Incursion fitting principles: Difference between revisions

== Utility modules ==

Utility modules refer to modules you fit that doesn't directly give you a higher dps in your favourite third party fitting program or on your fitting screen ingame. Instead they act as force multipliers of sorts making up for weaknesses or capitalize on strengths for increased efficiency. There are also modules that has no impact on your offensive capabilities, but are invaluable when things go wrong.

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| valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | [[image:icon_sensor_booster_ii.png|24px|link]] '''Sensor Booster II'''<br>[[image:icon_stasis_webifier_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Federation Navy Stasis Webifier'''<br>[[image:icon_tracking_computer_ii.png|24px|link=]] '''Tracking Computer II'''<br>[[image:icon_target_painter_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Republic Fleet Target Painter'''

Below are some examples of how you could change your midslots depending on your fleet composition for vanguards.

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==== Standard loadout for the EVE University Incursion Community ====

In the [[EVE University Incursion Community]] we focus primarily on the ability to get rid of warp disrupt capable ships, which are mostly frigates. That means we go for the more flexible fittings to ensure decent locking times and enough webs and painters to apply damage.

Below are the drones we recommend within our community:

| '''Acolyte II'''<small> <ref>[[Alpha Clones]] can use {{co|coral|Imperial Navy Acolytes}} instead, due to skill restrictions.</ref></small>

| <small>{{co|grey|Not recommended}}</small>

| <small>{{co|grey|Not recommended}}</small>

| {{co|slateblue|'''Garde II'''}}<small> <ref>{{co|slateblue|(Situational)}} Unbonused sentries have considerably lower tracking and needs to operate at range or stay on cruisers..</ref></small>

| '''Acolyte II'''

| '''Infiltrator II'''

| <small>{{co|grey|Not recommended}}</small>

| {{co|slateblue|'''Curator II'''}}<small> <ref>{{co|slateblue|(Situational)}} In order to use '''Curator II''' drones you need to remain stationary more often than not. The extra range of curators is needed for the 35 - 65 km engagement range.</ref></small>

| '''Hobgoblin II'''

| '''Hammerhead II'''

== Rigging choice ==

It's very easy to dismiss the importance of the rig selection when buying a new ship. While it's usually not something a new pilot needs to worry about when getting any of the [[Vanguard Incursion fits|minimum fits]] posted on the wiki, it's extremely important for people looking to get a new ship as it heavily influences your options in terms of flexibility and utility slots (which is everything in incursions). Don't spend too much ISK on a temporary setup, either go for a cheap ''"good enough"'' setup while you're saving up for your ideal setup, or just wait until you can afford the whole setup you want in the end.

== Determining a proper tank ==

==== Resist holes ====

Below is a list of different resist profiles for various ship classes as well as a few specific ships with deviating profiles. The last column lists the obvious weaknesses of the class/hull, which will help you determine how to best achieve the desired resist profile. Plugging a hole is usually a simple matter of adding a resist rig or a combination of a rig and a shield amplifier, then up the resists in general by using one or two multispectrum hardeners.

| An {{co|slateblue|EM}} hole and a weak {{co|crimson|thermal}} resist.

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| Weak {{co|slateblue|EM}} and {{co|crimson|thermal}} resists, but no resist holes.

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| Weak omni resists.

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| No resist holes.

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| An {{co|slateblue|EM}} hole.

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==== Effective shield hit points ====

You can judge your tank by many means, but for Incursions the best way to measure your tank is to look at '''effective shield hit points''' (ESHP), as opposed to '''damage per second repaired''' (DPS-tank) or the generic '''effective hit points''' (EHP). This is because a lot of ships have significant armour and hull hit points, so the effective hit points value can be quite misleading on a battleship with a damage control for example, as the EHP-value skyrockets compared to a ship without a damage control fitted, but very little of it applies to the actual ESHP. You also need to factor in things like speed and signature, because a smaller ship that is orbiting will be a lot harder to hit than a large, stationary ship. So don't casually compare a ship's effective shield hit points against another without taking that into your consideration.

