The MERLIN ASSAULT!! Snub-nosed Shield Tank Slugger!! || EVE Echoes

[@distantknight29]

"Shields boosting up nicelyy" **Warning: Low Shield**

[@AsdAsd-zi4uw]

Ah yes shields br like

[@distantknight29]

@@AsdAsd-zi4uw rats go brrrrrrrrrr Merlin go zooom brrrrrrr

[@MarkTarsis]

Good video. Looking forward to seeing an assault destroyer. I want to know what that assault mode does :)

[@xEternalEnigmax]

So when is the merch coming with "up close and personal." On it? I would buy it.

[@moltenpanther3736]

I 2nd this

[@donytherat]

Yes. So would I. 😂👍 But a T-shirt with it on would be better. I really mean it. T-shirts from Cpt Benzie would be great.

[@tillbarthelma8593]

😂

[@maxperilous5944]

Patiently awaiting the breacher assault video. Been playing with mine but want to see how you fit yours. Please emphasize pve vs pvp fittings. LOVE your content. Keep it up bro! O7

[@paulinuss]

Yeah, tshirts. Go for it, I need em. Or three :D

[@the_returned]

Where is the rifter assault?!

[@augustinaspolisciukas545]

that ship needs worked on its inertia badly.. all the time its orbiting at half its speed. Velocity rig is useless if you reach only half the max velocity. Lowering inertia will give way better benefit.

[@Azmodian]

Can anyone answer why you would ever pick this over an incursus? Very very similar ship, but the incursus has lower sig radius and higher speed. Only bonus difference is 20% shield resist on the merlin vs 37% better armour repair on the incursus. I have no idea how these measure up, but the base stats of the ships make the Incursus better overall.. right?

[@ramrod1016]

Loving this little beast running t6 encounters with ease, my question though is will this survive solo for patriotism?

[@Xanten7]

Any reason the third Engi Rig slot was left empty? Recommendations on what to put in there? For small PvP skirmishes ofc.

[@SHOEB289]

Cap got question for you, Will my advanced and expert skills have any effect after my omega ends?

[@Xine1336.9]

They get deactivated.

[@toxicalyss]

You really love your Caldarian birds...

[@eldrenofthemist2492]

That is a beautiful space ship. :)

[@kaularjun2]

great content Capt. Hate to see that only free 9sp in skills. o7

[@antoinemoulin1206]

i saw u posting a fitting in local yesterday for the breacher do you intend to make a video on it ? or is it basicaly the merlin assault but with missiles ?

[@DorijanGrey]

if theres some restriction that made you leave 3rd engineering rig slot empty i would suggest 2x policarbons... if not, then 2x poli and 1x aux

[@luckyx9808]

Could you make a vid about stealth bomber solo pvp i prefer the hound but they are all good fits: 3x med torps 1x warp disturb and statis web 1x cloak 1x afther burner/mwd and 1x shield booster Orbit at about 13 km ONLY ATTACK CRUISERS You could also make a vid about burst 2 Fits: 3x small missels 1x warp disturb 1x statis web 2x shield booster 1x mwd orbit at 14 km warp away if you need to because of its lack of dps let the rats do most damage you can take on frigs, destroyers and cruisers but dont try to kill a navy issue cruiser I hope you can do something with this🙂👍

[@silentwishs]

Has anyone else noticed the KZbin ads for a company selling isk for eve echoes. Believe it’s the same one you can buy wow gold. That’s kinda concerning.

[@sarareyes5633]

@@captainbenzie I've seen s few KZbin's ers who are sponsored by them

[@sinmaan7568]

Nice! Would you be comfortable soloing a t6 story mission (ex Super Soft Drink) with such a frigate?

[@beng7845]

I did this and my executioner 2 so it is possible just stay out of web range

[@sinmaan7568]

Mmmm...wondering how far i could with my condor II. Just a little afraid of the elites...

[@sinmaan7568]

@@beng7845 how did you managed the elites? They hit super hard and have decent tracking. I orbit at 18km with a 1650 m/s speed and they hit me way too hard for my shield repairers

[@beng7845]

@@sinmaan7568 I orbit at 13k and use double webs on them... Maybe being a little bit closer with ab means I get hit less...

[@sinmaan7568]

@@beng7845 worth the try!

[@PanshulGupta]

Would it make sense to have After Burner trained upto Expert LvL 4? Yes ignoring the MWD benefits? considering the gain in reduced signatures by using AB?

[@PanshulGupta]

@@captainbenzie thanks for explaining that..!! MWD skills training queued :D

[@alexklimov8252]

I thought doesn't matter if warp disruptor or scrambler your mwd will not work if your core isn't stable. I checked description for warp disruptor but didn't try it yet on person with mwd

[@alexklimov8252]

@@captainbenzie Oh, but in description they telling opposite. Thx for replay

[@noskes1]

How you set standard orbit?

