Ships & Modules

i think sentry domi with a micro jump drive is the go now because u can just warp off in the mission to avoid all the npc damage and just blitz them from range

Please don't do this, you lose literally half the effectiveness of the domi by sitting 100km away.

On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it

NotNavyDomi / 10

If you're armor tanking you need a reactive armor hardener.

If you're using a microjump drive you need at least two drone link aug.

And for PVE, you're not going to need warden's. Certainly not with two omnis.

And all that cap recharge is unnecessary.

And again, cap control circuits are bad. Semiconductors are good. For some reason everyone thinks its the other way around.

Sensor booster is better than the targeting range rig, by far. Most of the time, stuff is in targeting range, and then can switch to scan resolution for faster targeting.

If you think specific hardener's are better, you don't really understand the RAH. It maxes out at 60% of one resist and adjust to fit the profile. And it doesn't have stacking penalties. It's better than any one specific hardener, and it plays better with any of them. Max tank is 2 mission specific and one RAH, which works out because most missions have only one or two damage types.

MJD without 2 DLA means you have to leave your drones behind and watch them get popped if aggro goes weird, or you bring them with you and they ignore anything you're trying to hit at range. Further, you're at the mercy of your drones AI there and can't focus fire on specific enemies to trigger/avoid triggers. You should be controlling your drones, not turning them on and hoping they do the right thing. With great skills control range is 84km... which means you're sitting there, waiting, for rats to crawl towards you. First its slow. Second, it means you're goal of avoiding damage by being at range is getting compromised. Third, things like sentry and cruise missile batteries won't advance, they'll just pummel you from beyond your control range.

Wardens are useless for most PVE because kin weak enemies are nearly as weak at explosive, so you're better off with bouncers, which have a much higher damage and better tracking for that range. For EM/Th weak, Curators is better, with the second best tracking. Wardens are okay if you need to hit something much further than MJD range I guess, but hitting at 150km+ isn't that common in PVE. If you do want to hit this far, you're going to need more than two DLA!

I can't see any value in cap stability unless you're doing the AFK permarep thing. Which is silly and sacrifices an enormous amount of damage projection, which in turn hurts survivability. As for shield gank, I've tried it, and in my opinion it's less flexible (partly because of no RAH, partly because of the resist profile) and doesn't have much higher completion times because the damage projection of the rails are more helped by tracking computers and a target painter, along with being able to swap things like micro jump drive for crazy high damage rooms or ECCM for jammers or a MWD for those damn missions with long gates. So, I don't see lower completion times with shield.

CCCs almost never beat SMC unless its the difference between cap stable and not cap stable, and cap stable is your goal. If you're running a cap unstable fit (and you should) then the only scenario where CCC beats SMC is if you're hovering near max reacharge, 25% of cap, for 20 minutes or longer... somehow. In all other scenarios, the cap buffer for unstable fits allows longer tanking for the bursts of activity and a larger window of high recharge, leading to larger effective recharge rates.

OP isn't really getting enough milage out of the guns as it is to justify dropping cap rechargers for tracking computers. Furthermore, with t1 guns and t1 sentries, the cap recharge will probably be more handy as lower dps means you'll need to run the tank longer. Secondly, switching the CCCs to SMCs is also something i would reserve for people that know each mission fairly well and are well over the 800 dps mark. Plus, the SMC's bonus in running the max-tank longer is undercut pretty hard if you're using a prop mod or starting a mission at less than 90% (say due to warp drive activation). Other suggestions are good though (faction omnis, MO SKILLZ, MJD for missions that give you trouble). Also target painter works but the cycle time always irritated me so i prefer another mod.

My own suggestions: Upgrade the t2 hardeners to faction. I think you save on capacitor and its not too expensive, plus they overload better. BTW overloading hardeners (yes in pve) can be EXTREMELY useful when your tank is being overcome.

Rigs: I prefer aux nano pumps to nanobot accelerators. The aux pump improves both the repair rate and cap efficiency, while the accelerator only increases the repair rate. The nanobot accelerator becomes more useful when a second aux pump would be stacking penalized, or where cap is a complete non-issue. Yes, I am aware that the max-tank is slightly better with an accelerator than a nano pump, but the difference is small and the cap savings large. I would also lose the targeting range rig and use a sensor booster instead when you happen to need it (this is really up to your preference however).


