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Know Your Enemy - Destroyers

Destroyers are the dedicated frigate hunters of Eve. With 7 or 8 small guns apiece, destroyers put out far more damage than anything else of their size or cost. This firepower is backed up by substantial range and tracking bonuses (the whole class receives a fixed 50% bonus to optimal range and a 10% per level bonus to turret tracking speed), giving the destroyer no problems hitting its target both far away and up close. While larger and less nimble than a frigate, destroyers remain significantly more manoeuvrable than a cruiser and their signature radius remains much closer to that of a frigate, making the destroyer class proficient at getting under the guns of larger ships. They're also generally slightly tougher than t1 frigates, although their large number of high slots leaves then with with slightly fewer mids and lows than some of the front line combat frigates.

Given their strong tracking and excellent damage output, destroyers pose a significant threat to anything frigate sized. This makes destroyers an excellent choice for newer PVPers, giving you the potential to tangle with faction and t2 frigates and significantly increasing your range of available targets over those you would be able to engage in a t1 frigate, and all requiring relatively little in the way of isk or skillpoints.