Ship progression in Incursions: Difference between revisions

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There are a lot of ways to spend ISK on your incursion character in order to improve your performance, be that '''buying a pirate faction battleship''', getting '''faction and deadspace modules''' or '''injecting implants''' into your head. Some of these options are more effective than others, so before you start ''"throwing ISK at the problem"'' with wild abandon ... take a moment to consider your options.

==== Oneiros ====

{{icon|gallente2|28}}{{sk|Gallente Cruiser}}<br>

==== Nestor ====

{{icon|amarr2|28}}{{sk|Amarr Battleship}}<br>

{{icon|gallente2|28}}{{sk|Gallente Battleship}}<br>

{{icon|drones|28}}Though we do not normally use damage dealing drones on our logistics ships, [[Drones#Skills|Drone skills]] could be useful as the Nestor is bonused for drone hitpoints and damage.

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==== Nightmare ====

{{icon|amarr2|28}}{{sk|Amarr Battleship}} (increases turret tracking speed)<br>

==== Vindicator ====

{{icon|gallente2|28}}{{sk|Gallente Battleship}}<small>&nbsp;<ref name="galmin">{{sk|Minmatar Battleship}} is shared between both the [[Tempest Fleet Issue]] and the [[Vindicator]], so if you like flying multiple hulls you'd have some of the ship skills covered and you'd only need to train a new racial turret skill.</ref></small> (increases turret tracking speed)<br>

==== Tempest Fleet Issue ====

{{icon|minmatar2|28}}{{sk|Minmatar Battleship}}<small>&nbsp;<ref name="galmin"/></small> (increases turret damage and rate of fire)<br>

==== Paladin ====

{{icon|amarr2|28}}{{sk|Amarr Battleship}} Improves capacitor and range projection<br>

==== Kronos  ====

{{icon|gallente2|28}}{{sk|Gallente Battleship}} Improves damage and range<br>

{{note box|Armour tanked Vargurs are not very good. However, as the Marauders mostly rely on local reps, we tend to allow shield-tanked Vargurs at FCs discretion.}}

| valign="top" style="padding:4px;" | The {{ship|Vargur|tooltip}} is the definition of a tank. Though it is somewhat forced into being shield tanked, it can easily be fit to survive inside a site alone from downtime to downtime. Sitting somewhat in the middle of the Paladin and Kronos in terms of projection, application, and damage, it makes a good all rounder. However, the Jack of all trades is the master of none, so the Vargur is slightly disfavored compared to the other turreted Marauders.

! rowspan=2 | Statistic

! colspan=3 | Energy Turrets

! colspan=2 | Projectile Turrets

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| Apoc. Navy

| Nightmare

| 3.5 AU/s <ref name="marauder_warp"/>

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| 640M

| 1.87B

== Fit progression ==

For the most part, fit progression is really only relevant for high-end ships like the three pirate faction battleships and marauders mentioned above. Logistics ships use pretty much the same rigs, changing only a few modules based on their desired fit. Remember that upgrading from a regular battleship to a pirate faction battleship alone is a big upgrade and the best use of your ISK for the initial upgrade.

==== Module variants and price deviation ====

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See the [[EVE University Incursion Community Implant Guide|Incursion Community Implant Guide]] for more information about recommended implants. This guide will cover the two types of implants that we suggest: Skill Hardwiring (slots 6-10) and Attribute Enhancing (slots 1-5). These implants are not required to fly in our community, but they do greatly improve ship performance. In order to use any of the implants listed in this guide, you will need to have the Cybernetics skill trained to at least level V. This will allow you to use 6% implants, which can be purchased with Concord Loyalty Points (LP) earned by running Incursions. These implants can be found at Concord Stations and cost 250 million ISK and 250,000 LP.

== Skill progression ==

For the most part skill progression is as simple as just topping off the '''minimum''' skills you needed to get ready and perhaps train a couple of new skills to be able to use a different set of drones or a situational module. There are however some differences between skill progression for logistics and damage dealers.

== Logistics ==

Progression for logistics is practically an intertwined mess of both fit and skill progression, as skills like {{sk|Logistics Cruisers|V}} and all the support skills all play a vital role. The more powerful tech two remote shield boosters require better fitting skills and utility modules require more cap, at the same time you want to use less fitting modules to free up room for even more utility modules while still keeping a good enough tank.

Some skills improve basic capacitor regeneration, others reduce capacitor usage instead. Some ships will have little to no issues with cap, while others are much more subject to it and require very high skills. Implants play a small role in this as well, so your mileage will vary here depending on your skills, ship, fit and implants.

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