These are bothering me it seems, as I keep mulling about how to take em on.
After the Rapier, a new idea has come up: AFs.
Have EFT-built both a Jag and a Wolf that are specifically designed to take these buggers on.
Been looking at the GK killboard for inty losses to see what they fit. A good deal (~halfish) are armortanked, the rest has no tank. This means the weakspot of them is not EM, but thermal, kinetic or explosive, depending on shiprace. So I will use a mix of Phased Plasma (Therm/Kin) and Titanium Sabboth (Kin/Explo) ammo and might throw some Fusion ammo (Explo/Kin) too.
Next, they all have scram on board. This means an MWD has little use, as they will prolly do the engaging anyway, so I fit an AB T2.
Also, esp the minmatar inties (40ish % of all their inties) use a lot of EMP and Fusion Ammo, which means I will have to tank against that. EM damage is no problem, as long as you armor tank (90% EM resist there). So I will armor tank and throw explo resists into the mix. Weakspot will be Kinetic dam (45/20 resist).
This unfortunately means that I will be vulnerable to hybrids and missiles (I see the guys that have missile launchers on board use bloodclaw missiles a lot.) Luckily, they rarely fly Caldari/Gallente ships (only ones that use these weapons in force). So, I will have to steer clear from them. Also them using Barrage ammo will be a liability, but I will just have to hope the best I guess.
The ships:
[Wolf, antiinti]
N-Type Reactive Membrane I
N-Type Reactive Membrane I
Overdrive Injector System II
Tracking Enhancer II
1MN Afterburner II
Warp Scrambler II
200mm AutoCannon II, Titanium Sabot S
200mm AutoCannon II, Titanium Sabot S
200mm AutoCannon II, Phased Plasma S
200mm AutoCannon II, Phased Plasma S
Small 'Knave' I Energy Drain
[empty rig slot]
[empty rig slot]
[Jaguar, antiinti]
N-Type Reactive Membrane I
N-Type Reactive Membrane I
200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
1MN Afterburner II
Patterned Stasis Web I
Warp Scrambler II
F-12 Nonlinear Tracking Processor, Tracking Speed
200mm AutoCannon II, Titanium Sabot S
200mm AutoCannon II, Titanium Sabot S
200mm AutoCannon II, Phased Plasma S
Small 'Knave' I Energy Drain
[empty rig slot]
[empty rig slot]
The Wolf, true to it's name does most damage: 105 dps, but is vulnerable for webs and has lower ehp: 4245. Cap stable at 79% with vampire off. 1058 m/s with AB on (i.e. 400ish when webbed, too slow to keep up with a scrammed inty (700ish)).
The Jaguar is better equipped for this I think and is my personal favorite. Although it only puts out 78 dps, it can web the inty back, so is boss in speed in all situations (speed with AB 965 m/s -> 350ish when webbed, vs. 300 for webbed and scrammed inty). This also meant I could slam a big armorplate on it (the decrease in speed doesnt matter), giving it 5453 ehp.
The Jag is capstable at 55% with vamp off.
What do you guys think?
