Yakov Draken
Minmatar
Tides Of War
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Posted - 2008.08.10 10:42:00 -
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Early on a Rifter is a great beginner pvp ships and will still see service from time to time. The Vigil is a cute run about that I still use.
The Rupture is a really sweet ship with good damage and a good buffer with 1600mm plate. Great early and an ongoing option if you like your ships small and cheap.
The Stabber is a real beaut with T2 guns. Cheap, agile and fast. You get a feel for what it is like to fly a Vagabond and you get to zoom.
When you have more isk and want to contribute more to a gang the Hurricane is a great ship to go for and rewards spending time in - get BC 5. My favourite version is with 1600mm plate, 2x gyro's, 2x T2 EANM's, T2 DCU and two medium remote reps in the highs. The Hurricane is one of those ships that does good damage in real combat siutuations, it is affordable and it is versitile with many good setups. Great thread on them on SHC.
The Vagabond is a special ship - a must fly. The speed nerf will hit it but it seems likely it will still be fast enough to do the job while alot of ships arn't.
The Sliepnir is a really cool ship according to many experianced pvpers. I haven't flown it, despite having 30m sp's all in Minmatar, as I've been a pirate for a long time and we found remote repping armor tankers far more effective than shield tanking - especially an active tank that is so vunerable to neuts. I'm finishing training for it now but suspect I've missed the party.
As skill points increase training for BS becomes more appealing and you find that, in many situations, flying a Typhoon or a Tempest increases the size/qualtiy of enemy force you can take on. A Tempest may not be an optimal BS for most situation, with mediocre damage, but it fits BS class remote reps and heavy neuts and has a spare mid or two for ECCM. In the sort of combat I have been involved in most (low sec) a remote repping armor tanked BS based gang is the best thing for winning fights and that means a Tempest or a Typhoon for max impact. A Tempest is better than a Typhoon until you get very good missile skills which takes awhile. I'm still not quite there even though I can use T2 torps as my gunnery skills are almost perfect combined with sweet implants - 2x +5% damage gunnery implants is not that expensive compared to the missile +5's.
A Maelstrom is a solid pve boat for pwning level 4's as it can do alot of damage in a gank artillary fit while still sporting enough tank. I haven't done alot of mission running but I was very suprised when I tried some level 4's recently in a Maelstrom.
Minmatar also have a good Dictor, a good HIC, good Intie's, and some recons who used to be the mickey and hopefully will still be important.
Minmatar have a good range of ships who have their moment when they are the best thing to field. I've found it best to have a wide selection of ships available to fly as there is no single best minmatar ship. It is a case of using the best ship for the job and we have a solid toolkit - though large AC's need a buff.
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