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McTaggart:
Does close range work for pvp or would you just get shredded before you got to your target?
Switchblade:
close-range combat is not only viable, it's incredibly popular. it just takes some skill to pull off.
four Gallente combat setups that are rightly feared throughout the known universe:
The "Blasterax" - a thorax-class cruiser sporting a 10MN microwarpdrive, blasters, armour hardeners, an armour repairer, and heavy combat drones. Use the microwarpdrive to get right up close and personal, hug the enemy ship, and unload an unholy degree of high-powered blaster fire into his hull at close range, while the drones shred him.
The "Blasterthron" - as above, but using a Megathron battleship
The "Suicide Deimos" - as above, but using a Deimos class heavy assault cruiser that's tanking so hard that entire fleets-worth of firepower bounce off. often used as a distraction in large fleet engagements - you'll probably lose the deimos, but while the enemy fleet's distracted firing at it, your guys can fire without being fire upon, and if they ignore it, then they've got a very powerful, very damaging ship punching straight into their ranks where it can do the most damage.
The "Vampire Dominix" - a Dominix class battleship that uses heavy nosferatu energy vampires to fuel it's armour tank while it's drones and blasters mince whatever it's up against.
Blaster-and-drone close range combat is not only viable, it's not only fun, it's also the most damaging - blasters have the highest damage ratio of any of the guns in the game, but also the shortest range, and the Gallente excel at blaster warfare because they armour tank, which isn't affected severely by using a microwarp drive. In fact, Thorax and Deimos cruisers reduce the penalty to their max capacitor for mounting a Microwarpdrive by 5% of the maximum cap per level - which means that a pilot with level 5 in Gallente cruisers can mount an MWD without affecting his cap in the slightest, and of course, the Gallente combat philosophy revolves around armour tanking anyway, which means that the reduction in shield HP for mounting an MWD has little effect on them.
Caldari especially hate blaster gallenteans, because a blaster-equipped ship gets right inside their gun range, making it very difficult for them to do any damage except with missiles.
McTaggart:
Awesome, I was thinking that the Thorax looked like a ship I could see myself doing pretty well in.
So much to learn.
Verergoca:
Meh, everyone and his mother fly's a thorax. To me it depends on what you whish to become. A hybrid master, go thorax and then Megathron, if you want to master the arts of droid warfare, get a Vexor. You also might consider the Exequror. You dont see many of them flying, beeing overshadowed by the Thorax and Vexor, but if you are into courier missions, it has a major advantage, a humongous cargohold (for a cruiser), while still able to defend itself. Also, it looks cool.
Anyways. Im switching corp. Some RL buddies have found a more active corp than what Im in now, and im invited. Yay!
Switchblade:
I've had to come home for my best friend's daughter's christening, so no EVE for me until Monday evening at the earliest. :(
Oh well, given that we're being caught in the crossfire between PA/NBSI and FE/.5. that's hardly a bad thing.
one week to go for Caldari frigates level 5!
six days after that for Mechanic 5
probably a month after that for assault frigates 5
Then I start working on gunnery skills so I can actually become teh l33t small railgun pwnz0r.
having achieved that goal, I will then move on to Interceptors and covert ops ships
Only then will I move on to becoming teh l33t medium railgun pwnz0r...
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