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Posted - 2008.01.22 13:53:00 -
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I fly all three ships in missions, with all kinds of permatank setups (faction, tech II)
Based on that experience the only thing I've read in this thread that I'll agree with is that it's easier to tank with a Golem (duh !)
As for DPS, forget the CNR : here are some log entries I got, shooting at a Pith battleship (1 million reward) :
20:38:04 Combat Your Wrath Cruise Missile hits Pith Conquistador, doing 730.4 damage.
20:38:06 Combat Your Wrath Cruise Missile hits Pith Conquistador, doing 1069.8 damage.
That's against armor, then structure. Can you spell K I C K A S S ?
Easier tank means all my lows are filled with 4 x BCS II, hence the satanic amount of damage. But I could use some LP and get me four CN BCS, which would further increase the damage.
Launchers are CN too, with an 8.3 second RoF (using tech II, that's 8.54 seconds) - same launcher on CNR has a RoF of 8.14 seconds IIRC.
I need no other capacitor recharge bonus than that of 2 x CCC rigs, which means I have 7 meds for shield tanking. At level 3 Marauders skill, with my fitting, I get > 85% resists and heal 100 HP per second, enough to tank any Gurista mission.
There's no doubt Golem is the superior ship. You may be marginally faster than a Raven, but you'll also be a lot safer and use less ammo.
Rokh is nice, but I wouldn't use it for missions like GE (where rats can get way too close), however it's perfect on missions like Gurista Spies : faster than a Raven, that's for sure.
Raven is still very nice, though. If you're very skilled, a Raven with T2 fitting and a couple CCC's will permatank with a T2 XL shield booster. It can survive any L4 mission with minimal care and will only cost you a grand total of 150 million (110 if you make your CCC's from your own salvage). That means it's pretty much expandable. I like to keep such Ravens in every system I run missions so I don't have to fly around with a slow-ass BS.
Not having to fly around is actually a big help to isk/hour if you run a lot of missions. Same goes for salvage ships (though I would definitely not use a Golem for that role, there is much much better)
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