Ships & Modules

The 2x Ogre, 2x Hammer, 1x Hob drone flight is probably an artifact of the pre-rebalance Myrmidon, which had only 75mb bandwidth. If you're going to use Ogres at all with the updated Myrm, you might try a 3x Ogre, 2x Hammer flight, and carry some light drones as backup.

For PVP situations, the AAR is probably the way to go; and the third EANM will be probably be hit harder by stacking penalties than the RAH (which stacks with the DC, not the EANMs).

Try using the T1 Meta 4 version of web, scram and MWD. These are a bit better than the T2.

Drop the third EANM II and fit a Reactive Armor Hardener. In the worst case will it be about as good as a third EANM II, but otherwise add greatly to the resistances of the tank.

All in all is it a very strong tank, which is good, because it will buy you enough time to make decisions and to jokey your drones. If you ever think you do not really need that much tank then you should drop another EANM II and fit a drone damage mod. Killing faster is always better than lots of tanking.

The rigs seem odd, meaning, there is no clear direction visible. PYFA shows that it results in the best sustained rep rate if you were to run everything for the full duration and not do anything else. This is however just a theoretical number and not really practical. Triple Nanobot Accelerators will rep faster and thereby more than any other rig combination. Triple Auxiliary Nano Pumps is what you should use for the Ancillary Armor Repairer if you decide you want it or if you only want tank without using extra cap.

The Electron Blasters are not all that useful. At least not for low-sec. They have a very short range and require you to get very close to your target. Anything that wants to stay at range will not have much of a problem since a BC is not very fast, and what wants to come close will also very likely pack a good punch, meaning, it will be a brawler and you rather want to avoid receiving extra damage. The bit of extra DPS you get from the blasters does not make it a good trade or a good strategy. Nor are guns receiving any bonuses. At BC hull sizes should one start thinking about adding a smartbomb against drones. Energy neutralisers and vampires are also an option. These allow to draw cap from one target and use it to neutralise the cap on a second one. You should expect to fight multiple targets simultaneously. Therefore is using only blasters in the high-slots questionable. If it is for a high-sec 1v1 then it seems fine.

The reason why one fits dual cap boosters is because of the dual reppers and MWD needing a lot of cap. It is not really a good thing, but a necessity to make it all work, because all it does is to buy you time to run everything longer. Dual-cap boosters need charges and you will run out of them quickly using two boosters. Using the cargo space only for cap charges is somewhat desperate. You do want to carry a couple of spare drones with you and want to have the space to loot a few wrecks, too. This is where the Ancillary Armor Repairer comes in, because it provides its boost without needing extra cap. A single armor plate like a 1600mm Tungsten also buys a lot of time without needing any cap. It can be repaired after a fight. I am not saying you should change the tank, but if you ever get tired of running out of cap charges or not having enough cargo space then you should look into increasing the eHP.

I said the AAR does not need extra cap to provide its boost. And two cap boosters certainly go through charges faster than a single one can. The whole point here is that the cargo bay can be used for more than cap charges.

[Myrmidon, 1115 dps Dual Web Gank]

Damage Control II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Large Shield Extender II
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I

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 Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I


Ogre II x4
Ogre II x4

You don't need tank when you're doing 1115dps.

This is the point. It does not need extra cap to give its boost. Like you said, it uses Nanite Paste.

You do need the second cap booster or the two reppers will run the cap down. A single cap booster can barely sustain the two reppers and it also needs to reload its charges. Then do not forget that it has an MWD and OP seems to be new to the ship. If you have ever flown a fitting like this will you know how fast up and down the cap can go, so please do not argue with me that it did not need a second cap booster just so you then can say it is needed when you are being neuted. It is misleading and we do want to help the OP, right?

Thanks for the great input so far peeps.

If I drop one of the cap boosters I can squeeze a rack of ions on to it, but this adds a meagre 16dps and a 'meh' amount of falloff.
I also thought about dropping 1 blaster and fitting a medium smarty to counter drones. Problem with that is that since I am fighting at blaster range, I'm going to end up popping my own drones along with most of my dps. I can carry a flight of warrior II's to counter enemy drones - if I can tank long enough to pop them and then get my own damage drones out.

There is some scope for fitting some dual 150mm rails instead of blasters after patch 1.1 hits, which should give me a little bit more reach 'maybe' without trashing the tank. That's a bit of an unknown at the moment though.

As suggested, I'll tweak the tank to fit an AAR and a RAH.

I probably should add that this fit is for nullsec small gangs. With MAYBE some soloing once I get confidence up. I'm such a pvp noob that I'll likely pop in 2 minutes flat anyway.

That's why you also carry a flight or three of Warriors.

Also with CNAM, blasters can track a double-webbed frig.

Not exactly.

The AAR uses cap just like any other armor reparier.

To provide the 3x repair boost does it use Nanite Paste in addition to the cap, but it does not need extra cap.

As mentioned in other posts the lows could be done a lot better with a dcuII (rah wont have time to realize whats happening in most ppv situations).

Also second booster not needed anymore when on mar becomes maar. This trade off however may take new meaning with the new patch I havent tested it.

Finally with the changes in rails I would most certainly consider dual150s or 200s over blasters if flying this slow arsed vessel. Alternatively med a/cs as previously suggested but try to fit larger than dual 180s to have some barrage elbowroom.

FInally if you are considering a dual maar set up and decide to keep the injector anyway then med (heavy) pulses with scorch also work well with the other characteristics of this vessel. With the same lowslots neuting is also viable.

Have fun!

MWD frigs out of web range ...