Ships & Modules

prowler - two highslots, most agile (i think), best for w-space because of two highslots. Inferior any time you would not need a second highslot. Only marauder BR that cannot fit 10k m3 (or so i've heard).

crane - the shield tankiest. Lack of lowslots means lack of versatility in the most important attributes, agility/speed/wcs vs cargo. Probably inferior.

amarr one - most lowslots. Bueno.

viator - Its pretty versatile, 3 lows 3 mids. Agile, etc. Armor tank bonus is a negative. Being gallente is a positive.

That's the long and short of it. Prowler is good if you want that second high for a probe launcher -- or, in fringe cases people sometimes bring up for some reason, a covops cyno. It won't hit 10k m3 no matter what; this matters because it's how much room a packaged cruiser takes up. Prowler also has potentially minuscule align time when you rig/fit for it, which means it's easiest to get away from decloaking camps, out of bubbles, off stations where you don't have undock bookmarks, etc.

Crane needs T2 rigs to hit 10k m3, which is somewhat annoying as a needless expense. Obviously it shield tanks but has a whopping EM hole that needs to be filled.

Prorator has the largest cargo fully expanded, but if you drop a cargo expander for a suitcase it falls behind the Viator similarly fitted. Two mids mean you don't have as much room for a shield tank + MWD; you more or less have to plug your EM hole just in case you run into a serious smartbomb attempt.

Viator is almost as large as the Prorator fully expanded, larger when you drop one low for a suitcase. Three mids give you more tanking options should you want/need them. It's the one I prefer for the most part, though I make liberal use of Prorators as well. I've never had a use for a Prowler really; I don't haul in wormholes and I know the systems I deal with regularly. And the Crane? Worst of all possible worlds as far as I'm concerned.

None of them hit 10k m3 cubed without rigs; either the Prorator or the Viator do it with T1 rigs.

You refer to this one: Jester's Trek - Blockade Runners. Definitely worth reading, I used this as a basis for my high sec prowler fit.

Sorry but high sec prowler fit? Am I missing something about high sec because why would you need prowler in high sec? (No bashing just curious).

Go fill up your BR with a couple hundred mil and then run it from one major trade hub to another. Then do the same in an Itty V, you will then understand the difference.

Alright, thanks for ansvers. I can and do fly prowler myself but mostly because I run it in low sec.

Unless you actually need more than 5-10k cargo per trip, it's a better option than a freighter in my view, especially better when moving high-value-low-weight items around trade hubs. The prorater for instance can align and warp in 5 and a half seconds right out of the box and tech 2 nanos can drop that down to 3 and a half. With a CovOps 2 handy, I can imagine it would be a prime choice if you absolutely must move assets under a wardec as well.

The second high-slot of the Prowler makes it a very good ship since it can fit a gun for SBU-Dropping.

Otherwise I would go for the Prorator because of the low-slots, the Viator is good too but I don't see many uses for those extra mid-slots, which is why the Crane is garbage.

About what the above posters said. It's faster than a freighter/orca, has a decent cargo hold for smaller hauling trips, it's immune to cargo scanners, and due to the cloak, you're relatively safe. I usually use it for small, but more valuable cargo, like exploration loot. I feel safer using a BR instead of a T1 industrial, have lost enough of them to gankers in the past, learned my lesson.

My hauling alt will use the Occator in high sec. I can move 30-38k m^3 depending on how I fit it and have 32-40k ehp - again depending on fit. I'll move my supplies up to the last high sec system before low. I'll then use a Viator to run the goods the rest of the way. High sec hauling is the only thing the deep space transports are good for anyways.