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Narc Erata
Doomheim
#1 - 2011-12-19 20:13:43 UTC
My goal atm is just to get the highest possible passive shield tank i can. Dont care about dps or speed ect..... Just the best passive tank. atm im going for the rattlesnake. Is there a better ship i should be going for?
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#2 - 2011-12-19 21:43:31 UTC
The Rattler will likely be the best passive tank in the game with good skills. Why exactly are you going straight for pure passive tank though? Are you just looking to fly the biggest brick you can possibly find and run missions in it?
Paragon Renegade
Sebiestor Tribe
#3 - 2011-12-19 21:51:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Paragon Renegade
Depends what type of ship you want to fly, like a Battleship or Battlecruiser.

Drakes work very well with a passive tank shield (Extenders or resistance boosters), and the Amarr battleships (Especially the Abaddon) work wonders with a passive armour tank (Rolled plates).

For the Gallente, the Brutix and Megathron are also good with armour tanks.

Minmatar ships are better suited to going fast, with nanofibre structures and a MWD (Speed tanking is the best tanking imo)

The pie is a tautology
Narc Erata
Doomheim
#4 - 2011-12-19 22:13:35 UTC
Yea pretty much the hardest brick you can get. Im going rattlesnake unless someone can think of a better one.
Strogen Mkok
Cyno Alts Inc.
#5 - 2011-12-19 23:17:17 UTC
It was never mentioned that said passive tanking ship had to be a subcap, so...

[Leviathan, Passive]
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II

Estamel's Modified Photon Scattering Field
Estamel's Modified Photon Scattering Field
Estamel's Modified Heat Dissipation Field
Estamel's Modified Heat Dissipation Field
Estamel's Modified Ballistic Deflection Field
Estamel's Modified Ballistic Deflection Field
Estamel's Modified Explosion Dampening Field
Estamel's Modified Invulnerability Field

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Large Core Defence Field Purger II
Large Core Defence Field Purger II
Large Core Defence Field Purger II

With all Vs, EFT is showing 11229 dps omnitank.


Also, crossposting is bad.
Athereon
Aths Harem
#6 - 2011-12-20 00:47:17 UTC
Strogen Mkok wrote:
It was never mentioned that said passive tanking ship had to be a subcap, so...

[Leviathan, Passive]
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II

Estamel's Modified Photon Scattering Field
Estamel's Modified Photon Scattering Field
Estamel's Modified Heat Dissipation Field
Estamel's Modified Heat Dissipation Field
Estamel's Modified Ballistic Deflection Field
Estamel's Modified Ballistic Deflection Field
Estamel's Modified Explosion Dampening Field
Estamel's Modified Invulnerability Field

[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]

Large Core Defence Field Purger II
Large Core Defence Field Purger II
Large Core Defence Field Purger II

With all Vs, EFT is showing 11229 dps omnitank.


Also, crossposting is bad.


lol - I'll have 3.
Tallianna Avenkarde
Pyre of Gods
#7 - 2011-12-20 05:37:58 UTC
Paragon Renegade wrote:
Depends what type of ship you want to fly, like a Battleship or Battlecruiser.

Drakes work very well with a passive tank shield (Extenders or resistance boosters), and the Amarr battleships (Especially the Abaddon) work wonders with a passive armour tank (Rolled plates).

For the Gallente, the Brutix and Megathron are also good with armour tanks.

Minmatar ships are better suited to going fast, with nanofibre structures and a MWD (Speed tanking is the best tanking imo)



Passive tank =\= buffer tank

A passive tank is a tank that relies on natural recharge to tank. It can only be done on shield fits, and generally works by having peak shield recharge > incoming DPS

Buffer tank works by having a combination of resistance and hitpoints to soak enough damage that opponents will be dead before hitpoints are all depleted.

And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell. Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell.
Capital T
Doomheim
#8 - 2011-12-20 07:41:31 UTC
The drake or the Rattlesnake will work best for passive shield tank. :)

and as replied to already, there is no such thing as a passive armor tank.
Xina Tutor
Hot Chicks
#9 - 2011-12-20 11:51:28 UTC
Nighthawk if you want passive tank and missiles...
Capital T
Doomheim
#10 - 2011-12-20 20:02:53 UTC
Xina Tutor wrote:
Nighthawk if you want passive tank and missiles...


Night hawk is very nice yes! less expensive than a tengu that is for sure!
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#11 - 2011-12-20 20:22:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Domi can passive shield tank. Not the highest, but depends on what you want to do.

For what it is worth, we used passive resist but remote shield transfer Tengu for class 5 and class 6 Sleeper sites, where you can be neuted dry by a single battleship, and still tank >1500 DPS. Tengu have great resists, a small sig, and a bonus to remote shield transfer. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=385146#post385146
Narc Erata
Doomheim
#12 - 2011-12-21 17:29:14 UTC
All the help so far has been awesome. To help clear things up, it has to be a sub. cap. ship. What i want to do with the ship dosent really matter as ALL i care about is getting the best passive shield tank possible. As far as i have understood the info so far in this thread the rattlesnake will passive tank the most dps.