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APEXrevived
Imperium Technologies
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Posted - 2008.02.05 18:58:00 -
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Hey guys. I'm scouring the forums for any feedback on how the races compare to each other for carriers and dreads. Is there such a thread? I'm basically looking for a basic rundown of the strengths/weaknesses of the 4 races' carriers and the same thing for dreads.
My specific situation is I have Minmatar BS 5 already but i hear that Minmatar Carriers are pretty weak in comparison to other races. I'm going to train caldari bs 5 i think, for better mission running in raven/golem. My initial thoughts are that i may train for a caldari carrier and a minmatar dread. i just want to make sure when i invest another month's training for BS 5 that i'm making the right decision. thanks for the help.
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Uhr Zylex
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Posted - 2008.02.05 19:17:00 -
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The Chimera is even more crap. Get a Thanatos if you want damage (which isn't even a carrier's role) or an Archon if you want a fat tank.
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Laura Steel
The Chaotic Order Fallout Project
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Posted - 2008.02.05 19:19:00 -
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Amarr and Caldari carriers have the best tanks for armour and shield Gallante carrier for damage. And minmatar for the repairing bonuses.
The Gallante dread is regarded as being good against smallerships due to its drone bonus. The Minmatar dread is harder as you need to train a split weapon system, apart from that I think its tank is a bit weaker. The Caldari dread is a shield tanker, and uses missiles, which can be used to gank a webbed/painted battleship(but that is ofc a rare use). The amarr dread uses lasers and so less ammo logistics and reloading during POS sieges.(it also makes the better hauler out of all the dreads and carriers, when not hauling ships that is). ----
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Sergo Mor'Zert
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Posted - 2008.02.05 19:36:00 -
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Originally by: Uhr Zylex The Chimera is even more crap. Get a Thanatos if you want damage (which isn't even a carrier's role) or an Archon if you want a fat tank.
agree that archon is very good at surviving and thanatos good for fighter support though considerably weaker than archon on survivability. Though i would disagree that chimera is worse than minmatar carrier.
In theory chimera is very potent ship similar in survivability to archon, but thats theory, full slave set increase archon survivability by a lot, no such implant set for chimera, and there are few more issues check more closly carrier threads.
For dreadnoughts... well they quite balanced, gallente dread have much bigger capabilities takeing down smaller vessels with his drones but in return suffer in tank/pos gank department. Amarr dread is very good choice as it dont need ammo, just cap and ice. Minmatar dread have decent firepower though it split weapon system make it more difficult choice... Its like hybrid of phoenix with some turrets... though its big advantage is very sexy model hehe Phoenix firepower is pure citadel torps ... and those babys cost a lot. Its weakness is the time torps fly but volley dmg is immersive. All in all dreads do job well (and the job is pos sieges and anti capital platforms) though imho amarr one exceeds here as it dont need ammo, can easily change firing range (though its rather hard with immersive lag on pure blob war) and have hands down best tank... especially with 3 t2 armor hp rigs and full set of high grade slaves (though this requires costly mods to not run out of cap.
DISCLAIMER: No i dont support of any changeing either crystals or slaves... if you really have a grudge in they diffrence ask ccp to made two more implant sets that cover all aspects, shield hp and armor rep amount and not scr.. peoples that invested in them (this is just precaution on incoming cries for nerfage)
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APEXrevived
Imperium Technologies
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Posted - 2008.02.05 19:47:00 -
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very cool this helpful.
well sounds like i have to choose from the two worse races - caldari and minmatar. i could train for gallente instead but then i wouldn't have that sexy golem for mission running.
i'm going to keep reading carrier/dread posts and see if i can gather some more info
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Silverskull7
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Posted - 2008.02.05 20:04:00 -
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Chimera is meant to have a very good short term tank.
Now I'm not a carrier pilot but looking at the chimera, cpr's it would seem on the lows would be very effective giving a nice long term tank and then if a shorter term tank is needed stick them offline until backup arrives to save the day plus you'll be able to overload the cap shield booster nicely .
anyone gonna pop me bubble or is it a good idea?
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