Ships & Modules

Stratios can't break Skomener Effotber so Ishtar is your only real option if you're solo and want the 6/10 as an option.

I should probably mention I'm looking at Ishtar armor fits if anyone has any suggestions.

Thanks for that fit. Looks like I'll have to train some shield skills then If anyone else has any other suggestions I'd be grateful

Thanks for the Stratios option too Dan....makes decisions even harder! I currently use a Stratios for High Sec stuff. I had a feeling the Ishtar might have been the way to go but will give both these a look.

You will be way more likely to get into a bit of pvp in lowsec than high.

Last I checked, Ishtar is still cheaper than a Stratios.

Thanks for the advice. I shall test both drone types I think. And yes, as the Ishtar is cheaper it's another good reason to consider it for low-sec stuff. To be honest, the drone damage alone, being better than the Stratios, makes me tempted to give it a shot. Any more fitting suggestions or advice would be great

I'm just wondering...shouldn't I be fitting a MWD to avoid camps? I've used MWD+Cloak in null but not sure how much it is needed in low-sec. Sorry for the stupid question

Thanks for everyone's advice. I think, after a bit of shield training, I'll give the stratios a go with the fit. As I have the ship already might as well try it out :)

Stratios for anything under 6/10.

Take a mobile depo with you and fit for whats needed.

Go in via WH/ travel fit. Change to PvE/ scanning fit. Change to all out PvE for 6/10's

My comment on the Stratios combat fit posted earlier is what Batelle has already suggested: Curators. I wouldn't use that fit as posted, although I would try to fit a shield rather than armor tank too (lows are pretty much reserved for damage mods).

The gist of it is: make it as good a platform for sniping with Curators as you can. That means three things:

1) DPS: 3 DDAs at least, pereferably 4.

2) mobillity: I would consider MWD a must (Gist C-type is quite good and doesn't cost an arm and a leg these days).

3) ranged damage projection: meaning drone link augmentors rather than lasers in highs, and probably a Signal Amplifier in low. One turret of some sort will be useful for pulling aggro, but they are not very good as far as damage dealing (especially vs Sanshas with their TD, use light drones to kill any frigs that get too close).

Finally, there's the question of finding out if you can sacrifice any tank to fit an omni or two (Fed Navy preferable); since you'll be taking EM/Thermal damage your shields are very week too, this may be tricky and maybe not worth it in the end.

You should be aming to engage at ~80km range, and keep relocating and blapping them from distance until incoming damage is manageable; then switch to Gardes or light drones as situatioin dictates.


EDIT: Just realized that unlike Ishtar Stratios does not get MWD sig reduction bonus , so might cause not only some cap issues, but also incoming dmg issues; so maybe it's better to stick with an AB after all.

Anyway, hope you have fun playing with the possibilities in EFT, pyfa or w/e you use, to me it's one of the things that makes the game so enjoyable ;).