Gar Ddhen
Gallente
North Yorkshire Trading
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Posted - 2008.07.31 22:46:00 -
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Edited by: Gar Ddhen on 31/07/2008 22:54:45
I fly both Gallente and Caldari... so a comparison between Raven and Mega.
Raven fit:
6 Seige II
2 LSE II, 1 photon scattering II, 2 Invuln II, MWD
DCU II, 3 BCU II and gravimetric backup array
Rigs: 1 Thermal resist and 2 Shield extender rigs.
Maximum possible (for purposes of comparison only) DPS: 910 with Dread Gurista Torps, damage types fully interchangeable between all 4 types. With combat drones rises to 1120 DPS
119.8K EHP, (uniform distribution)
1432 m/s full burn
Mega Fit:
7 Neutron II
Point, Web, Cap booster, MWD
2 1600 plate, 3 magstab, 2 EANM II
3 Trimarks
Max possible DPS:948 with Dread guristas Antimatter, 1265 with combat drones
92.4K EHP (uniform distribution)
1280 m/s on full burn
Raven is faster and actually less cumbersome than a plated Mega, so can easily kite it. DPS of the Raven is lower, BUT it can exploit that explosive hole which actually increases its EFFECTIVE DPS, not something the Mega can do in return. Raven does have a far larger sig rad, but thats not really much use to the mega pilot if he is slower thus cant close to use those blasters.
The only thing a gank raven fit like that CANT do is tackle, if it could... then it WOULD be a solo pwn machine. And that, is pre nerf, not post....
Oh, its not good at killing smaller targets, but cant have everything I suppose. Point is, if raven pilots used a little creativity then a beast of a gank setup is certainly acheivable, the one I used is designed specifically to mimic a typical gankathron setup and illustrate how a megathron is a long way from being the solo powerhouse many people who have never flown one seem to think it is. Other BS out there can do almost the same damage, mount better buffers, and have 2 - 3 times the range of the mega.
EDIT: There are capable Raven pilots out there who do show what those ships are capable of in PvP, there are also a LOT of folk here who have obviously never flown a blaster ship, so have absolutely no idea of how they work, their pro's, and their cons.
At least fly the ships you are bashing before commenting on them, and fly a style of PvP before making statements about how it works.
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