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Athena Tarsis	Posted - 2008.06.14 06:26:00 - [1] Interceptor. Wrestling with the pros and cons of each. Microwarp drive means much faster speed .. but at 5x the signature radius. :( So, that means you'll be going a lot faster, which if you're at angles with your opponent means you'll be harder to track/hit, but it also means you present a much bigger target. With the afterburner, you don't go as fast, but you maintain a teeny sig radius. So: 1735 m/s along with a 26.4 sig radius? or 4715 m/s along with a 158.4 sig radius?
Lord Widman THE LEGION OF STEEL WARRIORS.... R0ADKILL	Posted - 2008.06.14 06:42:00 - [2] AB = you dead MWD = speedtanking I'll let you weigh the pros and con's :P
Furb Killer USC Militia	Posted - 2008.06.14 06:46:00 - [3] When you are just orbitting a non moving BC/BS without drones, AB is probably slightly better. But when using AB, drones and larger ships with mwd easily catch you.
Karma Coma The Rising Stars	Posted - 2008.06.14 07:08:00 - [4] What Furb said, its not much of an interceptor when mwd fitted HACs/cruisers, not to mention other frigates, will go faster then you. My deimos/zealot go faster then your AB fitted ceptor.
Athena Tarsis	Posted - 2008.06.14 07:19:00 - [5] Sounds like compelling arguments for the MWD. :) Thanks for the input!
MineralOel Steuer OP EC	Posted - 2008.06.14 07:30:00 - [6] neigther fit a plate and a Cargo Expander then you have a armor and honour tank dualtanking is much better than speedtanking these days works with a lot of ships The only numbers I care about are 3-2-1-launch..
Lyria Skydancer Eve Defence Force Insurgency	Posted - 2008.06.14 07:34:00 - [7] This is what is broken with AB vs MWD. You might think that small sig radius should be enough to avoid fire and missiles but speed is a MUCH higher factor that decreases tracking and missile impact ALOT more then sig radius. Thats the way it is and yeah its broken and yeah you need to fit an MWD.
James Lyrus Lyrus Associates The Star Fraction	Posted - 2008.06.14 09:45:00 - [8] The M in MWD stands for 'Mandatory'. There are a few exceptions, but if you know what they are, you also know why they are. Interceptors aren't exceptions. A low signature is nice, but when a cruiser with a 90% web and an MWD comes along, you'll die. (Cruisers with MWDs and webs are quite common) -- Crane needs more grid 249km locking?
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.14 10:19:00 - [9] If I know I'm going to be going into web range against a cruiser such as in my rocket malediction then I fit a AB purely because when in web range the AB will get you a much higher trasnversal. If I'm going to be orbiting outside of web range then it's generally MWD all the way.
Lyria Skydancer Eve Defence Force Insurgency	Posted - 2008.06.14 10:27:00 - [10] Originally by: Dheorl If I know I'm going to be going into web range against a cruiser such as in my rocket malediction then I fit a AB purely because when in web range the AB will get you a much higher trasnversal. If I'm going to be orbiting outside of web range then it's generally MWD all the way. But a pvp cruiser will kill you within web range. A noob cruiser can be killed in a stationary T1 frig so that's no real argument. AB sucks, even in web range.

Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.14 10:33:00 - [11] Originally by: Lyria Skydancer Originally by: Dheorl If I know I'm going to be going into web range against a cruiser such as in my rocket malediction then I fit a AB purely because when in web range the AB will get you a much higher trasnversal. If I'm going to be orbiting outside of web range then it's generally MWD all the way. But a pvp cruiser will kill you within web range. A noob cruiser can be killed in a stationary T1 frig so that's no real argument. AB sucks, even in web range. You try hitting someone going 210m/s at a range of 500m and with a sig of about 25m using cruiser guns.
James Lyrus Lyrus Associates The Star Fraction	Posted - 2008.06.14 10:39:00 - [12] Originally by: Dheorl Originally by: Lyria Skydancer Originally by: Dheorl If I know I'm going to be going into web range against a cruiser such as in my rocket malediction then I fit a AB purely because when in web range the AB will get you a much higher trasnversal. If I'm going to be orbiting outside of web range then it's generally MWD all the way. But a pvp cruiser will kill you within web range. A noob cruiser can be killed in a stationary T1 frig so that's no real argument. AB sucks, even in web range. You try hitting someone going 210m/s at a range of 500m and with a sig of about 25m using cruiser guns. Don't have to hit you much. A slight sneeze, missile launcher or a hobgoblin II means you die. -- Crane needs more grid 249km locking?
