Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / cap per second): 250 / 125 s / 2.Unchanged Slot layout: 4 High, 3 Mid, 3 Low 3 turrets and 2 launchers.The rifter's thruster locators have been moved closer to the hull.Some tech1 frigates and cruisers balanced during Retribution and beforehand have been iterated upon based on player feedback and performance metrics.Added +10% Small Projectile Turret falloff bonus per level.Removed +7.5% Small Projectile Turret tracking bonus per level.Rifter and Slasher are getting a moderate fittings buff to help artillery fits and to make it easier to use the utility highs.5% damage bonus per level replaced with 5% rate of fire bonus per level.
Its iconic silhouette is still used in game for the 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. 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. This popularity, and perhaps its iconic silhouette when seen from above, gave it pride of place in publicity material and player memes. It was regarded as "EVE's AK-47": an affordable and reliable weapon wielded by many. In PvP fleets, the Rifter is not a bad choice for a new Minmatar character who wants to bring some small-sized DPS to the table, but it is worth checking with your FC whether or not a tackling Slasher might offer more utility to the fleet.įor 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. Artillery fits are a squeeze, but can attempt kiting beyond scram range and within point range. With its speed and its falloff bonus (and especially with T2 autocannon, which can use the falloff-boosting Barrage ammo), the Rifter can try to kite at the edge of warp scrambler range. The Rifter sees some use in small-scale Faction Warfare battles. The Rifter is a perfectly good ship for most or all Level 1 mission work, but pilots will probably soon move on from the Rifter to the Thrasher and then (for Level 2 missions) the Rupture. With no need to tackle the kind of enemies faced in new-player PvE combat and Level 1 missions, Rifter pilots can try mounting a small shield tank and putting a Damage Control and Gyrostabilizers (for more damage) in the low slots. The Rifter is not an outstanding frigate, but it does have a balanced 3/3/4 slot layout, which allows pilots some tactical flexibility. New pilots will get more out of it, though, if they train at least a few levels of relevant gunnery skills to back up its bonuses for projectile turrets. For tackling, a Slasher is a safer bet, as it has tackling bonuses.Īs a basic Tech 1 frigate, the Rifter is a forgiving and undemanding ship. The Rifter is the primary Minmatar damage-dealing frigate.
0 kommentar(er)
