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==Notes==

For more than a decade of Eve Online's history, the Rifter was ~~once~~ the best of all T1 frigates, highly popular for solo PvP and cheap, low-SP "swarm" fleets ~~and~~ regarded as "~~Eve~~'s ~~AK47~~": an affordable and reliable weapon wielded by many. This popularity, and perhaps its iconic silhouette when seen from above, gave it pride of place in publicity material and player memes.

For more than a decade of Eve Online's history, the Rifter was the best of all Tech 1 frigates, highly popular for solo PvP and for cheap, low-SP "swarm" fleets. It was regarded as "EVE's AK-47": an affordable and reliable weapon wielded by many. This popularity, and perhaps its iconic silhouette when seen from above, gave it pride of place in publicity material and player memes.

Since a major frigate rebalancing in the middle of the 2010s, the Rifter has become a significantly weaker ship, and one seen much less often in PvP. Its silhouette is still used in game for the Fitting window icon and the cargo hold button within the Fitting window, however.

Since a major frigate rebalancing in the middle of the 2010s, the Rifter has become a significantly weaker ship, and one seen much less often in PvP. Its iconic silhouette is still used in game for the [[Fitting ships|fitting]] window icon and the cargo hold button within the Fitting window, however, and outside the game itself a picture of the Rifter is used as the icon for the popular third-party fitting tool [[PYFA]].

==Patch History==

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 ==Notes==
-For more than a decade of Eve Online's history, the Rifter was once the best of all T1 frigates, highly popular for solo PvP and cheap, low-SP "swarm" fleets and regarded as "Eve's AK47": an affordable and reliable weapon wielded by many. This popularity, and perhaps its iconic silhouette when seen from above, gave it pride of place in publicity material and player memes.
+For more than a decade of Eve Online's history, the Rifter was the best of all Tech 1 frigates, highly popular for solo PvP and for cheap, low-SP "swarm" fleets. It was regarded as "EVE's AK-47": an affordable and reliable weapon wielded by many. This popularity, and perhaps its iconic silhouette when seen from above, gave it pride of place in publicity material and player memes.
-Since a major frigate rebalancing in the middle of the 2010s, the Rifter has become a significantly weaker ship, and one seen much less often in PvP. Its silhouette is still used in game for the Fitting window icon and the cargo hold button within the Fitting window, however.
+Since a major frigate rebalancing in the middle of the 2010s, the Rifter has become a significantly weaker ship, and one seen much less often in PvP. Its iconic silhouette is still used in game for the [[Fitting ships|fitting]] window icon and the cargo hold button within the Fitting window, however, and outside the game itself a picture of the Rifter is used as the icon for the popular third-party fitting tool [[PYFA]].
 ==Patch History==