Ships & Modules

SO, I recently returned to the game and I reactivated one of my old characters to help out with the new one. She has about 6mill sp and her drone skills are her best. I wanted to get her into a Myrmidon and so I've been playing around in EVEHQ but I'd like some advice if the community would be so kind.

What do you think?

[Myrmidon, Taiyou Hime's Myrmy]

2x Drone Link Augmentor I
4x 250mm Prototype Gauss Gun (Iridium Charge M)

Experimental 10MN Afterburner I
3x Cap Recharger II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link I

2x Medium Armor Repairer II
Prototype Armor Thermic Hardener I
Prototype Armor Explosive Hardener I
Prototype Armor Kinetic Hardener I
Drone Damage Amplifier II

3x Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I

5x Hobgoblin I
5x Hammerhead I
3x Warden I

I prefer ACs on my myrm and have a web instead of the link, but yours looks good enough for missions. I would drop the sentries though, I think they are more for use against BSs anyways. I'd probably go with mission specific hardeners or two EANMs and a DCU if I was being lazy, but that's just me.

Here's an T2 fit, something like this is something i'd go for

[Myrmidon, New Setup 1]
Medium Armor Repairer II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

10MN Afterburner II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Stasis Webifier II <- Or whatever else you might find usefull, possible a cap recharger if you're cap skills are lacking

250mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M

Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I <- With good cap skills, you can exchange this for a nanobot accelerator for a little better tank
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hammerhead II x5


Of course you can use t1 meta versions of everything if you can't use the T2 version.
4 lowslots for tank (3 mission specific hardeners + med repper) should be enough to tank the missions

Cookie cutter armor myrmidon fits are already recomended but another alternative to the myrmidon is the shield one! With the new drone damage amplifiers it really rokhs!


[Myrmidon, Crazy Myrmi]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II

Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II

425mm Medium Gallium Machine Gun, EMP M
425mm Medium Gallium Machine Gun, EMP M
425mm Medium Gallium Machine Gun, EMP M
425mm Medium Gallium Machine Gun, EMP M
425mm Medium Gallium Machine Gun, EMP M
425mm Medium Gallium Machine Gun, EMP M

Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I


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


Proper passive shield tank. Can change a large shield extendert with a stasis webifier or an afterburner if you have good capacitor skills. 547 omni tank with 2 invulnerability fields. Your worst enemy, sanshas blood are at 441. It's kinda over tanked for level 3s, because better safe than sorry. Remember that peak recharge on your shield is at 30% so if you drop that point, GTFO! When you feel ok with your tank drop an SPR for a DDA.

Due to low skill( strongly recoment both energy management and energy system operation to at least level 4) you may run into capacitor proplems. If so, change a Shield power relay with a Power Diagnostic system. When you got good cap skills get that afterburner. All V cap lasts for 20min, 10 min with afterburner. Close one or both invus when the incoming damage is low to save cap.

Drones are one set of thermals for everything exept angels(yea, get t2 scout drones u slacker!) along with an explosive for angel rats. 2 Drone damage amplifiers to raise up your dps. 329 all V dps (you will have around 200) which is also an overkill for level 3s.

High slots: I choosed some meta autos because myrmi does not have a weapon bonus(exept drones ofc). Autocannons are cheap at fitting and the best choise for close range. You can use them to destroy frigate size rats while your drones work on cruiser. Also capless, which is good for passive shield tanking. Alternative options include: Remote armor repair to rep your drones, Small tractor beam to get mission containers, drone link augmentator for more control range on your drones. Really, high slots are upon your preference and usually just add to your drone damage.

As for recomended starter skills to fly this setup(won't list prequiste for the T2 modules or fitting skills that you should have):

Drones:
Drone to level 5
Combat drone operation to level 3.
Drone sharpshooting, drone navigation, drone durability to level 3.
All race specilization(eg amarr drone specilization) to level 2, gallente and minmatar can go to level 3-4.
Drone interfacing to level 4
Scout drone operation level 5 for awesome t2 drones.
Engineering:
Energy management level 4
Energy system operation level 4
Shield management level 4
Shield operation level 4
Last but not least: Battlecruiser level 4

Thanks everyone for your input!

After looking at my Gallente pilots skills, she is a better Shield Tanker than Armor...

So I've gone with the Shield Tanked Myrmidon listed above with some minor variations due to skill and whatnot.


She'll be in a T2 tank and T2 Drones in just a few days! Cant wait!

does dropping a spr get you cap stable with ab running? if yes I'd probably add another drone damage amp, if not try a power diagnostic to get cap stable. keeping up speed can drop incoming damage a lot, as well as get you places faster.

also eft says you get a bit better tank going 2x lse 2x invlun, rather than 3x lse 1x invlun.

anyways this is how I'd fly it (sticking with arty)
[Myrmidon, blarg]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Power Diagnostic System II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II

10MN Afterburner II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II

650mm Medium 'Scout' Artillery I, EMP M
650mm Medium 'Scout' Artillery I, EMP M
650mm Medium 'Scout' Artillery I, EMP M
650mm Medium 'Scout' Artillery I, EMP M
650mm Medium 'Scout' Artillery I, EMP M
Drone Link Augmentor I

Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I


Hammerhead II x5