EVE:Ishkur
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A vicious tiny combatant, capable of popping out a cloud of death in the form of drones. You'll pay for the privlege, but this Assault Frigate can bite back.
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Vampikur
Fitting
High Slots
- Light Neutron Blaster II
- Light Neutron Blaster II
- Small Diminishing Power System Drain
- Small Diminishing Power System Drain
Mid Slots
- 1MN MicroWarp Drive II
- Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
- Warp Scrambler II
Low Slots
- Small Armor Repairer II
- Damage Control II
- Micro Auxiliary Power Core I
Rigs
- Anti-Explosive Pump I (Slows you down, but you need to plug the explosive hole.)
- Hybrid Burst Aerator I
Drones
- Tech II, as many as you can carry. 2 Mediums and 3 Lights are a popular choice.
Commentary
You're slower than some of your counterparts, but you can get to range with a MWD and go to town. Get a point, drain with NOS, stop them with a web, and let your drones and Neutron Blasters do their dirty work.
There's a lot of room for modification / cheapification on this setup. Lower-grade gear tends to nicely replace the T2 gear, depending on your school of thought. One school of thought is that since the Ishkur hull is already expensive for an Assault Frigate, you might as well pack it with as much value as possible. The other says cheap out on the equipment so that you can go through more hulls.
The drones are obviously key, and if you're not a good drone wrangler, you have no business flying an Ishkur. Good skills will turn your drones from mere annoyances into killing machines. If you stay near them, as well, you can scoop them when they take damage, recharging their shields and getting them right back into the fight. Kind of an exploit, but hey, everyone does it, right?
If there is one massive, gaping hole in this setup, it's the fact that the Ishkur ends up one midslot short of fitting the holy grail of drone setups: A ship scanner. Just like pirates and ninjas are natural enemies, smartbombs and drones are natural enemies. A ship scanner would allow you, however, to note a ship carrying a smartbomb, at which point you'd have to log to take care of some "real life" stuff that "just happened" to come up.
But if you take care of your drones, they'll take care of you. It might be weird getting a massage from something that has nothing but plasma cannons and robotic pinchers for arms, but once you get used to it... nah, you never get used to it.
