Ships & Modules

Why would I fit a tank and get less iskies when I can just stomp my feet and pout on the forums?

Even if that were true (it's not, entirely. Different fleet compositions can serve entirely different purposes), it'd be seen as an acceptable sacrifice, i.e. part of the game. Anyone who PVP's knows that if you sacrifice your tank for anything else (sacrificing a shield tank for better lock times/tackle, or an armor tank for more DPS/mobility), you make yourself squishier, and you act accordingly.

That's the big fundamental difference between the two attitudes. PVP'ers make balance sacrifices all the time, and it's seen as a matter of course. Miners, on the other hand, go full gank (yield) while ignoring the tank bonus of their chosen ship and then scream about imbalances when they end up easy to gank because of it.

(note: I'm also not really telling YOU this, as I'm pretty sure you get it. This is more of a general screed for the dumbs that post **** like "WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO SACRIFICE YIELD").

Because it's no fun without targets.

Correction, it's no fun without smart targets. I now have an urge to re-read The Most Dangerous Game.

EDIT: Correction, its been long time since i read that in school.

But but but I could still be ganked by like 5 tornadoes anyway, so it doesn't matter anyway, I should just leave my mids empty.

To be honest, there's not a lot to be done about defending against alpha. If someone wants to alpha a hulk, they will do it.

The question is, would this survive a destroyer gank, which relies on DPS overcoming a buffer before concord arrives, better than that 29k EHP? As I said, this is very much a new idea and could probably be improved.



You try solo mining in null and then ask me that question.

I just kinda did fuzzy math in my head, i think a catalyst does about 700dps with the booster subtracting 200 of that, I think the bigger buffer would be safer. I am in no way proclaiming I am right, just my own opinion.

For some reason I can't take this fit seriously. That DG Thermic field is like 70M. "Gank me!" should be proper name for that Hulk.

You're right about the rest of the fit (hint: look at the title of the ship, it's a troll), but DG non-Invulns aren't that expensive, like 20mil maybe (I just checked the DG Thermic, it's 8mil, the others are different though). They're just T2 equivalents with lower fitting requirements. I used them on my ratting Drakes before my fitting skills were up to snuff.

What would really make this fit shine would be a Tengu booster, pushing it up close to 500 DPS tanked.

Buffer might be better, I dunno. I don't fly hulks any more, so I have no need to actually tank one. I'm just trying to put some new ideas out there and get those miners who DO tank their stuff to look into options. Because Eve is a lot more fun when you explore it, now matter how you do so.