Ships & Modules

Hello all,

So, I'm a rookie, I've had a few cool ships so far. Standard Tristan, atron, catalyst. I foolishly bought a vexor and swiftly had it blown to pieces while on a test run. Now I have an Algos. I love it. Really enjoy using drones at a distance and firing off some shots around 10 - 15 km away.

I'm doing the sisters epic arc, so you can get a jist of where I'm at.

Now, I've tried various fits, but I don't think anything feels great. Also, drones confuse the balls off me. I'm at level 4 drones so I can use 4, but obviously don't have high drone skills just yet. So don't know what to use, currently I have 2 hammerhead 1's and 2 hobgoblin 1's.

Anyway, what can you recommend? I like to have 4 hybrid rails, I'm fond of cap rechargers (hate my capacitor being empty in battle), and I have damage control 1 usually. Oh and an afterburner to double my speed. With or without my preferences, what do you guys think?

Also what is tanking? I imagine a heavily armoured tank but I'm guessing it's not that.

Ty guys,

Tiberius.

Check out the Magus, the t2 variant.
fun little thing but has more than tissue paper for tank

Also I can't use hobgoblin 2's yet.

never fit warpstabs. fitting warp stabs is fitting for failure from the start, it is better to fit for success!

tanking is pretty much just your ability to take damage. Missions set the bar pretty low for tanking. Level ones are typically pretty low and you should be able to make it through with a small rep, most frigs/destroyers won't have much room for resist mods anyways. The fit in this post has a damage control for resists and a small rep.

In pvp there are many scenarios but I'll cover two quickly. One: small gang or solo pvp will often use a burst tank which will try to quickly regen hp with ancillary armor reps or shield boosters. Two: Buffer tank this uses mostly passive mods like shield extenders and armor plates to increase the raw hp pool on the ship, and resist mods to reduce incoming damage. Many soloers or small gangs also like buffer tanks as they give a large buffer to take a few stray shots, and typically use less fitting resources than active tanks. And fleet fights like buffer tanks as the high resists multiply the effect of incoming reps from logistic ships, and having high hit points and resists hopefully gives logistic ships time to target and repair you

this is a pve fit I had laying around in EFT. you seem to have figured out some drone kiting tactics so I'd keep those up. this should fit and be cap stable at somewhat low skills, but if it isn't yet just remember to turn the rep off unless you've taken damage. Also remember you can use your afterburner and speed to avoid damage.
[Algos, rails armor]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Small 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I
IFFA Compact Damage Control

1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
Drone Navigation Computer I
Cap Recharger II

150mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge S
150mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge S
150mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge S
150mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge S
150mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge S
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Small Capacitor Control Circuit I
Small Capacitor Control Circuit I
Small Capacitor Control Circuit I

Hobgoblin I x5
more drones to taste

Destruction is everything!
That's the destroyer role.

[Algos, Algos]

Drone Damage Amplifier II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Type-E Enduring Cargo Scanner
Initiated Compact Warp Scrambler
F-90 Compact Sensor Booster, Scan Resolution Script

Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S

Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I
Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I

Hammerhead II x2
Hobgoblin II x3

Its for highsec suicide pvp i think.

Thats pure eft warrioring though, a cargo scanner and a sensor booster on a real pvp ship? Please dont post fits like that in threads where people may actually fly them.


Especially since if you wanna fly a extreme dps dessie the cata is just better:

[Catalyst, New Setup 1]
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
IFFA Compact Damage Control

5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Initiated Compact Warp Scrambler

Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Void S

Small Processor Overclocking Unit I
Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II


It does 29 dps less then the algos (if that uses 5 hobs, cause using medium drones vs frigs is a massive dps loss) but has better range with guns, has a prop mod and its not actually paper but has over 7k ehp. A proper fit algos also would rip that dps fit apart.

Yes, thats totally useless knowledge. Its not important what a max dps algos without a propmod or a web can do, in any proper fight it will never once matter. No one will ever fit one that way because its ****, if someone actually does hes a free kill. Its only use is highsec pvp, apart from that its pure eftwarrioring (and since you claimed it wasnt for highsec pvp, you were doing just that). If you put officer mods on there it will do even more theoretical dps, but that irrelevant too.

Which has about as much place in this thread as:

[Algos, New Setup 1]
Micro Auxiliary Power Core II
Micro Auxiliary Power Core II
Micro Auxiliary Power Core II

50MN Cold-Gas Enduring Microwarpdrive
Small Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 400
Warp Disruptor II

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

Small Ancillary Current Router II
Small Ancillary Current Router II
Small Ancillary Current Router I

Hobgoblin II x5

Which is none, that fit is interesting too and it pushes the limits of another stat as far as possible, its still **** though and shouldnt be linked.

When i was using Algos i used the passive shieldfit also, i think nanofiber instead the omni since it didnt exist back then and speed was more important than minor damage. I think i had drone nav computer there too instead the second extender.