Today I was using a blaster Cormorant fit to sit in a FW plex, it got owned by a kiting Rifter. I’ve no issue over loding the ship but want to learn to what I can do better. My idea was to appeach him as he came in the bump him, locked him and attack from close range. However I didnt bump him and he quickly got out beyond my scram range because it takes so long for a Destroyer to lock an AB Frigate and he just kited me till I popped.
Obviosuly my blasters couldnt reach him so I though if I try that again in that ship ill go Railgun fit. but I know rails are not as goot as tracking so added a TE to the fit, however the tracking number shown in PYFA is still way below the tracking for blasters.
I entered the fits (and an older KB fir of the person that killed me) into PYFA and whilst it shows I can hit for more damage at the distance.
I believe those results are based on him being stationary, which he wasnt, he was doing about 1800k/ms at 18km ish, if i enter those into PYFA i get this.
Apart from not being about to put in a m/s figure and havving to rely on a % is shows a 0 for blasters (obviously) and a just over 200 for my rail but does that figure include an estiamte for tracking? if not how can I estimate DPS for a target that is orbiting me at 18km at 1800k/ms?
Of course it is, but you need less tracking to apply to a target that orbits you further at the same speed.
No, otherwise you wouldn’t get 0 DPS at 0 km.
It does, in the circles below set the vectors for target and attacker perpendicularly. This asumes the Rifter is perfectly orbiting, which is the worst possible scenario for tracking.
Don’t discount the 75mm gatlin guns if you are frig hunting in a cormorant. The range and tracking will serve you well and allow for a better fitting, including MASB, LML and your choice of prop mod. Likely Thorium will give you the range you need.
Example
[Cormorant, 75mm Corm]
Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Faint Scoped Warp Disruptor
Medium Ancillary Shield Booster, Navy Cap Booster 50
75mm Gatling Rail II, Caldari Navy Thorium Charge S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Caldari Navy Thorium Charge S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Caldari Navy Thorium Charge S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Caldari Navy Thorium Charge S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Caldari Navy Thorium Charge S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Caldari Navy Thorium Charge S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Caldari Navy Thorium Charge S
Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Mjolnir Light Missile
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I
