Hello there folks.

Im looking for some advice.
My main is hoping to start doing some combat sites in a C4 Wh shortly.
He can fly the proteus already and it seems like a solid ship for WH fun and games.

Budget of 1B-1.5B)


Cheers

c4 can be done by 2 RR Tengus with passiv fit :)

Sorry, I haven't a clue about proteus but all C4s can be soloed by a tengu. They be way quicker, obviously, with two tengu as Shenra suggests.

Some of the C4 spawns do test the tank of a MSB 6HML tengu, and if you let yourself get scrammed and neuted you may well die quickly.

I doubt that a proteus on your stated budget will manage to tank nearly as well as a tengu costing 2 - 3 times that .... so I'd hazard a guess that a proteus would not be able to solo all / most (if any) C4 sites.

i call bs on this (sorry )

No need to apologise. Your lack of imagination and thinking is not gonna limit or restrict my game. Those with the skills who've done this already will know ... and most who've dealt with me will already know I am not prone to BS.

Doubt i will have much difficulty sleeping at night because you're not a believing me :-)

I'll vouch. If Subs says it can be done, it can be done. Especially with the caveat that it isn't an optimal way to do it.

Although I think it is fair to say also that when she say's "solo" she is meaning one player, not necessarily one toon. I know from other threads she has a very pimped out booster alt at the very least.

No need to apologise. Your lack of imagination and thinking is not gonna limit or restrict my game. Those with the skills who've done this already will know ... and most who've dealt with me will already know I am not prone to BS.

Doubt i will have much difficulty sleeping at night because you're not a believing me :-)

ive actually managed to solo all c4 sites but 1 of the mags with a tengu. problem is taht you spend more time warping around and running like hell then fighting. but if you make some warp points in a site and make sure you warp before being scrambled its doable.......just a total **** job

as for the proteus: it cant solo a c4 and apart from the moros there arent any real good wh pve ships for the gallante

You'll have far more fun & games in W-space using a covops-fit Proteus with buffer tank & long point against other C4/C3 farmers.

For that particular role, the Proteus is the best of all the T3's.
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In w-space you also need a probe launcher, even if you're bonused for scram/point tackle range rather than scanning.

people still actually say/believe this?
wow, ok...

This is a fairly stock fit, which can be played around with:

[Proteus, Covops pvp]
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I

Republic Fleet Warp Disruptor
Republic Fleet 10MN MicroWarpdrive
Medium Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 200
Stasis Webifier II

Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M

Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I

Proteus Defensive - Augmented Plating
Proteus Electronics - Friction Extension Processor
Proteus Engineering - Power Core Multiplier
Proteus Offensive - Covert Reconfiguration
Proteus Propulsion - Gravitational Capacitor

Fairly cheap to fit. The RF Disruptor gives you a 45km point. You need a good faction MWD because you need to close to blaster range asap.
520dps, 115k EHP. Pimp it to T2 rigs, faction EANM & two Ded hardeners (em & therm) and a set of LG slaves and you have a very tough buffer boat (180k+ ehp) that will make kills in W-space, not least because it can engage a C3 farmer and shrug off a good 2-3 minute's worth of Sleeper aggro at the same time.
Bear in mind though that all C3 solo farmers are active-tanked, and usually in Tengus. You'll almost certainly need to fit a med neut or two to break their tanks which means gimping your dps quite a bit. It can be done though :)

The Proteus with a probe launcher is for those being aggressive and/or solo. You'd quickly find you want one if you use your tackler ship as the first scout into a new system, so you can immediately go grab something rather than have to sneak another ship into a system to have something to hand that can hold a point under any resistance. You're also able to chase things like Orcas/collapsing BSs through holes if you aren't tethered to an alt. You can still scan down K162s plenty quick enough or bring a dedicated scanner alt/corpmate/ship into a system once you've decided there's noone to kill/spook right away.

By all means continue scouting and tackling with a cheap frigate/recon. 18months, countless T3 kills and never lost the Proteus once so what do I know.