Bellicose
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| Bellicose | ||
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 Being a highly versatile class of Minmatar ships, the Bellicose has been used as a combat juggernaut as well as a support ship for wings of frigates. While not quite in the league of newer navy cruisers, the Bellicose is still a very solid ship for most purposes, especially in terms of long range combat. | ||
| High slots | 5 | |
| Medium slots | 4 | |
| Low slots | 3 | |
| Rig slots | 3 | |
| Power output | 575 MW | |
| CPU output | 250 tf | |
| Turret slots | 3 | |
| Launcher slots | 3 | |
| Max targets | 7 | |
| Shield capacity | 1250 | |
| Shield resists (EM/EXP/KIN/THERM) | 0/50/40/20 | |
| Armor HP | 1211 | |
| Armor resists (EM/EXP/KIN/THERM) | 60/10/25/35 | |
| Capacitor | 937,5 | |
| Drones | 40 m3 | |
| Drone Bandwidth | 40 Mbit/s | |
| Cargo | 315 m3 | |
| Max Speed | 215 m/s | |
| Insurance Cost | 1,062,750.00 | |
| Insurance Payout | 3,542,500.00 | |
| Updated for Trinity | ||
| Required Skills | ||
| Primary | Minmatar Cruiser | II |
| Secondary | N/A | |
| Tertiary | N/A | |
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Contents |
[edit] Overview
The Bellicose is the Minmatar Electronic Warfare ship, specializing in target painting, the much maligned and least used form of electronic warfare module in EVE. The Bellicose is not used very much, because its bonus to medium projectile turret rate of fire combined with its split 3/3 turret/missile layout gives it a very low damage potential, and target painters aren't a compelling reason to use the ship. Overall the predominant use of the Bellicose is as a bait ship, because of the common perception that no one in their right mind would use a Bellicose if they had any idea of what they were doing. Other than that, a simple loadout with a few target painters in the mids might make a slightly useful ship for fleet ops with lots of missile using ships, but odds are that you would be more useful in just about any other role.
Newbie Advice: Don't be tempted to use this ship as an intermediate while waiting to be able to use the Rupture. It doesn't have enough power grid, so you won't gain anything from the four medium slots since you simply can't outfit it well anyway. Use a Stabber instead.
[edit] Bonuses
- 5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret Rate of Fire per skill level
- 7.5% bonus to target painter effectiveness per skill level
[edit] Fittings
[edit] Bait Bellicose
- High
- 3x Dual 180mm Autocannon II w/ RF EMP + Barrage
- 2x Small Energy Neutralizer II
- Mid
- 1x Warp Scrambler II
- 1x Stasis Webifier II
- 2x Large Shield Extender II
- Low
- 1x Damage Control II
- 2x Gyrostabilizer II
- Rigs
- 2x Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer
- 1x Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer
- Drones
- Hammerhead II (for dictors)
- Warrior/Hobgoblin II (for frigates)
Can engage do or die ships like sabres, taranises, crusaders, or any other frigate sized ship that scrams you. With good skills you tank like a vagabond so don't be scared of taking on a taranis/sabre and a stealth bomber for instance. Remember that you can't engage them, you can only trap them when they engage you, so if they don't bite you are SOL. Sample results: http://killboard.goonfleet.com/km/423306 http://killboard.goonfleet.com/km/420045 http://killboard.goonfleet.com/km/417163
[edit] Heavy Tackler Bellicose
Credit: Miriyaka and Vadinho
- High
- 3x Heavy Missile Launcher
- 2x 280mm Artillery OR Small Nosferatu
- Mid
- 1x 10mn MWD
- 1x Warp Disruptor
- 2x Large Shield Extender
- Low
- 1x Inertia Stabilizer
- 2x Nanofiber Internal Structure
- Drones
- 3x Valkyrie OR Hammerhead
- 2x Warrior OR Hobgoblin
Designed for small to medium sized gang work where you need a point that can't be shrugged off. Trots along fairly quickly and packs between 6000-7000 shields depending on the quality of the extenders and skill of the character. The MWD drains the juicebox in about a minute, so don't abuse the giggleswitch too much. With less-than-stellar fitting skills, you'll likely need to ditch the small artillery and use named equipment to get it together. Pack Valkyrie and Warrior drones for anti-support work or Hammerhead and Hobgoblin drones for getting confusingly high positions on killmails.