Ships & Modules

Your tank can be sustained more with a Heavy Capbooster in one of the Mids.

But that is about it.

Try doing that, and then come back here asking where all your powergrid went

Remember to use Faction ammo by the way.

I will consider it of course.

And my powergrid is fine with the Cap Booster, as well as my capacitor lasting double it was previously.

The quick answer for your question, is use the online guides and avoid getting whole room aggro all the time...the best mission running ships around are those that rely on that tactic, rather than "fool-proof-overtanking"...ganky ships like the Machariel, the Nightmare etc, usually use only 3-4 slots for tanking mods (Golems some times use less) and simply kill stuff before they get really swarmed.

Tend to think that Abaddon is not good enough for most missions using T1 pulses - range is too limited afaik.
You do too little DPS @ range, and removing a lot of ships (not the triggers!) faster is the best form of tanking.

The second answer is what Zhilia Mann said: use a DC in place of a HS ii...does make a difference, as it stacks differently than hardeners, so that "minimal boost" you see in stats, is actually applied - and buys you time for when stuff get really ugly.

Look carefully at cap booster and fits with deadspace/officer mods.


Maelstrom is shield tanked and needs the mids making the booster effective. Armor tanks do not "need" all mid slots allowing for cap re-chargers.

Fits using officer/deadspace mods... if you have the money they are great but you cannot sub a t2 mod in a officer fit without serious cap or fitting issues. I prefer the Navy Apoc vs officer modded Abaddon/Apoc.

To me it sounds like your skills are lacking to effectively pilot a Abaddon. I would suggest swapping to a Apoc. Capacitor bonus makes it easier to fit and when forced to use beam lasers you -NEED- the cap bonus or you'll be forced to fit a RCU which effectively drops you down to 6 lows which is a tank sacrifice.

The Abaddon becomes more friendly if:

- Advanced weapon upgraded to 4 or 5.
- T2 pulse fit (the moment you can do t2 pulse the Abaddon is pretty awesome)

(with my current skills. IE. not all skill at V)

If you like to be over tanked while you learnt he triggers:

[Apocalypse, L4 Over tanked] Cap Stable

8x Mega Modulated Energy Beam I (Imperial Navy Gamma L)

4x Cap Recharger II

2x Large Armor Repairer II
2x Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Reactor Control Unit II

3x Large Capacitor Control Circuit I

5x Hornet II


Otherwise I ran this for a while:

[Apocalypse, L4] Cap Stable

8x Mega Modulated Energy Beam I (Imperial Navy Multifrequency L)

3x Cap Recharger II
Tracking Computer II (Tracking Speed)

Large Armor Repairer II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
2x Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Power Diagnostic System II
2x Heat Sink II

3x Large Capacitor Control Circuit I

5x Hornet II

I think rogue drone harassment you gotta make sure you're far away from the drones so you can shoot them with the lazors while they approach you in straight line.

Use microwave or some such long range ammo. Stick an AB (or even better MWD if you have the space for it) - drones usually have short range guns so 30-40 km away from them should work real good - they won't be able to hit you real hard and you will be able to hit them without.

I know armor ships and in general most mission BS move with about 100, but it's real nice when you can kill the stuff before it gets to you

The Drone Mother has a big punch......but she de-aggros if you warp out