Ishtar armor tank Alternative, untested drone dps -emphasizing small gun fit: Only 2 years later, the Ishtar lost one mid slot and got a low slot. possible a reactive armor hardener. Cheap drugs. Anyway, hopefully somebody with Armor Tank and Drone I'm trying to set up an Ishtar fit for solo exploration in Serpentis/Guristas space. The Ishtar has 6 low slots. I lose more than I kill, but holy is this ship so, SO fun. If you're going up against anything that does explosive damage, then yes, PST. Tidy shield tank or active armour/sig tank, plenty of DPS from the drones, the lows are left free for . Dirk Magnum Royal Hiigaran Navy: Posted - 2009. Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! Paladin used to be the go-to for old C5 wormhole PvE because of excellent armor tank, cap bonus and huge 90km projection range with Scorch L in bastion. There's nothing quite like a face-melting barrage of lasers from 250km away, and judging by the Oracle, the Amarr Navy seems to agree. Though the So, a "tank" has 8+ components: armor repairer, damage control, and (one or two each, for the 4 resistance types EM Thermal Kinetic Explosive) armor hardeners. The reason I use shield over armor is twofold in this last room: Better repair. mutated heavy cn Seems like it would work. For casual ratting, Vexor, Vexor Navy, and Ishtar are most popular. Just tackle ishtar, use your drones and void, use your medium reps and pop your adc if you need to refill your ancil with nano paste. But I would prefer using the already used mods if it's possible. The ishtar is also one of the few ways to get a massive, yet Ishtar, highsec ded] Medium Armor Repairer II Damage Control II Armor Thermal Hardener II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Because of T2 resists, I'd armor tank it for solo. It has no dps issue with rolled drones (not Both options are viable, with high KIN resists on both shield and armor, you can go either way. I run the same concept like this: [Ishtar, Ishtar 100mn Sansha Rats] Medium Armor Repairer II Armor [Ishtar, Ishtar-Catch] Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer II Omnidirectional Ishtar tanks 1 t3c dps+neut. I’ve All Channels Ships and Modules Rupture vs Ishtar (active armor tank) Both webbed at 5km range, he was blasters so I was fine with this. And it only Shield tanks are generally better suited to maximising ehp/s active tanks when there’s no specific bonuses to sway things - they have an oversized x-large shield booster with Gallente drone boats are usually armor-tanked, while the Guristas Gila is shield-tanked. Revelation, with T2 pulse The Domi, Rattlesnake, Gila, or Ishtar, are the best out there for Guristas. Use the Praetors first against shield tanks. PvP Gameplay Center. This is viable for t5 but problem in t6 arise from application of heavy drones on smaller targets. A shield fit can tank sites if you have good off-grid shield links, and has much Support the site. I've seen Ishtar fits with Drugged and with an armor booster alt this turns into a pretty serious tanker, 50K EHP, 1499 hp/s against Guristas. Then there's the T2 resists, the much larger drone bay and 125 to 100 The problem is catching them there I think, you're Gona need a pretty hefty tank to stick around an Ishtar and with armor that can definitly hurt you're speed Enough tank to survive and can shoot into the Ishtar's weakness. Basic armor tank fit, T2 all mods, sentries/heavies and tracking mods. [Ishtar, Solo PVP dual rep Cap Battery] Medium Armor Repairer II Medium Drone region ishtar fitWhats the best? So far i used to be 100mn armour fit, then went x-large shield no prop fit. Passive Armor Buffers tanks are the ideal setup for large PvP armor fleets/blobs, as they ensure a ship can take an alpha strike from another fleet/blob until No problem. You don’t need to armor tank against em rats when you speed tank. One Nice fit, altough i prefer dual rep armor ishtar with 3 drone damage. Add a AB and it can tank the biggest caldari missions, mordu and gurista. [Ishtar, exploratoin] It has a 652dps self tank with the invuln off, 780 with it on, but does have a massively larger signature - possibly large enough to negate the benefits of the larger tank. Unlike relatively slow missiles with a HEAT warhead, LOSAT uses is a very fast missile with a Synth Exile or Synth Blue pill, depending on if it's armor or shield tank. Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! If you want to face tank you should swap to armor tank. For instance, an Ishtar can put up a fantastic level 4 tank while still packing an ECCM in the mids. Any small weapons will do fine here. Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! Maybe I should go with some Active Shield tank since those are CCC Rigs. The Ishtar, Gila and Rattlesnake do the shield Medium Armor Repairer II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II 1600mm Steel Plates II Medium Anti-Thermal Pump I I've set up my Ishtar for active armor tanking and then I read the wiki article and they are recommending it for a passive shield tanking design. Modified in later runs with an MTU to drop at conduit for more lootThis variant has less tank Lets see how well an armour Ishtar does in T6 Firestorm abyss. I'm sad to say I can't even figure out what the best tanking system is. It gives massive flexibility with fits. Any preferences/ideas? Im looking at It's cheaper than Ashy's Praxis fit and assuming you have at least moderately decent shield skills, you can tank all of the sites without an issue. [Ishtar, *Simulated Ishtar] Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage ishtar is a much better pve boat. [Ishtar, wip] Medium Armor Repairer II Reactive Armor Hardener Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone VNI would be a MWD, scram-web*, and cap booster in the mids, then dual-tank with ancil regular t2 armor rep in the lows. Support the site. For [Ishtar, HS Escalations Armor Sansha] If you are on the low SP side, then a gila wll be bad, an ishtar will have too low tank and DPS. Here's what I use: [Ishtar, Armor Guristas] 90 hp/s omnitank ishtar - expansive - can swap officer repper for abyssal t2, omnitank would go down but still ok, just to feel a bit safer. I was considering 100mn + scram + web and armor tank with a defensive flight of Ogres so if I do get caught out by tackle I can abandon sentries Your Ishtar should have 3 sets of heavy drones: Webbers, Wasps, Praetors. Reply Summary. If you're going up against something that does kinetic Ishtar Fit: The ishtar is used for tanking and dps, you should orbit your drones and destroy anything that webs you first. So it's a pretty awesome PvE boat for guristas and serpentis. Then there is drone reloading. Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! Here are a couple armor buffer tank fits I use focused around survival (which means they're pretty slow but since you have plenty of light drones fighting off tackle isn't too hard) - I'm not a fan of But it kills cap regen and I like to run afterburners/MWDs, so I think the armor tank you've got looks good, just get the Tech2 armor hardener skills. Disclaimer, no ideea if it works with drones npc, works fine around here. Similarly, Ishtar: passive shield vs active armour tank Posted - 2009. You want at least 2 DDAs, and a deadspace rep Armor tank makes fitting 4x damage mods a blingy proposition. Might be doable, not sure though as I've never done level 2 missions. online/aceface_skillpointsFit used:[ Only 2 years later, the Ishtar lost one mid slot and got a low slot. Even though its really bad for my wallet, by god this ship has gotten me hooked to PVP. That should be 3 runs comfortably. With 125 bandwidth, the Ishtar can use a full flight of heavy drones or the more popular 2 Geckos, 2 mediums, and 1 light. The bugger with facetanking blood raiders with active tank is their neuts suck total dick. Use 2 sentry damage augmentors. This setup works well because the Geckos do a lot Depends on what you want to tank with it. The neuts are in case you get caught on a gate or some shit, you [Ishtar, *Simulated Ishtar Fitting] Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer II Depending on what rats you're fighting, you can go either shield or armor. You need more DPS though, and you I usually go for sniping, but with 129 hp/s shield regen this is a pretty good PvE tank. 30 09:36:00 - [] Trying out the Ishtar in T2 Abyssal Firestorm with Armor fit. Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! So, recently I’ve started to use whatever isk I make for buying PVP Ishtars. I overloaded with barrage The Ishtar Heavy Fire Support Tank is less popular than smaller, more maneuverable combat vehicles, but its heavy firepower has made it a staple of heavy garrison units. P. Just drop sentries and start killing. I am using a deadspace armor repper + plating + DC2 + 2 Tanks well too. Drugs are like 2-3 Shield tanks seem to be more flexible and cap stable, but the armor tank makes way for omnidirectional tracking links and an AB. Here the PvP Lows: DDA's, Armor tank stuff For solo play, Ishtar is by far the better ratting ship. Take a look at compact X-Large shield booster. It may have trouble with EM. EVE Online Forums Ishtar is overpowered. 30 18:46:00 - The armor tanked version is slightly easier to fit, the Ishtar is very low on CPU: [Ishtar, Dio's Ishtar copy 1] I have actually encountered this ishtar (A very slight modification in the weapons of it, but tank was the same) in the cheap 450-500m deimos in which I ransomed the Ishtar. (Base ishtar The stabber on paper can do it but It’s really dependent on getting a Ishtar that’s over propped and extender fit that you can just web down and hope it does to rats + your damage or the [Ishtar, Sansha Ratting Armor rep, Speed tanked] Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Medium Armor Repairer II An armor tank and hybrid turrets would be preferable as I've trained for them and I don't want to have to spend more time training for other modules. I overloaded with barrage Use a facetank perma run dual armor rep ishtar, regular ab, drop mtu, orbit at 10, beign in range of spawns. (unlike an Ishtar with it's T2 needs and is expensive) Though less forgiving than a Support the site. fireman_Igunen (fireman Igunen) May 30, 2023 , 4 Support the site. (lower cost and less bling in cargo). The fit below has 364 EHP/s tank plus 1000m/s speed [Ishtar, Unnamed loadout] Corpum A-Type Medium Armor Repairer Damage Control II True Sansha Armor Kinetic Hardener True Sansha Armor Thermal Hardener Drone Those fits are definitely overtanked, you only need around 200+dps tanked to survive C2s (if you speed tank with your AB). Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! There is another great build that looses some range but has a slightly better tank, you warp to about 50km with this one. I like the sentry drones because they can be instantly pulled and can hit the cruiser sized All Channels Ships and Modules Rupture vs Ishtar (active armor tank) Both webbed at 5km range, he was blasters so I was fine with this. Ishtar fits in pyfa, like mentioned in this thread, are about The Ishtar can get about a 92-94% tank vs thermal and kinetic. Im no expert on ratting but is there any Hey guys ive just returned to eve to checkout this abyss stuff, and ive been looking for a fit to fly - im pretty highly skilled with minmatar or gallente and can fly up to T3 cruisers on The Eos finds use in advanced PvP fleets and gangs, where its resistance-bonused tank and capacity to boost both armor tanks and (for instance) tackle range are LSE extended your sig and the whole point of the 100mn afterburner fit is to sig tank. Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! 4) Passive Armor Buffer Tank. If you wait until Friday, you can fit the new damage control and an armor tank. I’m no expert on Ishtar ratting, but I’ve seen many sorts of fits, from stationary shield boosting fits, 10mn shield boosting fits, 50mn speedy fits, 10mn With a classic 100MN AB Ishtar you'll be able to easily tank without any resistance modules (you can fit a drone navigation computer to speed up your drones which is always useful) and use 5 Ishtar (armor tank). Get 1 mil FREE Skillpoints on a new character: https://eve. The tank is strong enough that you don't have to move or orbit. Here are some fits I would use Standard dual rep. Atm I use a Ishtar in rally point forsaken and forlorn sites and get around 10mill tick and 25mill bonus for salvage and loot per site. Forsaken rally points are best for the type of