I've been reading about the limited dps of Rockets in small frigate pvp, specifically that it adds such minimal dps due to the small explosion velocity. However, Rockets were updated with Incursion. Has anyone tested the dps change post incursion and if so would you be able to post numbers or can verify that there is indeed an improvement to rocket performance?
nathan cox
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The buff of rockets lies in the increase to their explosion velocity. Previously it was much to low to be effective against frigates, their primary use, and they did too little damage overall to be effective against larger ships. The actual damage of the rockets remains the same of it was, their ability to strike the target is what has increased.
Case Study:
In EFT I've set up a small example using the Vengeance Assault Ship.
[Vengeance, New Setup 1]
Small Armor Repairer II
Small Armor Repairer II
Damage Control II
Ballistic Control System II
Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
1MN Afterburner II
Small Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 200
Rocket Launcher II, Gremlin Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Gremlin Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Gremlin Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Gremlin Rage Rocket
Small Nanobot Accelerator I
Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Now, assuming you're striking for 90% of the damage with the buff your DPS may be as high as 110. Before the buff however, you'd have been lucky to hit at 30% of the full damage, leaving you with 50 DPS. Although this is a rough example the numbers come out to be about twice as high with the buff.
NN comments
Elias
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Thanks that’s great, I’d be curious to see if it makes enough of a difference to make rockets a much better candidate for pvp than previous.
Interesting question… keeping an eye on this one!