EVE New Citizens Q&A

I'm having trouble understanding the second part of your post, but I can touch on the first half.

Your guns are too big, they are cruiser sized which is why you are running our of powergrid space. For frigates you want 75, 125 or 150mm. (Or if you want to use blasters, you want "Light" sizes) This will free up a lot of powergrid and allow you to fit more tank.

For PvP I recommend this fit:

Merlin: Is a Merlin a fish?

Highs:
Light Ion Blaster II x3 (Caldari Navy Antimatter S)

Mids:
Experimental 1mn Afterburner I
J5b phased prototype warp scrambler I
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator
Medium FS-9 Regolith Shield Induction

Lows:
Damage Control II
Micro Auxiliary Power Core I
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Rigs:
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I x2

Get right up close to your opponent and give them a Antimatter filled hug

Or you can try an active tanked one

Merlin: Medium ASB

Highs:
Light ion Blaster II x3 (Caldari Navy Antimatter s)

Mids:
Experimental 1mn afterburner I
J5b phased prototype warp scrambler I
X5 prototype engine Enervator
Medium ancillary shield booster I (cap booster 50)

Lows:
Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Rigs:
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer i
Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I

You will need Engineering 5 and Electronics 5 to be able to fit everything on there. But use the booster when your shields get low enough that one cycle will top them off.

Since this is new players Q&A, I'm guessing those 2 fits above are kind of useless. Fully T2 fits in new players forums aren't generally very useful. How about this one, for a less skill intensive and cheaper fit...

[Lows]
Magnetic Vortex Stabilizer I
Magnetic Vortex Stabilizer I
Local Hull Conversion Nanofiber Structure I

[Mids]
Experimental 1MN Afterburner I
Small C5-L Emergency Shield Overload I
Limited Kinetic Deflection Field I
Limited Thermic Dissipation Field I

[Highs]
125mm Compressed Coil Gun I,Antimatter Charge S
125mm Compressed Coil Gun I,Antimatter Charge S
125mm Compressed Coil Gun I,Antimatter Charge S

The dude doesn't even know the names of the guns. I don't think he is anywhere near being able to use T2 yet.....
He wants something he can fly today, not in 2-3 weeks.

220 mm rails are cruiser-sized guns.

Merlin is a frigate, so you want to pick from the Small (frigate) guns: 125mm Railgun fits well, 150mm if you really want to go overboard with killing power and not have any defenses. I would recommend you pick 125mm rail guns.

In general, if you can't fit the weapon without increasing the power grid, the weapon is too big for that class of ship. Power Grid is designed to limit the size of weapons and defenses on your ship, and otherwise Frigates typically use Small weapons, Cruisers use Medium, and Battleships use Large.

As it's been suggested with several fittings above, you want guns in the high slots, 1 afterburner and shield defenses in the medium slots, and damage modules (magnetic stabilizers) and other miscellaneous hull upgrades in the low slots. This type of fitting would let you shoot anything at about 20 km range (or closer), and you have high speed with the afterburner if you need to get close or get away.

Alternately, you can fit the short range hybrid guns (small blasters), and with the afterburner you can get in close and orbit at 1000 m and do quite a bit more damage than with the rails.

I'm always disappointed in fitting threads that end-up going down this same path of arguing over what a rookie can and can't do, and whether fits are appropriate. Really, if you want to be helpful, post alternate fits rather than arguing / complaining. Be constructive.

I posted a T2 fit:
* To show what is possible.
* To indicate a possible direction of training.
* To act as a template, where the pilot can substitute T1 and meta level 1 to 4 modules for T2 modules, as ISK, skills, and fitting abilities permit.
* I haven't tested other fits.


The same fit without T2:

[Merlin, Level 1]
Micro Auxiliary Power Core I
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I

Medium F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Upgraded EM Ward Amplifier I
Small C5-L Emergency Shield Overload I
Experimental 1MN Afterburner I

Modal Light Neutron Particle Accelerator I, Antimatter Charge S
Modal Light Neutron Particle Accelerator I, Antimatter Charge S
Modal Light Neutron Particle Accelerator I, Antimatter Charge S

Small Hybrid Metastasis Adjuster I
Small Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I