Missions & Complexes

Can I assume here a shield tanked blaster Vindicator?

I have in my head a fit that would make ratting in null less boring. Scenario is forsaken hubs.

Blasters

Hardener
Hardener
web
shield booster
mwd

magstabs
drone damage mods

CCC
CCC
hardener rig

antimatter + heavy drones

Works nicely on paper, mwd to rat, kill it.


Or is rail Vindicator better with sentries? Anyone with hands-on experience?

One of the best subcap ratting isk per hour ships i've come across is the vindi vs guristas primarily doing forsaken hubs which should easily be achieving >30mii ticks if not better (pilot skill dependant).
As you're aiming for max isk per hour your main goal is to maximise the ships gank and worry about tank then, sure who needs a tank if nothing is left alive to shoot back.

Useful and painfully cheap fit:

Highs:

8x Neutron Blaster 2

Mids:

2x Kinetic Deflection field 2
Thermic Dissipation Field 2
X-L CS-L Emergency shield overload 1 (get a 'cheap' deadspace one)
100mn afterburner 2

Lows:

4x Magnetic Field Stabilizer 2 (highly suggest getting faction)
2x Tracking Enhancer 2
1 Co-Processor 2

Rigs:

Large Hybrid Discharge Elutriation 1
LH Burst Aerator
Large Anti-Kinetic Screen Reinforcer 1

Drones:

5x Garde 2

And yes i'm aware the vindi gets a web bonus but webs are just are not needed as the rats are only either cruiser/BC/BS hull which are easily tracked :)

Do the Guristas jamming you not affect that total, or is that with you getting jammed?

/me thinks about returning to 0.0 for some ratting.

Yeah they are very good isk per hr.. But you will need a prober, esp in a ship like these because you will burn one down very fast and most systems only have 3 or 4. Or you will have to dock to clear your scanner.

if you run a ship scan for anamolies then run them. With out a probe launcher to refresh your scan, you would need to dock to clear your scan, otherwise you will see the same sigs you have already run over and over. IE fit a probe launcher in your last high. Unless im so newb and there is a trick to this i dont know yet.?

When you run the scan after finishing a site the sites you have already run stay on the scanner

Nope I have not run any sites sense then lol thanks for the info... That used to drive me nuts.. Now I stick to probing and DED plexes, much better iskies lol

From CSM notes "Soundwave clarified his earlier statement that the top ISK earners are all carrier pilots running anomalies."

I used too run anoms in a gank fit sentry archon, getting approximately 30-35m/isk tick, possibly more if you have forlorn hubs in system (NPC's don't aggro sentries in these AFAIK, so you don't have to recall them every minute or so).

Fit was something like

Drone Control Unit I X 4
Auxiliary High Slot (i believe i fit a heavy neut?)

Sensor Booster II, Scan Res script
Federation Navy Omni directional Tracking Link X 3

Capital inefficient armor repair unit I
Energized adaptive nano membrane II
Drone damage amplifier X 4

Rigs were CCC

Garde II X 14 (use for all rat races save angles)
Bouncer II X 13 (use for angles)
Other drones too taste

Costs about 1.9B fully fit, which seems comparable to a moderately binged faction BS too me.

Dose about 1360 raw thermal dps, which equates too about 1120 "raw factional dps" (I.E if your sentry drones were dealing pure kinetic damage too angles for example)

I can assure you running a carrier in anoms is rather risky (at least in comparison too subcaps where a competent pilot can NEVER be caught..), i had several 'OSHIT' moments were I barely made it too warp before being pointed (you have about a 30 second align time lol)


All in all, i'd say its roughly equivalent to running a decently skilled marauder through anoms, with the exception of the long align time. (which kept me awake, since i felt like i could actually be jumped lol).


if you have a thanny you could try to use fighters, but they're a hassle.. (they can get higher single ticks, but tend to lack in sustainability in comparison) but its no fun since you can just rat whilst aligned (i.e in total safety).

Expect to spend a good portion of you're time webbed scrammed in any non-forsaken hub, although if you're quick you can usually pop the frigates before they get their transversal up.





On page 86 of the CSM minutes CCP Soundwave states it is his intention too "do something" about the presence of capitals and supercapitals in anomalies .

He later elaborated by saying that he intends to introduce a capital "escalation" system similar to the one in use in wormholes which would spawn additional ships like "logistics and scramblers"

And for the record Mr. Soundwave if you are reading this, (I think you are ) I believe that warping in a carrier should spawn a few high bounty-high/salvage faction-strength (i.e somewhat hard too kill) long range scrambling battleships too lock down the carrier for a few minutes too give roaming gangs a better chance of catching it in action, and seems to fit the catagory of risk v reward too me.. Then again, several elite frigates may also suffice.

Sounds about right too me. Personally I'd swap the TP for another link, since that would bring tracking up too about 0.069 compared too 0.059, which will have a much larger effect than a larger signature simply due to the fact that npc's angular velocity will never exceed 0.069 if this is done correctly. Meaning that the the TP's effect is essentally negated, but i suppose this could be different for certain sites.

I can see the TP being usefull if you are fighting a close range rat type that regularly are able to work their angular velocity above your tracking speed, however, although i have not tested this