<b>Amarr Battleship bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>
10% bonus to Large Energy Turret optimal range<br>
10% bonus to Large Energy Turret activation cost<br>
7.5% bonus to Large Energy Turret damage<br>
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100% bonus to Shield Extender hitpoints<br>
50% bonus to Armor Plate hitpoints<br>
5% Additional bonus to Reinforced Bulkhead hitpoints
7,000 GJ
790 m³
Battleship
580
100 m³
Amarr Empire
Faction Battleships
High Amount of High Slots
High Amount of Low Slots
8
Apocalypse Class
0.115
The Empire's inner circle of armaments manufacturers has long been proud of the expert methods utilized to harden the Navy Issue Apocalypse's armor plating and structural framework to such an amazing degree. Its shield systems are also state-of-the-art, rivalling even Caldari Prime's best. Fearsome by reputation, this is the flagship vessel of the Imperial Navy's elite wing. Not many are unfortunate enough to have ever actually met one on the field of battle, and those who do usually do not live to tell the tale.
The Apocalypse Navy Issue (often referred to as the "NApoc" or "Navpoc") is a significantly buffed version of the Apocalypse. The ship gains an additional low slot, allowing it to either increase DPS or increase tank even further. Apart from that, it is mostly a straight upgrade from its non-navy variant, with increased hitpoints, scan resolution, targeting range, sensor strength, and speed, among other things. It also has a reduced signature radius.
Skills
As an expensive faction battleship, the Apocalypse Navy Issue deserves excellent general support skills as well as all of the skills for a Tech 2 tank. Tech 2 weapons are very expensive to skill into and are not essential, but provide a very nice boost to DPS.
Amarr Battleship should be as high as possible to take advantage of the excellent optimal range and tracking bonuses that come with each level.
EM Armor Compensation, Thermal Armor Compensation, Kinetic Armor Compensation, and Explosive Armor Compensation to at least III to boost your resists.
Hull Upgrades to V to make use of the Tech 2 energized membranes, armor plates, armor hardeners, damage control, and armor coatings.
Mechanics V to use the tech 2 armor repairers.
Repair Systems to IV to use the tech 2 armor repairers and to reduce their capacitor use.
All gunnery support skills to IV or higher, and in particular Controlled Bursts - with lasers as the primary weapon and no bonuses to their capacitor use, capacitor is a constant problem.
All of the basic engineering skills for fitting and capacitor.
Tactics
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PvE
Despite its hull bonuses, the Apocalypse Navy Issue still has a difficult time shooting frigates due to its battleship sized guns. Because of this, your best strategy is to focus on the frigs at the initial spawn, and then shift to the battleships/cruisers after the frigates get too close. In addition, the NApoc has some capacitor issues when using the Multifrequency ammo, so keep an eye on your cap level. If you run out of cap in a site, your tank is as good as toast!
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PvP
In PvP, the NApoc forms the basis of the popular "Foxcats"/"Golden Fleet" doctrines. Pioneered by groups such as Rooks and Kings and Pandemic Legion, and popularized by the Honey Badger Coalition during the Fountain War, this approach centres around heavily-tanked, pulse-laser-fit NApocs with remote repair support. This doctrine is fairly difficult to defeat without using tactics such as alpha fleets or large amounts of capitals. The range of Scorch ammunition is a key part of using the pulse Navpoc in PvP, allowing it to project close-range damage out to extreme range. However, like all battleships, the Navpoc is both slow, and extremely vulnerable to bombs, making them popular in lowsec, where there are no bubbles, shorter warps, and no bombs.
Notes
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