Missions & Complexes

Playing with my lovely Kronos in this Arc. Lost few ships on Singularity.... Final fit looked like:
[high]
4x Blasters
1xBastion

[med]
MJD
2xTracking Computers
100MN MWD

[low]
1xReactive AH
2xEANM
1xLAR2
3-4x Magnetic Field Stabs

[rigs]
2xLarge Auxiliary Pump T1

This fit could get me to first crossroad low-sec/high-sec. But it lacks capacitor. Once i had very moment when i was very close to getting out of cap completely.

- I'm thinking about replacing MD with AB. But then in later missions i will meet close-range gallente NPC with speed 1400m/sec.
- second plan is to switch one TC for capacitor booster. But then i lose range.... And some of NPC will orbit at 40.

Don't want to pimp fit. So preferable it will be T2. Maybe switch rigs to T2 too. Not sure if it will help tho: bonus 20% vs 15%.

For comparison shield passive Rattlesnake (T2 fitted) has very easy time with the same missions :(

Quite recently I have finished Gal Epic Arc with new Kronos. Overall it worked nice even though I had a couple of close calls (due to own overconfidence).

The rule numer one: ALWAYS HAVE MOBILE DEPOT IN YOUR CARGO. ALWAYS.

Among other things it means you do not necessarily, not always, have to fit both propulsion mods. You can switch them on field, as situation dictates. And dropping the depot while activating bastion doesn't cost you anything.

It also means you can beef your tank if things go south. This one saved my skin on Assistance which Batelle mentioned. During the Showtime too.

As to your fit, it's nice to have one or two cap mods, be it rig or cap recharger. As a rule of thumb take that ship must be stable when having guns and supporting modules activated. I used to fly with one cap rig and one cap recharger (recharger to be replaced if something else was needed there) and I never had cap problems.

I understand your need not to pimp the ship but the repper is a single thing which you can consider throwing some money on it. Just decide how much you are willing to spend and buy the best one you can afford with this sum.

And like Batelle also mentioned, omnitanking will not take you far. Except for hardest missions single hardener was enough.
Edit: damn mental shortcut. What I meant is that one specific hardener will give you as much protection as this omni tanking setup and when one hardener is not enough, this omni tank will be too weak too.

And before I forget, The Showtime is still the mission with highest dps in this Arc, so even with bastion be careful (or, especially with bastion, because when you deploy you will have to stand against them for whole minute).

HTH

thanks for information. I will use it all

Is that your regular mission fit or have you run it through the epic arc successfully as well?

just asking since this thread was asking specifically about the epic arcs. Would love to know how it holds up when you run it.

Never used a Kronos myself, I've done the arc 3 times with mjd/mwd active rattlensake and once with an AC mach (ab fitted). Once you know the trick on assistance its pretty easy to kill stuff without face-tanking it, and I've never had much trouble, but fitting the correct hardeners helps a lot. Its also nice to have something fast to blitz the last room of carry on hub. The lowsec branch pays a lot and is pretty quick, doable with a cap injected AF or a covops fit t3.

I've never done the epic arcs, is there something special about them that makes you want to use blasters?

I run plenty of level 4 missions in my range tank kronos kinda like they talk about in the comments for this except i use sentries also. I don't have any modules for cap, and i never get below 50%.

Has anyone ever tried a Kronos with snake implants? I haven't flown it and haven't the slightest how well it applies its dps up close. Wether it's good enough to be worthwhile to bum-rush them cycle bastion once and move on.
Edit: it sounds like fun to me, might nto be as agile but the speed will be a little under the machariels, I say that without taking mass into account. I can't run EFT atm but the kronos has a little less mass.