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Is This A Decent Vexor setup? New to game !

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Aldar Dallocourt
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-04-22 16:18:49 UTC
I am newish to this game ( been playing just over a month) and I was just wondering how this setup rates for doing lvl 2 security missions? I have found the drones quite useful for distracting enemys too seems to be a good ship, and the Vexor seems to have alot of slots and plenty of power available to load them! This is my first cruiser so I am still learning all the setups!


[Vexor, Aldar Dallocourt's Vexor Shield Setup]
Pseudoelectron Containment Field I
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Fourier Transform Tracking Program

Experimental 10MN Afterburner I
Large Shield Extender I
Large Shield Extender I
Adaptive Invulnerability Field I

200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun

Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Semiconductor Memory Cell I


Hobgoblin I x10
Hammerhead I x2


Uranium Charge M x2000
Antimatter Charge M x2000
Iron Charge M x2000



Comments? Suggestions? Thanks!
Paranoid Loyd
#2 - 2015-04-22 17:23:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Paranoid Loyd
It is decent and will probably work fine, here are some thoughts:
Why only 2 hammerheads? probably want 10 hammerheads and 5 hobs.
Using the Meta 4 shield extenders might open up enough CPU to use another drone damage amp instead of the tracking enhancer as well as provide more HPs. Also, use the Limited Adaptive Invulnerability Field I, it uses less cap and CPU.
You shouldn't need the cap rig and the effective shield recharge from using three extenders is actually more than the fit you posted so the extra buffer would be the preferred setup imo.

[Vexor, Aldar Dallocourt's Vexor Shield Setup v2]
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Pseudoelectron Containment Field I

Experimental 10MN Afterburner I
Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Limited Adaptive Invulnerability Field I

200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I


Hobgoblin I x5
Hammerhead I x10

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

Fix the Prospect!
Samwise Everquest
Plus 10 NV
#3 - 2015-04-22 21:36:52 UTC
Shield vexor is for ganking bro.

Pras Phil.
Paranoid Loyd
#4 - 2015-04-22 21:51:03 UTC
Samwise Everquest wrote:
Shield vexor is for ganking bro.

Yes Samwise very good, Shield Vexor is used for ganking. What does that have to do with this thread?

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

Fix the Prospect!
pushdogg
relocation LLC.
#5 - 2015-04-22 22:02:20 UTC
Samwise Everquest wrote:
Shield vexor is for ganking bro.



loyds fit is perfect, and apparently good for ganking too.

i use an XL asb vexor for my angel space plexing and anoms.


Aldar Dallocourt
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2015-04-22 22:43:09 UTC
Paranoid Loyd wrote:
It is decent and will probably work fine, here are some thoughts:
Why only 2 hammerheads? probably want 10 hammerheads and 5 hobs.
Using the Meta 4 shield extenders might open up enough CPU to use another drone damage amp instead of the tracking enhancer as well as provide more HPs. Also, use the Limited Adaptive Invulnerability Field I, it uses less cap and CPU.
You shouldn't need the cap rig and the effective shield recharge from using three extenders is actually more than the fit you posted so the extra buffer would be the preferred setup imo.

[Vexor, Aldar Dallocourt's Vexor Shield Setup v2]
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Pseudoelectron Containment Field I

Experimental 10MN Afterburner I
Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Limited Adaptive Invulnerability Field I

200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I


Hobgoblin I x5
Hammerhead I x10


Thanks for your feedback :) Yeah I only had 2 Hammers at the time when I posted this because I had just finished a mission where a few had been killed, mind you I took out 12 elites and one boss at the same time. I noticed I can only launch 5 drones at a time, is this a game restriction to stop people spamming the world with 20 drones or is it a skill deficiency on my part? Yeah I was wondering about power usage, it isn't quite stable so I was looking for alternatives! Although I have found that I don't have to do too much fighting as the drones distract the enemy while I pound them from 40ks away!
Paranoid Loyd
#7 - 2015-04-22 22:43:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Paranoid Loyd
pushdogg wrote:
loyds fit is perfect
Nah, something like this is more optimized for level 2 mission running, I was just trying to use the skills OP has available based off his original fit.

