Ships & Modules

I'm getting back into the game slowly and I am trained purely in gallente. A few friends and I are just going to hang out in lowesec for the hell of it and I was looking for some tips on what gallente frigates are good to use?

- Are assault ships good for pvp? ishkurs in particular?
- What about normal frigates? Which fitting of which ship is viable?
- are gallente interceptors any good?

I'm going to play with a couple of noob friends and I can afford t2 frig class ships and their fittings. We're going to blow up for sure but I don't mind.

I looked quite a few pages but can't find anything relevant and eve search only brings old topics which I can't really trust.

AF's aren't very good in pvp, but size limitations in FW and ordinary plexes make them viable. Ishkur is one of the best AF's.
Rifters and Merlins are best among T1 frigates. Punisher lack tackle, others just bad.
Both gallente intys are good.

Btw, most powerful frigs are Dramiel and Daredevil. 1st is half-gallente and 2nd is pure gallente Dram is very versatile and easy to handle, DD is direct opposite.

I personally love the Tristan as a cheap PvP platform.

It can put out close to the same DPS as the Incursus but that 3rd low lets you add a bit more Tank or DPS. Rockets are good in Frig fleets letting you add DPS on approach.

The up incoming changes will let you fit a MWD and Ions at the same time w/o compromising tank which makes me smile. The AB Ion fit is not bad for Frig brawling helping you control or hold range.

I use this fit for Frig Gangs.

[Tristan, MWD Tristan]
200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Adaptive Nano Plating II
Damage Control II

J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator
Catalyzed Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters

Light Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Rocket Launcher II, Guristas Thorn Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Guristas Thorn Rocket

Small Trimark Armor Pump I
Small Trimark Armor Pump I
Small Trimark Armor Pump I


Warrior II x1

I have used the Dmg Rig setup but with split weapons system I prefer to leave that to the Incursus.

Edit: I use Guristas Torn Rockets because they are an incredibly common faction drop selling for around 200 ISK a round. Very slightly less DPS then Cal Navy but they are 1/4 the cost.