Thursday, April 8, 2010

Ships. Their names, Stories and futures

As a player of Eve online i have come to love and respect the internet spaceships I fly, from the powerful Typhoon class Battleship to the small but dangerous Hound class stealthbomber. today i will tank about some of these ships and their role in my Eve experience.

I'm going to start off with the largest ship in my collection, the Minmatar Typhoon class battleship. My Typhoon, affectionatly named "Drache" or dragon in german is a monster which deals incredible ammounts of damage per volley with both long and short range fits. An unfortunate side effect of flying this ship with sheer damage dealing capabilities is it's inability to take damage, while not a problem when fighting NPCs (non-pod-captains) it is a problem when fighting against other players whom actually switch target's when the opportunity arises. That being said the "Drache" can deal it's best damage at well over 60km and out to 160km and is a force to be reckoned with on the battlefields of eve.

But not all my ships were fit for pure DPS (damage-per-second), The Minmatar Rupture class cruiser affectionatly named "Abbruch" was fit and outfitted to have a mean armor tank. This whips tank regenerates its armor at a respectable 10.5 hp/s dual running medium armor repairers with full cap stability even when hit with a light to medium energy vampire. Fit with 4 high end 800mm Medium Howitzers it can deal death out to 22km and Fend off it's own death while under heavy duress.

Let it never be said that combat is the only way to solve a problem. The Minmatar Hound class stealthbomber is known as the best stealthbomber on the market, with the ability to move at full speed and even warp while under the effect of a covert operations cloaking device II it makes for a fine stealthy sentinal. My personal Hound has been named "The Black Death II" it is the second stealthbomber i have owned after loosing the first to a lucky shot of a battlecruiser. fit with three battleship grade torpedo launchers and with a huge velocity bonus to the armaments it can uncloak fire a volley and cloak before the torpedoes hit 44km away.

Bot not all of my ships are fit for combat and death dealing, my Minmatar Trasher class destroyer has been fit for one purpose and one purpose only, Salvage. "The Last Chance" has seen many changes in the time it has been piloted by me. evolving from a combat ship to a combat/salvage to it's current fit with every high slot fit to salvage and microwarpdrives/ afterburners to make the travel quicker it can reack upwards of 1500m/s with a microwarpdrive and 780m/s with an afterburner activated. While a failure in a conventional fight i guarantee it will salvage your wreck faster than you can.

The Future:
In the future I am planning first off to obtain a Minmatar Maelstrom class battleship, able to fit 8 large projectile weapons and with a bonus to shield tanking I will make this ship into a combat machine. With its damage dealing potential reaching massive levels per volley it will be the most beutiful and deadly ship in my fleet.

Ships no matter what you fly are the lifeblood of eve, from massive Titan class ships to the humble frigates.
On that note i bid you farewell, till next tuesday
-Jarik Utoni
AKA: Chris huber
Fly safe brothers

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