I play on a laptop, it can't handle frapsing otherwise I would have released a few videos by now.

They had links, I had links. So unless if Drake really is > Claymore, Pilgrim, Hurricane, Vigilant & Guardian, there was actually some skill involved and since I died, I am fairly sure you have to agree that they had a (good) chance at killing me.

I have actually lost 1v1s with my Boosting Alt in system and not turned him on. You would be surprised by how often I cock things up..

I think you're slightly confused - the Parts BS gang was originally a BC gang we killed who then shipped up whilst we got another Drake to join us.

Shadow gang had no Oracle/Rapier/Scimitar that I could see, so it was roughly an even fight - 9 vs 8 at least, possibly 9 vs 9. Morin died an hour prior to the actual fight so the ships on his mail weren't actually there.

Fun times though.

I do enjoy flying without the alt but there are so many opportunities you miss if you don't have one around, either to initiate the fight (or gank) or to give you a fighting chance once it actually does start. I play to find as many good fights as possible when I'm on, so it's all about getting as many fights as I can where I at least have a chance and to that end having a boosting alt helps massively.

Oh and it's also economical, less losses to 20+ gangs and more kills <3

Yeah I tend not to roam that far nowadays, mostly because I can engage nearly anything I see with a Drake + boosting alt so fights tend to come thick & heavy after a few jumps.

I have a better story :). I was fighting a 450M Shield Rifter (who also had HG pirate implants) in my Laser Incursus and was thrashing him when he had to call in a friend in a Falcon to assist him. Rifter managed to kill me as I couldn't web him back to pull range. Much rage that day as he was bleeding into hull when I got jammed.

You can pirate successfully without a probing alt, you just either have to rely on others to bring probes (and get to you) or just ignore anyone running a mission or sitting in a safe spot who doesn't want to fight you (mostly other pirates). Depending on where you PvP, this can be a significant portion of targets you see in space or none at all. For example, probes have reduced use of 0.0 as most PvErs are running anomalies.

Personally, I only drop probes with the alt after I've spotted a target with d-scan. Most of the time he's moving ahead or to the side, trying to find more targets.

I fail at commenting, was supposed to be replying to Delucian's post.

Last time I checked Rage vs Armor Frigates did less damage than Faction, but that was a little while ago - my skills have gone up considerably since then.

As for your conclusion, I agree. Rocket boats DPS is not that much lower than Turrets, but for a fight where every little counts (picking off tackle before the gang arrives), Rocket can't compare to a gank orientated Wolf or Enyo.

Replace the EANM with a Ballistic Control, the CCC rig for a T2 RoF/Damage rig (only 3M if you can find a decent producer) and you have my fit. The tank goes down, but the DPS goes up remarkably.

Also, carry both Rage & Faction rockets! Use Rage vs shield buffer frigates and above, whilst Faction against the rest (Interceptors etc.) due to the Rage rockets having a slower explosion velocity!

I always thought heat didn't wrap around, thus putting my neuts in slot 3 & 6 respectively. However, *someone* told me that heat actually does wrap around. Testing ingame reveals you (and I) are indeed correct and this has been fixed.