ancillary Remote repairers

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ancillary Remote repairers

What are the general opinions on ancillary remote repairers? They are not too old addition (released with citadels) and I haven't seen them being used in any UNI fleet or fit. Still at least for me they seem very powerful.

* Loaded with cap boosters (9 navy or 8 t1).
* Does not use any acpacitor while cap boosters last.
* Repairs ~40% more than T2 repairer.
* When boosters run out uses 2.7 times the cap compared to T2.
* Only one module of this type can be fitted at once.

So like the local counterpart the ancillary remote shield booster gives absolutely massive repair capabilities for a short duration. And due to no cap usage you even fit oversized repairer and not cap yourself in two cycles (though the T1 logi ships seem to be toot ight to fit oversized repairer).

You could even work around the massive cap usage and fit ancillary remote repairer on an Osprey. With cap chain it can barely run stable ancillary remote repairer even without charges.

Ancillary remote armor repairer:
* 10% less capacitor used than T2.
* While loaded with nanite paste repairs 70% more than T2.
* Without paste repairs 40% less than T2.
* Only one module of this type can be fitted at once.

Again massive repairs for short duration. And even after the paste runs out the repairer can be used but you lose half of your repair ammount.

So both modules offer large repairs until they need reloading. I think both of them would work well in small gang logi since the fights are short enough that the fight is over before you need to reload.

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I think it would work well in tandem with normal Remote Reps to handle burst damage
Tahrl Cabot
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I did some looking at fits.

Since the ancillary repairer uses no cap you can swap some of the capacitor modules for more speed/agility. Both AB and MWD scythe fits would get one low slot for either overdrive system or nanofiber while keeping the current capacitor life. Or the MWD fit could be kept as is and be cap stable with the two normal reppers and one capless ancillary repper.

You could also create an inbetween fit. AB fit with same light tank as the MWD fit (one mid for capacitor). This wold free two low slots for speed/agility. Dual overdrive AB scythe would go 934 m/s instead of the usual 749 m/s.

Scimitar AB fit in the wiki has 3x large repairers and 1x medium repairer. It could swap one low slot cap module for one more PG module and fit 3x compact large repairers and one large ancillary (would also needa cheap +3% PG implant).

The MWD Scimitar fit on the wiki is bad. It has 3x power diagnostic systems even though it needs none in its current state.

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4 x LRSB II reps is 340 hp/s.
3 x LRSB II + LARSB is 374 hp/s for 72 seconds then 255 hp/s for another 60, on average 320 hp/s.
3 x LRSB II + MRSB II is 298 hp/s.

Some skirmish-like fits might benefit from it, but only if they can guarantee that they only need to rep for about 1 minute and then have at least 1 minute before they need to rep again. That's a pretty narrow scenario for a dedicated logistics, finding it hard to see the benefit.

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The ancillary repairers are meant for burst repairs much like the local variant but its failings come in the fact that it is highly inefficient over the long run. Looking at it using Small Ancillary Remote logi module's cycle of repairing and reloading here is what I see.

• Small Remote Shield Booster (and Ancillary)

T2 and Ancillary Remote Shield Boosters run at the same rate of 3 seconds so we only need to check both for the duration of charges on the Ancillary repairer. We're going to run this on a Kirin at L5 skills. There are bonuses to capacitor costs and repair amounts.
• Reps while Charges are Present
• Ancillary: (9 charges of Navy Cap Booster 25) 9 cycles * 188 HP = 1692 HP at 0 GJ
• Tech 2: 9 cycles * 128 HP = 1152 HP at 9 cycles * 18 GJ = 162 GJ
• Ancillary: 0 HP at 0 GJ
• Tech 2: (60 seconds / 3 seconds per cycle) 20 cycles * 128 HP = 2560 HP at 20 cycles * 18 GJ = 360 GJ
• Ancillary: 20 cycles * 188 HP = 3760 HP at 20 cycles * 35 GJ = 700 GJ
• Tech 2: 9 cycles * 128 HP = 1152 HP at 9 cycles * 18 GJ = 162 GJ
So over 29 cycles or 87 seconds we either get:
• Ancillary Repairer with Reload does 1692 HP at 0 GJ
• Ancillary Repairer without Reload does 5452 HP at 700 GJ
• T2 Repairer does 3712 HP at 522 GJ
Keep in mind that the average frigate logi has only between 600 to 700 GJ of capacitor without considering reduction from modules like MWD.