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.14 10:42:00 - [13] Originally by: James Lyrus Originally by: Dheorl Originally by: Lyria Skydancer Originally by: Dheorl If I know I'm going to be going into web range against a cruiser such as in my rocket malediction then I fit a AB purely because when in web range the AB will get you a much higher trasnversal. If I'm going to be orbiting outside of web range then it's generally MWD all the way. But a pvp cruiser will kill you within web range. A noob cruiser can be killed in a stationary T1 frig so that's no real argument. AB sucks, even in web range. You try hitting someone going 210m/s at a range of 500m and with a sig of about 25m using cruiser guns. Don't have to hit you much. A slight sneeze, missile launcher or a hobgoblin II means you die. I can easily tank light drones long enough to kill them, a single missile launcher will do FA to me, the only thing to worry about is a lucky chain of wreckings.
James Lyrus Lyrus Associates The Star Fraction	Posted - 2008.06.14 10:43:00 - [14] Originally by: Dheorl Originally by: James Lyrus Originally by: Dheorl Originally by: Lyria Skydancer Originally by: Dheorl If I know I'm going to be going into web range against a cruiser such as in my rocket malediction then I fit a AB purely because when in web range the AB will get you a much higher trasnversal. If I'm going to be orbiting outside of web range then it's generally MWD all the way. But a pvp cruiser will kill you within web range. A noob cruiser can be killed in a stationary T1 frig so that's no real argument. AB sucks, even in web range. You try hitting someone going 210m/s at a range of 500m and with a sig of about 25m using cruiser guns. Don't have to hit you much. A slight sneeze, missile launcher or a hobgoblin II means you die. I can easily tank light drones long enough to kill them, a single missile launcher will do FA to me, the only thing to worry about is a lucky chain of wreckings. Cool, sounds like you're all set for killing cruisers, and have found a use for an AB then. -- Crane needs more grid 249km locking?
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.14 10:49:00 - [15] Originally by: James Lyrus The incidences of someone being solo and therefore vulnerable to point blank interceptor face hacking, is depressingly short. That is definatly the hardest part of flying an AB ceptor solo. There are still just about enough targets out there though if you look around a bit.
Streikeer	Posted - 2008.06.14 11:26:00 - [16] So what are the skills that are prety much mandatory to be able to sustain cap stable mwd while orbiting and scrambling an opponent?
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.14 12:23:00 - [17] Originally by: Streikeer So what are the skills that are prety much mandatory to be able to sustain cap stable mwd while orbiting and scrambling an opponent? High speed manouvering, propulasion jamming, energy management and energy systems operation.
Ceylana Zari	Posted - 2008.06.14 15:13:00 - [18] I DO fly my inty with an AB once in a while. With the right gear you can hit 5k in it with an AB. This with such a small sig radius can really make it hard for people to do anything but watch you circle them. =) It is an option but only if you have the skills and gear to make it so. Of course, like all things in Eve, this is completely situational. CZ
Uncle Smokey	Posted - 2008.06.14 16:00:00 - [19] AB is applicable in gangs, but it is comparatively weak choice. MWD's are generally better. .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. \o/ EVERYBODY SAY HELL YEAH! \o/
Helen coracao ardente	Posted - 2008.06.14 16:06:00 - [20] Can't be arsed to run numbers but AB fit intys have uses just not as wide ranging as ones with MWD. Its more a situational thing tbh.

Alex Shurk	Posted - 2008.06.14 20:09:00 - [21] AB fits are pretty universally ****. Too slow, too vulnerable to webs, not versatile enough to be of any actual use to a gang. Just fit an mwd, same goes for every other ship in existence.
Meteor Crash	Posted - 2008.06.14 20:43:00 - [22] Edited by: Meteor Crash on 14/06/2008 20:44:59 There is no MWD vs AB interceptor discussion. You choose MWD, and that is it. If there is any ever a situation to use an AB Interceptor instead of MWD, you're either in the wrong situation, or in the right situation with the right ship, or in the wrong game.
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.14 20:59:00 - [23] Of course an AB ceptor isn't always the best ship for a job for fighting cruiser in web range, you could always say you may as well use a cruiser if your gona do that, but then why not use a BC or HAC, when it comes to it why not use a BS. It may not be the best ship for the job but it can be great fun and in lowsec you don't need the speed the MWD gives you.
