Ships & Modules

I am not 100% sure if the modules already fitted are suitable for what i am doing?

i am currently in Null space running a few drone and blood anoms and i found the ship to be abit of an anti climax i was expecting things to pop quite easily, with my current skills i am mastery lvl4 skilled towards the ship.
gallente battleship is lvl4
minmitar battleship lvl3 next in queue to lvl4

any advice appreciated


[Machariel]
Gyrostabilizer II
1600mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
1600mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
Damage Control II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Explosive Hardener II

Tracking Computer II
Tracking Computer II
Tracking Computer II
100MN Afterburner II
Large Micro Jump Drive

Heavy Unstable Power Fluctuator I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I

Large Ancillary Current Router I
Large Trimark Armor Pump I
Large Trimark Armor Pump I


Hornet EC-300 x5
Bouncer II x4

Republic Fleet EMP L x636
Arch Angel Depleted Uranium L x802
Republic Fleet Fusion L x876
Republic Fleet Titanium Sabot L x1000
Scan Resolution Dampening Script x1
Targeting Range Dampening Script x1

you seem to be omnitanked... bloods and drones just need em and therm don't they?

likewise for ammo, you should only be using em damage for best results. same for drones

remove explosive and kinetic hardeners- fit em hardner and another gyro- better tank and more dps

Honestly if you are using it to rat I would just shield tank and stack damage mods and tracking enhancers. At least 3 damage mods, Republic Fleet gyros are fairly cheap and 3 of them adds close to 100 DPS. You'll be more maneuverable with shield; let's face it if you get tackled no amount of armor buffer is going to save you so I'd think the superior speed/agility and damage of a shield fit would win out over the slightly superior tank and significant sig bonus of armor.

I have very little experience with null anoms and really only with Serpentis stuff but I can't imagine the rats will be hitting you for much out at 100k or wherever you're shooting from with artillery. Maxing out damage is your goal so 170M for 3x fleet gyros definitely worth it, and getting Minmatar battleships to 4 and eventually 5 is also important with the 5% additional damage per level.

That third gyro should make a big difference though especially if you go to faction. Shield mach with MWD or MJD is also pretty good at the proverbial "GTFO."

Also wondering what your gunnery skills look like, obviously you have large projectiles at V but having things like rapid firing and surgical strike to at least 4 adds substantial DPS, large artillery spec too, and you can get a pair of 3% damage implants for under 40M for even more DPS bonus. 3% surgical strike and 3% large projectile implants.

Mach's are autocannon shredding, shield tankers and should be fitted as such.

Lows: Use Faction Modules as much as possible to save CPU
3x T2 Gyro's
3x T2 Tracking Enhancers
1x T2 Damage Control

Mids: For best shield tanking results, try to go all faction/deadspace modules
1x T2/Faction/DS Shieldbooster
1x T2/Faction/DS SB Amp
2x T2/Faction/DS Shield Hardeners specific to what you are fighting against
1x T2/Faction/DS Invuln Shield Hardener

Highs:
7x T2 800mm Autocannons using Barrage ammo for max hitting distance (Although using Faction ammo will provide a better DPS/Range combo)

Rigs:
1x T2 LCDOS
1x T1 LCDOS
1x T2 Kinetic Shield Rig

Drones:
T2/Augmented Drones: Hammerheads

Implants: Slots 6 thru 10> use the best implants you can afford
Slot 6: CPU Management
Slot 7: Motion Prediction
Slot 8: Options are limited here. I chose +Cap implant
Slot 9: Gunnery or Surgical Strike (Gunnery +RateOfFire; SS +Damage)
Slot 10: Large Projectile Turret

Projected DPS and range:
- Using Barrage: 1068 @ 7.6 to 85KM
- Using Faction EMP: 1296 @ 3.8 to 61KM

Projected Tank:
- Shields boosted every 2.72 seconds @ 1339.8 hit points every cycle
- EHP: 107,080
- Shield HP: 11,650 (About 24 seconds to recover using DS shield modules)

Projected Cap:
- Depletes in 1 minute 6 seconds w/ everything on. Shields will recover well before cap dies.

This is simply a template and all of these stats are based on all skills @ 5 and +5 skill implants. Your results may vary.

Pith shield boosters are silly cheap these days. Get a B-type.