Does it actually adjust to the profile, or does it split evenly according to the ratio of damage recieved? 30/30 isn't that impressive, but if its adjusting to the angel profile, or better yet focusing on the type thats applying more damage (ex: rats shoot 50kin/50therm but RAH adjusts more towards thermal because you have weaker resists there, hence taking more applied damage from that type).

This is just wrong. Bouncers and Wardens have the same tracking. Serpentis and Guristas are the only significant kinetic-weak rats i know of, but Serpentis have explosive as their top resist. Guristas have explosive as their second highest, with kinetic still performing 50% better than explosive (on low-tier BS, its more like 60-70% better on high-tier BS or elites).

Both of these statements are true.

Hi

Some Advice from an old veteran at using the Dominix in missions

Switch to a shield tank and upgrade to a Navy domi ... the slot layout for the Domi is excellent for a heavy DPS + shield tank and the ships bonus's do not conflict with the layout but favor it. Armor tanking a domi is fine at lower skill levels if thats what you are forced to do but the shield version will always have more potential output due to the layout and bonus's

Also to do good dps in a dominix in pve t2 sentries are essential ... once you get good with them you will hardly use anything else.

if you dont have the skills yet then train them .... if you want to be serious business in a domi then that is your path.

My experience with a dominix in pve extends from doing 100's of lvl 4's ( I have 9.0 standing or higher with all 4 factions navies(Amarr,Caldari,Gallente, and Minmatar) to Incursions(dozens) to wormholes(had a pos setup in a wormhole for over a year) to nullsec anomolies and probeable sites ..currently i rat in my home regions of Fade and Deklein which is serpentis and guristas and have made lots of billions of iskies using a domi in pve scenario's.

I used to use armor a very long time ago when my skills were lower but after i had maximized my skillset for a dominix a sentry+shield tank became the obvious choice.

I settled on a variation of this fit after the drone damage modules came out. focusing on a setup built for maximum dps and minimum tank to get the job done.

Although i understand this setup is above your skill level im sure you can play around in EFT and make a ghetto fit for it. then upgrade as skills allow

I always like to bring gardes + mission/rat specific long range sentries(curators,wardens, or bouncers depending on scenario)
1 set of ogres for cruiser and above that get under my gun and sentries(doesnt happen that much anymore) and a set of hob's for any frigates that dont get 1 volleyd on approach. this way you have nice damage potential no matter the range. The reguler Dominix doesnt have space for the hobs.

I like to use Javelin and or faction antimatter mainly depending on optimal of the enemy(quick reload on rails is nice)

[Dominix Navy Issue, DNI Shield PVE]
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Power Diagnostic System II

Gist C-Type Large Shield Booster
Shield Boost Amplifier II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Thermic Dissipation Field II
Cap Recharger II

425mm Railgun II, Javelin L
425mm Railgun II, Javelin L
425mm Railgun II, Javelin L
425mm Railgun II, Javelin L
425mm Railgun II, Javelin L
425mm Railgun II, Javelin L

Large Capacitor Control Circuit II
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I


Garde II x5
Warden II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Ogre II x5

Inherent Implants 'Squire' Energy Management EM-803 to get cap stability(really its not essential most of the time)

5000 Federation Antimatter
5000 Javelin
5000 misc long range faction ammo depending on scenario

I dont like to do alot of pimping on fits because im kind of a cheap ass .. this fit im pretty sure is still well under a billion though which is nothing compared to what alot of people spend. in my area most people use pimped tengu's and vindicators .. i however favor the domi ... i find it to be a nice balance of tank+dps for the cost. sometimes i do throw some serpentis mag stabs on though just because i seem to get alot of them in the fade region.

with good skills this domi does a solid amount of dps .. 1350 with my skills at good ranges and tank like 450 i think vs serps and guristas ... i used to run a heavier tanked version with less dps at first but the extra tank wasnt neccesary most of the time.

that is my advice and tips based on my past experience on using the dominix ... good luck with your missions.

^^^ This, pure and simple.