Ships & Modules

SMCs are there to extend effective runtime. CCCs are there to see if you can't make that infinite. The goals are actually quite different and if you're not going for absolute cap stability SMCs often provide a much longer runtime from their combined buffer and recharge increase than you'd see with just a recharge increase from a CCC.

And what that role be?

You seem to not have much experience with NPCs, do you?

No problem, I'll enlighten you. Their tactic is to hit 'approach' you until are within optimal gun range, then they change to 'orbit'.

In order to get in that 'orbit' range, they have to get in range first and the Phantasm is the fastest boat on the grid.

I wouldn't put an armor rep on unless I have to after the site is run and I don't like the repair bill.

You know there is a think called active tank that you can fit a Phantasm with and heavy beams will slice all Blood Raider NPCs in two pieces.

If you don't think it is possible, I suggest you take her for spin on SiSi and test it out.

On that note, I was doing a Blood Raider Blockade level 4 in my Navy Scorpion and there came a burst into the room and started to collect my loot.
While blinking in that ever tempting red, I decided to let him deal with them - hehe.. a few minutes after I docked he flamed something in russian I think in local.

I know that Sanshas to tracking disruption, which is fine, heavy beams have very long range and if they decide to tracking disrupt me, ok I just shoot them with Aurora M.

Blood Raider can be nasty with neuts, but they need to be in range first. So as you said I am kiting them from long(er) range and they go boom.

I was talking about the Blood Raider Monastery since it is a common DED 4 / 10 rated complex and even though they can put heavy neut pressure on you, you can keep your distance with an active tank (which did cost me all my cap boosters) and make them pay.
I cannot use pve fit ships anymore, so all of my fits will be for pvp and since the NPC AI changes, they don't like to be webbed and scrammed anymore, so all of a sudden they keep their distance.

But the loot-fary wasn't nice to me - some dark blood radio crystals and a tag..

Oh and you can do the Blood Raider and Sansha havens and santums with the very same fit, since the giant blobb of NPC battleships cannot hit the 'tiny' Phantasm - even if you go buffer fit.

But if all fails - Gila is the ship you are looking for (now sexier than ever).

Sac has a awesome tank I could just never bring myself to lug around all the ammo it requires but if you don't mind that then it is an excellent ship for PVE activities.

I know you asked for lasers but I use an Ishtar for all high sec ded sites. (grrr ishtar!) Just wanted to comment on the Blood 4/10.

I find the blood 4/10 to be the easiest because they don't get close enough to hurt me. I fly into the first room, deploy bouncer II's and kill everything from the warp in point. They don't even agro me!

In the second room at most I might get some of the missile towers to shoot at me but the cruisers don't come close. Drop bouncers and kill the structure. Use an mtu for getting the loot. The cruisers will start moving slowly towards you when you first get there but will start moving away once you kill the structure.

Have not tried this tactic with sentries on a stratios but it may work also.

I would imagine that anything that can apply enough dps from about 60km to kill everything without having to move would do well here.