Missions & Complexes

For the most part, like you said, you don't really need much else. That being said, more speed and agility is always welcome so I'd go with 3 Poly's if you don't need more cap. And with the extra speed, you'll be taking less dmg, getting into optimal range faster, getting to the gate faster, etc.

Hmm, with a dmg rig I can only fit 2 rigs at most. I guess I'll go with the tracking rigs then.

Hmm, will be from 57.9 to 65.1 % em resistance with a T1 rig, not that fantastic.

T2 burst aerator
Anti-EM screening / Capacitor Safeguard
All you need is shooooting power.

Caution, that thing isn't always true. (also, you may actually need the recharging cap sometimes)
Mh. Math will explain it.
T = Time that capacitor lasts
C = Total Capacitor
Cr = Capacitor Recharge (/sec)
Cu = Capacitor Use (/sec)
Δc = Cu-Cr

T = C/Δc
SMCs highen C, and to an extent Cr. CCCs highen Cr by an higher factor.
A set of SMCs will highen C by 52%, and Cr by 52%.
A set of CCCs will highen Cr by 64%.
to get a better time with CCCs than with SMCs, we have to decrease Δc by more than 66%,(1/1.52) counting only the 12% advantage CCCs have on SMCs. This means that (Cu-Cr*1.52) < (Cu-Cr*1.66)*1.52 . Basically, when stability is near.
in situations when Cr>cu*0.52, before rigs, CCCs are better, even for cap longevity.

TL;DR: If Cap used is > 2x Cap Recharge, SMCs. If not, CCCs.

I've installed a T2 burst aerator + the anti-em rig. Works fine so far, never ran out of cap yet. (I've put a Corpus X-type heavy nos on there as extra cap though, just to be sure.)
Might just swap that for a tractor beam later.

I'm still wondering if Faction ammo is cost effective however...

I listened to the EFT warriors when I started Mach'in it.

Use CCC's. Heres why;

How long you can sit down and do missions is the critical factor. If you cannot decrease your mission time enough to be able to do one more mission, its futile. I noticed rigs gave me a few more dps, I forget the exact number, but i think it would go from 1008 to 1038.

I tried it with rigs besides CCC"s because people on the forums said it would decrease my mission times. It did not decrease mission times by any significant amount. And having the 3 CCC's allows me to only use 2 hardeners (except sansha) and a gist b xl. The f-90 and OTL DO decrease mission time. Foe example lets ask this guy...



What is your mission completion time with and without the CCC's?



Fixed.

I used mach with wide variety of rigs from cccs, cdfes and cap safeguards to t2 ambits and burst aerator - and neither of them was able to reduce mission time by noticeable amount.

I also decided not to use heavy drones after first mission with my mach.

With that Medium shield booster you have an excellent ratio of cap used and shield points provided. However the actual shield points provided is low, it's just it will barely nibble your cap.

Without pulling up EFT, I'm pretty sure that fit is cap stable even without more cap rigs.

The then the goal is the make use of the shield points you are getting out of it.

This means increasing resistance, even if just a little. Tech II screen rigs are worthwhile on this ship.

Polycarbon rigs would increase your defense slightly, but the bigger difference is that you'd get where you're going faster, and thus finish missions faster.

With seven Tech II guns in your highs and seven weapons upgrades in your lows I wouldn't worry about your ability to kill stuff. I might even consider dropping a low slot for a Damage Control II or Nanofiber. Damage Control improves tank slightly, but also helps a lot if your shields fail. Nanofibers structure: See above about Polycarbon. Weapons rigs only make sense if you only have a few weapons upgrades in your lows.

Actually I would seriously consider another shield booster. I use an extra-large booster with Capacitor rigs to great effect. Though there are problems when I forget to turn it off. It could also work to have two shield boosters, however you would likely lose the shield booster amplifier. The first booster would be less powerful, but at least you could use all your capacitor for tank in a pinch.

How so? Can you use only 2 shield slots then? Just one booster and one hardener? Because with 3 slots you are covered without any rigs.