Jacob Holland
Gallente
19th Star Logistics
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Posted - 2008.01.06 17:30:00 -
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Bearing in mind the Myrmidon's repair amount bonus it is almost the case that the more armour repairers you can squeeze on (while still maintaining capacitor) the better, at least at higher skill levels.
You are presumably facing Guristas and Serpentis from your hardener fit, dropping one of the thermic hardeners (both factions do more Kinetic than thermal, Guristas much more) and replacing it with a second rep may well be benifitial.
(On Angel and Drone missions, where all four damage types can be found I have used an explosive, thermic and kinetic hardener set and three medium reps, maximising the ship's bonus and the rigs fitted. It's slow as there's no space for an Afterburner but...)
Of course the beauty of EVE is that if you don't get on with a race's apparent playstyle (and don't want to change your approach until things work for you) then you can always train in another direction - it doesn't take long to get the skills to fly a Drake.
As for passive fits on Myrmidons, this refers to the passive shield tank consisting of Large extenders, Invulnerability fields and a shield recharger or EM resistance amp in the mids and Shield Power Relays in the lows so that your shield recharge rate is increased so much that damage simply cannot penetrate the natural recharge.
Capacitor becomes a major issue in this configuration so capless weaponry or nosferatu are used to supplement your drones.
And yes, the Myrm is very good at passive tanking, outdoing the Drake considerably with the proper fit. Your assumption that Gallente are all about armour is broadly appropriate but flawed, Amarr are as close as one gets to "all about armour", caldari as close as one gets to "all about shields"; Minmatar and Gallente lie somewhere in the middle, Minmatar having several shield tanked and several armour tanked ships while Gallente are predominantly armour tanked... However, according to the backstory it was the Gallente who invented Passive Shield Tanking and they still have some of the best ships for the role.
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 Originally by: cordy
Respect to IAC .Your one of the few people who truly deserve to own and live in the space you are in.
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