It has 2 highslots, meaning you can mount both a probe launcher and a cloak.
It has an abundance of mid and low slots, giving a large variety of configurations (cargo, stabilisers, tank are the most common options)
It also is not as destructive on wormholes as the largest hauler you can take into a c2-4 wormhole.
A C2 wormhole can take 2,000,000,000 kg.
An orca is 250,000,000 kg; 4 round trips will break one. Wormhole residents use Orcas and Battleships to deliberately break one.
An Iteron Mark V is 11,750,000 kg; 85 round trips to break one. While each Iteron Mark V holds 1/2 of what an Orca can, the total volume that can be hauled through any given wormhole is much much bigger. I have known wormhole residents to break a wormhole with convoys of Iteron Mark V's when they get a good connection.
In a wormhole, Iteron Mark V's also have the solo survivability of a solo Orca. That is blessed all. I have been tackled in a wormhole with an Orca, and been tackled in my Iteron Mark V. The only difference is how long it took me to 'pop'. I will admit that my orca did not have 2 warp core stabilisers, an expensive mistake. The extra stabilisers may not have saved me anyway.
http://evenews24.com/2013/06/19/dev-post-tech-1-industrials-to-get-a-rebalance/
There are two things that I have mixed feelings about:
- Large Haulers to get only 1 high slot. (down 1). For us the Iteron Mark V has been the pinnacle of wormhole hauling. Easy on the wormholes, large storage, a cloak and a probe if you get stuck. It has been the only ship to use. The loss of that highslot means we have less fallback options; and probably means a dedicated scanning frigate per interim system (for us - generally 1). We will have 'interesting choices' that have to be made; but for us; this is a hard nerf.
- The Bestower takes the crown as the largest hauler (39201m3 t1 rigs/t2 expanders/max skill) from the Iteron Mark V (38433m3 similar configuration). While the manufacturer in me rejoices; the pilot weeps. I trained Gallente Industrial 5 to have the maximum size T1 hauler. The difference is marginal (2%), but I fear I am still coming down with the beginnings of bitter vet syndrome.
Looks like Rise actually paid attention. they are changing how they are changing stuff (you get your second high slot back ) and actually making the 4 red headed stepchildren interesting. can't get at the forum from work, but he both updated the old forum post and has a new detailed forum thread.
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