User:Olly Wakwako/sandbox/Incursion Upgrades and Progression: Difference between revisions

In general we suggest making upgrades following this rough order, designed to prioritize upgrades which reuiqre less time and isk investment and which provide the largest benefit:

* Following this, as you gain isk, you should replace modules, slowly upgrading from Tier II to faction or deadspace.

* You could also consider at this point training Cypernetics V and buying a WS-618 warp speed implant.

| valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | The {{ship|Oneiros|tooltip}} is cap stable on its own and does not require a cap chain to run all its remote armour repairers. That and the bonus to '''remote tracking computers''' means it's favoured in any fleet. It is also allowed in headquarters sites, though moreso for the remote tracking computers than the logistics it can provide.

{{icon|remote tracking computer|28}}{{sk|Sensor Linking}} (favoured in [[Incursion sites#Vanguard sites|vanguard sites]] for their '''remote tracking computer''' bonus)

The '''Nightmare''' and '''Vindicator''' are the preferred ''intermediate hulls''for incursions due to a combination of higher base stats, better bonuses and better slot layouts as compared to T1 battleships and the Praxis. The '''Machariel''' is also acceptable, but armour Machariels struggle with a lack of lowslots, and are not accepted in headquarters fleets.

{{important note box|The Machariel struggles a little bit as an armour ship. With its resists and lack of low slots, it can only fit two damage modules. You should only choose this ship if you already have one, or if you desparately want to progress into the Vargur and don't want to cross-train into a different ship (the Vinidcator has shared Battleship skills so might be a good choice instead).}}

| valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | The {{ship|Machariel|tooltip}} combines a flexible engagement range for autocannons with a high rate of fire. Fit for long range the impressive alpha is unmatched, although it does suffer comparably with lower overall dps. It also has enough midslots to fit for any occasion.

{{note box|Armour tanked Varugrs are not very good. However, as the Marauders mostly rely on local reps, we tend to allow shield-tanked Vargurs at FCs discretion.}}

| valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | The {{ship|Vargur|tooltip}} is the definition of a tank. Though it is somewhat forced into being shield tanked, it can easily be fit to survive inside a site alone from downtime to downtime. Sitting somewhat in the middle of the Paladin and Kronos in terms of projection, application, and damage, it makes a good all rounder. However, the Jack of all trades is the master of none, so the Vargur is slightly disfavoured compared to the other turretted Marauders.

Below lists a table comparing the ships along each progression line, from Apocalypse Navy to Paladin, from Megathron to Kronos, and from Tempest Fleet to Vargur. The T1 battleships were fitted somewhat similarly to an entry-level fit, with Tech 2 damage modules and midslots. The pirate faction hulls were fitted with a more advanced fit with faction damage modules, and the Marauders were fitted akin to our optimal fits.  This table assumes all skills trained to level 5, all with T2 guns shooting the commonly used short-range ammunition (Conflagration, Faction Antimatter, and Hail). Sensor boosters are assumed to have scan resolution scripts loaded, and tracking computers are assumed to favour optimal range (e.g. 2 range scripts to 1 tracking speed script). The fits are simulated with no implants, drugs or drones, and with close range ammunition loaded, with passive modules + turrets active.

| {{co|lightgreen|100m³}}

| 75m³

| 75m³

| 75m³

| {{co|lightgreen|125m³}}

| {{co|lightgreen|125m³}}

| {{co|lightgreen|100m³}}

| {{co|lightgreen|125m³}}

| 75m³

| notes=Here, we meet the resist threshold, and have sufficient armour HP to avoid including a plate. The Vindicator has a different set of rigs as compared to the Nightmare, but the principles still hold true.