Ships & Modules

Afternoon folks,

Hopefully picking up a Paladin within the next couple of days and had a browse around for various fittings with many different variations.

I will be using it for L4's in Amarr space ideal for the damage types etc. The high slots are pretty standard with the guns, tractor beams and obviously the Bastion Module.

Mid slots tend to be either a MJD or MWD alongside three TC's 2's although this also varies. My only debate being is a MJD required for what I will be using it for? Is it viable to just setup in Bastion Mode and between Scorch and Conflag obliterate everything within 120km or so?

Low slots are generally 3-4 Heat Sinks, a couple of EANM and a repper. Is there any particular reason to spend the 300-400m on a faction repper or is it just as viable to pick up a standard large repper for L4's?

Rig slots also vary greatly, some people opting for 2x CCC whilst some go for rep bonus rigs, optimal range rigs and damage rigs. Is there any great advantage to any of these, or is it a personal preference?

I understand that a lot is people's opinions, based on skill and other factors, just curious as to whether for Sansha L4's, there is a generally accepted optimal setup for the Paladin?

Cheers,

FL!

Cheers for the reply Novah.

I am similar in the fact I regularly forget to turn my repper off and as such prefer to have a bit of flexibility with the cap so the 2x CCC's will indeed be the way I will go!

Think I may just run with a MWD or probably an AB purely just for getting to gates in missions.

As for the repper, I will look into it on EFT. Even with a normal T2 repper I think I was hitting 900+ specific tank with a couple of EANM's which is plenty enough for any L4!

On top of all that, the dcu is a good step forward avoiding being ganked, The extra buffer adds a bit fair bit to the cost of ganking you, which might not be a bad idea given you have mentioned you'r inclined to use a faction mod or two.
Which incidentally are completely unnecessary (though not without merit) .

I like my Paladin easymode.

Runs everything fine. Burst tank of 850 with all 5s, but you'll hardly ever need it. If you mess up the triggers then sure (note to self: Damsel in Distress becomes Capsuleer in Distress when all the battleships are triggered and shoot you at their optimal) but when you MJD away, only Guristas BSs pose any form of threat (due to high damage long range missiles).

Fitting choices: T2 rep due to not needing more really, but the navy EANM is there just in case. 2 Faction Heatsinks for the extra damage, but the third doesn't add much anyway so that's just regular T2.
Rest of the fit is T2 because really the stats aren't enough to justify the cost on a ship that's easy to get on a ganker's hit list. On that note, a DC2 is a balance between EHP and another EANM for sustained tank. Nearly 100k at all 5s isn't bad for not fitting an old-fasioned buffer tank.

for my fit i also go for 4x heatsinks (3x IN 1x T2) and a t2 aerator, stacking be damned that extra 50dps is worth it, i tend to use pulses but also keep tachs and a sebo in the hold for if i get a longer range mission and dont want the 80% EM from scorch, im currently trying a RAH + EANM + T2 rep, but the RAH doesn't seem to be worth its cap cost compared to a DC or EANM ( skill trained to 1 it'd be even worse if i had trained it further)

for what little bling there is worth putting on all i would bother with is faction heatsinks, maybe a core C MWD if you tend to keep a mwd fitted in combat, i tend to just leave the mjd fitted and do a 2hop to the gate, faction tank is uneeded with bastion