EVE New Citizens Q&A

According to the EVE Uni Wiki, you can actually use a Myrmidon effectively with a passive shield tank for missions.

http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Myrmidon

Click on Notes, for extra details on stats and how to use the fit.

Regarding the solo issue, I am waiting for a spot with Eve Uni.

its really cool to see how your questions have progressed. From what I can gather we started around the same time, and the first few posts I saw from you was very random and broad, but with each new post I can see how much better you are getting at the game with the type of questions you ask (and responses you get). Keep doing what you are doing

if your armour tanking, yes your shield is just extra buffer

if you have a local repair module (armour or shield) it's basically an active tank
and both follow the same format

repair module + 2-3 hardeners (use the mission info on http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=MissionReports to know which hardeners to fit)

+hp modules (shield, armour or hull) are more suited to pvp fits, you can use them for pve, but generally there are better options available

most passive shield tanks are hybrid builds .. +hp, active hardeners, +regen modules
I guess they get called passive because they don't have an active local rep module

you can use rig slots to boost weak points in your tank, or to boost strong points .. either works well

yeah if something get's close you can drain a little bit of cap from it. You shouldn't be relying on it though.

I see you have two Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II...

Is there a stacking penalty? If yes, what is the maginitude of stacking penalties?

In case you get in short range trouble and need to tank for a prolonged time, not much else to fit there anyway.

If you can passively shield-tank, then by all means go for it.

Myself, I went armor-tank all the way up to the Dominix until I tried to shield-tank that spacepotato and I never looked back; it´s simply too tempting to use all those low slots for damage mods (which is kind of tank too, actually, DPS it is the best tank; dead rats don´t shoot anymore).
Also, you likely can use rig slots for damage as well, don´t neglect these in favor of a stable Cap. As Tau said, that is unnecessary and a waste.

Some thoughts.

While you can passive or active shield tank a Myrm why when there is a bonus to armor reps and for missions it really does not make any difference which tanking method you use.

Here are some thoughts on the fit posted earlier.
Nothing wrong with it just have other options for you to explore.

Drones damage amps.
While 3 drones damage amps are wonderful at first I would suggest dropping one of them for another mission specific hardener or a damage control unit. After you get used to flying an active tanked armor ship then you can experiment with the 3rd drones damage amp.

Medium Micro Jump Drive
Marginal usefulness on a level 3 mission ship since things are not usually spread out enough to matter much.
Other options are a tracking computer to help the guns, or a cap recharger to help with your cap recharge rate, or a cap battery.
On the other side the MJD can be useful to move between gates and to get out of dodge as they say if a real problem comes up.

Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
While these look good on paper I have never found them to be all that useful.
Sentries will easily hit the battle crusier and some cruiser class ships, mediums will do well on the cruiser class and many of the destroyer class ships and the lights will have no trouble with the destroyers and frigates.
Consider replacing these with cap mods at first and then change up later if you are not experiencing cap related problems.

Civilian Gatling Railgun, Civilian Railgun Charge
Since there are no ship bonuses to weapons other than drones consider replacing these with auto cannons in the 150mm to 200mmm range. The DPS drop you may have will not be significant and they do not use any capacitor so that will help with that as well.

Small Tractor Beam II
This would require dropping a weapon out of a high slot to allow for this.
The drop in total DPS is not significant but it is worth considering.
Another option would be a salvage beam instead of the tractor.


Drones load out.
This is a very personal choice and what is listed is OK although I would suggest a couple of small change. Drop 1 Garde and add another Warden. The other change, if you cannot use all 4 of the sentry drones then I would suggest using the bouncers instead of the Wardens. Again all of these are personal choices.

My drones load for a lvl 3 mission Myrm is
4 Bouncers.
5 mission specific mediums - if you cannot use all of the different types then hammerheads are the best overall.
5 missions specific lights - again if you cannot use them all then hobgoblins are the best overall.
2 medium armor maint bots and 1 light armor maint bot.
The maint bots are useful to repair damaged drones between mission pockets when / if needed.

Added note:

Change the 2 hardeners for the mission specific damage types, as usual. Rest is a great fit.