Fit of the week: SFI

This week I've been slacking. I've been using that RLML Caracal a bit too much so this fit of the week is a classic go to ship of mine.

Stabber Fleet Issue

425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II

Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Expirimental 10mn Microwarpdrive I
Warp Disruptor II

Gyrostabilizier II
Gyrostabilizier II
Gyrostabilizier II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I x 2
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I

This is my go to "rally the troops" ship. If we form up to fight and little to no Intel is given nine times out of ten you'll see this. This ship is a Jack of all trades. Other ships fill the niche roles it performs better but you can choose to kite, brawl, or act heavy tackle. You can also easily drop a LSE for a large ASB if you know you won't have logi. If you know you'll be engaging frigs you can drop the 425s to 220s or 180s for the increased tracking. This is a very fun and very fast ship.

I wrote this one on my phone, so when I get home I'll add the win and fail portion of this fit of the week.

PS As of yesterday after I logged we were invaded in maut. So expect a fun fit of the week with some epic win or fail next week.

The Win
Thrasher
Scythe Fleet Issue
Garbage
Tengu


The Fail
Moon Warriors like to drop battleships on a cruiser fleet
Perma Jammed :(

Doesn't really count because it's a normal  stabber and we did kill him but it is essentially the same fit

Sometimes win happens

I will never understand the stupidity of some pilots. For instance this over-aggressive carrier pilot.  Now fitting aside, this pilot made some stupid mistakes.

1) inexperienced capital pilots do not belong in low sec
2) he lit a cyno with a ship he did not want to lose.
3) he aggressed on station against the same group twice in one day to no avail.

So I'll quickly run through how this came to fruition. Early in the afternoon I noticed a cyno pop in maut (yes I still kill cyno ships, I never buy ozone because of this) I landed on grid to a rupture. A quick look at the ship I noticed he had guns equipped. Juicier killmail. So I reshipped into something a bit more bling for the luls. Undocking in my vigilant I aggressed and warped to a close celestial to drop the gate guns. Upon returning I was greeted by a thanatos repping his cyno sitting just off the undock. I tried rallying some corpmates to bump off and neut but no one was active. Rats blueballed again.

This is where things get stupid. He hung around and baited with his cyno rupture some more, giving us time to mobilize. Even with numbers now we realized most of our cap pilots were offline, so it was time to call in a bat phone. The rest is tears. Thanks for the mail

Fit of the week: Rapid Light Caracal

Before today I've never flown anything with rapid light missiles.  Even though I started as a very heavily Caldari Sp based character I had always used rockets.  I knew how well these were as anti-frigate platform but I never expected people to engage it and with the low scan res and not-quite-fast enough speed to catch most frigates I figured I'd be flying around watching frigates warp away.  Booorrriiinngg! Now this is the fit I'm rocking because I still only have light missiles to III so obviously rock the tech II's if you can.

Caracal

Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher  Caldari Navy Inferno Light Missile

Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher  Caldari Navy Inferno Light Missile

Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher  Caldari Navy Inferno Light Missile

Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher  Caldari Navy Inferno Light Missile

Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher  Caldari Navy Inferno Light Missile

Large Ancillary Shield Booster Navy Cap Booster 150

Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I

Warp Disruptor II

EM Ward Field II

10mn Microwarpdrive II

Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Ballistic Control System II

Ballistic Control System II

Damage Control II

Medium Bay Loading Accelerator I

Medium Anti-Explosive Screen Reinforcer I

Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I

Warrior II x 2

So I don't think I really need to explain this fit.  Kite targets at Point range and use the web defensively.  If frigs try to burn out of range overheat the mwd and point to keep them on grid for as long as possible.

The Win:

All of these were withing twenty minutes of actually building the ship which may have biased me a bit but here we go.

1. Fed Navy Comet + incursus + breacher. (Breacher got away)
2. Stabber Fleet Issue hero bump
3. Fed Navy #2

The Fail
Haven't lost it yet so no loss mails to show off.  I will say that you should avoid cruisers that can project their range because they will out dps you. Stick to frigs and destroyers and let them think youre buffer fit and you'll see some success.
Burnt out mwd
Pizza Blob
Lost with him in 10% Structure (forgot to pop heat)

Zif W's rating 9/10

Sometimes fail happens

So, as a precursor to the horrible loss mail your eyes are about to view I'd like to point out that sometimes I like to fly very silly ships. Thus, I present my bait logi.

