Ships & Modules

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry I know is some topic about that but i didn't find clear answer.


I want do combat site in lowsec with the ishtar, the higher DED (serpentis mostly i read it will be not so good against sansha and blood) i can (as i understand the maximun will be 7/10).

But my problen is i don't find what fitting will be really good enough for that so i made 3 fitting ( that my first time so please be gentle)


[ ishtar passive shield] EHP: 38941
Low
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Damage Control II
Shield Power Relay II

Medium
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
EM Ward Amplifier II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
High
Core Probe Launcher II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Prototype 'Poncho' Cloaking Device I
Rigs
Medium Core Defense Field Purger II
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II



[Ishtar active armor] EHP: 10927
Low
Domination Armor Thermic Hardener
Medium Armor Repairer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Medium
Domination 10MN Microwarpdrive
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
High
Drone Link Augmentor II
Prototype 'Poncho' Cloaking Device I
Sisters Core Probe Launcher
Rigs
Medium Sentry Damage Augmentor II
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I



[Ishtar active shield] EHP: 13132
Low
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Power Diagnostic System II
Medium
Domination 10MN Microwarpdrive
Pithum C-Type Medium Shield Booster
Domination EM Ward Field
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Sisters Core Probe Launcher
Prototype 'Poncho' Cloaking Device I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II
Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer II


So they all have more or less the same dps (around 748 with garde II and 800 with Geko and m) same speed .....

That why i really don't know what use what in real will be really good and where are my mistakes or misunderstood about this ship.

thankss for your anwers

I use a fit almost identical to hers except its MWD fit and stable, mail me in game and ill send it to you if you want, it cranks about 840 DPS with my skills and can run Mordus sites solo if i kite and land far enough off to avoid those horrible webs. I can imagine DED's will be no issues for it either although i havent personally ever done a DED, i make ISK elsewhere usually and let the corpies run those.

The guns are pretty situational, but with a MWD, and some heavies, they can help take out the BS down more quickly for a change of pace.

Most often have a cloak and drone range mods in the highs and a civ shooter of some sort.

One major factor in picking a fit for lowsec combat sites is how hard you are to probe down. This is much more true running escalations, but also applies in combat sites as many predators will enter a system, have no idea you are in a combat site and will start probing for you.

Your signature radius, divided by your signal strength is a measure of how hard you are to probe down. Higher is worse.

A lot of shield modules increase sigrad signficantly at all times. In addition, a microwarpdrive increases sigrad but only when turned on. As a consequence, I do not like shield Ishtar fits much, and also will not turn a microwarpdrive on unless there are no combat scanner probes within a 14AU D-scan (unless using the MWD is to save my ship).

For this reason, I personally use active armor fitted Ishtars for any lowsec PVE I find myself doing. I still use a microwarpdrive.


That said, active shield tanks have smaller sigrad penalties than passive, and so can work, and while passive shield tanks make you easier for hostile players to find, that does not stop them working well for many players.




Edit: My generic PVE Ishtar fit for dangerous space, with an alt available for scouting. This can hold its own in PVP too and I am always happy to jump on someone if they don't have allies in local. (You can optionally drop the DCU and a DDA for two specific hardeners but that will not help against player predators).

Highs: T2 railguns (best you can fit).
Mids: Meta 4 scram, 2x meta 4 web, meta MWD, T2 drone precision module (carry both scripts, usually use range)
Lows: Damage Control 2, meta 11 deadspace local repper (can't remember name, but it's 55-60m ISK), 3x DDA 2
Rigs: 1 T2 local rep amount rig, 1 T2 local rep speed rig (nanobot accelerator and aux nano pump IIRC)

Ammo: Spike (medium to long range), Javelin (short to medium), Navy Antimatter (medium range, better tracking), 5 Garde 2, 6 Praetor 2, 5 Warrior 2, fill rest with ECM drones.

If jumped in PVP, GTFO if they appear to have neuts or 90% webs, otherwise if it is 1 or 2 opponents, engage brawler-style. If 3 or more targets, OVERHEAT REPS then use Warrior 2s to kill light tackle then ECM drones to escape heavy tackle. So if you are attacked by a Taranis, a Phobos and an Astarte, you want to try to escape by killing the Taranis with the Warriors to get its scram or long point off you, then jamming the Phobos or try to get out of the range of its infinite point, then flee.

If, on the other hand, a Tengu with Merlin support jumps you, I'd get close, MWD off, scram the Tengu, 2x web the Merlin and set drones on it, then when the Merlin is down, web/web/Praetor the Tengu.