Ships & Modules

Yes, if you're dualboxing with a rapier, a TD makes sense, what I've written and linked is largely applicable only for flying a curse solo.

As far as BS guns hitting you, I know they will hit you at point range, which is why I explicitly said to orbit at below 20km, ideally at 0km, and at 13-14km if they have a 2point.

In general you won't be finding/fighting battleships though, so I think while a valid consideration, it's largely non-applicable. If you live in an area where this is your primary prey, obviously fit to suit the situation. I've just suggested a fit that is generally successful vs most ships that are engageable in a curse, and is tailored to be optimal for fighting 2 cruisers/battlecruisers which is probably the most likely situation you'll find considering that people in general run from 1v1 fights with a curse.

Edit: From my experience flying a curse, having more tank is more useful than having a TD because their dps is already heavily mitigated due to your orbit speed and range, but considering the length of fights you will have in a curse, having a larger tank allows you to deal more easily with drone dps and secondary ships on the field (a very real and common possibility).

As for the poster who suggested that the only reason he would want more tank is so that he could fight drone/missile boats, but that he wouldn't anyway because he would die, I would disagree. The myrmidon, ishtar, gila, caracal, cerberus, any torp boat, domi, another curse, and any heavily tanked HAM ship (drake) all are engageable in the curse provided you have sufficent overall ehp and recharge to be able to tank their drones (or their poor torp dps) for a while, since the drones will be a significant portion of the dps.

There is really no reason to abandon these engagements so that you can win a fight vs a hurricane ultra easily via a TD. Lacking a TD makes flying vs turret ships require a little more effort, but at the same time you gain significantly more ehp and better resists to mitigate the lack of the TD.

Really it's a personal choice, but I think that for solo work, a TD is not as useful as it might seem and that overall having a bigger buffer and bigger passive recharge (important to consider when you realize how long fights in a curse go on) is just as effective in most situations and more effective in many others.

Sorry to say that the NOS Curse is not very good m8, it may seem to work on paper but with the way nos's actually work you have a high chance of capping out, consider using a cap booster, and filling your high slots with neuts

edit: TD's with optimal are really really effective, and highly recommended but if you cant know or at least predict what you're up against more tank will be more effective

Yes, I have PvPed loads in Curses (fair number of kills and some losses) and taking it out into any kind of serious non gank fighting without a cap injector is a bad idea. The Curse simply cannot use nuets and MWD for any decent length of time without. Stuff with its own nuets can grab you and **** you, especially things like double neut Canes if you cannot maintain MWD & neuts for any length of time.

This is the fit that i've used and was very happy with. It runs everything stable at 47% cap. It can run 2 neuts for over 17.5mins while having 2 mediums neuts draining it or 1 neut perma with the 2 neuts draining. so getting caught by a nano cane is no problem providing you can mitigate their damage and with the TD you should be able to.

I understand the pro's and cons of a med cap injector and i dont see anything wrong with fitting one but personally I'd rather not run out of cap sticks in the middle of 0.0 as you are then left with a dead mid slot and a seriously gimped ship.

Being able to perma run everything is useful and especially useful to people who are not so great at managing their cap (no comments like "if you cant manage your cap you shouldn't be flying a curse" please! They are really unhelpful and rather stupid) You can constantly keep on the move and baring a big fleet, you should be able to keep away from turret damage. Missiles are not your friend and while permaburning is good to an extent, the sig bloom from the mwd will only hurt you more with the missiles. Thats not to say you should keep away from missile boats, far from it. Just use your head and evaluate each engagement as it happens.

[Curse, Faction point - perma run. ]
Power Diagnostic System II
Power Diagnostic System II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive
Large Capacitor Battery II
Large Shield Extender II
Republic Fleet Warp Disruptor
Large Shield Extender II
Tracking Disruptor II, Optimal Range Disruption

Medium Unstable Power Fluctuator I
Medium Unstable Power Fluctuator I
Medium Unstable Power Fluctuator I
Drone Link Augmentor I
280mm Howitzer Artillery II, Tremor S

Medium Capacitor Control Circuit II
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit II


Hammerhead II x5
Valkyrie II x5
Warrior II x5
Hobgoblin II x5

can put whatever you like in the 5th high slot fitting permitting. Some like a cloak but even an un-active cloak lowers sensor strength causing longer locking time. I put a small gun in for extra agro but fit as u wish.

No offense, but this takes the prize as the worst fit that has been posted in this thread.

BC does not update. Don't be upset over a horrible Curse fitting.

You could honestly improve this fit by removing the 280 and replacing it with a mining lasor.

You are way to kind. :)

I was using it with the original fit. But I switched to a 3 missile/ 2 neuting Curse. Mind you last night was the first time I fielded that 3m/2n Curse. I'm always dual-boxing through with a Rapier, Vaga, or Falcon. So my play style is different from the "solo" roamer.

Not bad. May run into some slight issues with cap when running 2 Invulns.