Propulsion equipment: Difference between revisions

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There are different sizes of Afterburner based on basic ship hull size. A rough guide :

* 1MN = Frigate ~~size~~

* 1MN = Frigate/Destroyer

* 10MN = Cruiser/Battle Cruiser, Industrials

* 100MN = Battleship+

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===Drawbacks===

* ~~Extra~~ capacitor consumption as it cycles

* Steady capacitor consumption as it cycles

* Longer ship alignment speeds whilst it is active.

* Longer ship alignment speeds whilst it is active (though using for only 1 cycle will actually increase alignment in all ships with natural or modified aligns greater than the cycle)

* Afterburners don't provide anywhere near as much of a speed boost as a Microwarpdrive, (roughly 100% boost rather than 500% depending on ~~variations~~) but come with less penalties.

* Afterburners don't provide anywhere near as much of a speed boost as a Microwarpdrive, roughly 100-125% boost rather than 500-625% depending on skills (some modules have a greater innate bonus) but come with less penalties.

*They add mass to your ship. This is not really noticeable unless you try to fit a bigger afterburner than normal for your ship class, at which point your inertial increase will make your orbits very large (this is to prevent small ships from avoiding MWD penalities while still getting similar speed boosts from bigger drives combined with the tight orbits they normally enjoy)

===Advantages vs. a Microwarpdrive ===

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* Considerably less skill and fitting requirements

* They can still be used in Mission deadspaces that interfere with warp fields.

* They can still be used in Mission deadspaces that interfere with warp fields (this is not a big issue anymore, as almost all deadspace areas now allow MWDs)

* They don't have a penalty to Capacitor size

* They don't have a penalty to ship signature size whilst active.

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 There are different sizes of Afterburner based on basic ship hull size. A rough guide :
-* 1MN = Frigate size
+* 1MN = Frigate/Destroyer
 * 10MN = Cruiser/Battle Cruiser, Industrials
 * 100MN = Battleship+
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 ===Drawbacks===
-* Extra capacitor consumption as it cycles
+* Steady capacitor consumption as it cycles
-* Longer ship alignment speeds whilst it is active.
+* Longer ship alignment speeds whilst it is active (though using for only 1 cycle will actually  increase alignment in all ships with natural or modified aligns greater than the cycle)
-* Afterburners don't provide anywhere near as much of a speed boost as a Microwarpdrive, (roughly 100% boost rather than 500% depending on variations) but come with less penalties.
+* Afterburners don't provide anywhere near as much of a speed boost as a Microwarpdrive, roughly 100-125% boost rather than 500-625% depending on skills (some modules have a greater innate bonus) but come with less penalties.
+*They add mass to your ship.  This is not really noticeable unless you try to fit a bigger afterburner than normal for your ship class, at which point your inertial increase will make your orbits very large (this is to prevent small ships from avoiding MWD penalities while still getting similar speed boosts from bigger drives combined with the tight orbits they normally enjoy)
 ===Advantages vs. a Microwarpdrive ===
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 * Considerably less skill and fitting requirements
-* They can still be used in Mission deadspaces that interfere with warp fields.
+* They can still be used in Mission deadspaces that interfere with warp fields (this is not a big issue anymore, as almost all deadspace areas now allow MWDs)
 * They don't have a penalty to Capacitor size
 * They don't have a penalty to ship signature size whilst active.