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Barsexual
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Posted - 2008.07.10 20:27:00 -
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Trimark rigs cost almost 45mil for 3 of them. I want to put them on my Megathron but is it really worth it for the lost speed and agility to plate and rig one like this?
It seems most of the time when you are primary to another gang you will die anyway.
I can afford to buy them on but are they really worth it?
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Karok Vilneram
State Protectorate
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Posted - 2008.07.10 20:30:00 -
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On any Buffer armor tank Tri-marks are definatly worth it.
In small gangs it takes them that much longer to kill you.
If you get primaried in a large fleet battle then you can apply your DPS for that much longer.
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Slade Hoo
Amarr
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Posted - 2008.07.10 20:38:00 -
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they are worth it when you know how to use their full potential. 3x trimarks are 45% more armor
== 45% more time to get you down
== 45% more time to get remote reps on you or survive 45% longer when rep amount doesn't tank all dmg
== 45% more time you give your gangmates time to gank the hell out of the bad guys while they are busy (attacking you)
== 45% more repair cycles at an active tank you can do before going down
trimarks perfectly stacks with plates,imps (e.g. slave set) or gang bonuses too...so you can even multiply the possibilities of this awesome rig.
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Darahk J'olonar
Gallente
Trans Eve Organization
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Posted - 2008.07.10 21:02:00 -
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In a word... YES
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Market AltLOLOLOLO
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Posted - 2008.07.10 21:26:00 -
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For anyship that benifits from 45% more armour at the expense of speed etc, then yes.
For anyship that prefers speed over armour, answer is no.
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Kaileen Starsong
Amarr
Veto.
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2008.07.11 08:48:00 -
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 Originally by: Slade Hoo
they are worth it when you know how to use their full potential. 3x trimarks are 45% more armor
== 45% more time to get you down
== 45% more time to get remote reps on you or survive 45% longer when rep amount doesn't tank all dmg
== 45% more time you give your gangmates time to gank the hell out of the bad guys while they are busy (attacking you)
== 45% more repair cycles at an active tank you can do before going down
trimarks perfectly stacks with plates,imps (e.g. slave set) or gang bonuses too...so you can even multiply the possibilities of this awesome rig.
Lil caveat, 3 Trimarks give you 52% more armor, 1.15^3 that is. 
On if they're worth it or not.. it depends, sure it helps having more armor. But "having more" and "having enough" are two different things :)
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Azathila
Celestial Janissaries
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2008.07.11 10:56:00 -
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I'd say they are worth it on small gang ops. Where haveing 52% more armor can mean the diffrence between victory or a dead megathron.
On larger gangs 45m isk is almost a newly t2 fitted Megathron (about 32m for insurance, about 20+m isk back because payout is 110m and megathron costs about 85-90m in empire, gives about 30m for t2 modules). 52% more armor while being primary by 20 BSes doesn't mean that much.
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The Hanz
Caldari
Will It Blend
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Posted - 2008.07.11 11:01:00 -
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Originally by: Azathila
I'd say they are worth it on small gang ops. Where haveing 52% more armor can mean the diffrence between victory or a dead megathron.
On larger gangs 45m isk is almost a newly t2 fitted Megathron (about 32m for insurance, about 20+m isk back because payout is 110m and megathron costs about 85-90m in empire, gives about 30m for t2 modules). 52% more armor while being primary by 20 BSes doesn't mean that much.
LoL, "insurance."
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Sergeant Spot
Black Eclipse Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.07.11 11:39:00 -
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Trimark rigs are for buffer armor tanks, plain and simple.
If you are using such a Tank, then very much yes.
If you are using a different style of Tanking, then "maybe" (depends on details).
For example, if I'm NPC hunting, and fitting a continously running armor repairing tank, where my objective is repair armor faster than the NPCs shoot it (or at least fast enough to deal with the NPCs...), then I'd probably go with different rigs.
It depends on what you want the ship to do.
Play nice while you butcher each other.
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Seetesh
Caldari
Pixels Docks
Fang Alliance
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Posted - 2008.07.11 11:52:00 -
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Trimarks are wonderful especially on an abaddon or geddon setup. I personally like the extra HP they bring to my buffer tank.
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Caffeine Junkie
2 Guys In Motherships
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Posted - 2008.07.11 12:35:00 -
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Edited by: Caffeine Junkie on 11/07/2008 12:35:19
Navy Megathron:
3x 1600mm RT Plates
DC II
Corpum C-Type EANM
3x Trimark IIs
HG Slaves = 75k Armor / 237k effective HP
And still has space for 3x Mag Stabs and Neutrons.
So yes they are worth it!
Nothing special, not big or clever, just 20 fighters and one hell of a tank.... |
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