Ships & Modules

Eventually, after I get better skills of course, I'd like to do some PvP with a vexor navy issue. However, the drone bay is confusing me and I was wondering if someone would be able to help me understand why it's at an odd number at 100 m^3.

Why is the bandwidth at a strange number, and why is the drone capacity that same size? It would seem that at most I could field four ogres, but then it can't fit any more in the drone bay. I won't have a fleet of lights or mediums.

If I use 5 lights and 5 mediums in the drone bay there's 25 m^3 left for an extra few drones in case I lose a few. At most it would be using only half the available drone bandwidth, though. Is this 100 m^3 meant only for 4 ogres or is it better to use half that and lose some DPS on larger ships? There would be no light drones to destroy frigates, with, otherwise.

Heavy drones aren't great at catching and hitting something unless tackled properly. That said, you could probably roll with 3 heavies and 2 mediums to get max DPS out of it. I'd probably carry a flight of Hammerheads, a flight of Warriors and a flight of ECM drones for PVP though. Depends on how you fly/fit.

Another benefit of this navy ship is the additional turret helping the damage a bit while using 5 hammerheads. It's not like once I put the drones in it's permanent, either. I can also switch out the drones to be more ideal for what I'm expecting. I can store some in the cargo hold and switch them out quick at a station if I'm expecting a fight where I'll need more DPS utilizing the full bandwidth of the ship.

I'd consider the Myrm over a Navy Vexor for trying out drone pvp. Myrm is much more forgiving- in an expensive, slow ship with cruiser-sized buffer tank you need to have a pretty clear idea of what you are doing. The drone bay size also dictates that you can't use the max drone bandwidth for dps, if you want to have both a flight of Warriors and ECMs... and a flight of ECMs is your only way to gtfo, as you can't really outrun anything that you can expect to take down.

I tried an 800mm gankish fit, but that didn't work out too well, so something like this is what I'd probably try next

[Vexor Navy Issue, Vexminator 1600m less tank]

Heavy Electron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Null M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Null M

Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I
Stasis Webifier II
Warp Scrambler II

Damage Control II
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Shadow Serpentis Adaptive Nano Plating
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I


Warrior II x5
Hammerhead II x5
Hornet EC-300 x5


1288m/s / 204m/s
45.3K EHP (55.2K EHP against explosive, which is pretty nice)
510dps w/Null, 677dps w/Void+heat

With faction EANM and hardener you could swap the nano plating to another magstab, gaining 50dps and losing 5K EHP. Probably needs some fitting hardwires, but I've been wearing a PG4 and KZA1000 since I tried to fit my first Gallente ships for PVP. Just plug them in and enjoy easy living

No problem, I really love mine. High DPS cause the guns add a fair bit as well and a great tank. It beats most Drakes easily. But like someone else suggested a Myrm is cheaper and has an even better tank so that be my first choice to go out into the drone world with.

VNI is a wonderful ship to fly, but it is a b**** to fit up. For maximum flexibility I usually go with:
2x Ogre II
3x Hammerhead II
4x Hobgoblin II

2x Ogre II + 3x Hammerhead II is half a drone's dps less than 4x Ogre II, but you gain flexibility in drone usage.

But yes, the drone bay capacity should be increased. Every other drone boat has spare drones available for the bandwidth (the drone bay should be at least as large as a Myrm).

Here is my fit:

5x Light nuetron blasters (or replace one slot with a medium neut/nos), void s for cruisers and above.
1x 10MN MWD
1x scram
1x 10MN AB (or replace with web)

1600mm plate
3x eanm II
1x armor explosive hardener II
1x damage control II

3x trimark


The best way to fly it IMO is max tank with light nuetron blasters in the highs. It can get close to the same dps as a HEB VNI, but it can also sport a 64k EHP tank and has better tracking at knife fighting range. Great for close range fights when there is lots of e-war on the field (which is rare nowadays, but if it every comes back into style.... watch out!).

These numbers are pretty decent compared to a Myrm, and with the lower sig radius the VNI may do better in some cases. However, overall Myrm is better ship. And in every case the Ishtar and Gila are superior hulls.