Merin Ryskin
FinFleet
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.01.25 20:08:00 -
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Edited by: Merin Ryskin on 25/01/2008 20:09:50
 Originally by: Morn Judith
I still don't understand why people insist on loading up on only Multis. A Multi will be able to jam a T1 cruiser, and thats about it. If you're trying to jam anything T2 or a BC or up, you'll most likely not get that jam that you need, and then you won't have a ship anymore. The only time you'll get a jam is if you put more than one multi on a single ship. That's okay, but unless you're ganking at a gate and only targeting one ship, it's not going to be enough.
Because multis give you two things:
1) The ability to just jam without worrying about picking out the correct target. Also, if you fail a jam, it's easier to use the "spare" jammers to cover the slip if the spares are multis, not incorrect racials.
2) More usefulness in small fights. With small gangs, you can't be sure you'll have appropriate targets to really make use of racials. Multis give you a general 2-3 targets jammed, regardless of what the other side brings. This is the reason I fit multis on mine, I'm usually flying the ship in small gang fights.
Of course racials are more effective if you either know the target's race in advance, or are fighting in large fleets where you can easily get 15 targets of a single race. It's really down to personal preference and expected targets, there are good arguments for both.
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As far as a MWD is concerned, I've never once even thought about it. If you've got a cloak fit (which you'd damned well better) you can get around any camp. If you can't, well, you shouldn't be flying that ship. As far as range, with the lock range and optimals of the jammers, I can't imagine you needing to get into range of anything.
MWDs are mandatory on PvP ships. The Falcon is a PvP ship. Therefore it fits a MWD at all times. It's that simple.
If you need a more detailed explanation: MWD is for range control. The issue is not getting into range, it's getting OUT OF range. Your gang isn't going to wait for you to slowly crawl out to 150km before engaging, you're going to have to decloak, start jamming, and get out to long range as fast as possible.
As for my setup:
High: Cloak, your choice of cyno/probe/heavy missile/salvager/remote rep
Mid: MWD, 6x best-named ECM (multi or racials, as you prefer)
Low: 2x SDA II, 1600mm plate
Rigs: 2x ECM optimal (trade for other rigs as desired if you only use racials)
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