• Small Remote Armor Repairer (and Ancillary)

T2 and Ancillary Remote Armor Repairers run at the same rate of 2.25 seconds so we can follow the same process above. We're not counting the repair cycle at the end of 60 second reload because the repairer is mid cycle and the reps will only apply once we're at the end of the cycle. We're going to run this on a Deacon at L5 skills. Again there are bonuses to capacitor costs and repair amounts.
• Reps while Charges are Present
• Ancillary: (8 charges of Nanite Paste) 8 cycles * 166.5 HP = 1332 HP at 8 cycles * 10.7 GJ = 85.6 GJ
• Tech 2: 8 cycles * 96 HP = 768 HP at 8 cycles * 9.56 GJ = 76.48 GJ
• Ancillary: 0 HP at 0 GJ
• Tech 2: (60 seconds / 2.25 seconds per cycle) 26 cycles * 96 HP = 2496 HP at 26 cycles * 9.56 GJ = 248.56 GJ
• Ancillary: 26 cycles * 55.5 HP = 1443 HP at 26 cycles * 10.7 GJ = 278.2 GJ
• Tech 2: (60 seconds / 2.25 seconds per cycle) 26 cycles * 96 HP = 2496 HP at 26 cycles * 9.56 GJ = 248.56 GJ
So over 34 cycles or 76.5 seconds we either get:
• Ancillary Repairer with Reload does 1332 HP at 85.6 GJ
• Ancillary Repairer without Reload does 2775 HP at 363.8 GJ
• T2 Repairer does 3712 HP at 325.04 GJ

The only thing interesting I see in this is that the Ancillary Shield Booster has very high repair values if you can feed the cap hungry module but without energy transfer or cap boosters you'll be hard pressed to run it for long. The Ancillary Armor Repairer is less impressive but doesn't drive up cap costs so while the throughput does not match what a T2 remote repairer can do in a long fight running chargeless is more sustainable to the logi ship.

Disclaimer: A lot of handkerchief math and tardy spreadsheets graphs were used to make this so feel free to call me out on any mistakes I've made.

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I decided to plot the same so we can check if my half asleep plots are same as your handkerchief math.

It seems like you plotted number of cycles on x-axis instead of seconds. I plotted just seconds.

Medium ancillary remote shield booster:

medium ancillery remote armor repairer:

So unless you keep the fight below ~90 seconds T2 wins and after ~110 (~130 seconds for armor) seconds meta is better. So at least for armor repaireing tha ncillary is possible replacement for a meta repper.

But how about capacitor deprived fits for shield repairing? With ancillary remote shield booster it is easier to have enough capacitor with MWD. Instead of capping yourself after X seconds run out of charges after 90 seconds.

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I knew I'd miss something. I changed x-axis to time in seconds as well. Although your graphs look much better; plotly?

The meta vs cap booster argument is debatable. Do you really want dips in reps? Will those dips be enough for the enemy to break the their focus target? Meta may be better if you're looking at sustained incoming DPS. There is also the reload problem. I run 4 rep cycles do I reload and lock out one slot for 60 mins to catch the next burst or do I hold onto the remaining charges and provide a short set of quick reps before locking it out for 60 secs?

Going MWD is always a strain on cap because of how it affects overall capacitor amount and recharge rates. The question of prop mod comes from the expected speed of the fleet before stability and then people fit around what cap is left. Ancillary Remote Shield Booster will help alleviate the struggle for cap but then we'll have to compare cap savings from using that vs just fitting a cap booster in the mid slot with larger charges in the cargo hold. I would say its again situational.

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Are the Ancil Values in these Charts btw. overheated Values? Since the Amount is higher per Cycle you actually want to overheat them all the time, and i think this would be more realistic. You actually overheat regular ones also, but more from time to time.

The Shield Ancils don't use cap as already mentioned, you can use them pretty well on as example Battlecruisers for Remote Rep Gangs, or even Ospreys in a Fitting like the following:

SPOILER WARNING!
[Osprey, Osprey FleetAncil]Damage Control IIReactor Control Unit IIReactor Control Unit II50MN Y-T8 Compact MicrowarpdriveLimited 'Anointed' EM Ward FieldLarge Azeotropic Restrained Shield ExtenderF-90 Compact Sensor Booster, Scan Resolution ScriptLimited Adaptive Invulnerability Field ILarge Murky Compact Remote Shield BoosterMedium 'Regard' Remote Capacitor TransmitterMedium Murky Compact Remote Shield BoosterSmall 'Regard' Remote Capacitor TransmitterLarge Ancillary Remote Shield Booster, Navy Cap Booster 150Medium Processor Overclocking Unit IIMedium Core Defense Field Extender IMedium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I

In comparison to our T2 Blap Osprey it has less tank and is not that ECM Stable, but it reps the same even without the Ancillary. On the other side you get a bit more Range and you can Double your Repair Amount for a short period of Time, which is really nice in the beginning of the Fight when the Alpha is pretty high on both sides.

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Overheating on all remote repair modules only increase the duration so they repair faster. By overheating, the modules will repair the same amount but in shorter time. This means you get higher HP/s but puts the ancillary modules on reload cycle faster. Overheating does not affect the reload cycle.

The only advantage ancillary repairers have on T2 modules is that the heat dissipation rates are similar to meta modules (withstands heat better) and module repair costs (nanite paste) should be lower as well. Of course once you start moving to deadspace mods the ancillary modules lose out on module repair costs. Edit: Come to think of it I could be wrong, I know some faction modules can be cheaper to repair. I feel the need to check to confirm this.

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Well, on a long term the output still increases since you reload earlier etc.., assuming that you use the repair all the time, and reload directly. Was more for the charts above to get an more realistic value over time.