two rigs, albeit different for autocannons but I was trying to keep consistent on the number. I also used the largest guns for each type. While the autocannons did significantly less damage, they allowed for a slightly better tank (more armor HP) and the setup used significantly less cap. The blaster setup had the same tank as the pulse setup but used slightly less cap (for all intents and purposes the same) but did significantly more more damage.

Conclusion: Even with the cap usage bonus lasers use more cap that blasters and the blasters are better for tracking and DPS. Even with the MWD this ship would not be able to maintain the distance necessary for lasers to be effective. Now on to the Harby.

Autocannon Harb:
lows:
2 x MAR II
EANM II
800mm Rolled Tung plate
2 x Gyrostabs II

med:
10MN MWD II
Medium Electrochem injector
X5 Webber

high:
6 x 425mm Autocannon II

rigs:
Ancil current
Projectile Burst Aerator (rof)

Final:
CPU - 412.25/468.75
Grid - 1884.71/2062.5
Tank - 146 DPS with 9461 armor HP
Cap - use = 51.5, regen = 49.4
DPS - 325

Blaster Harb:
lows:
2 x MAR II
EANM II
800mm Rolled Tung plate
2 x Mag Field Stabs II

med:
10MN MWD II
Medium Electrochem injector
X5 Webber

high:
6 x Heavy Neutron Blaster II

rigs:
2 x Ancil current

Final:
CPU - 464.75/468.75
Grid - 2201.6/2268.75
Tank - 146 DPS with 9461 armor HP
Cap - use = 61.9, regen = 49.4
DPS - 434

Pulse Harb:
lows:
2 x MAR II
EANM II
800mm Rolled Tung plate
2 x Heat Sink II

med:
10MN MWD II
Medium Electrochem injector
X5 Webber

high:
6 x Heavy Pulse Laser II

rigs:
3 x Ancil current

Final:
CPU - 464.75/468.75
Grid - 2321.3/2495.63
Tank - 146 DPS with 9461 armor HP
Cap - use = 62.9, regen = 49.4
DPS - 465

So the autocannons did significantly less damage but the setup also used significantly less cap. Pulse lasers, while requiring a third rig for grid because lasers are so grid hungry do just slightly better damage thatn blasters but require slightly more cap (basically the same).

So please guys, how are Amarr okay?

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