Ships & Modules

Dual MAR is terrible. Stop that. You wonder why your dps is low? Also the locking delay on the covops cloak should be 5-6 seconds, and the reactivation delay should be less than that. The ship has absolutely acceptable dps with 4 drones. You just need to fit it right.

I've got a fit in mind for a Stratios Explorer. Not sure how good it is mostly because I don't know cruiser fittings all that well... So constructive feed back is more than welcome -

Stratios - High Sec Explorer/Combat sites

High Slot
Sisters Core Probe Launcher
Heavy Pulse Laser II (Scorch M)
Heavy Pulse Laser II (Scorch M)
Heavy Pulse Laser II (Scorch M)
Heavy Pulse Laser II (Scorch M)

Mids
Data Analyzer II
Relic Analyzer II
Large C5-L Emergency Shield Overload
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
10MN Afterburner II

Low
Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II
Damage Control II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Rigs
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II

Drones
Adjust to taste. My fit currently shows -
5xHobgoblin II
5xHammerhead II
4x Garde I
5X Vespa EC-600

DPS with skills at all five and the Gardes deployed 638
23,400 EHP vs Guristas

And no...I don't think this would survive Ghost sites from what I'm coming to understand.

thoughts? Suggestions? Questions?

Wouldn't a myrm be better if you don't need the cloak? Or why not ishtar?

An expensive cruiser like that, travelling round hisec while probably carrying exploration loot.... it's going to catch a Tornado gank camp attention. No cloak to hide, not enough buffer to survive a good ganking.

Killing it , even while empty, will boost the ISK efficiency of a ganking corp and so it will die. Especially in the first few weeks when people will want to kill it for the novelty value alone.

The thing about doing the range + no tank thing is that the Navy Vexor does it better for cheaper too. You miss out on 1 Omni but you can use drone scope chips instead.

[Vexor Navy Issue, L4s]

Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Signal Amplifier II
Co-Processor II

Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II

Drone Link Augmentor II
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]

Medium Drone Scope Chip I
Medium Drone Scope Chip I
Medium Drone Scope Chip I


Garde II x5

74+12 km range on Gardes, 85km lock/drone control range, 800dps. Don't use it against Guristas.

You are quite right with the MAR.. it opens slots for a Omni , frees Cap and with 3 Hardeners /RAH youll get almost the same tank :) or yo get slightly less tank for a second DDA

you can buffer the Stratios quite well for the Ghost Site at least the High sec + Low Sec ones were no problem.. (DCU , TP + Explo Hardener) were adequate for this sites

just have to find another Sansha 6 to test the new Tank :/

quick [edit] :

about the reactivation delay .. something like 10-20 seconds would be okay.. just so that you can jump cloaked through a gate eg. Travel completely cloaked .. that would be nice :/ to wait 15 seconds after a jump is really annoying -_-' and to decloak when enter warp is also only sub-optimal..

I was looking to use the bonuses of the ship in a ghost site, WH Ghost sites.. This will be a trailer queen , sitting in a hanger until the site is located and its one and only job is to hack the ghost site and survive when it fails. Is there any other ship that gives bonuses to virus strength?

[Stratios, Ghoster]
Damage Control II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
800mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I

Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Data Analyzer II
Relic Analyzer II
EM Ward Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II

Small Focused Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I, Imperial Navy Multifrequency S
Small Focused Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I, Imperial Navy Multifrequency S
Small Focused Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I, Imperial Navy Multifrequency S
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Sisters Core Probe Launcher, Sisters Core Scanner Probe

Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Emission Scope Sharpener II



Ogre II x5
Warrior II x15
Vespa EC-600 x5
Garde II x5

That's all well and good but the Stratios has a smaller sig, and as I built above a +30 virus strength and greater tank than my probey Tengu , and though I dont plan on using it, more dps as well..just in case. Changing my existing Tengu fit would decrease the tank.

Really ruff play with a low sec exploration fit, meant for non-combat but should be able to get out of trouble.

[Stratios, Stratios Exploration T2]

Medium Armor Repairer II
Explosive Plating II
1600mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
Damage Control II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Data Analyzer II
Relic Analyzer II
Medium Capacitor Battery II
Cap Recharger II
10MN Afterburner II

Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Sisters Core Probe Launcher, Sisters Core Scanner Probe
Quad Light Beam Laser II, Gleam M
Quad Light Beam Laser II, Gleam M
Quad Light Beam Laser II, Gleam M

Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Anti-EM Pump II
Medium Anti-Thermic Pump II


Garde II x4
Ogre II x4
Hobgoblin II x5
Vespa EC-600 x5
Heavy Armor Maintenance Bot II x2
Hammerhead II x5
Ogre II x1

*All 5 stats*

-DPS-

Beams = 132 (Gleam M)

4* Ogre = 468

4* Garde = 443

-Tank-

Armour resists = 77.9 EM / 79.5 TH / 55.8 KN / 38.8 EX

Uniform damage profile

EHP = 43.3k

Armour rep = 107.1 HP/s

-Cap-

8m 15s with lasers, AB, DC and MAR

Speed = 201 m/s with AB 497 m/s


I don't normally fly armour so any advice is welcome.

For solo-ganking people running pve-content:



Also works with cloak, probe launcher and three neutrons. About 200 tanked with MAR + 300 with AAR, around 600dps at point blank. Nice Tracking.