Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
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Posted - 2017.05.12 20:17:19 -
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How much cargo do you need? Or rather, why do you want a BR in the first place?
My current preferred low barrier to entry general purpose fit looks like this:
[Viator, basic]
Expanded Cargohold II Expanded Cargohold II Expanded Cargohold II
50MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive EM Ward Amplifier II EM Ward Amplifier II
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II [Empty High slot]
Medium Cargohold Optimization II Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II
Note that this is for high/low and not so much null or wormholes.
Features 10k EHP. EM hole is plugged to survive a lucky Tornado or a smartbomb camp in low. Has to be passive since I'll be warping cloaked .
Also gets 10k m^3 so I can move packaged cruisers or enough PI to make a difference. Obviously I swap out expanders (for a suitcase and nanos) when I don't need the cargo.
MWD is there to get back to gates. You don't want to have to use it, but you'll regret not having it if you do need it.
Rigs... well, one cargo rig puts me comfortably over the 10k m^3 mark so I don't see a need for two. I'm not taking this into space with bubbles but if I were I'd look closely at Engine Thermal Shielding. As is, this thing is built to move cargo quickly, so an HVO seems like a great choice. Warping at 9.4 AU/s (yes, my main was Transport Ships 5) with that much cargo is pretty nice.
So what DON'T I use this for?
Anything that fits in a yacht gets moved by yacht. Aligns in under 2 seconds AND cloaks AND has bubble immunity? Just don't whelp it into smartbombs and you're good. No better way to move blueprints.
If I need *slightly* more space and don't really want to pay attention to the trip (i.e., hit cloak after every jump) I use a travel Hecate. Again, high/low, no null on his one.
Obviously if you need more space there are better options: DSTs, Orca, freighters, etc.
How do other BRs stack up in similar configurations?
Crane aligns more slowly, has slighly less cargo, and has more EHP. Trading a mid for a low is kinda meh.
Prowler fits identically to the Viator and does pretty much everything just slightly worse.
Prorator has interesting tradeoffs. In order to get the 10k m^3 capacity you have to use 5(!) slots, but at that point it has the largest cargo. If you use the sixth, it definitely has the largest. But at that point it's made of paper. I do use one, but mostly because that character isn't trained to Gallente Industrial 5 yet. No regrets; I'd take the Impel over the Occator any day, but the Prorator is niche at best. |