Comments on: EVE Online: My fleet

By: Shirrath

Shirrath — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:28:56 +0000

Wait until you get to the point where you can run two large armor repair units and some hardeners at the same time. :-)

Also, some Dominix fittings include a single railgun just for aggroing stuff.

By: James

James — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:04:56 +0000

Some nice Eve ship scale pics:

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2496/evechartrmrsy2.jpg
http://www.eve-files.com/media/corp/CIGAR/eve_chart_names-4096.jpg
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7263/eveschiffeaa8.jpg

By: Tipa

Tipa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:58:52 +0000

@Magson, well nothing *I* could find said that WCS would have that effect, but clearly they changed how they worked since the stuff I did find was mentioned. I doubt WCS will be a part of any future build. Thanks for that Empire State Building comparison. Just for fun, I looked at the size of real ships — even our massive aircraft carriers would look small compared to my Retriever! The width of the Catalyst, including its outriggers, is about the same as the length of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

@Shirrath – I loved the Domi’s tank. The level of aggro that tore apart my Myrmidon was no trouble for the Domi to handle, even with junk fittings. A medium armor repair unit was almost enough by itself to handle the armor damage, and the shields lasted a heck of a long time without any boosts whatsoever. I’d love to be tanking stuff while the drones fly around doing the damage, which does seem to be the focus of most of the Domi builds I’ve seen. But still, I’d rather aggro stuff from far away and have it fly to me than to have to go up to it. Once I have a MWD fitted, maybe I could see that happening.

By: Shirrath

Shirrath — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:45:05 +0000

The battleships can be fitted for either short range or long range, but they’re usually much better in one or the other. The Dominix, due to it’s focus on drones, is usually considered a short-range vessel because the time the drones spend flying is wasted time. However, you can fit it with sentry drones, which stay put and shoot from a distance. For Gallente, the Megathron and the Hyperion are more in tune what you imagined battleships to be: slow, lumbering beasts that blow up stuff from a distance. For more mobile fleets, there are the Heavy Assault Cruisers, which combine speed and damage. They do require quite a bit of skill training to use, though.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:23:06 +0000

Awesome image :) I love the scale of the ships! It makes everything in EVE seem so massive and immersive :)

By: Tipa’s Fleet « EVE Online Pictures

Tipa’s Fleet « EVE Online Pictures — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:45:25 +0000

[...] You can find her collage here. [...]

By: Magson

Magson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:10:58 +0000

Dang, no edit button.

Funny you shold mention the Empire State Bldg as a size comparator. I just ran across this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12832008@N04/3766056543/in/set-72157621874683860/

By: Magson

Magson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:40:57 +0000

The WCS’s have a targeting and lock time penalty becuz they didn’t used to and nano-ships would fit a ton of them and be uncatchable while they zipped in and out and killed everything that couldn’t hit them becuz they couldn’t be tackled.

And “nothing” says they do that? Check your item link again: http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Warp_Core_Stabilizer_II

It very specifically says that it gives a -40% scan res and -40% targeting range. And they aren’t stack nerfed on the penalty, so having 2 of them fit is -80%. . . .

Nice collage, btw. Now I’m gonna have to think about making one myself.