KingOzar Brute Strength THORN Alliance	Posted - 2008.06.14 21:24:00 - [24] Um, the interceptors have bonuses to sig radius. Read what the interceptor skill does. You can get an inty down to 5 m2. That's with Halo's, but still. Train the interceptor skill to 4, and you will be good.
Shiken Kan	Posted - 2008.06.14 21:50:00 - [25] with a full halo set the lowest you can get is a bit over 18m sig, small drones have 25m resolution, so they still can hit you pretty hard. rockets can get down to 20m explosion radius, so the damage reduction by sig nature is minimal, precision light missiles have 15m explo radius and cruises from a stealth bomber 21. All those will kill you. You have trouble engaging with ab as you're very slow compared to mwding frigs and cruisers, what's worse you can't disengage. circling around anything with a web at 500m is purely hypothetical because you won't be able to dictate range. Now if you do have the money to get a ceptor to decent speeds with ab it might be better, but the question is won't you be doing better flying an ultrafast mwd ceptor for the same money?
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.14 21:54:00 - [26] Edited by: Dheorl on 14/06/2008 21:54:25 Originally by: Shiken Kan with a full halo set the lowest you can get is a bit over 18m sig, small drones have 25m resolution, so they still can hit you pretty hard. rockets can get down to 20m explosion radius, so the damage reduction by sig nature is minimal, precision light missiles have 15m explo radius and cruises from a stealth bomber 21. All those will kill you. You have trouble engaging with ab as you're very slow compared to mwding frigs and cruisers, what's worse you can't disengage. circling around anything with a web at 500m is purely hypothetical because you won't be able to dictate range. Now if you do have the money to get a ceptor to decent speeds with ab it might be better, but the question is won't you be doing better flying an ultrafast mwd ceptor for the same money? Your faster than any T1 cruiser with a MWD apart from the stabber. You can therefore orbit at 500m because you can dictate range. Of course your gona stay away from ships desinged to kill you - drone boats spring to mind, how many cruisers fit rockets though and on frigs it doesn't matter because you'll easily manage to kill them first. Also like I said, who cares about a flight of light drones or the odd missile launcher as a secondary weapon, you can kill the drones and tank the missiles.
Alex Shurk	Posted - 2008.06.14 22:44:00 - [27] Originally by: Dheorl You can therefore orbit at 500m And then get webbed, and then die a horrible, horrible death. You're an interceptor and you're there to tackle. You get to the target as fast as you can, orbit at 20km and point. If it's a nanotarget you overheat your web, go into 11km and web until a huginn can pin it.
Helen coracao ardente	Posted - 2008.06.14 23:01:00 - [28] No EFT for me, I got ingame cloned to my HG snakes and got my poly rigged crow. Gisti A-Type 1MN AB, two OD t2 and a Domi nano got me to 4989m/s. Overheated you can do 6880 m/s. Will edit post when I try it with boosters.
Alex Shurk	Posted - 2008.06.14 23:02:00 - [29] Originally by: Helen ...my HG snakes and got my poly rigged crow.... Yeah, you can get away with certain AB setups here, but that's several billion isk worth of implants right there :P
KingOzar Brute Strength THORN Alliance	Posted - 2008.06.14 23:02:00 - [30] For the record, an inty's design isn't about it living. It's about tackling. You won't keep an inty forever, that's just how it is. Yes, people will tell me I'm wrong. I don't care what you think, I have flown inty's, I have flown inty's worth over 150m. It's not worth it. Fit something small, fast, and cheap. You will loose it, be prepared for that. It's job is to tackle, and it does a good job at it.

Helen coracao ardente	Posted - 2008.06.14 23:13:00 - [31] Originally by: Alex Shurk Originally by: Helen ...my HG snakes and got my poly rigged crow.... Yeah, you can get away with certain AB setups here, but that's several billion isk worth of implants right there :P Yeah its for catching plexers and deadspace mission *****s. Needed to get above cruise missile damage and its pretty expensive when you got to use a AB. Still should be good once its in place.
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.14 23:57:00 - [32] Originally by: Alex Shurk Originally by: Dheorl You can therefore orbit at 500m And then get webbed, and then die a horrible, horrible death. Have you not read anything I've said. With my AB ceptors I fully expect to get webbed. Try hitting a ceptor going 200-250m/s whilst its at 500m using medium guns. Light drones you say, ooh yay, they'll get blown staight out the sky. The fact is ceptors don't die as soon as they hit web range, I hate to burst your bubble that you always have to fit ceptors with a MWD and orbit as fast as you can at max scram range because you just don't.
