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Exploring Gila Fit
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mxzf
Shovel Bros
#1 - 2011-09-28 18:15:15 UTC
Ok to all you exploring experts, I'm thinking about trying out some lowsec exploring in the Angels area and tossed together this Gila fit and I'm trying to figure out how to improve it.

With my skills this fit is cap-stable at 47% (with the AB off, almost 6 min with it on), though I need a CPU implant. It tanks 648 DPS with 66k EHP against Angels and does 345 DPS with sentries (I only have T2 Scout drones so far). I'm trying to decide if I need to trade a HML for a cloak and I'm wondering if that tank will be sufficient with 242 sig. I also still have 50m3 of room for drones, are there any other specific ones you'd recommend?

[Gila, Lowsec Explorer]
Damage Control II
Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I
Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I
Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I

Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Y-S8 Hydrocarbon I Afterburners
Domination Explosion Dampening Field
Invulnerability Field II
Codebreaker I

Salvager I
Core Probe Launcher I, Sisters Core Scanner Probe I
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Havoc Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Havoc Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Havoc Heavy Missile

Medium Core Defence Field Purger I
Medium Core Defence Field Purger I
Medium Core Defence Field Purger I

Bouncer I x5
Warrior II x5
Valkyrie II x5
Berserker I x5
Hornet EC-300 x5
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#2 - 2011-09-28 18:34:13 UTC
Personally I'd drop the launcher for a proto cloak and drop the DCU for a PDU (which means you don't need the fitting implant and how have over 9 minutes runtime with the AB plus a trivial gain on the shield tank).

Last 50 drone space? EC-600s. Might as well play up your get out of jail free card.
Elindreal
Planetary Interactors
#3 - 2011-09-28 20:08:10 UTC
no analyzer on an exploration ship?
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#4 - 2011-09-28 20:56:36 UTC
Elindreal wrote:
no analyzer on an exploration ship?


I'm used to flying around in an Ishkur with an Analyzer in the hold, unless you're going on long 0.0 roams there's usually a station in most systems, so it's easy to dock up and refit. Besides, about half of the Mag sites you just need a Salvager and most of them aren't worth a ton anyways. I also have an alt that I could give an Analyzer and have him follow me around, but I'm usually too lazy to dualbox, lol.

And, yeah, I was thinking that a cloak would be nice when I'm probing (though I couldn't off/online it because of the SPRs killing all regen). And I tried seeing what a PDS would do instead of the DC2, but I loose over 10k EHP (4k of it in shields) to gain 1 min of AB use and 2 DPS tank (and simply trading the HML2 for a cloak drops the CPU down to not needing implants, though I already have the implant from other ships, lol). And, yeah, switching to Med ECM drones makes sense (though I still have 25m3 spare then, lol).
grumpyguts1
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#5 - 2011-09-29 01:25:42 UTC
This is what I use.. cap stable with the unimportant stuff off and ab on. Neut is in case you get tackled, can kill the tacklers cap and warp away. You need to have your analyzer fit. I used to think a insta was good enough till I undocked and an hit a carrier parked in my way. Managed to dock up safely though. Anyway, this works for me. Once I get aggro with missile, I will switch to defenders.. helps a little and 1 launcher really doesn't do to much.

[Gila, Gila]

Salvager I_1
Heavy Missile Launcher II_2,
Improved Cloaking Device II_1
Small Tractor Beam I_1
50W Infectious Power System Malfunction_1

Magnetic Scattering Amplifier II_2
Large Shield Extender II_2
Large Shield Extender II_2
Heat Dissipation Amplifier II_2
Y-S8 Hydrocarbon I Afterburners_2
Analyzer II_1

Shield Power Relay II_2
Shield Power Relay II_2
Shield Power Relay II_2
Power Diagnostic System II_2

Medium Core Defence Field Purger I_2
Medium Core Defence Field Purger I_2
Medium Core Defence Field Purger I_2

Bouncer I, 5i
Ogre I, 5i
Warrior II, 5i
Hobgoblin II, 5i
Hammerhead II, 5i
Vespa EC-600, 5i
Tyrnaeg en Varche
#6 - 2011-09-29 06:18:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Tyrnaeg en Varche
I used a Gila vs. bloods with considerably less tank. Could solo the 6/10 DED Crimson Hand Supply Depot.

If you go against Angels, you can have 770+ tank with:
4x T2 Shield Power Relays (SPR)
2x T2 Large Shield Extenders (LSE)
1x Explo Dampen Amplifier (passive)
1x Inv II

That way you can fit both Analyzer & Codebreaker in MIDs and Salvager & Tractor in HIs.

If you want to fit a cloak, change T2 SPR for Beta Reactors (meta 4) in LOWs and drop the tractor - Prototype Cloak then fits.

Why do you need a propulsion mod? Slowboat to the gates while drones kill stuff.

EC-600s for the spare drone space.

Also, Gila shines with T2 Heavies or T2 Sentries - you got to train for them.
Mem Moriaty
Jedis with Pitchforks
#7 - 2011-09-29 11:20:01 UTC
Running both analyzer and codebreaker in areas where you can refit easily (aka most of lowsec as well a quite a few areas of npc 0.0) is a waste of tank or even gank.

Used a similar Ishtar once, was quite decent, only problem is your rather low scan str without scan rigs. Cloak is a good suggestion, i'd prolly go for a T2 cloak for cloak/mwd trick when in travel mode (requires you to fit for mwd as well, but you get the idea). MWD is sometimes also advantageous if you need to gtfo from the warpin point asap (some blood raider sites come in mind).