Ships & Modules

On a marauder there is literally no reason ever to have anything bigger and more expensive than a single Pith C-type X-L repper (or a comparable armor repper). Hell you don't even need any resist or at most a single invul/enam. You have more than double the tank any mission can put out unless you specifically go after every single trigger exclusively and on purpose.

Hell even my Mach has only two bling modules, a cheap C-Type armor repper and the cheapest DED MWD I could find. Not only is the entire fit and hull less than half a marauder hull (I make more isk in an afternoon) but unless the MWD drops anyone ganking me would make a loss. So no tears and no loot.

With a marauder hull and a fit (I'm guessing) around 500m-1bill you are a prime target for both tears farming and loot drops. GL if you're still flying the bling.

What dead space dps enhancers? Don't you mean faction?

When I was running missions in my Kronos, the only semi-blingy modules I used were IN EANMs. I never ran deadspace mods because I didn't need them, and I used the ISK saved for PvP ships.

depends on the mod. as there are huge variances in prices between mods, pith x-type xl booster is less than a pithum c-type invlun.

pith c-type xl booster goes on most of my shield ships, but hey it only costs 30m. faction damage mods usually go too. faction invluns, I won't touch.

anyone buying a CN invlun is either a fool or a very dedicated RPer, that said if there was a 5 run bpc in one of the LP stores they might be useful. DG is usually cheaper than a gist c-type which has the same resists, and fitting, but saves a bit of cap, or pith c-type which gets better resists, and slightly worse fitting.

their prices are almost low enough, but I've found a t2 works pretty much fine. I think I have a pith c-type on a ship that doesn't have any other faction mods, but man those things add too much isk value to the ship imo

If you're flying shield ships, then Pith stuff is cheap as dirt, due to the assiduous efforts of my bretheren of The Imperium.

A Pith B-type mod or 3 isn't going to make you a gank magnet. if you're missioning in a relaxed fashion, then a Damage Control II is the single most relaxing module I know of.

It comes down to what's in your wallet. Will losing a 3 billion isk Marauder break your piggy bank? If yes then don't do it. If not then go for it.

Some shiny mods are relatively cheap and make your ship far more effective.

My Machariel fit had 3x Republic Fleet Gyros and a deadspace XL shield booster (X type I think) - all this added a bit less than 300m to the price tag of the ship and significantly increased DPS and tank.

No one is going to gank you and gamble on the loot fairy for a couple of 50-60M ISK mods, especially if they have to use battlecruisers or a horde of catalysts to do it.

On the other hand, if your entire fit consists of high end faction/deadspace mods to the point where the bling is doubling or triple your hull's value and a ganker is looking at a potential billion+ ISK payout...your chances of being a gank target go way up.

If you're space rich and want to fit shiny because you like to see all the green and blue and even purple in the fitting window, that's fine. But I would recommend weighing the increased efficiency of certain deadspace/faction mods against their cost/risk.