Monday, July 6, 2015

Test Driving the Hecate

The new Gallente Tactical Destroyer is out tomorrow... and its a beast.


I tried a few various fits out. This post is about the one that looks like it really works as designed.

As a hybrid boat I stuck five T2 Light Neutron Blasters in the highs for max face-melting. There is a 6th utility but with only 2 power grid left with no fitting implants I left that empty.


In the mids I went for scram, dual web and a MWD. All T2 won't fit due to CPU so I went with the trusty J5b and X5's which are close enough.

Lows were two T2 mag stabs, a T2 DCU and an auxiliary armour repper.

With the rigs I went for triple reinforced bulkhead. Yes ladies and gentlemen, this is a hull tanking Tactical Destroyer!


[Hecate, Real Man]
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Small Ancillary Armor Repairer
Damage Control II

J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator
5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive

Light Neutron Blaster II
Light Neutron Blaster II
Light Neutron Blaster II
Light Neutron Blaster II
Light Neutron Blaster II

Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II

Nanite Repair Paste x49
Void S x 1245
Null S x 2000

So what do we get out of it?

At level 4 Gallente Tactical Destroyer (GTD) skill it is 587 DPS with Void with a 1.5km optimal and a 3.2km falloff in defensive mode. 10k EHP and the repper does 52hp every 3 seconds. It goes 212m/s and up to 1.6km/sec with the MWD on. T3's like a bit of heat so fire up that MWD and it'll push to over 2.2km/sec.

Sharpshooter mode will put your optimal up to 2.8km with a 4.3km falloff. Your EHP drops down to 7k. Remember T3's like heat? Overheating your guns pushes DPS to 675 (will be over 700 when at level 5 GTD). I tried to see if I could burn the guns out. I found a null BS rat. I killed him in 20 volleys and the guns were 56% damaged.

Propulsion mode does not affect base speed or AB. It only boosts MWD speed and cap use. It ups your speed to 2.5km/sec with 3.6km/sec overheated. Its fast!

Overall this one is a very interesting ship. Good tank, good speed and a metric fuck-ton of DPS.


1 comment:

  1. A medium energy neutralizer a dual webs will be it's death nail...

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