Eve online - Warp Speed vs Align Time, or hybrid?
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TL;DW - I recommend going with 3 high grade and 3 mid grade Ascendancy, for the best economical route, with (for the miasmos at least) tech 1 versions of the hyperspatial rigs, and tech 2 versions of the iStabs.
As for the Viator, i'd just go full warp speed. I mean, it be nice to have a 2.96 align time but your sig radius isn't an interceptors so forget evading instalockers that way.
Okay, so what's better? well, according to a hands on experiment with different modules/implants it looks like full warp speed gets you to jita & back faster than any other combination. On the other hand you're really only saving like 20-25% travel time for a Viator (whether that directly proportional for other ships with the same gear/implants is something for another time)
the key to this is a hidden attribute that isn't on CCP's metrics: Warp Acceleration. You'll notice this best when arriving at a star gate; Warp speed also deals with how fast you come out of warp, when arriving at your destination.
now, i did 6 tests with the viator.
original fit - • Eve online - Viator Trial One
max warp speed - • Eve online - Viator Trial Two
max align time - • Eve online - Viator Test Three
hybrid ascendancy - • Eve online - Viator Test Four
hybrid nomad - • Eve online - Viator Test Five
stripped (control) - • Eve online - Viator Control Test
What i'll be dealing with in the current tests is which scenario is best for on grid warping.
10:58 stripped miasmos start
16:08 stripped miasmos finish (11 warps)
CONCLUSION: the hybrid were the most economical and fastest for miasmos. therefore a hauler using such will benefit from this when travelling back and forth to jita (and the time for max warp speed isn't that much greater, by about 10 seconds one way trip 28 jumps from bash-jita)
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miasmos max warp speed - • Eve online - Miasmos Test Two (3min 26sec)
miasmos max align time - • Eve online - Miasmos Test Three (ditto)
miasmos ascendancy hybrid - • Eve online - Miasmos Test Four (2min 45sec)
miasmos nomad hybrid - • Eve online - Miasmos Test Five (ditto)
miasmos current economy class implants (tranquility) - • Eve online - Miasmos Test Six (2min 48sec)
miasmos with hybrid modules (expensive) but NO implants - • Eve online - Miasmos Test Seven (3min 13sec)
--- current high-grade ascendancy costs ----
High-grade Ascendancy Alpha 1 138,500,000.00 138,500,000.00
High-grade Ascendancy Beta 1 174,000,000.00 174,000,000.00
High-grade Ascendancy Gamma 1 219,200,000.00 219,200,000.00
High-grade Ascendancy Delta 1 277,000,000.00 277,000,000.00
High-grade Ascendancy Epsilon 1 454,800,000.00 454,800,000.00
High-grade Ascendancy Omega 1 3,363,000,000.00 3,363,000,000.00
Total: 4,626,500,000.00
--- current mid-grade ascendancy costs -----
Mid-grade Ascendancy Alpha 1 86,000,000.00 86,000,000.00
Mid-grade Ascendancy Beta 1 109,400,000.00 109,400,000.00
Mid-grade Ascendancy Gamma 1 112,900,000.00 112,900,000.00
Mid-grade Ascendancy Delta 1 129,700,000.00 129,700,000.00
Mid-grade Ascendancy Epsilon 1 142,900,000.00 142,900,000.00
Mid-grade Ascendancy Omega 1 123,900,000.00 123,900,000.00
Total: 704,800,000.00
---- current low-grade ascendancy costs -----
[there are none. lol]
--- current high-grade nomad costs ---
[there are none. haha]
------ current mid-grade nomad costs -----
Mid-grade Nomad Alpha 1 84,770,000.00 84,770,000.00
Mid-grade Nomad Beta 1 102,800,000.00 102,800,000.00
Mid-grade Nomad Gamma 1 183,000,000.00 183,000,000.00
Mid-grade Nomad Delta 1 285,500,000.00 285,500,000.00
Mid-grade Nomad Epsilon 1 556,500,000.00 556,500,000.00
Mid-grade Nomad Omega 1 888,800,000.00 888,800,000.00
Total: 2,101,370,000.00
--- current low-grade nomad costs ----
Low-grade Nomad Alpha 1 50,000,000.00 50,000,000.00
Low-grade Nomad Beta 1 70,990,000.00 70,990,000.00
Low-grade Nomad Gamma 1 110,000,000.00 110,000,000.00
Low-grade Nomad Delta 1 244,800,000.00 244,800,000.00
Low-grade Nomad Epsilon 1 296,700,000.00 296,700,000.00
Low-grade Nomad Omega 1 208,700,000.00 208,700,000.00
Total: 981,190,000.00