Ships & Modules

Been searching online for a discussion on these two ships, but could only find ones from back in 2006. (Little outdated ) Anyways, I plan on using itfor running around in 0.0 and wormholes, transporting loot, etc. Using it in a potentially hostile environment is what I'm saying.

The +2 warp core bonus seems nice, but so does warping cloaked.

Which would you recommend and why?

Crane has better align time, speed and cloaky warp.
Fit it w/ some 'inertia stabilizers' and 'low friction nozzle joints' rigs cloak and a mwd and it's like your flying a frig.
...The bustard aligns worse than a BS and is really slow.

Both of them suck major balls.

Bustard is extra slow, if you are tackled, nothing may possibly save you. People use ECM bursts as last resort - it is suitable for Deep Null Excavation, when regular tank breaks under NPC's fire. Cool as pick up ore tool, possibly can be a bait.

Crane has problem fitting MWD - not enough grid. Sucky.

My favorite choice - viator and occator. Superb, long, snake like. No drawbacks, common design, better prices.

Go with the Blockade Runner. DSTs are wicked vulnerable especially in 0.0 space as their +2 stab bonus does ZILCH to save you from bubbles and you don't have any speed to speak of either...so 1 bubble = dead DST.

As to Blockade Runners...the Crane is fine for 0.0 K-space work. You may wish to look at the Prowler for deep W-space hauling though, as it can fit both a cloak and a core probe launcher (which can save both you and your cargo from being trapped in a WH and forced to selfdestruct).

Pff why bother transporting stuff when you can solo tank L5's in a Bustard

Derp. T2 MWDs are only used in certain rather specialized scenarios (usually on Amarr ships) where the cap penalty difference between them and a best named MWD matters. That, and best named MWDs are cheaper too.

Check it out yourself first... I'd say..

Wow, and you know bugger all about EFT or MWDs.

They all give the same speed bonus, the only difference is the fittings, the cap usage and the cap penalty. A T2 has higher fittings, higher cap usage, but lower cap penalty than a T1. If you need to run a T1 MWD to the point you run out of cap, then you are already dead, so the only difference a T2 would make on a Crane is you losing more isk when you get killed, you having less tank due to the extra powergrid you used fitting the T2 and the chance of giving the attacker more ISK if the MWD survives.

nice writeup, its worth considering the MAX cargo with tech I and II cargohold optimisations though as this lets some of them tip into the 'can transport a cruiser' category, which is valuable for some.

For those that dont haul as much, their advantage is basically agility

OK since I suggested it I might as well do the work...

MAX HAULAGE POTENTIAL:
[Name]__[Max Cargo TI RIG]__ [Max Cargo TII rig]
Crane___09406____________10241
Viator___10279____________11192
Prorator_10922____________11892
Prowler__08734____________09510

So with tech I cargo rigs you can haul a cruiser in a viator or prorator, with tech II cargo rigs you can do the same in a Crane also.

The Prowler is kind of a special case since it has the 2 high slots. Very good for wormholes, or even as a probing scout for particular situations like ninja plexing.

i usually cargo rig mine and swap out lows for agility or extra cargo as needed since the stacking on inertia mods (dont use more than 3 ever) is more severe.

Tackle haulers are an entirely different beast and beyond the scope of what the OP was asking.

My crane with right skills aligns like a frig it seems sometimes. MWD is not a problem and no I don't use t2 mwd that would be stupid.. Does anyone use T2 MWD over Y Meta 4? Can't figure why they would.

It also has coolness cloak always good if you don't need to move more than 7000m3 to 9500m3 depending on fit.