Ships & Modules

1. Change the ship. Vexor is gallente PvE ship for level 2 security missions cause drones allow you to adjust damage type to rats. Gnosis is alpha clone ship to go, cause you get all bonuses without skilling racial BC to 5. Executioner Navy is nearely perfect salvage boat after mission. You get damage bonuses you will not fully use in PvP due to paper tank and there are better ships to do PvE with.
2. Very few ships should be tanked both shield and armor. PvE ships are using active tank, not passive (repaeirers and boosters instead of plates and extenders) because you have to deal with long time streaming damage from NPC, rather low in DPS.
3. Close range hybrid guns will mean you will spend very much time flying from one NPC to another to get into your optimal.

If you decide to stay with exequror navy for, let say, fun or estetic reasons (fun is the only real reason to stick to something in that game, IMHO) you can try something like that:
[Exequror Navy Issue, Alpha clone PvE]
Vortex Compact Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Vortex Compact Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Medium 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I
Prototype Armor Kinetic Hardener I
Damage Control II
Prototype Armor Thermal Hardener I

F-12 Enduring Tracking Computer, Optimal Range Script
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
Eutectic Compact Cap Recharger
Eutectic Compact Cap Recharger

200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge M

Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I

light drones of correct type x5

Hardeners are mission specific, check eve-survival side to get info about missions.

This is the fit my Gallente Alpha uses to do lvl 3 missions

[Exequror Navy Issue, PVE Rail]
Damage Control II
Medium Armor Repairer II
Prototype Armor Thermal Hardener I
Prototype Armor Thermal Hardener I
Prototype Armor Kinetic Hardener I
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
10MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner

200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M

Medium Anti-Kinetic Pump I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I

Hobgoblin I x5

You can drop the 3rd hardener for another mag stab if doing lvl 2 missions.


The reason the ENI is better for Alpha clones is because they can't use T2 drones, this fit does 100dps more than an VNI that is equivilent fitted and tanks exactly the same, you still have 5 drones to kill frigates and you guns slaughter cruisers. And lets be honest here, you should never need to swap out drones for a diff damage type in the middle of a mission so the vexor's extra drones dont really make any differance.

As for Active armor tanking v your buffer tank ( which is normally used for pvp, you have Logi to heal you) for starters there's no need to pay a repair bill everytime you finish a mission which costs you valuable isk, and an active tank usually has higher resistances meaning you take less damage, therefore you can take more. Buffer tanks with big playes also really really slow your ship down.

Thanks for all the replies!

I have a question with Zalata's fitting. Why do you use 2 thermal hardeners instead of 1 thermal and 1 explosive? There's a hole in the resistance to explosive damage, is it not necessary for PvE?

Having railguns feels definitely safer. I'll keep with the simulations.

EDIT: I have a new fitting based in Zalata's one:

[Exequror Navy Issue, *PVE Rail III]
Damage Control II
Medium Armor Repairer II
Prototype Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I
Prototype Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I
Adaptive Nano Plating II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
10MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner

200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun

Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I


Hobgoblin I x5

Antimatter Charge M x1200

Cap stable, with higher armor repairs, but lower resistances. Should I focus in certain resistances or only in a couple of them?

I do not talk about vexor navy - I talk about ordinary vexor. If used with faction drones (federal navy , republic fleet, imperial navy) you will get good damage even with low drone skills. eve-survival.org will give you info about missions, its triggers and kind of damage to tank and to apply. Railguns on ENI will strugle to hit and to damage drones (weak to EM damage) or amarr navy, for example. Missiles and drones allow you to apply correct damage type and finish your mission quickier, therefore.
But I would still use Gnosis over any cruiser...

Um, you may want to check your post for a typo, or your knowledge of ships for a massive, gaping hole. Vexors have been drone boats, and had drone damage bonuses, since at least 2006 when I started playing.