Ships & Modules

Hi

I saw that this ship is better for shield tank but I have good skills only in armor. May anybody give me some help how to fit this battleship to be armor tank or idea for other ship who will be more powerful then my Apocalypse Navy please? I prefer to use pulse lazers but I am strong in beaam too

Thanks - I seek to use this ship in lev4 missions - but you realy give me a lot of help:-) May be I can change one steel plates with second reactive armor hardener to save two types of damage Mid slots are more complicated for me bcs newer use more then 4 Now I know things better - thank you again

Also I like a lot the Machariel but I am not ready with minmatar ships yet - will take me a time

well, yeah..... but he DID ask.....



Umm, how about just spend a week or so on Shield skills and fit it up like it should be fit?

Seriously, I would not recommend an Armour Nightmare. Tank is ~ok~, DPS is pretty meh. Shield fit, you can have dank tank and dank DPS.

Since you were looking for an armor ship that is more powerful than your Navy Apocalypse, try the Paladin.

Armor nightmare is alright, but it's a niche ship for small gang PVP (the 7 mids give you a lot of options). In the world of unorthodox loadouts, the armor Barghest does the trick a bit better.

Since it's not relevant to your interests, here's a decent pve fitting, albeit a bit overtanked for missions, but you get the idea: https://zkillboard.com/kill/60427742/

The ship seems to do wonders with polarized mega pulses, but i suggest starting with something less exotic.

Think you are a little inexperienced to be flying a Nightmare even for PvE. Not that my advice will change your mind...

Have fun

Of course i would say "think outside the box" but that would be a bad pun if aimed towards a dead guy in a coffin.

That you didn't seem to notice that a PVP loadout isn't a PVE loadout makes me think that no matter how you fit it it's probably gonna die. My suggestion is to get back to basics. Learn how to max out a tank for a specific role, then learn how to dial it in to be just effective enough. Fitting tools are your friend.

Nightmare:

Low slots: 2 adaptive nano-plate a-type deadspace, & a dc2. 3 heat sinks.

Mids: Combinations of Sensor Boosters, Tracking Comps, and a Web & Target Painter combo, all help. Possibly a Cap Recharger if you can squeeze one in.

Highs: Guns. A cloak? 'Regard' Cap Transmitter if you're in fleet.


Rigs: Avoid inertia ones, as they will reduce your armor.

Add a DPS rig ( ideally the one that increases raw damage, NOT rate of fire ) if you run Pulses. If you fly solo you may need the rig that reduces Capacitor Drain if you plan on running Tachyons.


The Nightmare using Tachyons is hard to make Cap Stable. So you need a Cap Buddy, unless you fit a special rig. With Pulses it's very stable.


They're good boats. Just slow to move with.

Shield-tanking a Nightmare means you can fix the inertia issues, but if that Cap runs out your defences switch off.

Not that this will apply but if you have Logi Armor Nightmares and Rattle snakes can work very well.

My corp uses them with Nestors (No Comparable Shield Logi) in a C5. No need to worry about the drifter killing you tank if your resists are passive and you only really need 2 mods for resistance+1-2 rigs so you still have loads of free lows for DPS. Then you have bulk slots for utility. paints, webs, scram, Omnis, TCs, Drone Navs you name it you have space for it.