Frigates: Difference between revisions

Besides shuttles and rookie ships, each race has six frigates which can be (unofficially) sorted by their roles.

In fleet PvP Tech 1 frigates are generally used for tackling or electronic warfare, two roles in which they can have a significant impact. Tech 1 frigates are also flown for solo pvp: their speed and small size helps solo pilots to pick their targets, and their low cost makes them comfortably expendable. The Minmatar Rifter is particularly common, because it is one of the best combat T1 frigates, possibly ''the'' best. In a dogfighting fit with autocannons, afterburner, web and scram, it can take on most other frigates, and even some larger targets, and win. The Punisher and Incursus are the Amarr and Gallente equivalents, but they don't quite reach the level of the Rifter, which has earned a reputation as "Eve's AK47".

In PvE frigates are used to complete Level 1 missions, though once new pilots are a little wealthier and better-trained they often begin to use [[Destroyer|destroyers]] instead.

=== Shuttles ===

Shuttles are a cheap and fast way to travel between systems. They are cheap to construct and buy off the market and they move fast for their price, thus making them an excellent choice for travel. While shuttles have been known to be used as scout or survey ships, their most common use is as intermediary travel in order to pick up other, more expensive ships. They have very limited cargo space and cannot fit any modules.

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Amarr_shuttle Amarr Shuttle]

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Caldari_shuttle Caldari Shuttle]

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Gallente_shuttle Gallente Shuttle]

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Minmatar_shuttle Minmatar Shuttle]

=== Rookie Frigates ===

Little more than slower, armed shuttles, rookie ships (or "noobships") are the basic frigates that new pilots start with. You can acquire a new noobship (together with a civilian weapon, a civilian mining laser and one unit of Tritanium) for free by docking your pod in a station where you don't already have any ships. On their own these are not much use for anything other than basic errand-running. Eve University has, however, been known to field fleets composed entirely of noobships, more for their comedy value than for their effectiveness in battle.

 

 

=== Mining ===

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Tormentor Tormentor] (Amarr)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Bantam Bantam] (Caldari)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Navitas Navitas] (Gallente)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Burst Burst] (Minmatar)

 

Electronic Warfare frigates all have bonuses to [[EWar 101 Guide|electronic warfare]] modules, such as [[EWar 101 Guide#Target Painting .28TP.29|target painters]], [[EWar_101_Guide#Electronic Counter Measures .28ECM.29|ECM jammers]], [[EWar 101 Guide#Remote Sensor Dampening .28damps.2C RSD.29|remote sensor dampeners]] and [[EWar 101 Guide#Tracking Disruption .28TD.29|tracking disruptors]]. Electronic warfare frigates can be a helpful force multiplier for a fleet that also has some damage-dealing ships, and they are one of the ships that new pilots can usefully fly in an Eve University wartime fleet.

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Crucifier Crucifier] (Amarr, tracking disruption)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Griffin Griffin] (Caldari, ECM jamming)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Maulus Maulus] (Gallente, remote sensor dampening)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Vigil Vigil] (Minmatar, target painting)

 

The Tech 1 exploration frigates all have bonuses to help pilots scan for PvE exploration sites or for PvP enemies with probes. Fitted with a Core Probe Launcher, they can make a good cheap alternative to their advanced Tech 2 [[Frigate#Covert Ops]] equivalents.

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Magnate Magnate] (Amarr)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Probe Probe] (Minmatar)

 

These ships are built to align and accelerate quickly. They can catch up to larger ships and use tackling modules on them very fast, and are the base hulls for each race's Tech 2 interceptors ([[Frigate#Interceptors|see below]]). They are ideal for fast travel or small cargo runs and they make a great alternative to a shuttle, especially in lowsec or during wartime, as they can typically enter warp from cloak before the enemy can lock them.

 

The Amarr Executioner can more or less tackle, and the Gallente Incursus is a capable fleet tackler.

 

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Executioner Executioner] (Amarr)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Condor Condor] (Caldari)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Incursus Incursus] (Gallente)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Slasher Slasher] (Minmatar)

 

Damage-dealing frigates are typically split into two sub categories, those which use [[Missile Launchers|missile launchers]] and those which use gun turrets. In general, they tend to have the ability to take a little more damage than and deal out a little more damage than other frigates. The Gallente have two turret ships, as they do not tend to use missiles - although the Tristan can fit launchers, it receives no bonus for them.

 

The Caldari Merlin and Minmatar Rifter can be good fleet tacklers. The Punisher can tackle in a pinch.

 

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Merlin Merlin] (Caldari)

* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Atron Atron] (Gallente)