Sins of a Gallente Pilot
Posted: 2011-07-26 Filed under: ships | Tags: ishkur, ishtar, tengu, thanatos 10 CommentsWhile listening to Voices from the Void Episode 13 podcast, the topic of Hybrid balancing was brought up and I agree completely with what they stated about them. Blasters do insane amounts of damage… if you are 7.5k or closer to the target ship. Rails do moderate amounts… as long as your target is not moving.
I don’t hate Gallente, I just hate the subcapital non-drone dependent ships due to their reliance on Hybrids for DPS. The drone dependent ships such as the Ishkur, Ishtar, and especially the Thanatos rock and I love flying them.
Oh dear how did Exhumers get in there!
My mouth has been watering for a Strategic Cruiser for a while now and I just couldn’t justify the Proteus as a PVE ship (though seeing them melt ships at point blank range in AT9 was a-mazing). Scorch Legion? meh. Loki? Now that’s a nice PVP ship if you have the ISK to put on the line.
The agreed upon standard for running missions and sites in nullsec is the mightly Tengu. After rounding out some *sigh* shield and missile skills, I bought some goods.
Here’s the general PVE fit that I got from a friend. I might change out some of the items for higher Meta items since I have some spare ISK.
[Tengu, PVE Setup]
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control SystemInvulnerability Field II
Photon Scattering Field II
Explosion Dampening Field II
Shield Boost Amplifier I
Large Shield Extender II
Pithi B-Type Small Shield BoosterHeavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy MissileMedium Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit ITengu Defensive – Amplification Node
Tengu Electronics – Dissolution Sequencer
Tengu Engineering – Augmented Capacitor Reservoir
Tengu Offensive – Accelerated Ejection Bay
Tengu Propulsion – Gravitational Capacitor
k162space 
Personally, I would not bother with the fourth BCU as the stacking penalty makes it next to insignificant, and instead I would put in a Damage Control II for AWESOME-TANKING-BONUS goodness.
Ah good note. I’ll consider that and see how the DC2 works out.
Agree on the DCU.
Also, if this is for missions, I”d consider dropping your LSE II for another one of them small shield boosters, the dual-SB setup is a popular one that’s easily cap stable and has slightly higher tank, and a mix of buffer/active isn’t exactly the best way to go. The only time I’d fit a LSE with a small shield booster is if I’m using my speed tanking fit and can’t kill the majority of the spawn before reaching half shield, or if I get webbed and need to rep up real quick before i can kill the webbers.
Domination Shield Amp ftw… On a T3, it is so worth the 50mil ish (I forget the real price)
use a T2 medium. Its all you need and the constant strapping deadspace boosters to ratting tengus thing is giving me conniptions. and consider strapping a target painter to it for killing small things and helping to nullify the damage reductions inherent with missiles
Tech 2 Rigor rigs please.
No. T2 rigs are absolutely NOT necessary for any PvE fit.
Yeah… the Domination Ballistics & SB Amplifier are both worse than T2. Get on that training!
You can swap the LSE for a Republic Fleet 10MN Afterburner. Just orbiting around the rats reduces a massive chunk of the incoming damage.
Oh and T2 rigs ARE worth it on a PVE fit. More DPS = More ISK/Hour.
[Tengu, PVE]
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Power Diagnostic System II
Republic Fleet 10MN Afterburner
Gistii B-Type Small Shield Booster
Gistii B-Type Small Shield Booster
Explosion Dampening Field II
Invulnerability Field II
Invulnerability Field II
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Tengu Defensive – Amplification Node
Tengu Electronics – Dissolution Sequencer
Tengu Engineering – Augmented Capacitor Reservoir
Tengu Offensive – Accelerated Ejection Bay
Tengu Propulsion – Fuel Catalyst
This is mine. I actually use it with T2 BCS. T1 rigors are nice, but T2 are like 20m a piece or so. Cap stable, well tanked, effective.