Exequror
Heavy Electron Blaster II Void M
Heavy Electron Blaster II Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II Void M

Experimental 10mn Afterburner I
Stasis Webifier II
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler
Small Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I Navy Cap Booster 200s

Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Medium Ancillary Armor Repairer
800mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
Prototype Armor Explosive Hardener I
Damage Control II

Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Anti-Explosive Pump I

A corpie of mine had used this fit to great success. It has a hefty tank, reps well, and pushes moderate dps. The trick behind it is in the finesse. It's all about getting people to engage you thinking you are a logi sans fleet. So when I was "autopiloting" through low and landed 15km off a Gate to see a stabber I got a wee bit excited.  Alas, I know better than to get my hopes up in low sec. A quick check of pilot info shows he's apart of Gladius Veritatis who happen to love not fighting alone. *cough cough fcon titans*  so I approached gate and he aggressed and  I decided to jump through to confirm he was not alone.  Another stabber sat on this side, now I had the choice to engage immediately while stabber #1 waits out his aggression timer or burn off the gate in case the cavalry comes in. In this case I did a bit of both. Dammit for being indecisive. Today I learned that the exequror could have handled either of these ships solo, my reps held fine while fighting them 1 on 1, but the combined dps of them was too much for my tank. As I put the first stabber into structure I went pop.  Almost a brilliant idea. Back to the drawing board hopefully I can update this with some win later.

Also don't worry this isn't the fit of the week.  This is a silly bonus post. Fit set for Friday should be fun ^.^

Fit of the week: Slasher

BOOO! A cheap ass T1 frigate for the first fit of the week. Honestly this ship is one of the ships I enjoy flying the most. I can fly an Archon and a Talos and pretty much everything BS sized and down with the exception of some specialty stuff but this frigate is my favorites and I'll explain why. Three words: Faction warfare plexers.  The bane of my existence.  Since our move to Maut from NPC null I assumed popular local meant more goodfights. Boy was I wrong.  Most of the space around us is populated by condors or stabbed incursus' (incursi?).  So a corpmate of mine made a fit and I tinkered with it a bit and BEHOLD (drumroll please) the Condor Hunter

Slasher
125mm Gatling Autocannon II
125mm Gatling Autocannon II  Republic Fleet EMP
125mm Gatling Autocannon II
 Small Nosferatu II

J5B Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
Medium Ancillary Shield Booster Navy Cap Booster 50
Limited 1mn Microwarpdrive I
Stasis Webifier II

F85 Peripheral Damage System I
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I
Small Projectile Metasis Adjuster I
Small Projectile Metasis Adjuster I

So this ship appears to be paper but using your speed as your life it can more than out tank the condors light missiles as you close range.  Your asb will keep you alive while you close the gap, web + scram + nos = a very bad day for any condor pilot. The tracking rigs mean that you can keep a very tight orbit and still hit for maximum damage and your nos can also help you disengage if a fight goes poorly. If you find this fit to be too paper or if you run into a lot of navy slicers swap one for an Anti-Em shield rig.   If you find yourself fighting more incursus than condors swap the web for a tracking disruptor. 

The Win:
#1 Buffer
#2 ASB
#3 AAR Incursus


The Fail
#1 Hookbill
#2 Coercer
#3 Algos--  this one was just a total fail on my part.

So as you can tell this ships weakness is alpha damage.  Neut pressure can be handled because not much on this ship drains a lot of cap.  Use your nos to keep scram active and by all means overheat overheat overheat.  This bugger is for those who like their fights fast and balls deep ^.^

Overall Zif Rating 8.5/10

Howdy!

I'm terrible with introductions, as you can tell by my awful title. Howdy? who uses that word that didn't grow up in the 50s? I'm a 24 year old eve bittervet who has played on and off for about 6 years.  My ingame name is Zifw and I'm apart of Chaotic Tranquility in Casoff alliance.  We recently moved to Maut which opens up easy access to null and low-sec pvp and despite the constant action I'm still bored so Hooray... Blog. Who cares? Right-o exactly no one, but to continue onward this blog will feature a fit of the week.  Whatever the hell I feel like building and dicking about with. By the end of the week I'll post the mails good or bad and rate the effectiveness.  I'll open up suggestions later but as of right now I'm brand new to the whole blogging environment. So stick around and enjoy the fail.