Ships & Modules

So I am about a week away from flying a Kronos (with marauders 4), so I have started playing around with fits.

This would be primarily LVL4 mission fits. I haven't run missions in forever, and when I did it was pretty much always in a Dominix. So I haven't done much PVE with a primarily turret based battleship.

I came up with the fit below playing around. I guess maybe with rails I wouldnt need the MWD. Im not sure about rails vs blasters (blaster DPS is pretty nice in EFT, but the range is sucky).

I didn't know exactly about the cap booster. I think for the short term it was kind of a crutch until I feel comfortable. I get about 2min of cap with guns and armor rep running without the cap booster.

Feel free to give tips, ideas, criticism (constructive or otherwise)

I do plan on running solo, and selectively salvaging as I go.

[Kronos, Mission fit]

Centus C-Type Large Armor Repairer
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Tracking Enhancer II

Tracking Computer II
100MN Microwarpdrive II
Sensor Booster II
Heavy Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 800

425mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge L
Small Tractor Beam I
Salvager I
Salvager I

Large Nanobot Accelerator I
Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I


Hammerhead II x5

Thanks for the feedback.

I am kind of thinking a MWD with rails probably isn't that critical. Probably maybe a MJD with rails and MWD with blasters...

Don't really need a web if you're using rails... : /

Would work well on blaster-oriented missions I guess.

am I the only one not impressed with a kronos? I spent months getting in one, and was immensely crushed when I discovered it's barely better than a navy thron :\

90% web works well with rails, lets you hit the cruiser and destroyers that get to close, helps your drones kill the frigs that get to close too.

i go with Ab, web. TC, and one cap recharger for the mids. Faction repper, 3 T2 resists, 3 navy magstabs for the lows.

You'll be able to kill rats quick enough that you shouldn't have cap issues, not enough to merit a cap booster imo.

Nice fit. And I agree on the repper. Seems silly to spend ~800mil on a hull and cheap out on the rep. Isk isn't really an issue for me anyhow. I already have 2 I plan to buy off the bat (one active tank for mission stuff and one for incursions).

Hey I forgot to ask, how does that work with salvage drones? I've never used them but i like the idea of 3 tractors and salvage drones.

It really depends on the mission, salvage drones in general are slow. I tried the three tractors fit and was underwhelmed, but it works if you have balled up all the wrecks while fighting. But you have to wait for all the ships to be killed because even bs will aggro salvage drones.

Since salvage drones ill always autosalvage whatever is closest to you (not to their last position) you can dictate some kind of order to them by tractoring the largest wrecks and leaving the smaller stuff farther out. but because they have such a gap between their salvage retrieval chance and that of the t2 module, i find that its not worth waiting till the fighting has stopped to start salvaging. after a room is finished though they are nice for clearing the remaining wrecks as you tractor them in.

It doesnt matter how much the ship is tanked vs alpha if the ship cant complete a mission. I havent seen a truly effective kronos fit using buffer . though ive been told that a vindicator can pull this off. I have yet to see one match my mission completion times though. As long as you arent missioning in a market hub (or within two jumps of one) you almost never get scanned or see people prepping a gank. since most of the isk is tied up in the hull i never have worried that much about it, though you local conditions are always a factor.

Ive got a golem that's a magnet, a vargur that always gets watched, and ive never undocked my paladin.
the Kronos is pretty middle of the road, and not special enough for much scrutiny

On a noctis they are really good, and ive switched the layout to a 6/2 because its better to get all of the wrecks withing a km of the ship to loot and to reduce the drones travel times.

PS, the second rig should have been a CCC not a nano, the ccc makes it stable (with the rep and the ab off)
but you can fit whatever you want there.

Not sure what that was about. 2 maxed out nados aren't even close to gank an unfitted Kronos at weakest resist. Marauders may have low buffer compared to other BS, but not that low. It takes 4 to gank an unfitted Kronos, assuming nados have max skills and all arty hit perfectly. 8-9 for a fitted one under realistic conditions.

Don't get me wrong, paranoia in this Eve is always a good thing, but 2 nados can gank maybe your drones...

Actually I've noticed that webs prevent the drones from hitting frigs. Frigs stop in 1 place, drones start orbiting frigs, drones guns don't track. If the frig moves the drones chase it in a straight line, guns don't need tracking.