Ships & Modules

Hi all,

Hopefully this isnt a double post as I already tried this once hit post and it seems to have disappeared.

I am relatively recently back and have been missioning in a raven with an alt tanking in a CNR. This guy however has the standings and gets the missions so can be first in and primaried. Bored with the ravens I, possibly inadvisedly, brought a Mach for this guy. I fly minmatar and caladri - have better shield skills than armor skills. Looking up missioning set ups for the Mach they all seem to focus on faction shield mods which atm i can't afford. I have been flying the following fit;

800mm Repeating Art II * 8
Salvager

100MN AB II
Invuln Field II * 2
Shield Boost Amplifier II
Med Shield Bosster II (permarun) or Large Shield Booster II Pulsed

Tracking Enhancer II * 3
Gyro II * 3
DCU II

CCC 1 *3

This fit seems pretty thin despite EHP of 81K on EFT - have had to warp out several times with just part pocket aggro. If i had been pointed would have already have lost it. Often cant launch drones or will aggro other groups and have trouble locking frigs\spider drones before they are too close to hit. Would appreciate any advice on the most effective way to make this a more effective tank without mega-expensive mods- ? LSE + Purger or Extenders in place of the CCCS?

Thanks

Seconding the XL booster. Pulse it, obviously. I get by with a relatively cheap RF XL (which runs about 50mil, so no breaking the bank there). Otherwise that looks perfectly viable. Use range as your tank when you have to -- use range as a damage multiplier when you don't.

Well, looks like we all agree about the 800mm autos.

My mids and rigs vary the most.

Top slots, as seen, 800's and a salvager/tractor. I prefer tractor since i have a noctis alt.

mids, are an XL-C5L (due to cpu limits), Explosive active hardner, (I only do angel missions), an invuln active, Tracking comp with tracking script (totally worth it), and an RF ab, tho 100mn t2 is fine, or any gistii etc. Obviously pulse the booster as needed. most times i don't even need it.

Lows are like most, but i run 3xGyro and 3xTracking enhancers with a damage control

Rigs, i like sig tanking, so i use two aux thrusters and one polycarb.

Does the job for me every time. But like i said, i only run angel missions.

XL booster for pulse tank on machs or maels

machs are usually pulse tanked, given the machs exceptional speed its usually worth the investment into a faction or deadspace AB as you will likely be permarunning the AB (a mach is not a ship you park at the warpin and never move with).

Here is a fairly cheap mach fit for pve. The fit is very tight on CPU due to the T2 booster, the gist hardeners aren't too bad (probably less than 50mil for the pair). You need the RF gyros to make the fit work (your probably at 200mil for those), and the faction AB is very worth it on the mach. First upgrade to this fit would probably be a deadspace shield booster (likely Pith A or B type XL) which will up the tank considerably. I have it set up for serpentis/gurista, but you will want use the hardeners for whatever rats you normally fight, the ifield provides more tank than a boost amp does since the mach does not have a booster bonus like the maelstrom does (2 hardener + boost amp tanks work better on maels due to their bonuses).

[Machariel, pve starter mach]
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Damage Control II

X-Large Shield Booster II
Gist B-Type Ballistic Deflection Field
Gist B-Type Heat Dissipation Field
Republic Fleet 100MN Afterburner
Invulnerability Field II

800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
[empty high slot]

Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5

Thanks for the input. Going to do the pulse X-L as advised. I am having trouble using the speed for tanking as couple missions in a row getting webbed by spider drones i havent managed to kill on the way in. Even if webbed i guess i keep moving trying to maximize the angular velocity to things shooting at me.