Best Medium Sized Projectile Turret?

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What is the best medium sized projectile turret?

[ISD Bubblemoon]

Hey!

Depends on your ship and your activities

[Masterhummel]

Usually, it's the Tech 2 Artillery for long range, or Tech 2 autocannon for short range. If you fly pve, you want to go with artillery.

If you can't use Tech 2, go with the Tech 1 variant. There are meta modules who are as good as Tech 2 or even better, but they are very costly and Tech 1 will do the trick just fine.

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thnx guys

[Harrison]

Best bet is to use the ingame compare tool and look at all the stats side by side once you've decided between artillery and autocannons.

The different variants of each weapons system have their place.

For example, the dual 180s don't hit as hard as the 425's but they track better, fire faster, and carry more ammo. So if you think you're likely to face frigates, the 180s might be the way to go but if you're going to be facing BCs or BSs then shoehorning on 425s maybe your best bet.

It also means making trade offs between CPU/PG. The large caliber weapons take more resources to use, maybe leaving less for tank depending on the ship.

[Perpetual Pilgrim]

I use scouts across the board. They seem to be the best compromise, on paper. But I'm still newish(less than 3 months). I was using the 725mm(I think) Scout Autocannons to rat with my Rupture in null sec. They worked well enough to get me to where I could fly VNI's.

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Originally posted by A³gorist:

I use scouts across the board. They seem to be the best compromise, on paper. But I'm still newish(less than 3 months). I was using the 725mm(I think) Scout Autocannons to rat with my Rupture in null sec. They worked well enough to get me to where I could fly VNI's.

Haha thanks for the reply. I too am using a Rupture and plan on going to nullsec.

[Perpetual Pilgrim]

Well, then I can say that a Rupture fitted with the biggest scouts you can afford will likely be fine for ratting in the 'easier' half of the combat sites in null. Just don't stop moving and be able to tank your way under their guns.
Granted, this is from a primarily pve perspective(I only engage in necessary pvp, personally). If you are intending to engage in pve out there, move into a VNI and/or Gila as quick as you can. An okay fit VNI drone boat can reach up and over 10mil ticks and Gilas far surpass that and aren't much more to get into than a VNI.

Good luck man.

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Originally posted by A³gorist:

Well, then I can say that a Rupture fitted with the biggest scouts you can afford will likely be fine for ratting in the 'easier' half of the combat sites in null. Just don't stop moving and be able to tank your way under their guns.
Granted, this is from a primarily pve perspective(I only engage in necessary pvp, personally). If you are intending to engage in pve out there, move into a VNI and/or Gila as quick as you can. An okay fit VNI drone boat can reach up and over 10mil ticks and Gilas far surpass that and aren't much more to get into than a VNI.

Good luck man.

And to you as well. Thanks for the help.

[Perpetual Pilgrim]

No worries.

[Sandurr]

Is this paid monthly or can i just play without paying?

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Originally posted by Sandurr:

Is this paid monthly or can i just play without paying?

You can play for free, but won't have the perks of Omega clone.

[Perpetual Pilgrim]

Originally posted by 3.141592653589793238462643383279:

Originally posted by Sandurr:

Is this paid monthly or can i just play without paying?

You can play for free, but won't have the perks of Omega clone.

Alpha state is akin to a trial that never expires.
That said, don't take that to mean you will HAVE to pay for a subscription to get into Omega state(full access to ship trees and skills).

Alpha limits you to the 'basic' and, I'd say, into the early points of 'mid' game skills and fits. You won't get into anything considered specialized, but you can put together decent fits for ratting and participating in group pvp, at the least. Mining is a little limited because you can't get into ice or out of the Venture and exploration is a bit iffy, especially with wormholes, because you won't be able to cloak or get into hulls that are designed toward high risk exploration.

In my opinion, the key to playing Alpha state for an extended period(presumably to grind the ISK to buy PLEX to buy Omega state time) is to find and get into a good Alpha friendly corp.
Your best bet in making decent amounts of ISK as an Alpha is either to find pve players or groups that will let you salvage behind them in higher level mission and rat running as well as ratting yourself.

I personally prefer Minmatar for almost purely aesthetic reasons, but race does affect you more as an Alpha because you will be limited to only that race until you go Omega. As such, as wonderful as projectile weapons are and as beautifully trashy as Minmatar ships look, Gallente seems the way to go if only because you can get into a Vexor to rat with. I don't know what ship Gallente has that would be good for salvaging, but I used the Thrasher before I got my Noctis.

[Harrison]

Originally posted by A³gorist:

I don't know what ship Gallente has that would be good for salvaging, but I used the Thrasher before I got my Noctis.

Salvage Catalyst used to be the only way to go.

[Pigdogkiller]

dont wait too long to try getting into a null corp - pick one of the newbro friendly ones - like Brave
If you just do PVE combat sites and mine etc in high sec it gets so repetetive you can lose the will to play and you will be missing out on the great social side of playing a co-ordinated strategy with your team mates which for me make EVE addictive. if you can get into a cruiser with a reasonable fit (look them up) then you will be ok in someone like Brave - try it - if you dont like it join another group and try that they all slightly differ but some may be more active in your timezone so suit you better. - dont try and haul all your stuff to your new home - most new groups will give you enough ships for free to get started - ask them how to get to thier home system and they will likely have a good route planned out and much advice. have fun!