Machariel: Difference between revisions

  * SHIP ATTRIBUTES SECTION (last update : 2019-10-15)

  | cargohold=665 m³

  | bonuses=<b>Gallente Battleship bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>7.5% bonus to Large Projectile Turret falloff<br><b>Minmatar Battleship bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>5% bonus to Large Projectile Turret damage<br><b>Role Bonus:</b><br>25% bonus to Large Projectile Turret rate of fire<br>25% bonus to warp speed and warp acceleration<br>

  | targetrange=75.00 km

*'''[[Skills:Spaceship_Command#Minmatar_Battleship|Minmatar Battleship III]]''', '''[[Skills:Spaceship_Command#Gallente_Battleship|Gallente Battleship III]]''' - First of all you obviously need the skills to sit in a ship and you should train them to at least III, better IV.

*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Large_Projectile_Turret|Large Projectile Turret III]]''' - The Machariel uses Large Projectile Turrets, therefor you should train it to at least III, again IV is an excellent investment aswell.

*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Gunnery|Gunnery V]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Motion_Prediction|Motion Prediction IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Rapid_Firing|Rapid Firing IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Sharpshooter|Sharpshooter IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Surgical_Strike|Surgical Strike IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Trajectory_Analysis|Trajectory Analysis IV]]''' - Every single one of these skills will either directly or indirectly increase your DPS, they are mandatory to train before sitting in a Machariel. Heads up: they will also greatly increase your effectiveness in every other Gunboat.

*'''[[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones V]]''', '''[[Skills:Drones#Drone_Avionics|Drone Avionics III]]''', '''[[Skills:Drones#Light_Drone_Operation|Light Drone Operation V]]''', '''[[Skills:Drones#Medium_Drone_Operation|Medium Drone Operation III]]''', '''[[Skills:Drones#Drone_Interfacing|Drone Interfacing III]]''', '''[[Skills:Drones#Drone_Navigation|Drone Navigation III]]''', '''[[Skills:Drones#Drone_Durability|Drone Durability III]]''', '''[[Skills:Drones#Drone_Sharpshooting|Drone Sharpshooting III]]''', '''[[Skills:Drones#Racial_Drone_Specialization|Amarr, Caldari, Gallente and Minmatar Drone Specialization to III]]''' - While Drones are not your primary source of Damage in a Machariel, they are still extremly important for killing smaller ships that are too fast for your guns to hit. Again, these are universally mandatory skills to have for the majority of Ships in the Game.

*'''[[Skills:Engineering#CPU_Management|CPU Management V]]''', '''[[Skills:Engineering#Power_Grid_Management|Power Grid Management V]]''', '''[[Skills:Engineering#Weapon_Upgrades|Weapon Upgrades V]]''', '''[[Skills:Engineering#Advanced_Weapon_Upgrades|Advanced Weapon Upgrades V]]''' - These skills are impossible to evaluate on how high you should train them to fit your Machariel since it entirely relies on the fit you chose. Check your intended fits with an external Tool like '''[[PYFA]]''' first and figure out how many SP you need to invest. Generally speaking, getting all of them to V is a good idea since the train is pretty quick and will help with literally every Ship in the game. Power grid is especially important with Machariels because the most common fleet fits use both armor and artillery. Since artillery and armor plates both consume a huge amount of power grid, even with perfect skills, it's impossible to fit Tech II guns, so without perfect power grid skills, pilots will likely need to use implants (which are fairly cheap) in order to make up the difference.

*'''[[Skills:Engineering#Capacitor_Management|Capacitor Management IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Engineering#Capacitor_Systems_Operation|Capacitor Systems Operation IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Shields#Shield_Compensation|Shield Compensation IV]]''' - You will want to fit active hardeners on shield ships in most situations, therefor your Capacitor is directly linked to your Tank which makes these skills mandatory.

*'''[[Skills:Shields#Shield_Operation|Shield Operation IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Shields#Shield_Management|Shield Management IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Shields#Tactical_Shield_Manipulation|Tactical Shield Manipulation IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Shields#Shield_Upgrades|Shield Upgrades IV]]''', '''[[Skills:Shields#EM_Shield_Compensation|EM, Thermal, Kinetic and Explosive Shield Compensation IV]]''' - Tank is life and you want to stay alive, don't ya? These skills will improve your Tank dramatically and give you access to important T2 Modules like Hardeners.

Other than picking off stragglers, the Machariel has a decent leg up on other comparable battleships. The high DPS and speed tanking abilities make for a deadly combination. Although the [[Nightmare| Nightmare]] has a larger role bonus for damage, the Machariel has more options for tuning damage types. Also, the Machariel will outperform the [[Nightmare| Nightmare]] outside of the 40 km sweet spot in terms of raw damage. Most importantly,the incredible agility of the ship allows for great speed tanking, especially when matched with other battleships.