Aribitrator PVP
The Arbitrator is something of an anomaly amongst the Amarr - it’s a drone boat with an ewar (tracking disruptors) bonus. It feels much closer to Gallente though it clearly looks (and smells…damn slaver hounds) Amarr. If you happen to have nice drone skills, as I do having cross-trained Gallente, the Arbitrator is a sweet, cheap little boat for inexpensive PVP fun.
My preferred setup, based on a smattering of experience and some good recommendations from friends - I need to get out and try this a bit more in combat before I swear to it though:
HIGH:
1x Medium Energy Neutralize
1x Standard Missile Launcher
2x Focused Medium Pulse Laser
I know you’re reading this thinking “don’t split weapon systems!” Normally I agree, but I happen to think the Arby works well set up like this.
MID:
1x 10mn Microwarp Drive (MWD)
1x Stasis Webifier
1x Warp Disruptor (20km)
1x Tracking Distruptor (TD) (with a Tracking Speed Script)
LOW:
1x Medium Armor Repairer (MAR)
1x Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane (EANM)
1x 400mm Armor Plate
1x Reactor Control Unit (RCU) to make it all fit
DRONES:
5x Hammerheads
5x Vespa EC-600
5x Warriors
5x whatever lights
You can swap in T2 or nice named, but this is a throw-away cruiser so why bother?
Tactics:
Approach on MWD, kick in the TD if you’re facing a turret ship. Either orbit at 15km or so and pepper with your drones, lasers, and missiles OR switch to multifreq crystals and get in under web range and rely on your Neutralizer to cap the bad guy out before he can kill you in return. The Warrior’s are there in case you run up against any Interceptors or nano’d frigates - at least scare them out of scram range so you can flee. The Vespa’s are there to either a) break their scram and flee or b) just annoy the hell out of them. You lose a lot of DPS with ECM drones, but it could make for some entertaining combat. Plus you’re that much more of a help to your gang.
EDITED: in light of a very good comment that I got carried away with acronyms without spelling them out. Sorry about that!
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