Corvette vs Cutter (PvP)

[Corvos]

It's been awhile since i have had the itch for big ships. I miss the days when the Corvette was on top. Nowadays its all about the Cutter. Im curious if it is viable again for end game PvP (vetran factions going at it).

When big ships come on field its usually Cutters. The Cutter has better shields and speed with a decent firepower and a clean hardpoint loadout but lackluster mobility. The Vette rock huge armor "fixed potential" firepower and great mobility and a good active shield tank but utter speed.

So i'm looking for the oppinions of others.

 

[Stealthie]

Was there ever a time when the 'vette was really "on top"?

For me, it's more fun to fly than a Cutter, which makes it the ideal ship for PvE mass-murder but if I was interested in PvP it'd have to be a Cutter simply cos you know that's likely to be what you're going up against, in that sort of category at least.

 

[Strangepork]

It's been awhile since i have had the itch for big ships. I miss the days when the Corvette was on top. Nowadays its all about the Cutter. Im curious if it is viable again for end game PvP (vetran factions going at it).

When big ships come on field its usually Cutters. The Cutter has better shields and speed with a decent firepower and a clean hardpoint loadout but lackluster mobility. The Vette rock huge armor "fixed potential" firepower and great mobility and a good active shield tank but utter speed.

So i'm looking for the oppinions of others.

It's the Corvette for me unless you love to turn in ever expanding circles and never see your prey?!

 

[Trollymctrollerson]

I wouldn't use a Corvette unless it had ECM or screening shell frags. It's slow enough that torpedoes are a real threat. Fighting against a Corvette using something like and fdl or FAS in a 1vs1 isn't that dangerous. You can easily escape if things are not going well. In a wing the Corvette firepower becomes a real threat if it can keep up with the furball. Cutter, is tough enough to weather a broken amount of damage but is hard to keep on target. If I had to fight a Corvette, I'd use a cutter with long range guns and fly in a giant FA off orbit around the vette from from like 4km out. If I had to fight a cutter, I'd use wolf pack tactics with a wing of agile ships.

 

[VincentUK]

OP - if you come across a wing of skilled pilots flying mediums, and you're flying a Corvette, the best result you can expect is waking out. FDL is the meta for PvP, Corvette is great for farming NPC's [up]

 

[Corvos]

Well i run the Mamba RN, most of my group does, we find it works better than the FDL. We've ran the FDL for PvP since Beta and so far it has dominated Kraits and FDLs. It could be a learning curve for FDL Pilots but i don't think ill go back to the FDL.