Athamai	Posted - 2008.06.15 00:20:00 - [33] Originally by: Lord Widman AB = you dead MWD = speedtanking I'll let you weigh the pros and con's :P ^^ He's right. Test it. :) Sig radius doesn't do anything compared to speed.
Recon Three 181st Legion The Crimson Federation	Posted - 2008.06.15 01:10:00 - [34] Rawr, I just bought a Gistii B-Type 1MN Microwarpdrive. lolAfterburners. I'm BARELY under 9k/ms now. __________
Jethro Amar	Posted - 2008.06.16 14:53:00 - [35] Actually sig radius does EXACTLY the same as speed. Go to tracking guide, set it for 30m radius and 500m/s speed and calculate, then change sig to 150m and speed to 2500m/s. No difference at all when it comes to tracking. Then change sig back to 30m and speed to 1500m (to simulate ab) and you'll notice huge difference. This means MWD gives low tracking evasion, cause it's speed bonus is almost outweighted by sig bonus (almost, cause your speed is further affected by skills etc). AB gives less speed but no signature penalty, so it's better at evading guns. Real life situations differ obviously, as AB won't allow to dictate range and won't give enough velocity to speed tank light missiles.
Maeltstome Suicidal Office Clerks	Posted - 2008.06.16 15:24:00 - [36] I'm reading lots of pointless discussion. Only person who has ever flown a ceptor with an AB and killed things on it as far as ive seen is lyticus, and as a pirates life 2 has shown us, he's an idiot for fitting extenders on a sleipnir and therefore shouldn't be idolised. MWD or GTFO. ------- [12:07] w33Daz: a trained 1 skill fur 24 mins n it took 2 days aff drones lvl 5 [12:07] w33Daz: A WIS LIKE WTF
Everyone Dies	Posted - 2008.06.16 15:42:00 - [37] Originally by: Jethro Amar Actually sig radius does EXACTLY the same as speed. Go to tracking guide, set it for 30m radius and 500m/s speed and calculate, then change sig to 150m and speed to 2500m/s. No difference at all when it comes to tracking. Then change sig back to 30m and speed to 1500m (to simulate ab) and you'll notice huge difference. This means MWD gives low tracking evasion, cause it's speed bonus is almost outweighted by sig bonus (almost, cause your speed is further affected by skills etc). AB gives less speed but no signature penalty, so it's better at evading guns. Real life situations differ obviously, as AB won't allow to dictate range and won't give enough velocity to speed tank light missiles. QFT The penalty of the mwd in the tracking guide makes you a big orbiting moon so it's actually better to use AB then mwd.
Pliskkenn Veto. Veto Corp	Posted - 2008.06.16 15:47:00 - [38] Originally by: Everyone Dies Originally by: Jethro Amar Actually sig radius does EXACTLY the same as speed. Go to tracking guide, set it for 30m radius and 500m/s speed and calculate, then change sig to 150m and speed to 2500m/s. No difference at all when it comes to tracking. Then change sig back to 30m and speed to 1500m (to simulate ab) and you'll notice huge difference. This means MWD gives low tracking evasion, cause it's speed bonus is almost outweighted by sig bonus (almost, cause your speed is further affected by skills etc). AB gives less speed but no signature penalty, so it's better at evading guns. Real life situations differ obviously, as AB won't allow to dictate range and won't give enough velocity to speed tank light missiles. QFT The penalty of the mwd in the tracking guide makes you a big orbiting moon so it's actually better to use AB then mwd. With a MWD you can 9 times outta 10 avoid being webbed. Except when using an AB, you get caught and webbed to 50m/s. What does the tracking guide say will happen at that speed? ---
James Lyrus Lyrus Associates The Star Fraction	Posted - 2008.06.16 16:07:00 - [39] Originally by: Jethro Amar Actually sig radius does EXACTLY the same as speed. Go to tracking guide, set it for 30m radius and 500m/s speed and calculate, then change sig to 150m and speed to 2500m/s. No difference at all when it comes to tracking. Then change sig back to 30m and speed to 1500m (to simulate ab) and you'll notice huge difference. This means MWD gives low tracking evasion, cause it's speed bonus is almost outweighted by sig bonus (almost, cause your speed is further affected by skills etc). AB gives less speed but no signature penalty, so it's better at evading guns. Real life situations differ obviously, as AB won't allow to dictate range and won't give enough velocity to speed tank light missiles. You would be correct, if it weren't for two things: MWDs increase speed by more than they increase signature in some cases. Missiles do not get a damage increase due to signature - if you're doing 7.5km/sec, it doesn't matter how large your sig is, a precision light will do 0 damage. It would be correct to say though, that: MWD increases sig by a factor of 6, and speed by a factor of 10. Therefore orbiting on MWD means they'll have a harder time tracking you - it increases speed by a factor of 3, without increasing the sig at all. But as you also point out, this means little in a world where you get webbed and popped because you can't stay away from a MWDIng cruiser. -- Crane needs more grid 249km locking?