Below are some rough guidelines for what a proper tank might be for a battleship (there isn't much variation to speak of for logistics). Since we focus mainly on low skilled, kitchen sink setups we're going with a relatively high recommended level for our community. The values below are of raw shield hit points and paired average resists (EM/thermal and kinetic/explosive), values '''before boosts''' for easy comparison.

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Naturally lower shield hit points is doable if you adjust your resists accordingly. In vanguards and assaults it's also possible to drop a little lower in really good fleets. Just remember that resists are far more important than raw shield hit points, as higher resists has the secondary benefit of increasing the efficiency of remote repairs. Below is a graph illustrating how damage changes with scaling resists.

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A ship with fewer modules or rigs stacking will also benefit more from boosts, thus not suffering quite as much as they might initially seem to. This of course means they also have more to lose if boosts go down, which is worth noting.

= Upgrade priorities =

Below is a list of some of the differences (relevant to incursions) for a [[Vindicator]] compared to a Hyperion, a [[Machariel]] compared to a Maelstrom, and a [[Nightmare]] compared to a Praxis.

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| {{icon|turret new|24}} Effective turrets<small>&nbsp;<ref name="turrets">'''Effective turrets''' is a measure of raw turrets modified by rate of fire or damage bonuses of the hulls as well as role bonuses.</ref></small>

Consider the actual benefit you will get from upgrading a certain module. Getting a deadspace hardener is useful for most ships as it frees up a midslot. But even though a faction tracking computer or a sensor booster might make sense for public fleets built to compete, for our community that isn't going to be as worthwhile of an investment as we usually don't compete.

==== What do you get in return? ====

To put this into perspective you need to factor in [[stacking penalties]]. If you're just using one module to a given effect, it's easy to calculate and see the difference, but when you have more intricate combinations where things end up 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th in the stacking hierarchy, it might be a little harder to see what you get out of it.

This assumes our [[Preparing_for_Incursions#Damage_dealers|minimum skills]] so the {{icon|em resist|20}}EM resist can be up to '''2% higher''' with {{sk|EM Shield Compensation|V|icon=yes}} instead of III.

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=== Resist bonused ships ===

Ships like the {{sh|Rokh}} with resist bonuses can fit slightly different due to their higher base resistances.

This assumes our [[Preparing_for_Incursions#Damage_dealers|minimum skills]] so the various resist can go up by '''1 - 3% higher''' with {{sk|Caldari Battleship|V|icon=yes}} instead of III and additional {{icon|em resist|20}}EM resist can be gained by training {{sk|EM Shield Compensation|V|icon=yes}}.

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Navy and Fleet Issue ships have higher rig calibration points than other ships (400 points instead of the regular 350 points).

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== Advanced fits ==

While there are several ways to fit high-end ships for incursions depending on your choice of rigs (see the [[#Rigging choice|rigging choice]] section above), here are some frequently used variants.

=== Calibration ===

Due to calibration point limits there are several combinations, but here are three common ones that capitalize on either '''offence''', '''defence''' or '''warp speed'''.

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This assumes our [[Preparing_for_Incursions#Damage_dealers|minimum skills]] so the {{icon|em resist|20}}EM resist can be up to '''2% higher''' with {{sk|EM Shield Compensation|V|icon=yes}} instead of III.

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=== Electromagnetic rig ===

The EM rig setup is primarily used to free up as many slots are possible, but requires you to spend considerably more ISK on deadspace hardeners and will still have slightly lower EM and thermal resists for vanguard fits compared to the others, but that is offset by the larger buffer, smaller signature of the pirate faction battleships this setup should be fitted to and the fact it takes less damage from missiles due to comparably higher kinetic and explosive resists.

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Just be sure to inform people that if they have plans to fly with public communities, they will most likely need to train into a proper battleship.

== Different resist profiles ==

One of the biggest differences fitting strategic cruisers and command ships compared to battleships is that they have a different resist profile. They are also much smaller in signature, especially the strategic cruisers, so won't need the same raw buffer of shield hit points either. As such, the solution could range from anything between a thermal and EM hardener for the '''Legion''' to a mere anti-EM rig on the '''Tengu''' or a multispectrum hardener for the '''Sleipnir'''.

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| An {{co|slateblue|EM}} hole.

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| No resist holes.

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| No resist holes.

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| An {{co|slateblue|EM}} hole.

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