Or having a 3000 DPS specific tank for PvE which is entirely pointless since you don't really need over 300 to get through most L4s

So I just decided to ET warrior up some fits for the Marauders after Rubicon hits with some specific requirements.

1. Each fit must be cap stable with the AB off
2. Each fit must be able to hit to at least 35km with respectable faloff
3. Each fit must be able to have over 1000 paper DPS with drones
4. Each fit must be able to tank 400 DPS against its weakest resist with the bastion module
5. Each fit must only use tech 2 modules
6. Each fit must cost under 1.5 Billion

... I know I'm not the best ship fitter out there so if anyone can improve upon these please do and post here. I just wanted to see what they were capable of on paper which is still drastically different from actual application so keep that in mind.

So I just decided to ET warrior up some fits for the Marauders after Rubicon hits with some specific requirements.

1. Each fit must be cap stable with the AB off
2. Each fit must be able to hit to at least 35km with respectable faloff
3. Each fit must be able to have over 1000 paper DPS with drones
4. Each fit must be able to tank 400 DPS against its weakest resist with the bastion module
5. Each fit must only use tech 2 modules
6. Each fit must cost under 1.5 Billion

So with those in mind I started to make some fittings, I quickly noticed that with the resistances from the bastion module you only needed a Large Armor or Shield rep and a damage control to hit my 400 DPS tank requirement which left lots of room for other modules. One thing to remember is when you're using your bastion module you have no transversal at all which means near perfect hits from NPCs all the time.

I also do not use webs on any of the fits as light drones should be able to take out the frigates with ease. You have 3 tracking computers on each one with the bastion bonus so you can get pretty decent tracking on all the gunboats.

The Paladin was the easiest fit to make cap stable ironically. You can drop one of the rigs and it will remain cap stable so you could add something else. But the fit tanks 564 vs guristas which is its lowest resists with just 2 tanking mods so that was pretty nice.

The Golem is probably my least favorite out of the marauders mainly due to range restrictions on torps. Its also less than stellar racial T2 resists don't help its case much leaving a massive EM hole in it. So if you're going to be using this against anything that does EM I'd put one hardener on it.

The Kronos has again pretty meh racial resists, leaves an explosive hole but it still has a 470 DPS tank vs angels anyway. Don't forget to swap ammo for some massively increased DPS on ships that like to orbit close.

The Vargur is my favorite out of the lot. It has autocannons so you get their tracking and this fit can easily hit out to 100km if you swap to Barrage ammo. The tank is a little light but remember this is tanked vs its lowest resists only. If you take it into angels missions it will do amazingly well.

I think the new marauders serve their purpose well for their cost. You don't get the blitzing power of the mach but I'm going to wait to make a numbers comparison until the next wave of re-balancing when it gets chopped down a few pegs.

All in all the new marauders are easy to fit and will do well with minimal taking mods leaving you a lot of room for fitting options. I know I'm not the best ship fitter out there so if anyone can improve upon these please do and post here. I just wanted to see what they were capable of on paper which is still drastically different from actual application so keep that in mind.

Thirdly, you have a 1.5 billion budget, but you limit yourself to T2 modules? /facepalm. Slap a ~110M isk Pithum C-Type Medium Shield Booster on the Golem and Vargur and then see what happens.

I had a pretty easy time making fits I like for the turret ships, but I can't get the Golem to work. Nowhere near enough cpu for essentially the same setup. I have limited experience with caldari fittings, so I'm probably doing it wrong in a few different ways, but still surprising to be able to fit 3 so easily and have so much trouble with the 4th.