[Vexor, Shield LVL2 Optimized]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Photonic Upgraded Co-Processor
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Large Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
10MN Afterburner II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II, Optimal Range Script

250mm Railgun II, Spike M
250mm Railgun II, Spike M
250mm Railgun II, Spike M
250mm Railgun II, Spike M

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I


Garde II x3
Garde II x1
Hobgoblin II x5

pushdogg wrote:
and apparently good for ganking too.

They are somewhat similar if you are talking about gate ganking, a proper gate gank fit looks like this:

[Vexor, Gate Gank]
Damage Control II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

J5 Prototype Warp Disruptor I
J5 Prototype Warp Disruptor I
Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Alumel-Wired Sensor Augmentation,Scan Resolution Script

250mm Compressed Coil Gun I,Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
250mm Compressed Coil Gun I,Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
250mm Compressed Coil Gun I,Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
250mm Compressed Coil Gun I,Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Hybrid Collision Accelerator I

Garde II x3

Belt ganking or anywhere else you can control the engagement range and avoid gate/station guns for the gank would use blasters, heavy drones and no tank.

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

Fix the Prospect!
Paranoid Loyd
#8 - 2015-04-22 22:48:47 UTC
Aldar Dallocourt wrote:
I noticed I can only launch 5 drones at a time, is this a game restriction to stop people spamming the world with 20 drones or is it a skill deficiency on my part?
Yes it is a game restriction, all sub cap ships can only use a max of 5 drones.

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

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Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#9 - 2015-04-23 05:15:46 UTC
well there is one subcap I can think of that can launch 10 drones, if you find one for under the price of one year of a typical mortgage let me know :p

and for the most part missions (well pve in general) is more about gank than tank. Fit for as much damage as possible and as long as you survive the engagement it is working. a few LSE and a hardener is plenty of tank for lv2s. The faster you complete sites the more isk you make! Most PVE fits have as many damage and application mods as they can squeeze on and as little tank as they can fit. tank is a secondary thought as dead npcs do no damage. Shields are cool as the bigger your buffer the longer it takes before you get into danger, and also the more shield HP you throw on there the higher your passive HP regen is.

and as Loyd pointed out sentry drones are pretty damn useful. I don't know that I would push for them for lv2 missions, but for lv3s they get pretty useful, and by the time you get to lv4s you should have them for sure. the Navy versions have very similar stats (in some cases better) than tech 2. and with sentries you should be sitting very close so if they do get into trouble you can scoop them and save them from death, and thus the little premium in price they have should quickly pay for itself and also when you are done with them you can sell them off to the next dude.

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Tiddle Jr
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2015-04-23 11:38:09 UTC
[Vexor, active armor rep]

Damage Control II
Medium Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Omnidirectional Tracking Link I, Tracking Speed Script

250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
Small Tractor Beam I

Medium Sentry Damage Augmentor I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hobgoblin II x5
Garde II x3
Hornet II x5

"The message is that there are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know" - CCP
H1de0
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#11 - 2015-04-23 13:33:57 UTC
Paranoid Loyd wrote:
pushdogg wrote:
loyds fit is perfect
Nah, something like this is more optimized for level 2 mission running, I was just trying to use the skills OP has available based off his original fit.

[Vexor, Shield LVL2 Optimized]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Photonic Upgraded Co-Processor
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Large Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
10MN Afterburner II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II, Optimal Range Script

250mm Railgun II, Spike M
250mm Railgun II, Spike M
250mm Railgun II, Spike M
250mm Railgun II, Spike M

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I


Garde II x3
Garde II x1
Hobgoblin II x5


Nice.. I've started with a similar fit on my first ratting Vexor albeit with meta 4s. May I suggest a armor-tanked counterpart:)

[Vexor, low-sec sites (drones+rails, armour)]

Damage Control II
Medium Armor Repairer II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Small Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 400
Drone Navigation Computer I
Omnidirectional Tracking Link I, Tracking Speed Script

200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M

Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I


Salvage Drone I x5
'Integrated' Hammerhead x5
'Integrated' Hobgoblin x5

Switch to meta4, if You do not have the skills (I'm still way of with T1 Drones:/). Switch the hardeners accordingly.

