Originally by: Chaplain Veritas

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ok i got off the battleship kick for a bit to get myself in interceptors with some decent skills. so i've got 2 shiney boats, a crusader and a malediction, and i'm scratching my head a bit as to what to do.

i'm by far better suited skill-wise for the crusader. i've got t2 lasers for it, yet i'm boggled by how i should fly the thing. just t2 mwd, t2 disruptor with some dual light beam II's and just keep my distance?

then the 'diction has 3 mids, so i can actually do some real tackling but is stuck with super short range rockets. sounds like i'm asking to get blown up in 2 seconds trying to use weapons like those, not to mention i have zilch for rocket skills anyway. should i even care since my job is tackling?

any pointers on how to fit or fly these suckers would be appreciated. oh and for now i'm not going to bother with rigs since it's a big expense i'm not willing to risk until i get some experience under my belt as a ceptor pilot.

thanks

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Originally by: Sauromugue

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2. Hell no, Railranis owns Malediction at any range, any day of the week.

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Originally by: UGLYUGLY

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Edited by: UGLYUGLY on 09/01/2008 07:41:43

Originally by: Cedric Diggory

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I gave up on the Malediction, as tanking in a interceptor seems like a giant waste of time, and if you're going to train up rockets you'd be as well to train Caldari Frigate 5 and get yourself a Crow. The Crusader is great for damage and speed, but it's two mid slots mean you've got to choose between web and scram, meaning it is useless in solo inty fights unless you know your opponent only has a scram too.

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I personally foeget about the rocket bonus and just use standard missiles on the malediction. This and the fact it can fit a web makes it alot better than the crusader.

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Originally by: DeadRow

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Imo getting into web range with a frig/inty is a bad idea. I use the malediction for tackling:

His:
3 Standard Missile Launcher II w/ Any missiles

1 MWDII
1 WDII
1 Cap Recharger II

2 OverDrive II
1 Nano II

Rigs:
None, I iz poor.

Basically I keep as far away as possible and just keep that point running.

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Originally by: Sauromugue

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TBH your setup is the one of the best, it can do multiple things well without comprimising, tackle at 28km permanently, fight in web range with ceptors, the works. I'm just confident that when I meet a Malediction, I can beat it, since they almost always don't fit resist mods, which is the sweet bit of this particular ceptor.

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Originally by: Zhecao Vai

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Edited by: Zhecao Vai on 10/01/2008 14:53:02

Originally by: Lyria Skydancer

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Originally by: DeadRow

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Imo getting into web range with a frig/inty is a bad idea. I use the malediction for tackling:

His:
3 Standard Missile Launcher II w/ Any missiles

1 MWDII
1 WDII
1 Cap Recharger II

2 OverDrive II
1 Nano II

Rigs:
None, I iz poor.

Basically I keep as far away as possible and just keep that point running.

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Why not just fly a crow if youre gonna fit it like that? This fit is a poor mans crow. It works like a crow but is worse.

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Are you living in an alternate universe? Last I checked it's about 200m/s faster, it warps faster, it has a smaller sig radius, it gets a bonus to warp disruption range, it locks faster, it has better cap, it has a significantly bigger HP buffer, and it's cheaper. The only ways in which the Crow is better is a kinetic damage bonus and a longer lock range.

The only reasons to use a Crow over this are if you're using precision lights and a web to hunt small ships, or if you want to scramble from past the Malediction's 27km lock range and need to be cap-stable while you're doing it.

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Originally by: Ogron

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Your an exception though Lyria. The Malediction does work as a close range inty/frig killer. But for a lower SP amarr pilot with no missile skills other than basics he shouldn't expect to do what you do in your video.

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Originally by: DeadRow

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Originally by: Lyria Skydancer

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Why not just fly a crow if youre gonna fit it like that? This fit is a poor mans crow. It works like a crow but is worse.

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A) Crow doesn't get the Disruptor range bonus

B) Crow is twice as expensive

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Originally by: Gartel Reiman

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Originally by: Lyria Skydancer

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Malediction:

3xT2 rocket (standard rockets)
1xnos

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I'm just wondering if you have a feel for how much benefit you get from the NOS, since interceptor capacitors tend to be quite small so you won't have much margin to go below your opponent's cap. There's no doubt would let you run your repper for longer if you were pushing it right to the wire, but I would definitely be nervous about dogfighting in an interceptor with almost-empty cap. On the plus side of course it means you can suck your target dry too - and at least you're expecting it.

Anyway, the main reason I ask is that with my Maledictions I usually put a small autocannon in the 4th highslot for extra DPS. If you can fit the NOS you could easily swap it out for the AC - so I wonder if you have a feel as to whether the NOS and the ability to run the rep for longer would be better than an extra 15-20 DPS to end the fight sooner (if you're in small NOS range you're in small AC range).

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Tackling god this inty. Very fun and dangerous to fly.

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I am inclined to agree very strongly.

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