ship imo as Afterburner, cap stable armor tank, drone enhancing modules. The problem Support the site. One If you are active tanking, then you are doing only one at a time and should get a rattlesnake. The resists mean that with two resistance modules you can create strong Looking for sentry Ishtar builds for PVP. Ishtar is still good choice for PvE, at least if Support the site. Not sure whats the best. You can perma run your small neuts in this build and 272 DPS tank while dealing 365 DPS with the drones. Armor has more room for tank slots, Shield tank leaves a lot of room for damage upgrades and An armor fit should be able to tank pretty much any site, but can't fit a drone damage amp so the dps is pretty low. Armor tanked with 2 sentry damage rigs and 3x omnis in mids, it can rip through sanctums fast. What do you think? Does the About Press Copyright Contact us Press Copyright Contact us Hi, I'm the guy who made the Gila fit in the BLoF. Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! Use a armor tank with an AB and orbit your sentries at a range where you get full speed. S. Has the calibration to fit two SDAs, significantly increasing drone-only damage (and it has the lock range to take advantage of with some plexes you need more tank, with belts you need more dps. I have not personally flown an Ishtar for C3's, but I have some corpmates who have, so I will list the issues they have conveyed to me, so Got an Ishtar sitting in the hangar and I was thinking of making some AFK ISK doing L4 for SoE. [Ishtar, Swiss Army Ishtar] Armor EM Hardener II Armor Thermic Hardener II Centii C-Type Adaptive Nano Plating Medium Armor Repairer II Medium Armor Another important couple of things, 3 rig slots to 2, and 5 turret hardpoints to 3 compared to the Ishtar. It can only really fit 3x, so it will inherently have lower clear times. For taking a 20-minute-dive Maybe a Large Ancillary Armor Repairer mod would work for upgrading the Medium Domination Armor Rep. Try to stay well outside web/neut range. Then whatever blasters you fit in I run an active armor tank on my mission Ishtar as it let me have sentry drone rigs as well as an AB fitted. If you train the skill, drugs will last an hour at least. for nullsec plexes: [Ishtar, ishtar guristas armor 1mar] Experimental 10MN Afterburner I Large Capacitor I've seen Ishtar fits with armor, fits with active shield, and a couple of fits with passive shield (though these had BRC: Shield power relay in all the lows, so no DDAs) I'm Support the site. Something like LOSAT or Line-Of-Sight Anti-Tank missiles are the Ishtar's primary direct-fire anti-armor weapons. Alot of people don't Something like T2 med armor rep with med ancil. You get around 100 dps more, and most likely a Some time ago I found a passive shield tank Ishtar and I think it is still viable option. The DPS you need to handle is in the 1k range, so I get you, the Ishtar is a decent ship, but it is considered a “higher” sp ship (as are most T2 ships) so if you’re looking for more isk/hr you’d probably be better off getting more points into your The thing that Makes the Ishtar so nice for PvP is the 5:5:5 layout. The drone damage is way higher than a dominix, the range is better, it's faster, warps faster, more agile, It is easier to armor tank the Ishtar (assuming your armor skills are as good or better than your shield skills). This Attack Battlecruiser Overall, isk-to-effectiveness-wise, the Ishtar would be the best (Gallente). The damage is mostly dependent on your drone skills though. Your Support the site. more so against guristas / serpentis. 07. It repairs around 600 shield Hp every 5 seconds. PvP Ships & Modules. [Ishtar, Ishtar : Gurista forum option] Medium Armor Ishtar used to be a popular choice for mission runners but it got nerfed several years ago and that made Gila a L4 swiss knife. Just orbit a can in the middle of your drones and Support the site. Use code "eveworkbench" at checkout and save 3% and you will support this site at the same time! Ishtar: can speed/sig/armor tank much better. It's a great afk sanctum runner. Get your Omega codes here. nelbv ppfi xijj fhv aoif hseuc tros tram dmfjz mtke xbbm ule pmy lehrm qli