Lithel Andy Cox Is Full of Shait	Posted - 2008.06.16 22:56:00 - [40] I don't care to read the whole post, but with an AB you will get slower acceleration and worse agility/orbiting capabilities. FYI... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cpt Branko Surge. NIght's Dawn	Posted - 2008.06.17 00:39:00 - [41] Originally by: Lyria Skydancer This is what is broken with AB vs MWD. You might think that small sig radius should be enough to avoid fire and missiles but speed is a MUCH higher factor that decreases tracking and missile impact ALOT more then sig radius. Thats the way it is and yeah its broken and yeah you need to fit an MWD. Duh, what? The broken part about AB vs MWD is the inability of smaller ships to significantly outpace larger ships fielding a MWD, rendering them unable to mitigate damage by increasing transversal. If your target was stationary, a AB, orbiting at 500m, well, you're not getting seriously hit by cruiser guns. However, your target can simply go MWD in one direction and make you follow, and then you're boned. Whichever bloke thought that AB frigates should be slower then MWD-ing BS is just They just need more speed-boost. The only other way to 'fix' ABs/sig radius is to make gun damage scale down with sig radius very much like missils do... but I don't see that happening. Sig removed, inappropriate link. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] ~Saint
d3vo	Posted - 2008.06.17 01:32:00 - [42] Edited by: d3vo on 17/06/2008 01:32:08 my crusader goes 2121m/s. i help point targets in deadspace this is with an ab __________ -_-
Imaos	Posted - 2008.06.17 08:22:00 - [43] Originally by: Cpt Branko The only other way to 'fix' ABs/sig radius is to make gun damage scale down with sig radius very much like missils do... but I don't see that happening. No. The real solution would be to adjust missile explosion velocity and missile speed to the nano age. (And reducing flight time to keep range in check). That way you can only mitigate damage and not avoid it all unless you really spent lots of money on your setup. Imaos ------------------------------------------ Originally by: NoNah My friend, this is EVE, as it's a space oriented game, they couldn't have trolls. We have Caldari.
Ka Jolo Ministry of Destruction Southern Cross Alliance	Posted - 2008.06.17 08:32:00 - [44] Originally by: Athena Tarsis 1735 m/s along with a 26.4 sig radius? or 4715 m/s along with a 158.4 sig radius? Consider that a Hammerhead I drone has a base speed of 1400 m/s, we see that the MWD allows the interceptor to outrun drones but the AB does not. Also, the MWD will take only 50% damage from Bloodclaw missiles due to explosion velocity vs. ship velocity, while the AB will take slightly more damage based on explosion radius vs. signature radius; however, it will take missiles longer to catch an interceptor 18 km away going 4715 m/s than one going 1735 m/s at 1 km range; this means many missiles that will hit the AB interceptor will run out of fuel before reaching the MWD interceptor. Next, certain weapons (e.g. blasters) can hit a ship orbiting at 1,000 m but 18 km is out of optimal range + falloff. Finally, the fastest ship in an engagement is able to dictate range--firing at optimal or running away or whatever else is advantageous. Add all these factors together, and I go with MWD any day of the week. Your Money or Your Life: the journal of a space pirate Your signature is too large. Please resize it to a maximum of 400 x 120 with the file size not exceeding 24000 bytes. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] - Mitnal
tolons mother Imperial Shipment	Posted - 2008.06.17 09:51:00 - [45] Fly a stiletto and fit one of each. Problem solved.
