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Originally Posted by FoghornDeadhorn  Harpies are OK AFs but the Ishkur and the Jag are typically considered the only ones really worth flying. Seriously now, I don't know what the fuck a Harpy is supposed to do that couldn't be done better by something else. Of course, that typically applies to most AFs. At least an Ishkur is a frigate-sized craft with a cruiser/BC sized frig allotment. |
All afs have rolls they preform well at, the big problem is everyone WANTS them to be badass tackler tanks, when AFs really arent suited for that. They are too slow and heavy. If you want to tackle people fly a damn interceptor or interdictor. Afs are meant to be fast anti-tacklers in fleets. They watch the incoming interceptors, and meet the ones that are smart enough to flt at your fleet at an angle head on. You have two major advantages working for you in a well setup af. First, you will do enough damage to take down a cruiser or smaller in a relatively quick amount of time. Second, your not going to be near the top of anyones to kill list until you agro them. Use these facts to your advantage.
First off, since your job is defending your fleet from intis, you can get away with using an Afterburner over a mwd, which though it will make you slower, but you dont need the mobility. You arent chasing people down. You are defending ships, big ships that wont be moving fast. If you want to chase people down, again, why the hell arent you in an inti? Secondly, you dont need a warp scram in a good fleet setup. A webber to make it so your tech2 weapons with best ammo can rape upon them, and you can kill many ships before they even know what the hell hit them, yet alone care to panic for the warp button.
These reasons are why wolf is one of my favorite AFs in the game. My setup is amazingly simple and equally effective. 2x gyro2, 1x overdrive2, 1 sar2, ab2, web2, then throw on enough dps to appease god. End result is a ship that can absolutely rape even a cruiser before it knows what the hell is happening. If your feeling really manly, throw that sar off in favor for another gyro. Use AF's for what they were meant for. Extremely high damage anti interceptor types. Using an AF to try and tackle people just makes me sad. Some here might say destroyers are a lot better at anti tackler work. Those people have obviously never flown a destroyer in a fleet. Destroyers pop like bubblewrap in fleet combat. They are too fat.