[@brandonbrizzi3601]

I'm going to be getting myself into one of these!! I LOVE speed tanking! But of course I've neglected my rail gun training. 🙄 If only I could afford a Dramiel or Succubus.🤷‍♂️

[@brandonbrizzi3601]

@@captainbenzie my highest weapon skills are in lasers but but it's not for any specific reason, I think my plan was just to start at the top and work my way down and train in all of them. But that's before I knew better, LOL.

[@brandonbrizzi3601]

@@captainbenzie I actually feel the same way. Which is part of the reason why I haven't focused on other weapon systems all that much, but I'm finding that my ship limitations are starting to become a harsh reality. However, when I get my hands on a Succubus I'll be the happiest man in EVE Echoes, lol.

[@occamssawzall3486]

That’s nearly the same fit I ended up with, except one of the rigs is a cap use reduction on ab/mwd use. Biggest issue with the assault frig I have is with webs. One web, no problem. 2 webs or more than that and it’s terrifying. It crushes cruisers though, decent against frigates, seems to do poorly against destroyers. And the corax assault seems to be the compete opposite. Terrific against destroyers, and frigates, horrible against cruisers. Probably because it has a near battlecruiser sized sig with that MWD

[@occamssawzall3486]

Captain Benzie - EVE Echoes Trying to figure out why it’s got so much PG but can’t fit any oversized module as well? Like we’re missing some largish for frigate grid consuming small module.

[@kennyutoob]

Very tempting build - thanks for the tip-top info as usual cap'n! But no way do you live in Bulawayo?!? 😁

[@kennyutoob]

@@captainbenzie fascinating. Don't breach your security my friend but I would guess you're working for an NGO, a charity, in education or archaeology. Think I have all the possibilities covered 😁. And good luck to you. 👍

[@darch6905]

Hey cool video however I got a question does any1 here have any idea how to check how much ehp drones have??

[@gnomevoyeur]

Totally off topic, but now that we have strip mining ships, do you know if mining skill boosts them or are they completely separate?

[@gnomevoyeur]

Captain Benzie - EVE Echoes Thank you. That is clearly how the skill reads and makes a lot of sense from an EE perspective but is totally weird from an EO perspective. As you noted in the video, they are quite different games.

[@gnomevoyeur]

Captain Benzie - EVE Echoes I checked out your beta test video on strip mining. It was quite helpful but also clearly from a much earlier version of the game. If you do choose to make an updated version, I will definitely check it out.

[@SomeGuy-lq4fd]

Is there a good missile assault frigate?

[@gadoess]

I was really waiting for this vid because nobody else has content about assault frigates.. Can you share a punisher assault fit? Pretty please...

[@themoderndruid1145]

I’m doing 3 blue beam lasers, 3 warp disruptors, Navy damage control, Scout micro warp, and knight Armor repair, laser damage rig 1, 2 laser falloff boost rig 2, 2 dynamic fuel valve rig 1, and one polycarbon engine rig 1. It’s not perfect but pretty powerful and with the slight range boost you can stay out of web range. If you stop you die.

[@beng7845]

@@themoderndruid1145 if it was me I would swop in a few long range faction webs, and just a single scrambler but I do prefer to use beam lasers at range on my executioner.

[@themoderndruid1145]

Captain Benzie - EVE Echoes Thanks Benzie i think i share your love for frigs and cant wait to get a collection of faction ones some day. Would love to fly into a huge battle some day with you and the gang, o7 for the Horde!

[@paulswanson8336]

Did railguns get nerfed? I have quafe snubs and their dps is 29. The ones in the video are over 60!

[@capta1nher0]

I'm driving a beam Navy Omen, can you do a vid on a beam and pulse Nomen, I like my fit and it rips through missions but alternate ideas would be great!

[@dach829]

Doesn't sig radius only effect lock on time and missle damage?

[@dach829]

@@captainbenzie learn something new everydsy

[@collision1988]

I know it gives a bonus to warpdrive.. but id go with afterburner if u dont have 2x inertia rigs .. your speed was like 50% less then it should be.. cuz the ship tried to keep orbit

[@MarkTarsis]

The problem with the AB is getting double webbed. You end up taking a lot of damage while you kill off the webbers, especially with battlecruisers on grid. I can manage this okay in a destroyer with 3.5k armor(and 1400 active 200mm plate), but a frig can't do that. With the MWD the webs won't do anything to you, plus you can pretty much instantly get in and out of the pack you're trying to kill. With my AB destroyer I need to warp out / warp in if I get into trouble. With this assault I could basically just fly out / repair a bit / fly in.

