2 RA imo, then you can have 2 chaff to deal with those legal aimbots. If you really want those MJs, get a 2d guardian shield reinforcement thing, it provides almost same MJs as a hd booster, on paper.
2 chaff? I already have one, and one of my plasma's has dispersial field. From my experience you don't run into many gimbal players. I guess a heatsink could be useful though. I'm not gonna grind anymore guardian stuff, has to be the worst thing in the game after high grade emissions.
# of boosters should be adjusted depending on how high distributor draw of whole build is and how good your pip managements skills are. A bit of topic but with LR/focus plasma dispersal mods 2 chaff is overkill IMO
AP Birdman
Banned
2 resistance or even no boosters at all to be honest. Your shields come back so fast they're barely able to get your armor down before your shields come back. And recharge is so fast, if the enemy misses a couple times you'll have full shields again if you're good at evading.
Btw, shouldn't this be under ships of elite.....
Btw, shouldn't this be under ships of elite.....
2 boosters it is then, thanks. I suppose that unlike shieldless, were you need to fly offensively all of the time, with shield, i need to fly offensively when it's up, and defensively when it's down.2 resistance or even no boosters at all to be honest. Your shields come back so fast they're barely able to get your armor down before your shields come back. And recharge is so fast, if the enemy misses a couple times you'll have full shields again if you're good at evading.
Btw, shouldn't this be under ships of elite.....
Should this post be under ships of elite? I posted it here because i wanted advise from actual pvp'ers, but if the post violates any rules on this subtopic i'll move it. If i knew how to do that though
I used to use long range plasmas when i ran shieldless, but my new build is 2 large pa's, 1 efficient and 1 overcharged, with 2 medium rails. That's why i've build a shield, i can't depend on tlb to save me from rails at long range anymore. I'll run 2 boosters since that's what people have been telling me
2 chaff is necessary, based on my experience, especially in wing fights and 1v1s against premium users, even when you have lr/focused dispersal pa/cannon. Usually aimbots pose the most threats, except the "point your nose at the target, press fire button and delete all his externals at once" seeker/packhound missiles, so minimizing their tot is crucial. Other utility mounts simply aren't as effective.
And if a heatsink is necessary, I would lose a booster to get one, instead of a chaff.
AP Birdman
Banned
But most top pilots are using fixed weapons. I rarely use chaff
They use gimbals when they see fit, at least they did back when I fought them very frequently, like 2 months ago?
I mean, if you are against a pa/rail boat, your flying matters much more than what you fit in the utility slots. Besides, most things aren't helpful in most other cases. Extra HD boosters aren't useful anyway, they lengthen the shield down time and when the shield comes back, it has only 50% effect; heatsinks have so limited charges, your opponent just need to circle around going evasive for a little while then repeat it, and you are out of heatsinks; point defenses are not effective enough and usually die to missiles first; ecm is nothing but a joke for fas.
But that extra chaff would enable you to survive a wing fight or some premium loaded gimbal weapons or even a 1vX scenario much longer.
I can see your point: against someone who uses fixed only, you'd better have double heatsinks since other stuffs are pretty much useless. But usually, I have no idea what's coming so I would like have something kind of more effective in general.
Besides, you can start laughing whenever you see a clipper if you have double chaff.
Wait, do people still use clippers?
In the right hands a Clipper can be lethal due to it's speed, potential tankiness and ridiculous shields regen rate (faster than the FAS with higher MJs).
AP Birdman
Banned
I have a fairly respectable clipper I use in pvp, but I enjoy using oddball ships for pvp. There's nothing more enjoyable than kicking someone's butt in a clipper or a DBX or an orca.
Since kinmob isn't as active as before (or not active at all), no one has succeeded him as the clipper actual XDDDD
Imo clipper's main problem is not being aggressive enough as a hybrid/hull tank ship. 2 larges and 2 mediums are not bad but you know, the placement... The shield regen is also part of the reason: it's too fast for a c6 distro, even with low draw experimental. Perfect pip management would ease things a lot but won't solve the problem, the distro can't recharge fast enough to keep firing and recharging at full speed.
The hull tankiness is good but the ship is not evasive at all, it's simply too big to miss, and the lateral/vertical thrusters and low thrust output when boosting make things even worse.
The "boosting away with speed to recharge shield" tactic is not very effective against any opponent using biweave anyway. Yes, you recharge faster than most ships, but it doesn't mean they don't recharge at all. When you come back with full shield, they also got their full shield back. It could reduce the loss after you make some mistake, but it doesn't work when your opponent just out damage you.
I'm not saying clippers are no good, but for me, to utilize a clipper means you are relying on your opponent to make mistakes(usually pip related), and that's just not what I usually do.
Sound fun, but.... #SAVETHEASPSCOUT, even a man likes oddball ships refuses to fly it.[noob]
AP Birdman
Banned
I would but I really think the asps are hideous and I only fly ships I like the look of. I do have a pretty bad*** DBS though, if that counts.