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Revenant:
Special Ability:
100% bonus to fighter, fighter-bomber damage and hitpoints
Amarr Carrier Skill Bonuses:
10% bonus to fighter and fighter-bomber max velocity per level
Can fit 1 additional Warfare Link module per level
Caldari Carrier Skill Bonuses:
50% bonus to Capital Energy and Shield transfer range per level
Can deploy 1 additional Fighters or Fighter Bombers or Drones per level
Role Bonuses:
99% reduction in CPU need for Warfare Link modules
Can fit Projected Electronic Counter Measures
200% bonus to Fighter or Fighter Bomber control range
Immune to all forms of Electronic Warfare
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| Revenant |
Wyvern:
Caldari Carrier Skill Bonuses:
50% bonus to Capital Energy and Shield transfer range per level
5% bonus to all Shield resistances per level
Can deploy 3 additional Fighters, Fighter Bombers or Drones per level
Can fit 1 additional Warfare Link module per level
Role Bonuses:
99% reduction in CPU need for Warfare Link modules
Can fit Projected Electronic Counter Measures
200% bonus to Fighter or Fighter Bomber control range
Immune to all forms of Electronic Warfare
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| Wyvern |
The Revenant comes base with a lot more shield points and armour points and a slot layout geared to shield tanking (7 mids, 5 lows) so I set it up much like my Wyvern with an extra PDS in place of the sensor booster. The Revenant also has an additional high slot so I filled it with a Drone Control Unit to take advantage of the 100% damage bonus.
The Wyvern with the 5% per level resistance bonus still wins out on sheer effective hit points even though the Revenant has more base hit points due to the extra PDS. The Revenant does have a large capacitor which might allow it to survive a bit longer in extreme danger, but surprisingly the Wyvern has a 3 second advantage in align time and better scan resolution
In terms of damage, without the extra drone from the drone control unit the two ships do identical DPS with Fighter Bombers and Fighters. Activating the drone control unit gives the Revenant a significant advantage. The fighters and fighter bombers of the Revenant are much more durable with the 100% hitpoint bonus but the Wyvern has twice as many so its a wash.
However, tactical flexibility goes to the Revenant since it can carry two full flights of fighter bombers AND two full flights of fighters (minus one fighter) and still have 5000 m3 for regular drones. The Wyvern can only carry one full flight of fighter bombers and one almost full flight of fighters in order to have that 5000 m3 for smaller drones.
All in all, the Revenant does not impress me as a ship worth three times as much as a typical supercarrier.
EDIT: Jester over at Jester's Trek posts a fascinating take that looks at the Revenant from a completely different angle. Check it out.
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"It was never about cost effectiveness - it's a giant penis"
ReplyDeleteThe problem I see is that the ship is too rare for the marginal advantage it offers, so you will probably only ever find it whoring onto the safest killmails in the universe (at least for a year or so, until they've proliferated enough that a super rich person can drunkenly commit one to a fight that matters, and hopefully lose it).
ReplyDeleteDecent post, but you might want to reconsider. I've blogged on why:
ReplyDeletehttp://jestertrek.blogspot.com/2011/03/play-to-your-strengths.html
Added your link to post and subscribed to your blog. :)
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