EVE New Citizens Q&A

I could just be BSing this but a little Google research yields this: the damage log tells you how much damage you take AFTER resists are in effect, whereas the EHP tells you how much damage you can take before resists are calculated.

Think of it this way: if you apply a resist module to a ship, your EHP increases - even though your shield, hull, and armor amounts still remain the same. So EHP in the fitting window doesn't tell you how many red numbers you can take before you blow up - that depends only on shield, hull, and armor amounts - but rather it tells you how much raw, unresisted damage can be thrown at you.

So, you received 1498 damage after resists, and if you add up the shield, hull, and armor amounts from the fitting window you will see this is equal to their sum. This also means that the ghost site threw more than 1525 damage at you before resists were calculated.

And ghost sites deal over 4000 damage according to UniWiki. They can pack a real punch - I once lost an Astero to one in high-sec and haven't done them since.

Not to mention: EVEHQ / EFT / EVE fitting window give a "global EHP" considering ALL 4 resists.

So if you have a huge hole in say EM and get shot by strictly EM damage...your actual EHP will be way lower then what any fitting window will say.


OP....FIrst thing you should do:

Get rid of the "Paper EHP" mentality.

On paper =/= actual situations.

Hell, this works in RL too. Take milage on cars for instance, no matter what the producers claim in their adverts, you will never get those milage on the car, as it's the best possible milage, in the most optimal circumstances (no extra weight, perfect tires, perfect road condition, no wind etc. etc. etc.)

To be even more exact:

Ghost sites do pure explosive damage.

1111 Shield HP * 1,675 (67,5% Exp resist) = 1861 HP
240 Armor HP * 1.10 (10% Exp resist) = 264 HP
147 Hull HP * 1 (0% Exp resist) = 147 HP

The total HP you could tank with pure Explosive damage was: 2272 HP

Not over 3500 EHP, as that takes into account all 4 resists.


So with an avg of 4000 Explosive damage, it wasn't even close to surviving it.

Stop guessing or assuming and get EFT and then add the damage profiles as explained, then you can quickly and easily use facts to help your understanding of how stuff really works.

Ghost Sites (Anomaly) aren't plentiful and the fit looks like you're actually going for Hacking Sites (Signature) in low security.

Instead of having 2x Small Shield Extender II modules, replace them with 1x Medium Shield Extender II. You'll actually have twice as many shield HP's and use less CPU for fitting.

1x Medium Shield HP bonus = 1,050 HP / CPU usage 34 tf
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2x Small Shield HP bonus = 526 HP / CPU usage 46 tf

Now the 1x Medium Shield Extender II will use a lot more Powergrid which can be supplemented by replacing the NanoFiber Internal Structure II modules in the low slot with 1x Reactor Control Unit II and 1x Power Diagnostic System II. Removing the Nanofiber modules will actually increase your effective HP's with more structure HP's and the PDS module has a lot of excellent attributes which help passive shield tanks.

Shield recharge rate bonus = 8.5 %
Shield HP bonus = 5 %
Capacitor recharge rate bonus = 8.5 %
Capacitor bonus = 5 %
Powergrid bonus = 5 %

Personally I'd remove the 1x Small Anti-Explosive Screen Reinforcer II rig since the Heron already has a high Explosive shield resistance attribute. Instead I'd plug the EM resistance hole in the shield with 1x Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I rig:

EM dmg resistance bonus -30 %
Calibration cost 50

To help increase all of the shield resistance attributes, fit up 1x Adaptive Invulnerability Field II in the mid slot for an extra 30% more shield damage resistance.

I don't see any reason for having a MWD module fitted, especially since you're not really moving around much in Hacking sites. Since the MWD module uses more CPU and Powergrid, I'd replace that with 1x 1MN Afterburner I module.

Even with my skills there's still not enough Powergrid available so 1x Small Ancillary Current Router I rig needs to be fitted. If needed, you can always exchange the T2 Med Shield Extender and T2 Adaptive Invulnerability Field modules for T1 Meta Level modules for reduced Powergrid need.

Due to the amount of Calibration Points available, the 1x Small Memetic Algorithm Bank II rig needs to be replaced with the T1 version - Small Memetic Algorithm Bank I.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii224/DMC13_photo/Eve%20Screenshots/Eve%20Ship%20Fits/Heron-Heron1.jpg

Since you originally intended to increase the ship's velocity and maneuverability you might wanna think about replacing the Small Memetic Algorithm Bank rig with 1x Small Polycarbon Engine Housing II rig.

Well, I've spent way too much time on this and I don't even know if the fit linked above can handle a Ghost Site. I'm sure a good fit Cruiser can definitely handle Ghost Sites but a Frigate ...............

Anyway, good luck to you. I hope you have a long and rewarding career.


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