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| == Utility modules == | | == Utility modules == |
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| Utility modules refer to modules you fit that doesn't directly give you a higher dps in your favourite third party fitting program or on your fitting screen ingame. Instead they act as force multipliers of sorts making up for weaknesses or capitalize on strengths for increased efficiency. There are also modules that has no impact on your offensive capabilities, but are invaluable when things go wrong. | | Utility modules refer to modules you fit that doesn't directly give you a higher dps in your favourite third party fitting program or on your fitting screen ingame. Instead they act as force multipliers of sorts making up for weaknesses or capitalize on strengths for increased efficiency. There are also modules that has no impact on your offensive capabilities, but are invaluable when things go wrong. |
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| | valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | [[image:icon_sensor_booster_ii.png|24px|link]] '''Sensor Booster II'''<br>[[image:icon_stasis_webifier_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Federation Navy Stasis Webifier'''<br>[[image:icon_tracking_computer_ii.png|24px|link=]] '''Tracking Computer II'''<br>[[image:icon_target_painter_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Republic Fleet Target Painter''' | | | valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | [[image:icon_sensor_booster_ii.png|24px|link]] '''Sensor Booster II'''<br>[[image:icon_stasis_webifier_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Federation Navy Stasis Webifier'''<br>[[image:icon_tracking_computer_ii.png|24px|link=]] '''Tracking Computer II'''<br>[[image:icon_target_painter_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Republic Fleet Target Painter''' |
| | valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | [[image:icon_shield_transporter_i.png|24px|link=]] Large Asymmetric Enduring Remote Shield Booster<br>[[image:Icon remote capacitor transmitter ii.png|24px|link=]] Large Remote Capacitor Transmitter II<br>[[image:icon auto targeting system i.png|24px|link=]] Auto Targeting System I<br>[[image:icon_drone_link_augmentor_i.png|24px|link=]] Drone Link Augmentor I | | | valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | [[image:icon_shield_transporter_i.png|24px|link=]] Large Remote Armour Repairer<br>[[image:Icon remote capacitor transmitter ii.png|24px|link=]] Large Remote Capacitor Transmitter II<br>[[image:icon auto targeting system i.png|24px|link=]] Auto Targeting System I<br>[[image:icon_drone_link_augmentor_i.png|24px|link=]] Drone Link Augmentor I |
| | valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | [[image:Icon ISIS weapon Drones.png|24px|link=]] Heavy Shield Maintenance Bot I<br>[[image:Icon ISIS weapon Drones.png|24px|link=]] Medium Shield Maintenance Bot I<br>[[image:Icon ISIS weapon Drones.png|24px|link=]] Light Shield Maintenance Bot I<br>[[image:Icon ISIS weapon Drones.png|24px|link=]] Light Armor Maintenance Bot I | | | valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | [[image:Icon ISIS weapon Drones.png|24px|link=]] Light Hull Maintenance Bot I<br>[[image:Icon ISIS weapon Drones.png|24px|link=]] Medium Shield Maintenance Bot I<br>[[image:Icon ISIS weapon Drones.png|24px|link=]] Light Shield Maintenance Bot I<br>[[image:Icon ISIS weapon Drones.png|24px|link=]] Light Armor Maintenance Bot I |
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| While the exact fits vary between communities as well as fleet compositions, there are a few common grounds for using utility mids. In vanguards, the sensor boosters allow you to lock up the much smaller frigates more quickly, webs are used to help apply damage to enemies that come close, while painters and tracking computers help apply damage at range. The same can be said for assaults and headquarters, although the need for sensor boosters rapidly diminish as you move on from vanguards, as there are fewer frigates in assaults and headquarter sites, reducing the need for sensor boosters. They are sometimes only needed on dronebunnies or to push your locking range.
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| Utility highs are selected based on individual ship needs or what type of logistics you have. A fleet with scimitars will often focus on remote shield boosters on battleships with utility highs for emergencies, unless individual ships require a cap chain in order to have enough cap (like certain nightmare fits). A fleet with basilisks might need a few spare remote capacitor transmitters amongst their damage dealers, in case one of the basilisks disconnects and they need someone else to establish a cap chain with. The auto targeting module (extra locks) and drone link augmentor (to push drone control range far enough to reach enemies where they spawn) are rare options, but used in case you don't need more remote shield boosters or remote capacitor transmitters.
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| As for utility drones, you have the choice of replacing some of your damage dealing drones with maintenance bots, or carry both, for emergencies.