Cpt Branko Surge. NIght's Dawn	Posted - 2008.06.17 16:45:00 - [46] Edited by: Cpt Branko on 17/06/2008 16:47:10 Edited by: Cpt Branko on 17/06/2008 16:46:19 Originally by: Imaos Originally by: Cpt Branko The only other way to 'fix' ABs/sig radius is to make gun damage scale down with sig radius very much like missils do... but I don't see that happening. No. The real solution would be to adjust missile explosion velocity and missile speed to the nano age. (And reducing flight time to keep range in check). That way you can only mitigate damage and not avoid it all unless you really spent lots of money on your setup. Imaos You mean "interceptors shouldn't be able to evade damage ever"? ABs (on a frig, orbit at 500m) are very much fine for speed-tanking most medium turrets even when webbed (yes, even D180s, not sure about electron blasters), as long as the other guy doesn't MWD away in one direction, where he will drop your transversal to 0 and you will die. If your AB-ing inty went 1.75km/s without speed mods, you'd already have a solid chance of evading the damage output of nearly all medium gunships. drones would still be a issue (as would light missiles, heavies don't do much thanks to sig radius differences). Nearly all my PvP Rifters are AB fits (although that is changing now somewhat thanks to MWD-enabled FW plexes, landing 50km off someone in a AB fit means you won't catch him). Anything bigger then light missiles you don't really care about, btw, thanks to sig radius of a inty. Sig removed, inappropriate link. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] ~Saint
Alex Shurk	Posted - 2008.06.17 18:18:00 - [47] Originally by: Dheorl Try hitting a ceptor going 200-250m/s... It's easy. Missile boats will have no problems whatsoever. All close range guns will do it, and even most low-tier long range guns will do it, especially with some creative piloting. Oh, and a flight of light drones will have you dead before you've killed them all. They don't simply "fall from the sky". You can't engage and avoid a ship and all its drones at the same time as maintaining an efficient high-trans orbit. And to use your line. Try engaging a ceptor at 800-900m/s. With MWDs your sig increases by ~600%, but your speed increases by ~1000%. With ABs your speed increases by ~200%. Guess which one gives you the greater ability to dodge guns. Quote: The fact is ceptors don't die as soon as they hit web range, Yeah, sometimes they die outside it as AC boats nuke them from falloff at ~15km. An inty in web range is a dead inty. It's not doing its job and it's doing nothing for the gang. You're talking ****e.
Spectre3353 The Python Cartel	Posted - 2008.06.17 18:30:00 - [48] You guys can squabble about numbers all you want but in actual practice, the person that can dictate the range via speed, webs or other modules during the fight is the one that will: (1) Get themselves into the most advantageous/optimal orbiting position and get the kill or (2) Have the ability to flee the fight and not die I can't think of a single ship I would ever PvP in without a MWD let alone an interceptor. ----- http://evenewb.blogspot.com/
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.17 19:06:00 - [49] Originally by: Alex Shurk Originally by: Dheorl Try hitting a ceptor going 200-250m/s... It's easy. Missile boats will have no problems whatsoever. All close range guns will do it, and even most low-tier long range guns will do it, especially with some creative piloting. Oh, and a flight of light drones will have you dead before you've killed them all. They don't simply "fall from the sky". You can't engage and avoid a ship and all its drones at the same time as maintaining an efficient high-trans orbit. I don't engage missile boats for that reason, also if your honestly saying that a long range medium turret can hit a frig in a fast tight orbit then I really really want acess to whatever guns your using because normal ones sure as hell can't do it. I can tank a flight of light drones for about 2 minutes, easily long enough to kill them in my experience, epsecially seeing as once I've knocked 2 out I can perma tank them. Originally by: Alex Shurk It's not doing its job and it's doing nothing for the gang. You're talking ****e. It's hard to do something for a gang when there isn't a gang there. It's meant purely for solo work.
Imaos	Posted - 2008.06.17 19:10:00 - [50] Originally by: Cpt Branko Edited by: Cpt Branko on 17/06/2008 16:47:10 Edited by: Cpt Branko on 17/06/2008 16:46:19 Originally by: Imaos Originally by: Cpt Branko The only other way to 'fix' ABs/sig radius is to make gun damage scale down with sig radius very much like missils do... but I don't see that happening. No. The real solution would be to adjust missile explosion velocity and missile speed to the nano age. (And reducing flight time to keep range in check). That way you can only mitigate damage and not avoid it all unless you really spent lots of money on your setup. Imaos You mean "interceptors shouldn't be able to evade damage ever"? Evade a big portion of the incoming damage. Not just evade all damage like it is possible now (only with enough investment and not just t2). Rigs increased the speed of ships and some of the former usefull mechanics went down the drain as you can fit the ships to more extremes. When missiles at least be able to catch more of the faster ships (still at great reduced damage) it would lead to more diversity. Imaos ------------------------------------------ Originally by: NoNah My friend, this is EVE, as it's a space oriented game, they couldn't have trolls. We have Caldari.

