Ships & Modules

Looking for good fittings for fast hitting, range keeping frigates/destroyers...preferably either Gallente or Faction frigates

Any fittings would be greatly appreciated o/

The Slicer is a pretty great kiting ship in almost any scenario. It can dictate range very well thanks to great speed and agility, it can apply its DPS very well out to 24km with good skills, and it shoots purple, so win.

I have flown a metric buttload of different Slicer fits throughout the years, but I currently use this one:

Slicer: Baby Nomen

Small Focused Pulse Laser II
Small Focused Pulse Laser II
[Empty High Slot]

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Warp Disruptor II

Pseudoelectron Containment Field I
Heat Sink II
Fourier Transform Tracking Program
Small Ancillary Armor Repairer
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Small Energy Locus Coordinator I
Small Energy Locus Coordinator I
Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I

This fit excels at what I said above, and can also tank a flight of drones fairly well. Before using this fit, I flew a no-rep double Hear Sink fit, which while it did more damage, had no means of self-repping on the field or when in warp back. I much rather prefer this fit, which trades DPS for tank and application.

Gallente kiting options will always revolve around the use of railguns and/or drones. You might think that the algos and vexor would make for good kiting platforms, but they are considerably slower than their hybrid-intensive counterparts.

Good Gallente hulls for kiting use: Atron (rails), Tristan (drones/rails), Comet (rails/drones), Catalyst (rails), Ishkur (rails/drones), Thorax (rails/drones). Algos and Vexor are options if you're reasonably sure your opponents will be slower.

I've had some great luck using a Tristan fit with nothing in the high slots at all, using a point/MSE-II/mwd, DC/2x DDA combo and using drones exclusively for dps. The kiting Comet is arguably a bigger monster than the Slicer as it actually has room to fit a substantial tank and more dps. And the shield tanked railgun Thorax is fantastic, especially in small gangs.

Happy hunting!

Don't bother, the new Garmur will lolrape them all.