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Megathron Suggestion
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Kevin Shore
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#1 - 2013-03-26 15:45:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Kevin Shore
Can anyone help me out with a Megathron railgun (tech 1 for now) fit for solo level 4 missions?

Maybe my search skills are failing me as the ones I find seem to be old and I'm not sure if they're still valid or not.

Anyways, is this fit still valid:

Large Armor Repairer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Armor Explosive Hardener II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II

425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
Empty

Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hammerhead II

If not, can someone suggest a better fit? I'll be getting one soon so would like to make sure I get the skills trained to fit it properly.

Thanks for any replies.
1c3crysta1
Silent Majority.
Aspartame.
#2 - 2013-03-26 16:13:12 UTC
Tank = Fine.
DPS = Ok.
Cap = Stable (Ok, if you lean that way...)
Anything extra = None

I'd say that it would work, but I would probably try change a recharger or two for some midslot fun (tracking comp, webber, jump drive, afterburner/warp drive and so on...)
And why don't you atleast use a drone link augmentor at that empty high?
Kevin Shore
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#3 - 2013-03-26 16:31:09 UTC
Thanks for the suggestions, that's the type of help I'm looking for.

I like the idea of a MJD, might come in useful.

Since I'm a complete noob at fitting I just looked up the highest rated on BC. It seemed old so needed some expert advice on if it was still a valid fit (wasn't sure if recent patches had changed anything).
1c3crysta1
Silent Majority.
Aspartame.
#4 - 2013-03-26 17:16:20 UTC
Don't think the Megathron have been changed for quite a while, but the expansion that's due 4th of June is going to overhaul the T1 Battleships, so be sure not to be completely surprised when it hits Tranquility.
As for the fit, it kind of depends on how comfortable you would be with having an instable capacitor, but in my opinion the Large Semiconductor Memory Cell is better then Large Capacitor Control Circuit. That is since it increases your capacitor buffer aswell as increasing your capacitor recharge rate (alittle less then the CCCs, but not enough to make the CCCs better).
Btw, have you heard of Pyfa or EFT?
Great tools to use when trying to get a good fit together!
Hakaimono
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-03-26 17:37:46 UTC
Drop a recharger for an AB and lose a hardener for another magstab or TE. Its good for getting your feet wet, but at some point you learn that gank is tank in missions.
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#6 - 2013-03-26 18:00:32 UTC
Kevin Shore wrote:
Can anyone help me out with a Megathron railgun (tech 1 for now) fit for solo level 4 missions?

Maybe my search skills are failing me as the ones I find seem to be old and I'm not sure if they're still valid or not.

Anyways, is this fit still valid:

Large Armor Repairer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Armor Explosive Hardener II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II

425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun
Empty

Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hammerhead II

If not, can someone suggest a better fit? I'll be getting one soon so would like to make sure I get the skills trained to fit it properly.

Thanks for any replies.


2 major things:

1- rats AI changes will eat your drones = you want flights of lights =hobgobs II and also good drone skills so those can clean frigs/webs/scrams and easily take care of close range cruisers too (with good skills it's cheese for them)

2-I need to regroup a lot in this 2 thing:


  • You don't need to be cap stable: if taking off one cap recharger gets you 20min whatever to deplete is more than enough so just change one for a tracking comp with 2 scripts on your cargo

  • you don't need to fit that much hardeners: keep one of each, add 1 T2 Energized Nano Plating and 1 DCU, this will save you a lot of cap and anyways it's already over tank but at least in a tricky situation your hull might save you (hull resists from DCU)

  • since your gunnery skills seem low I'll remind you what you need to ASAP increase your DPS significantly:

    • ->Tracking skill: ASAP 5 !! the higher tracking you have the better damage you will apply
    ->Controlled bursts: 5% cap saving per level on turrets when shooting = YOU WANT IT ! = more cap for reps
    ->Surgical strike: always more damage

    Then the other ones of course to 5 + AWU at 4 will change everything for you.

  • Ammo: always use faction ammo, dps difference is huge enough with decent skills but with low ones you don't want to swap on this one. Carry Anti Matter and Thorium one until you get T2 guns and ammo

  • Implants: +5's tracking, dmg there are 2 of these: large hybrids and all turrets dmg, you can swap the optimal one to a fitting implant

  • Gallente Battleship skill: at least at 4 gives you +20% dmg (5% per level) and 30% tracking (7.5% per level)= you want it !!



A lot more could be said but this is not really an option to mission with a Megathron, this ship requires very good skills to get the best out of it but once you have them maxed up, swap for a Navy one and eat missions FTL

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#7 - 2013-03-26 18:04:03 UTC
Very recent thread here. Everything there still holds.

As for the possibility of a major overhaul of battleships in June... we'll see. BSs as a whole are probably the most balanced class out there and won't require nearly the work that went into BCs/cruisers/frigs. We might see some tweaks, but I'd hardly expect a brand new Megathron that you can't even see arising from the old one.
Kevin Shore
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#8 - 2013-03-26 23:10:20 UTC
Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply and make suggestions. I will download the EFT program and see how it works.

It's still amazing to me how people can have a quick look at a fit and almost instantly pick out possible upgrades. I guess it comes with experience and having good knowledge of all the modules that are available. For those of us just getting started it's a bit overwhelming.
Bill Serkoff2
Tachyon Technology
#9 - 2013-03-27 01:40:53 UTC
You could ditch a cap recharger for a tracking comp, but otherwise, looks good.
Aside from the T1 guns, that is.

"The Cyclone and the Drake are two ships which will basically never be good for shield tanking, primarily because they have almost no lowslots in addition to shield tanking bonuses. " -Iam Widdershins
RavenPaine
RaVeN Alliance
#10 - 2013-03-27 03:58:25 UTC
Kevin Shore wrote:
Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply and make suggestions. I will download the EFT program and see how it works.

It's still amazing to me how people can have a quick look at a fit and almost instantly pick out possible upgrades. I guess it comes with experience and having good knowledge of all the modules that are available. For those of us just getting started it's a bit overwhelming.



They all learned, just like you will. Trying this, tweeking that.
Asking advice here and there.

If you fitted that ship on your own, you already have a good grasp of how to fit.

GL
Paine