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==Anyone can create a fit, right?== | |||
Yes, anyone can create a fit. Whether or not that fit is good, or even works at all, is debatable. You can't expect to join EVE and be making alliance level doctrine fits within a week. It's a long process that requires understanding the basic items you should probably fit (such as [[Propulsion equipment|prop]], [[tanking|tank]], mods to fit the role), right up to the slight differences in various types of the same mod and the repercussions fitting that mod will have (fitting space, stat alterations etc). | Yes, anyone can create a fit. Whether or not that fit is good, or even works at all, is debatable. You can't expect to join EVE and be making alliance level doctrine fits within a week. It's a long process that requires understanding the basic items you should probably fit (such as [[Propulsion equipment|prop]], [[tanking|tank]], mods to fit the role), right up to the slight differences in various types of the same mod and the repercussions fitting that mod will have (fitting space, stat alterations etc). | ||
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One thing I will state here is that if you think a theorycrafter and an FC are the same thing, you are very, very wrong. You can be an amazing analyst, able to decide what meta MWD you will fit on your [[Machariel]] and why you're going for 800mm ACs instead of 650s, but at the same time be terrible at commanding a fleet of said ships. The inverse is also the case. (You can also just be terrible at both, of course) | One thing I will state here is that if you think a theorycrafter and an FC are the same thing, you are very, very wrong. You can be an amazing analyst, able to decide what meta MWD you will fit on your [[Machariel]] and why you're going for 800mm ACs instead of 650s, but at the same time be terrible at commanding a fleet of said ships. The inverse is also the case. (You can also just be terrible at both, of course) | ||
==Ok, so how do I create a fit?== | |||
We'll assume that you already know the ship you will be creating a fit for. Some of you are probably sitting there scratching your head right now wondering in what scenario you would be creating a fit when you don't know the hull. That's for another day though. | We'll assume that you already know the ship you will be creating a fit for. Some of you are probably sitting there scratching your head right now wondering in what scenario you would be creating a fit when you don't know the hull. That's for another day though. | ||
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*What other modules or rigs should I fit? | *What other modules or rigs should I fit? | ||
==Step 1: Copy== | |||
So, let's start with the best form of flattery: copying. We look at what people have been flying. | So, let's start with the best form of flattery: copying. We look at what people have been flying. | ||
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*Utility Neuts - to [[Capacitor warfare|delete the enemy's capacitor]] | *Utility Neuts - to [[Capacitor warfare|delete the enemy's capacitor]] | ||
==Step 2: Make your fit== | |||
We'll start in Pyfa (or EFT), by fitting a few basics to our empty Tempest then. The balance between tank and damage is important, I personally prefer to fit tank first, so I can ensure the ship will actually stay alive longer than a few seconds. | We'll start in Pyfa (or EFT), by fitting a few basics to our empty Tempest then. The balance between tank and damage is important, I personally prefer to fit tank first, so I can ensure the ship will actually stay alive longer than a few seconds. | ||
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[[File:Fittingship7.png]] | [[File:Fittingship7.png]] | ||
==Step 3: Tweak your fit== | |||
Once you have what you think is a complete fit, you must play devil's advocate and decide whether it is truly "perfect". | Once you have what you think is a complete fit, you must play devil's advocate and decide whether it is truly "perfect". | ||
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So our dps has gone from 807 to 944 combined. An increase of 17%. However our tank has dropped a bit to 122k EHP from 142k, a 14% drop. We could argue that our resists are much closer together now and the high explo resist would really not have helped us much in the previous iteration. We did lose some buffer by making this change though as we had to replace a trimark. This is probably a more well balanced fit, however, as the damage output is significantly higher. | So our dps has gone from 807 to 944 combined. An increase of 17%. However our tank has dropped a bit to 122k EHP from 142k, a 14% drop. We could argue that our resists are much closer together now and the high explo resist would really not have helped us much in the previous iteration. We did lose some buffer by making this change though as we had to replace a trimark. This is probably a more well balanced fit, however, as the damage output is significantly higher. | ||
==Final thoughts== | |||
So, did we achieve what we set out to do? I think so, yes. We made a perfectly capable armor fleet fit brawling Tempest. Someone else may have come up with a slightly different fit, but that's the joy of EVE. Nothing is ever 100% correct and even in the example above, there will most likely have been a time where you wished for that extra buffer over the increased damage the gyro gave you. | So, did we achieve what we set out to do? I think so, yes. We made a perfectly capable armor fleet fit brawling Tempest. Someone else may have come up with a slightly different fit, but that's the joy of EVE. Nothing is ever 100% correct and even in the example above, there will most likely have been a time where you wished for that extra buffer over the increased damage the gyro gave you. | ||