Ships & Modules

I have hacked up a pyfa DB with the Rubicon Marauder changes and Bastion Module.

Installation:
0. Download new eve.db.rubicon from https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_CLlTV8bSxNNUlxWUtWbS1NSXM/edit?usp=sharing
1. Close pyfa.
2. Go to your pyfa folder, and then into the "staticdata" folder, e.g. .../pyfa/staticdata/
3. Rename "eve.db" to "eve.db.real"
4. Copy the new eve.db.rubicon from step 0 to the "staticdata" folder.
5. Rename "eve.db.rubicon" to "eve.db"
6. Start pyfa.

To restore your original pyfa database, simply, rename "eve.db" back to "eve.db.rubicon" and "eve.db.real" back to "eve.db".

The new Bastion module is in the Tracking Computers marketing group. Don't ask why, just search on 'bastion'.

ACHTUNG! Several of the Bastion Module's effects are always in effect even when the Bastion Module is "off", specifically the 100% shield boost bonus, the 100% armor rep bonus, and the 25% missile velocity bonus. You must REMOVE the module to see the non-Bastion mode statistics.

The skill reqs are not correct for the Bastion Module. The movement penalty (i.e. 0% velocity) is not implemented. The module uses cap, even though we don't know if or how much cap it will use. Fortunately, you're a smart cookie and can compensate.

Stacking. The resists shouldn't stack, but, I'm too dain bread right now to verify that. All the other features of the module (boost to optimal/falloff, missile velocity, etc.,) do stack.


tl;dr - If you fly a Marauder, you should no longer have fitting issues, and you should be able to downgrade to a Large Repper or Medium Shield Booster and still have a really good tank in Bastion Mode *and* be cap stable without too much effort, including the Paladin with T2 Tachyons and a Large IN Repper... without a cap booster.


disclaimer: I'm tired. If there are errors, it means spending time with my kids is (somehow) more important then EVE stuff.

Thirteen minutes of cap. 515 tank verus BR/Sansha, 817 versus Angels:
shield resists: 63.8 em, 78.3 therm, 81.0 kin, 81.9 expl
18,000 m/s missiles.

[Golem, Golem fit]

Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System

Pithum C-Type Medium Shield Booster
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Large Micro Jump Drive
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron

Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Fury Cruise Missile
Small Tractor Beam II
Salvager II
Small Tractor Beam II
Bastion Module

Large Hydraulic Bay Thrusters II
Large Hydraulic Bay Thrusters II

tested and when going with the common deadspace med booster fit the golem easily gets 1.4+k tank vs amarr / sansha while projecting way over 200km with ranges :/ - the only problem now is wheres the bonus to TP optimal and fallof to actually utilize those ? because at 100km the TP bonus starts to drop rather heavy

i dont rly see here any real benefits to the pve usage because marauders never lacked in tank in the first place
i feel like CCP rly wanted to help those afk missioners with this change only

Is the paladin optimal range bonus still in?

Offtopic but why would you fit tachyons instead of pulses in Rubicon? I think the real deal is the optimal bonus which enables pulse fits to over 1k dps at 50km or 1220dps at 30 with fast swap, using burst aerator II and 4 faction hs.

Looks interesting. As a Pally pilot, I'm sitting on the fence at this stage. However... I'm also interested in the feedback once itr hits Sisi tomorrow

OP - Thanks for posting.

stoicfaux, could you also post hull even for just the Paladin stats with all skills at V if possible, I.e for the PG, Cap amount & CPU? I was trying the same fit on eft but ofc it was over capacity with the mods so not a good comparison with the current hulls. I'm being lazy I know... Sorry my maths is not good at this time of night/ morning.

Probably. I didn't include it because CCP was rolling back the web changes, however that may have just been for the 2nd iteration's "web bonuses for all marauders".

I recommend using the rubicon EFT files I mentioned above in the meantime.

OMFG. According to the Rubicon EFT files, a Pulse Paladin with Scorch and 2 TCs in Bastion mode can reach out to 95km optimal + 19km fall off. Or just 80km + 16km outside of Bastion mode.

/sell_that_nightmare

Yeah I was very interested to see that. That makes me smile. I hope they do increase the tractor beam range even through a hull bonus.

New marauders are like bad sandwich... One piece of meat and 10 slices of bread... (overtanked, don't needed)