Tested on 4/10 DED complexes.. no problems.
Keep an extra eye on Your drones.. always try to keep the aggro on Your ship.

Decrypting the Sleeper cache..
Syrilian
Doomheim
#12 - 2015-04-23 14:36:03 UTC
Tiddle Jr wrote:
[Vexor, active armor rep]

Damage Control II
Medium Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Omnidirectional Tracking Link I, Tracking Speed Script

250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
Small Tractor Beam I

Medium Sentry Damage Augmentor I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hobgoblin II x5
Garde II x3
Hornet II x5


Is this a good fit for PVP as well?
Aldar Dallocourt
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2015-04-23 14:50:49 UTC
Tha'ts good news about the Drones, I was about to go hunting through my skills figuring out what needed training lol You only really need 5 for level 2 missions anyhow, they seem to distract the enemy enough that they never seem to get a sight on you long enough to even remove your shields let alone get into your Armor. I took a few Heavy Drones off some Medium sized ships I blew up and they seem to work quite well too, and seem to deal more damage.

Love some of your builds posted here I might have to tinker around abit :) (Got days because I am getting my mining skills up so I can buy something like a Retriever to do some more serious mining). So far I have done 6 or 7 level 2 missions and no matter how nasty the enemy, they haven't got through my shields yet which is reasurring. - For now!

Thanks!
Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2015-04-27 04:14:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Praxis Ginimic
Syrilian wrote:
Tiddle Jr wrote:
[Vexor, active armor rep]

Damage Control II
Medium Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Omnidirectional Tracking Link I, Tracking Speed Script

250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Antimatter Charge M
Small Tractor Beam I

Medium Sentry Damage Augmentor I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hobgoblin II x5
Garde II x3
Hornet II x5


Is this a good fit for PVP as well?


PvP fits are quite different from PvE fits. If you like the rails then you will want to kite. That means a MWD and a long point. I like to brawl with my vexors. AB, scram, web, dual rep, and blasters.

[Vexor, Vexor - Dual Rep]
Damage Control II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Medium Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste
Medium Armor Repairer II, Nanite Repair Paste
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator
Medium Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Cap Booster 800
Experimental 10MN Afterburner I

Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M

Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Anti-Explosive Pump I

Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Vespa EC-600 x5


The dual rep is my favorite boat. This thing can tank like mad.




[Vexor, Vexor - Buffer]
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Damage Control II
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator

Heavy Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M

Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I

Ogre II x2
Hobgoblin II x1Hammerhead II x2
Warrior II x5
Hornet EC-300 x5

This is a pretty classic vex fIt. It is good for solo and gangs. If you take a vex out with a fleet it will look like this.





[Vexor, Vexor - 100mn ab Shield]
Damage Control II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

100MN Afterburner II
Warp Disruptor II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II

[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I

Hammerhead II x2
Hobgoblin II x1
Ogre II x2
Valkyrie II x5

This is kind of a gimmick fit for the vex. There's plenty of room left for defensive neuts but quite frankly if you get webbed down then the jig is up.




[Vexor, Vexor - Hull Tank]
Damage Control II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer II

Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I

Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M

Medium Transverse Bulkhead I
Medium Transverse Bulkhead I
Medium Transverse Bulkhead I

Hammerhead II x5
Hammerhead II x2
Ogre II x2
Hobgoblin II x1

This one is really fun too. Its the sort of "did I just pee a little?" fun. The tank is not great but good enough to surprise the crap out of someone. The massive damage that it pushes is also surprising. Heat all the things and kill what ever is closest.

Good luck m8. See you in the belts