Posted - 2008.03.21 05:18:00 - [2]

 

get a charon

Posted - 2008.03.21 05:55:00 - [4]

 

Edited by: Imperator Jora''h on 21/03/2008 06:12:30

Charon has the biggest cargo hold but honestly the differences between the four are not all that noticeable. I have a maxed (L5) Charon and when moving stuff it turns out I need to make as many trips as my mates...just my last trip I am 1/4 full where they might be half full.

The Charon is also the slowest of the lot (least nimble to align). Again not a huge difference but there.

As for defense frankly if you get in that position you are screwed anyway. Again the differences are very small as a practical matter and dreaming up a scenario where one would live where another would die (everything else being equal) is stretching things.

Bottom line I would train whichever you are nearest to skillwise and you'll rarely if ever know a difference. For "best" then the Charon for its extra cargo. For best looking Providence. Saying the Minmatar one is faster is just a joke. Yeah it is faster but they are freighters and all miserably slow...even the fast one. I doubt you would ever notice and appreciable difference.

That or choose the line for whom you think has the best T2 Transports and decide on that basis (Impel is very nice).

EDIT: If you are using it for trading then you generally want to move as much as possible in one go so the Charon for that all the way to maximize profits.

Posted - 2008.03.21 08:18:00 - [6]

 

Minmatar or Caldari as industrial 5 is biggest prereq for transport ships. I personally prefer minmatar transports as they have nice shield resists right at vanilla, caldari is good too.

On Gallente and Amarr increasing survivability (effective hp in empire) is done at the price of cargo hold.

Posted - 2008.03.21 09:43:00 - [8]

 

Originally by: Imperator Jora'h

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Edited by: Imperator Jora''h on 21/03/2008 06:12:30
The Charon is also the slowest of the lot (least nimble to align). Again not a huge difference but there.

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After the agility boost caldari recived a few patches ago this is no longer the case.

Effective agility (lower is better):
Fenrir: 51.25
Charon: 51.6
Providence: 56.25
Obelisk: 58.75

This takes both mass and inertia modifier into account.
The Charon is almost as agile as the Fenrir.

Posted - 2008.03.21 11:01:00 - [10]

 

Originally by: Hoshi

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Originally by: Imperator Jora'h

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Edited by: Imperator Jora''h on 21/03/2008 06:12:30
The Charon is also the slowest of the lot (least nimble to align). Again not a huge difference but there.

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After the agility boost caldari recived a few patches ago this is no longer the case.

Effective agility (lower is better):
Fenrir: 51.25
Charon: 51.6
Providence: 56.25
Obelisk: 58.75

This takes both mass and inertia modifier into account.
The Charon is almost as agile as the Fenrir.

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you've got to be effing kidding me... how did that happen

Posted - 2008.03.21 11:22:00 - [12]

 

Posted - 2008.03.21 12:07:00 - [14]

 

My thoughts...

Caldari - cargo
Gallente - more defense, so you can scream for help an extra 15 seconds as you cry, lengthening your pain
Minmatar - Sandcrawler of space
Amarr - Giant mechanical roach

Honestly, they all do the same thing... move slow and haul a fair chunk of stuff, all equally vulnerable. Personally, I'd go for the one you want to stare at, because once you spend 30 orso days training and a few hundred mill, you better love the way it looks... specially if you're going to be staring at it for a few minutes per system warp in some cases.

Posted - 2008.03.21 13:23:00 - [16]

 

And if you are interested in Jump Freighters... notice that the cargo capacity varies as well. However, the fuel usage per ly is proportional to cargo capacity. Rhea has most cargo, uses most fuel per ly.

I guess this is CCP's effort to make hauling m3 at the same price between JFs. They forgot to include inconvenience factor of additional cyno fuel/ship cost (in case it gets popped) in the calculation though if you need to make extra trips in lesser cargo JFs.