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| ==== Supporting short or long range setups ====
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| The priority for certain utility modules change depending on your setup. If you're fighting mostly within web range, webs themselves end up giving you far more applied damage than tracking computers do. On top of that, they benefit everyone who's shooting that target and not just you. But if you're engaging primarily at range, outside web range, a web is utterly useless and you benefit more from a target painter or local tracking computers to improve your damage application. While sensor boosters are critical in [[Incursion_sites#Vanguard_sites|vanguards]], they are less important in [[Incursion_sites#Assault_sites|assaults]] and [[Incursion_sites#Headquarter_sites|headquarters]].
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| Below are some examples of how you could change your midslots depending on your fleet composition for vanguards.
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| ! Flexible<small> <ref>If your fleet has a decent amount of webs already, a tracking computer to increase your tracking or extend your range will benefit you more than adding another web.</ref></small>
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| ! Dedicated webber<small> <ref>If you're one of the few with webs, use as many as possible to capitalize on your role.</ref></small>
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| ! Flexible<small> <ref>In fleets where you're shooting targets both at range and within web range, a mix might be beneficial if you don't have dedicated webbers.</ref></small>
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| ! Alpha doctrine<small> <ref>In a setup where you rely on shooting things where they spawn, you need both the tracking and range as well as the ability to quickly lock targets up. In competitions the faster lock time is also advantageous.</ref></small>
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| | style="padding:4px;" | [[image:icon_sensor_booster_ii.png|24px|link]] '''Sensor Booster II'''<br>[[image:icon_stasis_webifier_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Federation Navy Stasis Webifier'''<br>[[image:icon_stasis_webifier_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Federation Navy Stasis Webifier'''<br>[[image:icon_tracking_computer_i.png|24px|link=]] '''Tracking Computer II'''
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| | style="padding:4px;" | [[image:icon_sensor_booster_ii.png|24px|link]] '''Sensor Booster II'''<br>[[image:icon_stasis_webifier_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Federation Navy Stasis Webifier'''<br>[[image:icon_target_painter_faction.png|24px|link=]] '''Republic Fleet Target Painter'''<br>[[image:icon_tracking_computer_i.png|24px|link=]] '''Tracking Computer II'''
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| | style="padding:4px;" | [[image:icon_sensor_booster_ii.png|24px|link]] '''Sensor Booster II'''<br>[[image:icon_sensor_booster_ii.png|24px|link]] '''Sensor Booster II'''<br>[[image:icon_tracking_computer_i.png|24px|link=]] '''Tracking Computer II'''<br>[[image:icon_tracking_computer_i.png|24px|link=]] '''Tracking Computer II'''<br>
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| | While the exact fits vary between communities as well as fleet compositions, there are a few common grounds for using utility mids. In vanguards, the sensor boosters allow you to lock up the much smaller frigates more quickly, webs are used to help apply damage to enemies that come close, while painters and tracking computers help apply damage at range. The same can be said for assaults and headquarters, although the need for sensor boosters rapidly diminish as you move on from vanguards, as there are fewer frigates in assaults and headquarter sites, reducing the need for sensor boosters. |
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| ==== Standard loadout for the EVE University Incursion Community ====
| | Utility highs are selected based on individual ship needs. It is common for ships to include an '''Auto Targeting System''' in a utility highslot to give access to more locked targets, potentially allowing a ship to lock all of the Sansha in a wave up at the same time, removing the need to continually lock rats as the wave progresses. Outside of this, it is good practice to include '''Remote Armour Repairers''' for use in emergencies where the logistics pilot in a fleet may have disconnected. Outside of Vanguards, ''Remote Capacitor Transmitters'' can be useful, as these can help ships being targetted by Sansha such as the Deltole Tegmentum or Otouni Mesen, which provide significant capacitor neutralization pressure. |
| In the [[EVE University Incursion Community]] we focus primarily on the ability to get rid of warp disrupt capable ships, which are mostly frigates. That means we go for the more flexible fittings to ensure decent locking times and enough webs and painters to apply damage.
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| When in doubt, just follow the recommended fits on the [[Vanguard Incursion fits|Vanguard]] page or ask your '''fleet commander''' for advice.
| | As for utility drones, we suggest including a combination of armour maintaininace bots for use in case of emergencies, and damage dealing drones (e.g. Acolytes) for use in fleets which are stuggling to deal with the number of frigates found in Vanguard sites. |
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| == Drones == | | == Drones == |
