Scorpions SUCK

Ugh so yogi and I tried out a dps fit Scorpion with jammers and points to kill covert cynos. Well the thing is you want to make some isk while wait for them to show up in your constellation. So we undocked and proceeded to rat. IT SUCKED. It took forever to kill a battleship, and we had to super focus on elite cruisers. I think I will reship and sit in a safe spot where they can get the drop on us. Because....really it was so much micromanagement. Now I know there are set ups where you have to actually work at ratting, for example targeting, moving into range for optimal damage application. But those ships that are used are very powerful platforms. They can take out a NPC battleship in 2 or 3 volleys. Vindicators, Macherials, and Rattlesnakes (we have ratting rattlesnakes) boy they pack punch.

But the scorpion with its great tank comes poor damage application to rats. I think with a few changes to our set up we can kill covert cyno ships, and perhaps jam and get away when the blops, and other covert ships arrive. Wow....I would have to seriously gimp the rattlesnakes tank in order for it to be a bit more effective as a ratting ship. Which would mean we would kill the covert cyno while still getting blown away. Which isn't what I want to do. I want to kill tackle, jam secondary tackle and get away (maybe kill secondary tackle. Especially with the command destroyers which have the very nice ability to warp your ship 100km away. So lets say you undock in your scorpion class battleship the command destroyer warps you 100km off the station....you can not even warp to station cause you need 150km to do that. MAYBE you can kill one or two ships, but say goodbye to your ship. And if they have a bubbler....your pod as well.

So yesterday I got frustrated and simply went back to ratting in my carrier while keeping a close eye on enemy movement. Yogita and I stayed together to clear sites MUCH faster. We made total 140 million isk not counting salvage and loot...that would tack on an extra 20-30 mill or so. So not bad but not ideal as we had to use ratting time to theory craft ways to deal with campers in branch. BUT I enjoy that. Eve nothing stays the same. I will still rat I will try baiting, I really want to kill one or two blops (black ops battleships), cause I am sure they are a pain to replace!

/tata