Zirconium Blade Ass Pounding Space Monkeys	Posted - 2008.06.17 19:19:00 - [51] Originally by: Dheorl Originally by: Lyria Skydancer Originally by: Dheorl If I know I'm going to be going into web range against a cruiser such as in my rocket malediction then I fit a AB purely because when in web range the AB will get you a much higher trasnversal. If I'm going to be orbiting outside of web range then it's generally MWD all the way. But a pvp cruiser will kill you within web range. A noob cruiser can be killed in a stationary T1 frig so that's no real argument. AB sucks, even in web range. You try hitting someone going 210m/s at a range of 500m and with a sig of about 25m using cruiser guns. How can you orbit someone when you're only going 210m/s? Smart pilots dont go "Ok, he's webbed. Control-Space"
Arkios Odymei Incarnation of Evil Nocturnal Legion	Posted - 2008.06.17 19:58:00 - [52] Originally by: Zirconium Blade How can you orbit someone when you're only going 210m/s? Smart pilots dont go "Ok, he's webbed. Control-Space" They dont need to if you are packing a 90% web too... ------------------------------------------------------------------
iudex State Protectorate	Posted - 2008.06.17 20:20:00 - [53] Depends on what you want to use the inty for. In most cases MWD will be better, but AB is a better choice for faction warfare pve: after few tests it was safer and easier to do lvl 2 or even lvl 3 missions in a ab-crow, while the mwd crow received too much damage on some of the lvl 2 missions, despite of oriting the npc blob with 6-7km/s, so for this particular purpose AB might be a better choice. _________________________________________ Faction Standings: Serpentis +7.50 // Angel Cartel +7.17 // Minmatar Republic -8.49 // Gallente Federation -9.53 Faction Warfare Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Cpt Branko Surge. NIght's Dawn	Posted - 2008.06.18 14:00:00 - [54] Edited by: Cpt Branko on 18/06/2008 14:00:28 Originally by: Arkios Odymei Originally by: Zirconium Blade How can you orbit someone when you're only going 210m/s? Smart pilots dont go "Ok, he's webbed. Control-Space" They dont need to if you are packing a 90% web too... Fun fact: two AB taranises are going to kill nearly* any cruiser/BC Two MWD taranises just die. *1600mm platerax with small guns or 1600mm Vexor with small guns being exceptions naturally. Sig removed, inappropriate link. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] ~Saint
Hannobaal Federal Defence Union	Posted - 2008.06.18 14:05:00 - [55] Originally by: Everyone Dies Originally by: Jethro Amar Actually sig radius does EXACTLY the same as speed. Go to tracking guide, set it for 30m radius and 500m/s speed and calculate, then change sig to 150m and speed to 2500m/s. No difference at all when it comes to tracking. Then change sig back to 30m and speed to 1500m (to simulate ab) and you'll notice huge difference. This means MWD gives low tracking evasion, cause it's speed bonus is almost outweighted by sig bonus (almost, cause your speed is further affected by skills etc). AB gives less speed but no signature penalty, so it's better at evading guns. Real life situations differ obviously, as AB won't allow to dictate range and won't give enough velocity to speed tank light missiles. QFT The penalty of the mwd in the tracking guide makes you a big orbiting moon so it's actually better to use AB then mwd. This is true but it means anything against turrets. Against missiles and drones you only need pure speed. Also, if you can't dictate range you will get webbed and then it won't matter how small your sig radius is. To dictate range you only need pure speed.
Cpt Branko Surge. NIght's Dawn	Posted - 2008.06.18 14:09:00 - [56] Originally by: Hannobaal This is true but it only means anything against turrets. Against missiles and drones you only need pure speed. Well, sig radius helps a lot vs missiles. People using heavies won't hurt you much. Originally by: Hannobaal Also, if you can't dictate range you will get webbed and then it won't matter how small your sig radius is. It does, orbit at 500m, AB on, counterweb target. Sig removed, inappropriate link. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] ~Saint
Alex Shurk	Posted - 2008.06.18 18:44:00 - [57] Originally by: Dheorl It's hard to do something for a gang when there isn't a gang there. It's meant purely for solo work. Well, that explains why you're failing so spectacularly. Ceptors are gang ships. Tackling bonuses, speed, low dps. Which part of that is screaming "I'M A SOLO GANKER!!!" at you?
Ulstan State Protectorate	Posted - 2008.06.18 20:19:00 - [58] AB's vs MWD's is completely broken. The AB does almost nothing for you while the speed granted by a MWD far outweighs the signature penalty. Basically, MWD is a must have module for PvP.
