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| quote= It has been brought. | |||
| quote_attribution= Unknown Caldari Pilot | |||
| info=Of the meticulous craftsmanship the Caldari are renowned for, the Drake was born. It was found beneath such a ship to rely on anything other than the time-honored combat tradition of missile fire, while the inclusion of sufficient CPU capabilities for decent electronic warfare goes without saying. | | info=Of the meticulous craftsmanship the Caldari are renowned for, the Drake was born. It was found beneath such a ship to rely on anything other than the time-honored combat tradition of missile fire, while the inclusion of sufficient CPU capabilities for decent electronic warfare goes without saying. | ||
| bonuses=<b>Caldari Battlecruiser bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>4% bonus to all shield resistances<br>10% bonus to kinetic Heavy Missile and Heavy Assault Missile damage<br><b>Role Bonus:</b><br>• Can use one Command Burst module<br>25% bonus to Missile velocity<br>50% bonus to Command Burst area of effect range<br> | | bonuses=<b>Caldari Battlecruiser bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>4% bonus to all shield resistances<br>10% bonus to kinetic Heavy Missile and Heavy Assault Missile damage<br><b>Role Bonus:</b><br>• Can use one Command Burst module<br>25% bonus to Missile velocity<br>50% bonus to Command Burst area of effect range<br> | ||
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The '''Drake''', well-known for its excellent tanking abilities, is a very popular PvE ship. In PvE, the Drake can be passively shield-tanked for a stronger tank than a battleship, making L3 missions easy and L4 missions a possibility. However, without very good missile skills L4's will take a long time. | The '''Drake''', well-known for its excellent tanking abilities, is a very popular PvE ship. In PvE, the Drake can be passively shield-tanked for a stronger tank than a battleship, making L3 missions easy and L4 missions a possibility. However, without very good missile skills L4's will take a long time. | ||
The Drake has fluctuated in popularity for PvP. Currently its damage bonuses are focused on kinetic missiles, making it less versatile overall. However, its low cost, good missile range, and potential to mount an extremely tough buffer tank makes it attractive despite its damage limitations. And its skill training aligns with high damage missile hulls such as the Cerberus and Tengu. | The Drake has fluctuated in popularity for PvP. Currently its damage bonuses are focused on kinetic missiles, making it less versatile overall. However, its low cost, good missile range, and potential to mount an extremely tough buffer tank makes it attractive despite its damage limitations. And its skill training aligns with high damage missile hulls such as the [[Cerberus]] and [[Tengu]]. | ||
The Drake is quite easy to skill for and pilot competently. Its tank bonus makes it forgiving of mistakes, and missiles are an easy to use weapon system that doesn't require the pilot to worry much about angular velocity and range. While it's easy to make it a ''good'' L3 mission boat, it's hard to make it ''fantastic'': it is quite slow, without T2 launchers and ammo it only does okay DPS, and clever piloting can't be used to increase missile damage like it can with turrets. | The Drake is quite easy to skill for and pilot competently. Its tank bonus makes it forgiving of mistakes, and missiles are an easy to use weapon system that doesn't require the pilot to worry much about angular velocity and range. While it's easy to make it a ''good'' L3 mission boat, it's hard to make it ''fantastic'': it is quite slow, without T2 launchers and ammo it only does okay DPS, and clever piloting can't be used to increase missile damage like it can with turrets. | ||
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** Remember that the Drake is big and slow. You won't be able to sig tank or speed tank incoming damage. Range can be one the most effective ways of mitigating incoming DPS while piloting a Drake. | ** Remember that the Drake is big and slow. You won't be able to sig tank or speed tank incoming damage. Range can be one the most effective ways of mitigating incoming DPS while piloting a Drake. | ||
* Shoot the biggest NPCs first (usually other Battlecruisers); they're the ones damaging you the most. | * Shoot the biggest NPCs first (usually other Battlecruisers); they're the ones damaging you the most. | ||
** However if you're out of range of the Battlecruisers and you're being hit by something else, shoot that instead | ** However if you're out of range of the Battlecruisers and you're being hit by something else, shoot that instead. Shooting at the "wrong target" is better than not shooting at all. | ||
* Against Sansha and Blood Raiders, use Mjolnir Heavy Missiles unless you have Caldari Battlecruiser V. In all other cases, use Scourge Heavy Missiles. | * Against Sansha and Blood Raiders, use Mjolnir Heavy Missiles unless you have Caldari Battlecruiser V. In all other cases, use Scourge Heavy Missiles. | ||
* Orbiting the NPC blob at 30km works reasonably well. | * Orbiting the NPC blob at 30km works reasonably well. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
The name of the Drake could have come from the legendary English explorer and pirate, but given the avian theme of the Caldari ships, it is more likely that the ship was named for the official name of a male duck. | The name of the Drake could have come from the legendary English explorer and pirate, but given the avian theme of the Caldari ships, it is more likely that the ship was named for the official name of a male duck. | ||
The quote '''"It has been brought"''' references the long-running joke in the EVE community of '''"Can I bring my Drake?"''' The origins of this joke come from the time when the Drake was almost the only ship used by newer pilots for PvE (it has since been nerfed, but is still popular). So, when these pilots began exploring PvP, the Drake was pretty much the only ship they had and knew how to fly effectively. This led to fleet commanders often being asked: "Can I bring my Drake?" This happened so regularly that many FCs would become very annoyed at being asked this question, and thus players began to use it just to annoy FCs. The ship was eventually nerfed, but the question is still repeated in fleet form-ups (often excessively) purely for its joke value. | |||
== Patch History == | == Patch History == | ||