Ships & Modules

this might sound mad but have you considered hull tanking it?

yeah yeah yeah i know , hear me out though.

with a dcu II and 3 bulkhead Riggs itl hit around 10k ehp and you still have a mid for a repper.,
though i'm dubious about how effective the rep would be.

I didn't consider hull tanking it but it looks rater weird is the bulkheads will take the damage mods place.

Update,
tried this mission: http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=MordusHeadhunters3

Overall splendid test for this ship as we got guns, missiles and interceptors in this mission.
Also very interesting as you get aggro'd by 60% of the pocket after one shot is fired.

I had decent experience mixing the tracking computer and the ship modes in order to switch ranges \ tank and speed.

The caveat was that in order to avoid the frigate damage I had to stay above 40km or orbit in 30-20 km.
To avoid the Cruiser I had to fly under their radar around 5km orbit range.

Also frigs getting pop'd easily and once I get to the shorter javelin range cruisers are shredded without a problem.

Due to the mix of ranges and fact it was first test of fire to this fit on the last pocket when 4 cruisers left I warped out with 10 % cap and 20 % armor.
Note that the cap recharging is pretty good so once you shut down the repper and the MWD it will be in 60% cap again in few moments only.

Overall fun ship to fly, requires a lot of fancy flying and micromanagement.

But,
when considering what you get for 70 mill +-....
For sniping you can get almost same optimal of sharpshooter mode using the catalyst in same size hull.
speed, maneuverability and damage I felt more comfortable in assault frigate, at 1000 M\s using AB and (Ishkur btw) mix of drones (selectable damage and can kite at long range).

For PVE I guess using a cruiser hull will be overall much cheaper and will take less time to complete the missions themselves, also will have much more tank buffer then this ship.

But,
I'm quite in love with constant 1500-2200 M/s speed all the time. the selection of ranges is superb and allows to dish damage all the time. Also side note the Web is very useful, Once I've applied it to anything the guns damage went up in noticeable amount.

overall,
Had fancy ishkur, Had some fun with Hecate now the next stop is Ishtar or proteus.


EDIT:
Ninja'd.

That fit does look interesting but ain't the bulkheads cause your ship to move slower?
also I guess using AB instead of MWD render prop mode of hecate obsolete and then it's only sharpshooter or defense modes?

Also how does one play with fit like that? you kite at longer range or move in to use the two webs?

ok now that's look sexy.
but I'm testing it in pve not pvp so I think we can switch the scram with something else. maybe tracking computer?

Also what do you do once you are into hull?
you warp out for repairs?

just wondering about that point.

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Meanwhile thought it was some fun run around I think I'll move into brutix for some L3 action while I get into battleship.

Quick question there,
If I aim for the kronos (that ship is by far my fav looking one)
is it better to start with hyperion or megatron?
I was thinking mega then Nmega then kronos, though the Hyperion beside the repper bonus and superior fitting abilities can fancy full flight of sentry drones.
that seems like very fancy potential for dps.

Hull reps are practically useless. 24sec cycle time, 30hp repaired, not effected by any ship bonuses, 30cap to activate (T2 version). Armour repairer = 6sec cycle, 92hp repaired, 40 cap activate. Having said that, nothing stops you running an armour repper with a hull buffer tank.