Yesterday on twitter there was a discussion as to why anyone would choose a Jump Freighter over a Rorqual, especially considering the cost. I gave some reasons but felt a quick post comparing them would be helpful.
| Attribute | Rorqual | Jump Freighter |
| Cost (approx) | 1.7 billion | 4.8 billion |
| Skills Cost | 864.9 million | 238.5 million |
| Approximate Basic Training Time | 84 days | 98 days |
| Cargo Capacity | With 3 Cargo Expander IIs and 3 Cargohold Optmization I rigs: Cargo - 126,091 m3 Corp Hanger - 30,000 m3 Ore Hold - 250,000 m3 Ship Maintenance bay - 1,000,000 (but only indy and miners) | 337,500 - 367,969 m3 |
| Jump Fuel Bay | 10,000 m3 | 10,000 m3 |
| Fuel Consumption | 1,000 | 3,300 (but reduced by 10% per level for Jump Freighter skill) |
| Example Fuel Consumption with JDC IV and Jump Freighter IV, Teshkat to Ordat (1.105 ly) | 663 | 1312 |
| Base Range | 5 ly | 5 ly |
| Dock | yes | yes |
| Use Gates | no | yes |
| Enter High Sec | no | yes |
| Can fit mods | yes | no |
| Base Effective Hit Points (no modules) | 523,228 | ~326,264 |
Ultimately, unless you are moving ore and mining ships / industrials, the jump freighter has over twice as much cargo capacity. Is that worth the nearly twice as much cost to get the ship and the skills? You decide.
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Funny, I was having this very debate last week as I was planning Sidaris and Khuna's skillplans.
ReplyDeleteIn the end I decided the JF was the best, due to the Ship Bay only allowing indies. I loved the idea of the Rorq acting as a mobile field base (Like the Orca's bigger brother) but given it's specialized role I couldn't justify the cost. Whereas the JF has much more utility in the fact that it can jump into high sector, use gates, etc.
In the end though, minus a jump drive, my Orca still wins out for sheer versatility.
Ability to cloak + lol battlerorq = superior
ReplyDeleteJF has the benifit of highsec access. Makes it a lot better for high/low and high/0.0 logitics.
ReplyDeleteI believe the JF wins because of its ability to jump from high to low sec. If you want to import from Jita in a Rorq, you would have to somehow get material across a hisec-lowsec gate, probably using a standard freighter, before you could jump it into 0.0 space. Hi-lowsec gates are generally camped, and a poor freighter does not have a chance. JF's can just jump straight from the high sec system straight into 0.0.
ReplyDeleteI would choose every Ship for anoter situation:
ReplyDeleteTo get some Ships into Nullsec, Carrier
To get fittings, Ammo and small ships JF
To miner Rorq
But all in all I would choose a JF.