Vanguard BCs

The upcoming Vanguard combat battlecruiser changes are promising to shake up this line of ships. Promising, but not really delivering I think. Well....except that this is now a thing.

[Ferox, SOLOPWNMOBILE]

Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Damage Control II

50MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Warp Scrambler II
Medium Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 400
Pith C-Type Large Shield Booster
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Shield Boost Amplifier II

Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Void M
[Empty High slot]

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II
Medium Core Defense Operational Solidifier I
Medium Core Defense Operational Solidifier I

Hobgoblin II x5

For the princely sum of 124M ISK +/- 10M you will get:
689 DPS cold to 6.33 + 3.91km with Void M / 492 to 11.8 + 10.9km with Null M
+ 99 DPS from Hob II's
= 788 cold with Void / 591 cold with Null 

Let that sink in for a moment.

The tank on this is 430 DPS cold, 600 hot, for 1 minute. That's enough to plink away at a BS or a T3 or HAC for long enough to bust it's chops. Add in a Standard Blue Pill, go to 730 hot. Have Claymore boosts like a cowardfag would, and you'll get 971 DPS tank.

Fleet canes have become technically cap stable in armour configuration, allowing you to waste your time kiting and dying to drone meta, but it does give encouragement to arty cane meta again - you can possibly run nanogangs with fleet canes.

The Navy Drake is OK, but a buffer fit Cyclone will do the same job (more or less) for 120M less even if you T2 fit your Cyclone. There's nothing between them now the Cyclone gets a projection bonus, which is welcome.

The Prophecy is the same as it ever was, except possibly the drone velocity bonus might assist in swatting Garmurs, orthrus and other kitefag shit. it's still low in DPS.

Harbinger is just as meh as before, and the Brutix is even more off the hook with mobility, which means the Minmatar ships remain completely obsoleted.

Plus ca change, I guess. Except for the Ferox, which is nuts.