Originally by: Rhovinian

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Edited by: Rhovinian on 02/10/2007 13:39:23
Edited by: Rhovinian on 02/10/2007 13:20:20
New player (45 days). Been passive shielding level 1 & 2 mission in frig, dessi and cruiser.

I have to agree that for missions there is no reason to not utilize ship bonuses. (Should be maximize but play style is a reality - and I am comfortable with passive.)

SP = 100k electronics, 200k engineering spread out over a lot of skills but base on both is still IV. BC and Med Proj skills at III.

This is the setup I plan on trying for level 3 missions and looks appropriate in EFT.

3 X Arb Assualt Launcher
5 X Med 'Scout' Arti

Med Shield Ext
EM Amp (will change when I can remember mission specific damage)
Invulnerability Field (the only active I have prior exp with - again changed when I can remember)
Med Shield Booster
10 MN AB II

Ball Ctrl Sys
Track Enh
2 X Gyro

I am not used to cap maintenance so the 3 minute life with AB off scares me on the booster. I understand that the SB will not always be on but having not used active it is a surprising number to me.

As a result, I am looking at a Semi Mem and Cap Control rigging. Which will take me out to 5 minutes of cap running Inv Field and SB.

Any recommendations on Mids and Lows to get through low sec space, besides 2 warp stabs? - running not confronting (At 90 days I will seek a PVP mentor.)

Thoughts?

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Originally by: Rhovinian

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Edited by: Rhovinian on 09/10/2007 08:07:50
Thank you that is dead on. For instance Angel Extraveganza it works. But in Blockade the kill rate is too slow and the shield tank doesn't hold once they all gather together. I am training away and hope for enough skills before the mission expires. And have switched to rat specific hardners.

Follow up not sure why I didn't use Large before, as I seem to be able to fit it but didn't think I could. (Or maybe the cap life bothered me.)

Using a Large C5-L Emergency Shield Overload I now.

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Originally by: Aveyron

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High:

5x 720 Protoype Siege Canon
2x Malkutgh Heavy Launchers

Med:

Large SB T2, Invulner T2, 2 amplifiers T2, Shield Boost amplifier

Low:

3x Beta PDS
1x Cap Power relay

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Originally by: Barakkus

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Ok, so this is what i've been using for a while now, it's a cheap setup but works:

Highs:
E50 Med Nos
2x 425 Scout AC I (1 fusion, 1 proton)
2x 650 Scout Arty I (1 fusion, 1 proton)
3x Limos Heavy Launchers (scourge, havoc and thunderbolt)

Mids:
Target Painter I
X5 Webber
LSB II
2x F-59 Reg Shield Extenders

Lows:
Damage Control II
Type-D Power Diag
2x Type-D Shield Power Relay

Drones:
3 Hammerhead I
2 Acolyte I

11,122 shield at 638 recharge with a 312 boost on the LSB II at 150 cap/cycle (2,735 total cap on the ship), I will usually run the LSB II to 50% cap when my shields are at 50% then back off for cap recharge for a while, usually works out pretty well, in a pinch I'll take it down to 25%. Usually I'll web a small ship that I let get in close and nos it to recharge some cap and just let it it alone till I have most of the others taken care of.

..all my gunnery skills are at 4 or 5 and don't have much trouble hitting smaller ships even if I don't have em webbed...

Definitely looking for recommendations to make this setup better tho, prolly going to fit 2 Core Defence Cap Sa***uard I's and a Core Defence Field Extender I once I get arount to making them.

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Originally by: Norwood Franskly

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I used to use a similar setup but my lows are a lot different, that tank won't last more then about a minute so keep that in mind... Do some calculations, this will likely depend on your skills but it's probably better off ditching the Missile launchers (hence you won't need the PDS's) and fitting Gyrostabilizers in the low, depending on skills you will probably get better DPS then using a split Missiles / Artillery setup. I'm not sure 720 are the best artillery to use the DPS increase from 650 isn't really that much and they loose a lot on the tracking but depends what your using it for...

Heres my basic Cyclone setup

[High]
5*650 MM Artilery Cannon II (you can use named ones if you don't have skill for T2)

[Medium]
Capacitor Recharger II
Large Shield Booster II
Invul Field II
Boost Amplifier
Magnetic scattering Amp II (can swap this for rat specific hardner)

[Low]
Damage Control II
2 * gyro II
Cap Power Relay II

[Drones]
4 T2 Medium

The 3 spare high slots give you some flexibility depending on your role, you can fit a couple of remote reps for gang stuff, you can stick in some neutrilizers (In old days I would use Nos) or even an assault missile launcher or two if your doing missions and need to kill the frigs.

That gives you resistances of around 60 and a tank that lasts a couple of minutes. If you drop the amplifier you can fit a sensor booster for gate camping things like that. I really like the cyclone since its dirt cheap and makes a good throwawy ship for PVP, not really a solo ship though as it lacks any tackle at all and the lack of a MWD can hurt it in some situations.

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