Hydra Rifter
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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.
Named (meta) versions of modules typically require less CPU and thus are easier to fit on ships. Many give better performance, some use less capacitor per cycle, and some may even be selling for cheaper in trade hubs than non-named vanilla T1 modules. T2 modules typically grant higher performance but at very steep fitting costs and prices. Fitting your ship with named of T2 modules will give you higher damage output on killmails as well as greater survivability in fleets. Note that you can also purchase faction ammunition for increased dps.
EWAR: You will have to adjust the 2 EWAR midslots as needed to balance the fleet so make sure to bring these electronic warfare modules with you (a meta 2 version is listed in parenthesis). Bring a few units of scrips for sensor dampeners and tracking disruptors:
- Stasis Webifier I (Patterned Stasis Web)
- Tracking Disruptor I (F-382 Baker Nunn Tracking Disruptor)
- Remote Sensor Dampener I (Indirect Scanning Dampening Unit)
- Warp Scrambler I (J5B Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler)
- Warp Disruptor I (Fleeting Warp Disruptor)
- Sensor dampener scripts: Scan Resolution Dampening and Targeting Range Dampening
- Tracking disruptor scripts: Optimal Range Disruption and Tracking Speed Disruption
Rigs: These are optional, but some of these are very cheap. For the rifter, the following rigs may be useful:
- Small Projectile Ambit Extension I - increases turret falloff range, increases turret pg use
- Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I - increases turret damage, increases turret pg use
- Small Projectile Burst Aerator I - increases turret firing speed, increases turret pg use
- Small Targeting System Subcontroller I - increases targeting speed, decreases shield amount
- Small Low Friction Nozzle Joints I - improves agility, decreases armor amount
- Small Auxiliary Thrusters I - improves speed, decreases armor amount
Note: using several rigs that decrease your shield or armor amount will make you more susceptible to bombs.
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]
