[PVP] There is an issue with Assault Frigates, in special the Retribution 44,5 % on all Kills

This is a Monthly Report

Rang Schiff Kills % of Retribution
1 Retribution 13.900 100,0 %
2 Wolf 3.902 28,1 %
3 Jaguar 3.500 25,2 %
4 Harpy 3.437 24,7 %
5 Enyo 2.568 18,5 %
6 Hawk 1.299 9,3 %
7 Ishkur 1.157 8,3 %
8 Vengeance 955 6,9 %
9 Nergal 485 3,5 %
Ship Percentage of all kills
Retribution 44,5 %
Wolf 12,5 %
Jaguar 11,2 %
Harpy 11,0 %
Enyo 8,2 %
Hawk 4,2 %
Ishkur 3,7 %
Vengeance 3,1 %
Nergal 1,6 %

This is a ALL Time Report:

Conclusion

Something is odd with the Retribution or all other assault frigates are odd an the Retri is the only normal one. You choose CCP.

Amarr Frigate bonuses (per skill level):
10% reduction in Small Energy Turret activation cost
5% bonus to Small Energy Turret rate of fire

Assault Frigates bonuses (per skill level):
10% bonus to Small Energy Turret optimal range
5% bonus to Small Energy Turret damage

Role Bonus:
50% reduction in Microwarpdrive signature radius penalty
• Can fit Assault Damage Controls

You need to also account for the number of engagements. I suspect Retribution may be so high because it’s on the same skills as the Slicer, which is a famously good ship, so a lot of people use it simply because it’s accessible, rather than because it’s inherently better in any way. Nergal I’m sure would win most fights, but is relatively rare because of how pricy it is.

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Good point but my access to data is limited to public information.
But i would be happy to see the otherside regarding accessible.

So this the point which CSM need to pick it up take it to CCP and check the Numbers.
Therefore you need an NDA, cause otherwise this data would also be public available and its not.

I would say most people skill into Caldari + Missles instead of a Slicer as its impractical for PVE.

You can get a decent number on engagements by combining the mails in which a hull is lost with the mails in which it scores a kill.

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In what settings are these kills made?

Talk about ‘engagements’ suggests a more small scale format perhaps around FW(?) while my first guess without looking into the data is that these Retribution numbers are at least partially caused by it being a popular assault frigate fleet doctrine.

I regularly see fleets of them in NS, unlike for example Enyos or Nergals.

I am limited to public data and i used zkill for it via.

https://zkillboard.com/group/324/

This is the complete group of Ass-Frigs.
From there you can list the Killmails for Monthly and all time.

Monthly
https://zkillboard.com/group/324/top/

Alltime
https://zkillboard.com/group/324/topalltime/

My suggestion would be all Frigates should have similar amount of usage which would look healty.

But as you can see their is an overusage of Retris which suggest either the Retri is overperforming or all other Ass-Frigs are underperforming.

But this is something only CCP can look into the Data.
I would need scrap every Killmail and sort them out by HS/LS/NS + Solo / Small / Big Gang and so on and on and on.

I just see the numbers and it raises big question Mark why is this so.
Furthermore please look into this and check if this is balance Problem or not.