[@collision1988]

@@MarkTarsis Since when do webbers not affect microwarp drives? ... it reduces your velocity... so in a MWD u still get slowed the same as with anything else..

[@MarkTarsis]

@John mark Ogayon Double webs when you're flying 600 puts you in medium weapon hit range. Double webs when you're doing 2300 puts you at 600, which is what you're doing with an AB.

[@nomnomNACHO]

What about shield extenderrp instead of booster? For pvp

[@nomnomNACHO]

Captain Benzie - EVE Echoes good point! Didnt think about that!

[@lunarphantasma4105]

I would love to see a guide for alphas, and how to make money in echoes. (and also how did you stack your guns like that?)

[@sklent9796]

Just move one of your gun on another when they're not active, that'll stack them

[@capta1nher0]

Join a corp based in 0.0 and go ratting and run missions. Same goes if based in high sec, run advanced missions (news board) sort by rarity and do the ones that take you to low sec etc. You should be safe from gate camps if using a cruiser as u will align fast and they cant scan down your mission site. Yet..

[@AlextheBlaster]

That’s some hefty dmg! Stay away from me 👀

[@distantknight29]

No

[@MariMari-mz8mp]

Thanks for the video!,,

[@nosoyjoaquin3870]

Please can you talk about guardian ships?

[@nosoyjoaquin3870]

@@captainbenzie thanks for answering me

[@germanvalor742]

Whats better/easier: Merlin Assault or Condor II?

[@georgeee980]

Condor 2 is cheaper but Merlin is better

[@gyuhara9489]

Why not punisher assault?

[@whatis112-s2i]

For Conedor II you'll get more value for your isk, but stats wise merlin is better

[@luckyx9808]

Burst 2 with the massive capacitor dubble shield booster and mwd easy solo kills watch out for navy and fleet issues and drone boats

[@TheCasualGamer06]

Cap please do a video on special anomolies and special astroid belts

[@squidbonk141]

Think this ship weaker than condor II?

[@Santoroz]

This is NOT based off the Hawk. It is based off the HARPY.

[@SentienceGeneration]

Can this ship get up close and personal?

[@yottawatts9470]

210 hours > Expensive. O_0 . I wish it was expensive lol.

[@KrazyMO]

Because disruptors turn off MWD assault frigs are flying turds. They can't control range against other frigs using AB.

[@KrazyMO]

@@captainbenzie sorry I didn't know about the text error.

[@Rashuge]

where is the cannon assault frig why do we need two railgun assault frigs sad cannon pilot :(

[@071w9]

@@captainbenzie With your influence you can make a video maybe DEVs will implement a Cannon version of assault Frig and Destroyer? Do it for the Minmatar!

[@Rashuge]

Exactly and why for destroyers do we need two missile snipers and 2 drone snipers where s the cannon snipers. No cannon love

[@beng7845]

While we are at it a Caldari missile assault would be good,, minmatar ships look like they are held together with duck tape

[@sarareyes5633]

Bro just lvl up your cannons like me n use cannons on your Merlin bud

[@2010evilman]

No warp disruptor ?) how do you expect to kill something with that set up ? Lol Saying that most ppl in game have +2 stabs on their decent ships, so you do need 2 disruptor

[@khaimuramata220]

Close enough, I guess

[@slap2893]

Ahoy captain I love your vids keep going❤️🙏 CSKL✊

[@firhamma6485]

Corax Assault please

[@AsdAsd-zi4uw]

Merlin Assault? More like harpy

[@FightingTabletop]

This ship is basically a poor man's Dare Devil. And by no means is this a poor ship.

[@TheGnue]

Make a cynabal vid

[@AlextheBlaster]

Wait till I get mine in a week or so, then cap can have it for a run

[@SilverBucket69]

Very strange worm u have here

[@valyard42]

"If you are warp disrupted, you activate the MWD, zip off to safety..." - there might be a slight issue with this plan though.

[@valyard42]

Pardon, I would never assume they'd put something plain wrong in a module description >.< Don't have a Warp Disruptor on me right now to test, but this seems to be a great idea for a video q:

[@CuriosCaliffo]

nothing new this is what i do w condor against t7s now look for webifiers hahaha

[@chikinnunget5231]

lol you started the video with 4 mil isk and ended with 106 mil in the wallet what happened

[@cedrick0012]

"Once we have warp scramblers in the game" *video was posted 4 hours ago* Hehh?

[@cedrick0012]

@@captainbenzie Gooot it, thanks for the videos you're a treasure trove of information

[@KnightofAntiquity]

@@captainbenzie I have been scrambled already XD

[@KnightofAntiquity]

Seems unplayable with the speed loss from inertia velocity.

[@ptahm1808]

Can you please stop the stupid faces on the video's covers? Videos are good but that makes me NOT want to click to watch. Sorry for the blunt feedback.