Ships & Modules

I've been playing for about 11 months but would like some advice/direction on this fit for my newly aquired Lachesis (skills are level 4 for recon ships and medium rail specialization).

If anyone who knows this ship has time to give some input on it, I would be very glad to learn more about it as I hardly ever see one. All the fits I've looked up on the net have been either solo roam shield tanks or fits from years ago when it had lots of missile bays possible.....which is not the case now. I want an ewar problem ship for the enemy. I have a second one for shield tank solo roam...just want to know about the ewar one if anyone out there knows their stuff in this department.

I am constrained a bit by my skills but they are OK-ish borderline acceptable and I really like ewar ships as in to use in a gang, fleet or 1 on 1 as they can be very annoying for the enemy (although from my observations many people don't 1 on 1 with ewar ships unless they are very good).

What I thought I'd do with this ship is to scram the enemy at 15km (scram has 16km range), obit him/her whilst sensor damp, tracking & range distruption plus ECM to break lock so that when it does then it will take ages for them to re-aquire and they might not be in range anyway, and if they are then hitting me is an issue...............all this whilst picking them apart with rails and drones. If anyone gets too close then can use Javelin rounds and Warriors.

This fit has my best chance (as of time of post) of making them dead in the water (so to speak) but there is still plenty that can go wrong and much I need to learn.......just best bet for now. Would love to know if i'm kidding myself or not...haha.

So, is this fit acceptable or is it way off? If so, OK...if not then can you make suggestions, please?

I'm very interested to learn from the wealth of info on the forum...thanks in advance.

High slots:

4 X 200mm Rail Gun II - Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge

Medium slots:

1 X Federation Navy 10MN Afterburner
1X Warp Scramber II
2 X Phased Muon Scoped Sensor Dampener (Scan Resolution Dampenong Script)
1 X Multispectral ECM II
1 X Tracking Disruptor II (Optimal Range Disruption Script)
1 X Tracking Disruptor II (Tracking Speed Disruption Script)

Low Slots:

1 X Damage Control II
1 X Energized Adaptive Nano Membrame II
1 X Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
1 X 800mm Steel Plates II

Rigs:

1 X Medium Particle Dispersion Augmentor II
1 X Medium Anti-Explosive pump II

Drones:

5 X 'Intergrated' Hobgoblins
5 X Warrior II

Ammo:

A mix of Javelin, Navy Antimatter and Lead rounds (incase there is a cap problem which seems likely in this ship)


Cheers

These forums aren't...4chan? Or whatever it is that's really hot these days. For the timeframe you posted, most people are either asleep or at work. And this particular sub-forum is much slower than others like General Discussion. Heck, even the Dev information portal isn't as active these days.

Give it a few days before shrugging. And never assume "no news is good news". Apathy from forum posters is not the same as your fit being okay. If it were, you'd see people posing, "Wow, I never thought to fit that before. Interesting fit, I'll have to try it sometime".

I would never fit a recon cruiser like that, but that's just me and I'm not an expert. Wait for an expert to chime in; give them a few days to find your thread first.

Thanks to both of you for the comments, guess my time zone is the quieter end of the spectrum.

Useful post for me there Serendipity Lost...cheers. I guess you could be right about asking too much of this ship solo. Maybe I should just leave it for gangs / fleet when ask for such a ship in the future. Back to the drawing board then haha. Also, thanks for the offer but that time on the 24 hour clock is sleep time for me....another time maybe.

Cheers man...useful answer, even if brief and nice link. OK, I'll ditch the TD and ECM and fit accordingly. That's what I needed to know. I infere then that this ship is supposed to appear from nowhere and tackle from distance plus hold them down till the cavalry arrives....nice. Cleared up much there....o7

Sometimes hard to find answers on the net as the stuff it throws up is ancient often. Never know when you'll learn something in Eve haha.

Here's a basic T2 fit, you can downgrade as necessary:

[Lachesis]
1600mm Steel Plates II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Explosive Membrane II
Damage Control II

50MN Microwarpdrive II
Warp Scrambler II
Warp Disruptor II
Remote Sensor Dampener II, Targeting Range Dampening Script
Remote Sensor Dampener II, Targeting Range Dampening Script
Remote Sensor Dampener II, Targeting Range Dampening Script
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution Script

Dual 150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Uranium Charge M
Dual 150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Uranium Charge M
Dual 150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Uranium Charge M
Dual 150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Uranium Charge M

Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II


Hammerhead II x5


Overheat your scrambler and you should be able to scram from 20km depending on your recon cruisers skill. Upgrading the warp scrambler and warp disrupter is a good idea if you can afford it, true sansha warp scrambler can reach out to 27k overheated and has 3 points of warp disruption and a republic fleet warp disruptor can reach out as far as 72k. Don't leave your MWD running or it will ruin your cap, just pulse it to maintain range. If you are worried about cap (which is a problem) you can switch out the sensor booster for a cap booster, but if you keep an eye on things and use only as many damps as you need (something that takes practice) the sensor booster is more useful.

Alternatively you can switch out the damps for more sensorboosters and points if you want to have a fast tackle ship that can hold down multiple targets.