Caldari Basic Ship and Skill Overview: Difference between revisions

* '''[[Electronic_Countermeasures|ECM jamming]]'''. The Caldari racial EWAR specialty is ECM ("electronic countermeasures"). ECM is an especially powerful form of EWAR: it does not suffer from [[Stacking penalties|stacking penalties]], unlike the other three main types of EWAR, and it can completely remove a target's ability to attack anything other than the ECM-jamming ship itself. In the larger ECM ships, it can also have a very long range. The Caldari are the only faction to have a T1 battleship with dedicated EWAR bonuses, the Scorpion. The main drawbacks of ECM are that it is chance-based, and can fail repeatedly if you're unlucky and that any ship using it is usually a primary target because it is widely feared.

Caldari ships share many core skills with the ships of the other three main factions. Very new pilots should consider EVE University's [[Short Skill Plan]]; relatively new pilots should consider [[The Magic 14|the 14 skills which affect every ship]], the [[Fitting skills|fitting skills]] which make it easier to fit modules onto ships, and the [[Support skills|support skills]] which underpin much of your ship's performance. For longer-term training, EVE University's [[Pyramid Skill Plan]] offers one useful way of conceiving your goals.

The Cormorant has eight high slots, making it a good starting vessel to use for salvaging wrecks. Due to its small size, it can move speedily across deadspaces, but also has enough cargo space to hold the salvage you collect.  When it is used in PvE as a combat ship (Level 1 missions and the Sisters of Eve storyline arc) it is strongly recommended that a 'kiting' technique is used, meaning that the capsuleer should keep his range from the NPC ships.  In PvP it suffers from a comparatively large signature radius, making it easier to hit with bigger weapons, which can be problematic with the frigate sized tank of the Cormorant.

Cruisers are Eve's medium-sized ships.  

The Blackbird makes a formidable [[Electronic warfare| ewar]] ship and is generally used as such.

You can find a detailed discussion of Blackbird fitting [[Electronic Countermeasures#Fitting_Fleet_Blackbirds|here]].

The Naga is the Caldari tier 3 battlecruiser. While requiring a bit more training than the Drake and Ferox, it can fit battleship sized guns while retaining the agility and tank of a battlecruiser. It can be effectively fit with long or short range turrets but is rarely seen in PvP as pure sniper configurations are not effective with current doctrines.

 

The Rokh is a solid shield-tanked hybrid turret platform. Although it doesn't have the raw damage bonuses found on the Megathron and Hyperion, its optimal bonus sometimes helps it deal with more applied DPS when fitted with blasters. When rail-fitted it can achieve tremendous optimal ranges -- even, uselessly, beyond the hard 250km targeting range limit. Although it can be used for PvE, most Caldari mission-runners prefer missiles' flexibility and ease of use. It does have a role as one of the entry options for new pilots who want to join [[Incursions]].

The Scorpion is the Caldari [[Electronic warfare#Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)|ECM]] Battleship. With its 8 mid-slots, it is capable of fitting up to 8 jammers/bursts, making it the ECM weapons platform of choice. In order to free up mid-slots, some pilots choose to rely on a weak armour buffer tank in its four low-slots, while others fit shield modules for survivability and use their low slots to enhance their jammers.  

 

=== Industrial ===

The Tayra (formerly called the Badger Mark II) has a cargo hold noticeably larger than the Badger and is better defended. However, it is marginally slower at subwarp speeds and takes longer to turn. In general, though the larger cargo hold offsets the disadvantages and so training Caldari Hauler to III to fly this ship is definitely worth it, particularly if you constantly find yourself filling the Badger's hold.