Weapons: Difference between revisions

{{main|Turrets}}

{{main|Missiles}}

The most widely used weapons in EVE fire ammunition at a target. Each kind of weapons module typically comes in small, medium, and large - though the naming conventions may use other descriptive terms. You can usually expect smaller weapons modules to load faster and fire more quickly than large ones. Smaller modules tend to do less damage per hit with a rapid hit rate, while larger weapons tend to do more damage per hit with more time between hits.

=== Really quick comparison ===

{{Note box|The bottom line: Missiles will almost always deal some damage, while turrets can miss. Turrets hit immediately, while missiles need to fly out to their targets.}}

! Damage<br>per hit

! Capacitor<br>use

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| rowspan= "5" | Launcher

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| Railgun

| very long

| medium

| medium

Not surprisingly, experienced players will disagree as to which is the "best" brawling or sniping frigate. The ones listed here are often used, however, and if you are a new player, you may want to start with one of these and then move in whatever direction your interests (and skill developments) take you.

== Electronic warfare ==

Each of the four player races has ships that specialize in one kind of [[Electronic Warfare|''racial'' E-War]]. In addition each race has a corresponding [[#drones|drone]] that does the same thing. In each case, the targeted ship is not damaged, but it becomes less effective.

Sensor dampening reduces the targeting range and [[Targeting#Improving_your_scan_resolution_and_targeting_speed|scan resolution]] of an opponent's ship. This makes it harder for them to find their potential targets.

Target painting makes it easier for turrets and missiles to hit the target ship and is especially effective against small, fast targets. Target painting improves everyone's chance of hitting the target and so is especially useful in fleet actions.

Sentry drones can deal high damage at long ranges, but their accuracy suffers greatly at closer ranges. Their immobility is both a blessing and a curse: on the one hand, they do not need to fly out to their targets to hit them, and thus they can swap between targets and hit them immediately; on the other hand, a ship using them must fly back to them to pick them up in order to deploy them in a new place (or not abandon them). In addition, they take up considerable room in a ship's drone bay, and so only larger ships can use them effectively.

Each of the [[#Racial_E-War|racial e-war types]] has a corresponding drone with its own skill training. Drones for tackling and capacitor warfare are also available. The only E-war drones commonly used are ECM Drones, as E-war drones are both much weaker than ship-mounted e-war modules, and far more fragile than other combat drones.