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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
| − | The Rifter is the primary damage frigate | + | The Rifter is the primary Minmatar damage-dealing frigate. For [[Tackling|tackling]], a [[Slasher]] is a safer bet, as it has tackling bonuses. |
==Skills== | ==Skills== | ||
| − | ''Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Rifter for a specific or | + | ''Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Rifter for a specific or itss common role(s) can be a added ere.'' |
==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
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| − | + | The Rifter is not an outstanding frigate, but it does have a balanced 4/4/3 slot layout, which allows pilots some tactical flexibility. | |
| − | + | '''PvE''' | |
| − | + | With no need to tackle the kind of enemies faced in new-player PvE combat and L1 missions, Rifter pilots can try mounting a small shield tank and putting a Damage Control and Gyrostabilizers in the lows lots. Pilots will probably soon move on from the Rifter to the [[Thrasher]] and then the [[Rupture]]. | |
| + | '''PvP''' | ||
| − | The Rifter | + | The Rifter sees some use in small-scale Faction Warfare battles. With its speed and its falloff bonus (and especially with T2 autocannon, which can use the falloff-boosting Barrage ammo), the Rifter can try to kite at the edge of warp scrambler range. Artillery fits are a squeeze, but can attempt kiting beyond scram range and within point range. |
| − | + | In PvP fleets, the Rifter is not a bad choice for a new Minmatar character who wants to bring some small-sized DPS to the table, but it is worth checking with your FC whether or not a tackling Slasher might offer more utility to the fleet. | |
| − | == | + | ==Notes== |
| − | '' | + | For more than a decade of Eve Online's history, the Rifter was once the best of all T1 frigates, highly popular for solo PvP and cheap, low-SP "swarm" fleets and regarded as "Eve's AK47": an affordable and reliable weapon wielded by many. This popularity, and perhaps its iconic silhouette when seen from above, gave it pride of place in publicity material and player memes. |
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| + | Since a major frigate rebalancing in the middle of the 2010s, the Rifter has become a significantly weaker ship, and one seen much less often in PvP. Its silhouette is still used in game for the Fitting window icon and the cargo hold button within the Fitting window, however. | ||
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==Patch History== | ==Patch History== | ||
{{expansion past| | {{expansion past| | ||
'''November 2019 Release v.1.1 - Build: 1617768 - 2019-11-26''' | '''November 2019 Release v.1.1 - Build: 1617768 - 2019-11-26''' | ||
| − | * 5% damage bonus per level replaced with 5% rate of fire | + | * 5% damage bonus per level replaced with 5% rate of fire bonus per level |
'''Lifeblood v.1.0 - Build: 1203953 - 24.10.17''' | '''Lifeblood v.1.0 - Build: 1203953 - 24.10.17''' | ||
Revision as of 12:05, 8 November 2021
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The Rifter is a very powerful combat frigate and can easily tackle the best frigates out there. It has gone through many radical design phases since its inauguration during the Minmatar Rebellion. The Rifter has a wide variety of offensive capabilities, making it an unpredictable and deadly adversary. SHIP BONUSES
Minmatar Frigate bonuses (per skill level):
Ship Attributes
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5 (1/4) 
2 
5
48 MW 
135 tf
375 m/sec
165 m³
Summary
The Rifter is the primary Minmatar damage-dealing frigate. For tackling, a Slasher is a safer bet, as it has tackling bonuses.
Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Rifter for a specific or itss common role(s) can be a added ere.
Tactics
The Rifter is not an outstanding frigate, but it does have a balanced 4/4/3 slot layout, which allows pilots some tactical flexibility.
PvE
With no need to tackle the kind of enemies faced in new-player PvE combat and L1 missions, Rifter pilots can try mounting a small shield tank and putting a Damage Control and Gyrostabilizers in the lows lots. Pilots will probably soon move on from the Rifter to the Thrasher and then the Rupture.
PvP
The Rifter sees some use in small-scale Faction Warfare battles. With its speed and its falloff bonus (and especially with T2 autocannon, which can use the falloff-boosting Barrage ammo), the Rifter can try to kite at the edge of warp scrambler range. Artillery fits are a squeeze, but can attempt kiting beyond scram range and within point range.
In PvP fleets, the Rifter is not a bad choice for a new Minmatar character who wants to bring some small-sized DPS to the table, but it is worth checking with your FC whether or not a tackling Slasher might offer more utility to the fleet.
Notes
For more than a decade of Eve Online's history, the Rifter was once the best of all T1 frigates, highly popular for solo PvP and cheap, low-SP "swarm" fleets and regarded as "Eve's AK47": an affordable and reliable weapon wielded by many. This popularity, and perhaps its iconic silhouette when seen from above, gave it pride of place in publicity material and player memes.
Since a major frigate rebalancing in the middle of the 2010s, the Rifter has become a significantly weaker ship, and one seen much less often in PvP. Its silhouette is still used in game for the Fitting window icon and the cargo hold button within the Fitting window, however.
Patch History
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November 2019 Release v.1.1 - Build: 1617768 - 2019-11-26
Lifeblood v.1.0 - Build: 1203953 - 24.10.17
December v.1.0 - Build: 995003 - 08.12.15
Rubicon v.1.3 - Build: 761459 - 12.03.14
Odyssey v.1.0 - Build: 584903 - 04.16.13
Inferno v.1.0 - Build: 377452 - 22.05.12
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