Wednesday 10 October 2012

Eve: the Retribution Scythe

Looking ahead to the new expansion I've been thinking about what to fly. And the ship I'm most keen to try is the revamped Scythe.

The Scythe is one of the forgotten ships of Eve. With bonuses to mining and tracking links it has been badly synergised, useful only really for alts newbies or bait.

In winter it becomes a cheap version of the Scimitar, currently one of the most popular ships in Eve.

Here's my Scythe fit:

[Scythe, Healer]
Damage Control II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II

Medium Shield Extender II
Medium Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
10MN Afterburner II

Medium S95a Partial Shield Transporter
Medium S95a Partial Shield Transporter
Salvager II

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I

4 Medium Armour Maintenance Bot IIs 
Light Armour Maintenance Bot II

CPU 380/415
Grid 185.6/330

That's a comfortable fit. It's possible that with very good skills you could use a Large Shield Extender II or Large F-S9 Regolith instead of a Medium for even more effective hit points. You might need to change one of the rigs or low slots to fit that.

So what does this fit do:

1) Tank. It's an axiom that "healers" are the tanks in pvp. People who want to kill the other team always go for the healers first. In fact it would be better to take the Shield Transporters off and leave the tank than take the tank off and leave the Shield Transporters. Your role in a fight might often be to buy your side 30 seconds at the start of a fight then blow up.

2) Heal. 2 Medium S95as with the new ship bonuses will put out:
672 repaired shield hit points every 5 seconds out to 66 km for 111 cap per activation. With energy management V the new cruisers will have 1562.5 cap, enough to run both transporters for 14 cycles (70 seconds) before considering cap recharge. It recharges cap superfast.

4 Medium Armour Drone IIs and a small heal 315 armour per 5 second cycle with Repair Drone Operation V and the new ship bonus. You could swap these for shield drones if everyone you fly with shield tanks.

3) Loot. A roomy 475 m3 cargo bay and a Salvager II let you get rich while pvping. Once your shield transporters and drones are on the right ships you can probably get away with scooping loot while everyone else is shooting each other!

2 comments:

  1. I would fit mine like this:

    [Scythe, Derpcat]
    Capacitor Power Relay II
    Capacitor Power Relay II
    Capacitor Power Relay II
    Damage Control II
    Co-Processor II

    Large Shield Extender II
    Experimental 10MN Afterburner I
    ECCM - Ladar II
    Cap Recharger II
    Adaptive Invulnerability Field II

    Medium Shield Transporter II
    Medium Shield Transporter II
    Medium Shield Transporter II

    Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
    Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
    Medium Core Defense Field Extender I


    Medium Shield Maintenance Bot II x4
    Light Shield Maintenance Bot II x1

    936 shield HP/5s + 324/5s from drones = 1260/5s. Capstable, too.

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    1. This is how I fit mine, can perma run two reps and the mwd or is 46% stable with the mwd not running. It also is able to be fit with shield upgrades lvl 4. With lvl 5 you can sub out the pds for another beta reactor cpr. The beta cprs are used cause they are better than the t2 and fit waaaaaaay easier.
      [Scythe, New Setup 1]
      Damage Control II
      Power Diagnostic System II
      Beta Reactor Control: Capacitor Power Relay I
      Beta Reactor Control: Capacitor Power Relay I
      Beta Reactor Control: Capacitor Power Relay I

      Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I
      Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
      Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
      Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
      Eutectic Capacitor Charge Array

      Medium S95a Partial Shield Transporter
      Medium S95a Partial Shield Transporter
      Medium S95a Partial Shield Transporter

      Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
      Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
      Medium Core Defense Field Extender I


      Light Shield Maintenance Bot II x1
      Medium Shield Maintenance Bot II x4

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