Ships & Modules

Is that with antimatter ammo? You can always use the Javelin ammo if you're not already doing that. Rails have never been the omg-damage weapon, they have very long range and that is their good trait. If the rails are not satisfactory you might need to swap to a different weapon type, be it Blasters or some other factions guns.

Hardwiring implants can increase your dps by at least 150-200 I would think, assuming +6% implants. You have rate of fire, damage etc. Rate of fire is outright better than damage though, because you already have stacking penalties on the dps. Also consider the Kronos, because of the range bonus it gets in Bastion mode, and the fact that you use MJD it might be a logical upgrade for you.

First make sure you are shooting at kin/therm rats such as Guristas or Serpentis. Hybrids will never be amazing against Sansha or Blood raiders.

Train Gallente Battleship V if you don't already have it. Surgical Strike V. Faction ammo. Gunnery implants. Faction damage mods. Upgrade to a Vindicator or Kronos. Thermodynamics V if you really want to push it. Also your rails aren't going to be very effective past about 50km unless you load low damage ammo so try not to range tank with an MJD. Get in there and face melt. If you are worried about loosing the ship carry a depot and a MJD in your hold and launch the depot when you land in the mission.

If I was going to fly a Navy Megathron against Guristas I would probably start with something like this:

[Megathron Navy Issue, New Setup 1]
Large Armor Repairer II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Reactive Armor Hardener
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

100MN Afterburner II
Heavy Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 800
Conjunctive Magnetometric ECCM Scanning Array I
Tracking Computer II, Optimal Range Script

425mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Auto Targeting System I

Large Hybrid Locus Coordinator I
Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Large Targeting System Subcontroller I

Warden II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Salvage Drone I x5
Mobile Depot x1
Tracking Speed Script x1
Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L x5000
Cap Booster 800 x14
Large Micro Jump Drive x1

DPS @ 697 + 225 on drones with large railgun spec 4.

Range tanking is fine when you are starting out as its nice and safe. But it will always severely limit your DPS. The best way to avoid full incoming DPS at 50km or less is to do even more DPS back. Learning the triggers also helps quite a bit. Eve Survival is very useful for trigger info.

"Wasting a minute or so on 1 BS" = optimal range issues. Either work your fit around a 50km engagement range or less (ideal for rails with antimatter), or switch your thinking to a drone focused sniping MJD boat.

A regular Dominix with range stack glitched Gardes and 5 drone damage amplifier II's deals thermal 820dps at 111km optimal, with a small percentage loss to drone lock delay and MJD deployment. If you cannot surpass that in practical damage, might be wise to just go standard.

On your linked fit, the basics look quite good. The problem is MJD reliance; drop that for a targeting computer to switch a tracking enhancer for either more tank or the fourth magstab. Faction up the 3 magstabs as your first thing to do, fourth can be a t2. Hint: carry a mobile depot so you can adapt to mission situations.

The cap recharger is typically a mod you would fit through the mobile depot when absolutely needed. For the most part, fit a tracking computer there (again would allow more tank).

So to recap:

7 t2 rails

3 t2 tracking computers
1 t2 sebo / optimal

3 faction magstab
1 t2 magstab
3 t2 hardener
1 t2 LAR

3 CCC <- initially

1 t2 burst aerator <- when you have confidence to try harder
2 armor rigs or ionic field projector

Something along these lines perhaps?

Very much so.

Keep your mag stab in hangar untill you've got enough cash to get yourself a new BS should the first one explode.
Also consider a Navy Armor rep but with the bling Mag Stab it may turn you into suicide gank material.

Hyperion is a better megathron, at least as far as missions are concerned.

6x - 425mm Railgun II (navy antimatter charge L)
- Drone Link Augmentor I

### Medium slots

- Medium Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I (cap 800)
- Tracking Computer II (both scripts)
- F-90 Positional Sensor Subroutines
- Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
- 100MN Afterburner II

### Low slots

- Drone Damage Amplifier II
- Large Armor Repairer II
3x - Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
- Armor Kinetic Hardener II
- Armor Thermic Hardener II

### Rig slots

- Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I
- Large Hybrid Metastasis Adjuster II
- Large Processor Overclocking Unit I

5x - Garde II
5x - hobgoblin II

1054 dps with drones, implants and faction magstabs will push it past 1100, and since you can fit an omni to a hyper, you can actually get the drones to hit things. The T2 rig isn't particularly expensive.