Ship Class Tactical Overview: Difference between revisions

== Cruiser Class Ships ==  

Can have many roles, from mining and logistics (Osprey, Augoror, Scythe, Exequror) and electronic warfare (Blackbird, Bellicose, Arbitrator, Celestis) to pure DPS (basically, the rest of them). [[Cruiser#T1_Cruisers|(More Details)]]

These come in two categories, combat recons and force recons. Force recons can fit a covert ops cloak and therefore warp cloaked, while the combat recon is generally better suited for the actual combat part, either through stronger tank, higher DPS or simply better range for their electronic warfare (EW) type.  

Their main purpose is EW, but what they use varies from race to race. [[Cruiser#Recon Ships|(More Details)]]

Extremely versatile and powerful ships. They combine high speed and agility with either close range fits for high DPS and decent tanks, or very long range fits -- only outranged by sniper ships using BS guns-- which still offer good DPS and a decent [[Buffer|buffer]] tank. [[Cruiser#Heavy_Assault_Cruisers|(More Details)]]

With the exception of some T3 cruiser setups, these will have better tank than any other cruiser, and match that of most battleships. Their DPS is extremely low, but their role is tackling.  

In 0.0 they can create a 12-20 km radius warp disruption field similar to what the light interdictors create, however, while the light interdictor can launch its bubble and then get out, and the bubble will stay there for 2 minutes anyway, the HIC has to stay where it want its bubble to be. While the bubble is up (30 second cycle time), it can not recieve any type of remote support. Its normal speed remains the same, afterburners and microwarpdrives will have reduced effect. In return, the HIC's mass gets reduced, so they can get up to speed and change direction etc extremely fast. In high and low sec, the bubble can't be used, but a script allows it to work as a normal disruptor with infinite strength and 50% more range.[[Cruiser#Heavy_Interdiction Cruisers|(More Details)]]

Gallente and Amarr repair armor, Caldari and Minmatar repair shields. In addition, Gallente and Minmatar can boost fleet members' tracking, and Amarr and Caldari can add extra energy to fleet members' capacitors (which is an extremely powerful utility when two Amarr or Caldari logistics ships are used in tandem with one another). [[Cruiser#Logistics|(More Details)]]

You can't get more versatile than this. Depending on what subsystems you put on it, it can basically do anything except for bubbling. With the right sub system, you can even become immune to bubbles -- a unique ability that no other ship has -- although you can still be tackled by HICs with the script in and by normal disruptors/scrams. T3 cruisers can be fitted to use their racial warfare links with an even stronger bonus than fleet command ships (described below), but it can only fit one link by default. However, by fitting two command processors, that can be increased to three links. [[Strategic_Cruiser|(More Details)]]