Now in the past, I've had some bad things to say about the Enyo (I believe I called it a 'terribad sack of crap'), however it appears that I might have been a bit too harsh. In this post, I'm going to go through the 5 losses (and various kills) and speculate as to wheth
er an Ishkur would've been more beneficial (or indeed swung the battle in my favour).
After a discussion with fellow Tusker Sa'haira my ENyo was dubbed "WaaaaaAAAAAGH!!", following the well known fact that red ones go faster.
Here's the fit:
[Enyo, WaaaaaAAAAAGH!!]
Small Armor Repairer II
Damage Control II
Adaptive Nano Plating II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
1MN Afterburner II
Warp Scrambler II
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Small Nosferatu II
Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I
Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I
Hobgoblin II x1
262dps with my skills before heat, 298 with. 8k Ehp and 50/37 dps tanked. Lets compare that with my trusty Ishkur fitting:
[Ishkur, <3]
Small Armor Repairer II
Damage Control II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
1MN Afterburner II
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
DDO Photometry Tracking Disruptor I
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Small Diminishing Power System Drain I
Small Anti-Explosive Pump I
Small Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Warrior II x5
Warrior II x5
At 197/205 dps, the Ishkur is wildly outclassed in terms of raw damage. However, it does have 100 more Ehp (I know, a HUGE difference right?) and tanked slightly harder at 62/46.
Paper stats aside the Ishkur is slower (779 against 843) however, owing to the extra mid slot, it is far more flexible. The Enyo however can be bought, fitted, rigged and loaded for about as much as the Ishkur hull alone.
Ok enough with the theory, lets get onto the first loss.
Enyo 1
How did I lose it?
The first Enyo met its end after tackling a Daredevil at a FW plex. A short brawl with blasters left the daredevil burning out of my range and holding point for his mates to finish me off. Although losing my ship with nothing to show for it, it was nice to see that the enyo could out-shoot what was supposed to be one of the best frigates. Shame I had nothing to pin him down with.
Would an Ishkur have been better?
Probably not. While the extra mid could have mitigated damage from the DD, or slowed it down a bit, I'm not sure if I would have been able to finish him off before his friends arrived. And frankly, with a daredevil and a rapier on me I wasn't going anywhere.
Enyo 2
How did I lose it?
After brawling down a thrasher on a station, I waited around for round two with his moa. This ended badly. Fairly sure he was fit for anti-frig with a plate and webs/neuts/small guns.
Would an Ishkur have been better?
The Ishkur when TD fit will mash a thrasher without breaking a sweat, so that part would have gone more smoothly. The moa was packed double webs, so I doubt the td would have allowed me to out speed his guns or burn out of range. Once again, as I'd have died either way the Enyo was the better choice, as its cheaper.
Enyo 3
How did I lose it?
Tackled by a crusader on a gate, due to mistakes on my part (forgetting to turn my ab on XD) it takes far too long to down him and by this time his friends have tackled me, which doesn't work out too well for me (although I did get the hawk into fairly low shields).
Would an Ishkur have been better?
Assuming I'd fitted a web, the crusader could have be
en more easily brought into my optimal (it was almost as fast as me, even with its mwd shut down) and taken out. Assuming I'd done this quickly enough, his gang wouldn't have reached me and I would have escaped. On the other hand, I screwed up on my piloting, so it may not be fair to judge against the Enyo here.
Enyo 4
How did I lose it?
After almost entirely failing to kill a punisher (I'd
forgotten to reset my orbit after a short roam in my arty cane, and therefore spent the majority of the fight burning out of blaster range), I pressed on and met a jaguar on a gate. Unfortunately, he kited me in small neut range.
Would an Ishkur have been better?
Looking through his past fits he seems to favour a fit without a web. An Ishkur carrying a web would've been faster and able to get into range with antimatter. From experience, at close range the ishkur's cap will last long enough to kill a jaguar.
Enyo 5
How did I lose it?
Enyo 5 had the most successful career: starting off by out-ganking a thrasher and then topping the killmails in a short frigate roam. We'd been ordered to warp off after taking out the first cane, unfortunately the harbinger was able to grab point on me, leaving my only option as burning into scram range to get under his guns. Hits from the mighty heavy pulse lasers and drones had left my enyo in one quarter structure by the time I'd achieved this and my demise was watched fellow Tusker Kishin Hattori. Or so he thought, as my enyo popped enough of the warriors to regain slivers of armour. Kishin burnt in and grabbed point, just in time to compensate for me being jammed by ecm drones.
Unfortunately, I got a little too complacent whilst looting the field and the harbinger pilot came back in an Ashimmu to finish the job.
Would an Ishkur have been better?
As the only gang engagement, this one is interesting. With the spare mid given to a web, the Ishkur could have taken out drones with ridiculous ease (the Enyo's tracking bonus did help to do this though); if the slot had been given over to a tracking disrupte
r then the whole gang would have benefited from a reduction in incoming dps. A couple of ships that we lost might have survived due to this.
That said, the Enyo's far superior dps helped to take down the opposing ships more quickly. Furthermore, every other ship fielded by the Tuskers had at least 3 mid slots (enough from a prop mod, point and another module) so there was already plenty of space for webs and tracking disruptor (although I believe only the former were actually being carried).
That said, if I was going to be stupid enough to get caught by the Ashimmu I might as well have been in the cheaper ship.
Which is better?
Surprisingly, for me at least, 3 out of 5 of these come out as a draw (or even slight win for the Enyo for being cheaper) with only 2 being victories for the Ishkur (although one of these is fairly dubious as the Enyo would have done better if I had have been less fail). I'd be interested to see which would win in a straight fight and may enlist the help of another pilot to test this. Any volunteers?
It seems to be the case that the Ishkur is more versatile, owing to its extra mid, and is able to more compensate for its lack of speed with a web or td. Its also got sexy fangs.
See? Sexy fangs!
The Enyo did however get my heart racing as it dived into point blank range against some fairly hard hitting opponents and proceeded to out shoot them. Fights were tight, often ending with me on fire. Something about that appeals to me, so I've finally bitten the bullet and finished training for interceptors. My eyes are fixed on a blaster ranis!
So expect some comedy lossmails of me losing them to a rifter...
o/
