Hydra Rifter
Contents
General Info
- Special Ability: 5% bonus to Small Projectile Turret damage and 7.5% bonus to tracking per level.
This is a basic T1 setup for use in a PvP-BASIC Hydra Gang.
The rifter is an excellent frigate, with a balanced slot layout, good damage, and excellent speed. They are very popular among Agony pilots.
Due to the size of PvP-BASIC fleets, this artillery setup is preferred over the autocannon setup. While the autocannon setup deals more damage, many pilots find the range of the artillery setup allows them to start dealing damage earlier.
You will have to adjust the 2 EWAR midslots as needed to balance the fleet so bring several different kinds of ewar modules with you.
The following ewar modules will fit in spare mid-slots for this setup:
- Stasis Webifier I
- Tracking Disruptor I
- Remote Sensor Dampener I
- Warp Scrambler I
- Warp Disruptor I
Setup
Stats (All level V)
- Speed: 1221 m/s
- DPS: 50 (Fusion S)
- Turret Optimal + Falloff: 8.3 + 11 (Fusion S)
- Missiles Max Range: 42km
- Effective HP: 1,681
Lowslot
- Tracking Enhancer I
- Overdrive Injector System I
- Nanofiber Internal Structure I
Midslot
- 1MN Afterburner I
- electronic warfare module
- electronic warfare module
Hislot
- 250mm Light Artillery Cannon I
- 250mm Light Artillery Cannon I
- 250mm Light Artillery Cannon I
- Standard Missile Launcher I
Cargo
- 1000 units projectile ammo - Fusion S offers a good high damage option for artillery, but the choice is yours.
- 500 units of light missiles, your choice of damage type.
- Both scripts for any electronic warfare modules that use them.
Rigs
While optional, some students may want to rig their frigates.
For the rifter, the following rigs may be useful:
- Small Projectile Locus Coordinator I (increases turret optimal range)
- Small Projectile Metastasis Adjustor I (increases turret tracking speed)
- Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I (increases turret damage)
- Small Projectile Burst Aerator I (increases turret firing speed)
(note that projectile weapon rigs increase power grid consumption - depending on your skills you may not be able to fit 3 of them!)
Example EFT Cut & Paste
[Rifter, Hydra Arty] Auto-Gain Control Tracking Enhancer I Type-D Altered SS Overdrive Injector Type-D Altered SS Nanofiber Structure Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters [empty med slot] [empty med slot] 250mm Light Gallium I Cannon, EMP S 250mm Light Gallium I Cannon, EMP S 250mm Light Gallium I Cannon, EMP S 'Malkuth' Standard Missile Launcher I, Sabretooth Light Missile [empty rig slot] [empty rig slot] [empty rig slot]