Spectre3353 The Python Cartel	Posted - 2008.06.18 21:17:00 - [59] Originally by: Cpt Branko Edited by: Cpt Branko on 18/06/2008 14:00:28 Originally by: Arkios Odymei Originally by: Zirconium Blade How can you orbit someone when you're only going 210m/s? Smart pilots dont go "Ok, he's webbed. Control-Space" They dont need to if you are packing a 90% web too... Fun fact: two AB taranises are going to kill nearly* any cruiser/BC Two MWD taranises just die. 1600mm platerax with small guns or 1600mm Vexor with small guns being exceptions naturally. What in the *** are you smoking? Can I have some? ----- http://evenewb.blogspot.com/
Cpt Branko Surge. NIght's Dawn	Posted - 2008.06.18 21:40:00 - [60] Edited by: Cpt Branko on 18/06/2008 21:43:19 Originally by: Spectre3353 What in the ** are you smoking? Can I have some? I'm smoking the tracking guide and practical knowledge of flying AB-ing frigates for solo piracy. You? Originally by:** Agor Dirdonen If the ship that you're orbiting at 500m has a web AND a neut, it's bye bye inty. You will be able to orbit too fast till your cap runs out. Then your speed drops down so low you're toast fast. Still wrong. Of course, not being able to shoot/keep target dual-webbed WILL kill you, although a small nos might help. Sig removed, inappropriate link. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] ~Saint

Agor Dirdonen	Posted - 2008.06.19 07:39:00 - [61] Nope, I disagree. It's quite easy to kill an inty when it's webbed and neuted, even in a BC (no experience myself in a BS though). Done it myself a couple of times. Hardest part of it is getting the inty in your webrange and neuted. Once that's succeeded, let go some light drones who finish it off in 10 secs.
Dheorl The Scope	Posted - 2008.06.19 12:13:00 - [62] Edited by: Dheorl on 19/06/2008 12:15:30 Originally by: Agor Dirdonen Nope, I disagree. It's quite easy to kill an inty when it's webbed and neuted, even in a BC (no experience myself in a BS though). Done it myself a couple of times. Hardest part of it is getting the inty in your webrange and neuted. Once that's succeeded, let go some light drones who finish it off in 10 secs. Thats because those inty's proberly were never meant to go into web range. My small NOS helps me survive neuts to some extent and the drones just get killed. Originally by: Alex Shurk Originally by: Dheorl It's hard to do something for a gang when there isn't a gang there. It's meant purely for solo work. Well, that explains why you're failing so spectacularly. Ceptors are gang ships. Tackling bonuses, speed, low dps. Which part of that is screaming "I'M A SOLO GANKER!!!" at you? Tackler bonus is great for catching targets, speed makes you nice and survivable which is always good and the dps isn't so low that it can't kill cruisers. Go and look at someone like evil edna (I know her name gets chucked around alot but everyone seems to know of her) on a killboard and say that ceptors can't be used solo. P.S. Where am I failing? I'm getting the kills, I'm just doing it differently.
Omarvelous Destry's Lounge XIII Legio	Posted - 2008.06.19 14:10:00 - [63] Edited by: Omarvelous on 19/06/2008 14:13:57 With a Raptor I have two styles of flying one. The first is the stanadard MWD + Warp Disruptor II to put a point on BS beyond heavy neut range (orbiting 7km/s at 28km). I fit a web and blasters incase an enemy interceptor is going to try to stop me (usually will since that setup is designed for a point and speed - no gank or tank). The second Raptor fit I use (they're dirt cheap so its not heart breaking to lose one), involves using an AB and fitting some gank and tank. I use it to attack large ships (battle-cruisers to BS). Micro Auxiliary Power Core Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Internal Force Field Array (most expensive item in the setup) 1MN Afterburner II Warp Scrambler II x5 webifier 3x Light Neutron Blaster II Rocket Launcher II >170 dps with faction ammo, and enough buffer to survive long enough to kill off light drones attacking you. Tiny sig and counter-webbing the large ship means I'll always have the transversal advantage. I'm choosing large ships so light missiles/rockets are not an issue. Its surprisingly effective in some piracy applications (solo). I just don't use it when I'm in a gang, because in that situation I'd rather just provide a point and avoid damage all together. Edit - I don't have Gallente Frigate V - if I did, the AB Taranis would be better in every way to the AB Raptor, and I would use it for that purpose. __________________________________________________ Sup brosef! Destry's Lounge is looking for a few good drunks - contact me in game.


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