New Capital Meta?

The Citadel patch's capital changes have been interesting. Theorycraft Wizards probably haven't settled their doctrines and tactics much. Certainly, the new DPS out of carriers and high-angle dreads has been a rude shock to all and sundry, at least the first time.

The objectives of the capital rebalance was to revitalise the meta, and provide a yuuge swathe of options with fits and flexibility - this has certainly been achieved. Whether or not this is better than the old two-part ( plus supers) meta is yet to be seen, but I'm thinking yes.

There's going to be a time soon when capital mdules will come down in price from the stratosphere, and the ancilliary versions are closer to 150M than 1 billion. This not too distant future will change things a bit, but for now, we have to get used to T1 fit capitals.

I've been tinkering away, and some of my initial thoughts are:

FAXs
The FAXs, especially the Lif, are pretty undersupplied with CPU. In fact, almost all capitals are undersupplied with CPU, which might be the only thing pegging a few of them back. But this is rather uneven. The phoenix, for instance, is fairly luxo-barge rich with fitting if you don't try anything too outre. Back to the FAXs.

The Lif in particular has a particularly odd niche compared to the solo Nid of old. I guess there's not a lot of leeway with triage ships, as usual, on capacitor: it's 3 minutes or nothing. But for a ship with one job, this is a Sam Tarly not a John Snow.

[Lif, Shield T1]

Power Diagnostic System II

Co-Processor II

Power Diagnostic System II

Power Diagnostic System II

Damage Control II

Capital Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 3200

Shield Boost Amplifier II

Gist C-Type EM Ward Field

Gist C-Type Thermal Dissipation Field

Capital Shield Booster I

Capital Cap Battery I

[Empty High slot]

Capital Remote Shield Booster I

Capital Remote Shield Booster I

Triage Module II

Capital Remote Capacitor Transmitter I

[Empty High slot]

Capital Core Defense Capacitor Safeguard I

Capital Core Defense Operational Solidifier I

Capital Core Defense Capacitor Safeguard I

This does 1 outbound rep for 4, 41s with the cap booster running. It can tank for 8m 56s with the cap booster and the local rep, but only 2 mins with a rep and a single outbound rep. This means you are very compromised while under fire (and thank fuck for the cap battery's neut resistance). Not happy, Jan.

The Minokawa can be made into a buffer fit (6.35M EHP) and 3m 24s capacitor with 2 outbound RRs. That's respectable, if you can field a couple of them, so that one can rep the other. Active tanked, it's got massive capacitor and decent CPU, and you can fit it decently without a great deal of blood, sweat and tears. This, really, is the shield FAX.

[Minokawa, Active]

Damage Control II

Capacitor Power Relay II

Dark Blood Reactor Control Unit

Dark Blood Reactor Control Unit

Capital Shield Booster I

Dread Guristas Adaptive Invulnerability Field

Capital Cap Battery I

Capital Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 3200

Capital Cap Battery I

Dread Guristas EM Ward Field

Cap Recharger II

Triage Module II

Capital Remote Shield Booster I

Capital Remote Shield Booster I

Capital Energy Nosferatu I

Large Proton Smartbomb II

Large Proton Smartbomb II

Capital Capacitor Control Circuit I

Capital Semiconductor Memory Cell I

Capital Semiconductor Memory Cell I

The Ninazu does well. 2 RR's, cap stable. 2 capital armour reps, cap stable, for 17K DPS tank. Neut or Nos, and a remote cap transmitter. Decent, well-rounded, and easy to fit.

[Ninazu, Ninja]

Capital Armor Repairer I

Capital Armor Repairer I

Damage Control II

Centus C-Type Armor Explosive Hardener

Imperial Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane

Dark Blood Reactor Control Unit

Capital Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 3200

Capital Cap Battery I

Cap Recharger II

Cap Recharger II

Cap Recharger II

Triage Module II

Capital Remote Armor Repairer I

Capital Remote Armor Repairer I

Capital Energy Neutralizer I

Capital Remote Capacitor Transmitter I

Large Proton Smartbomb II

Capital Remote Repair Augmentor I

Capital Remote Repair Augmentor I

Capital Auxiliary Nano Pump I

The Apostle, same deal. 2 x 2 RR/RCT's, twin local reps, 17K DPS tank, and capacitor out the wazoo (like, 28 mins). Cap booster and a cap battery.

[Apostle, Basic]

Capital Armor Repairer I
Capital Armor Repairer I
Dark Blood Armor Explosive Hardener
Dark Blood Armor Kinetic Hardener
Dark Blood Armor Thermal Hardener
Damage Control II
Reactor Control Unit II

Capital Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 3200
Capital Cap Battery I
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II

Capital Remote Capacitor Transmitter I
Capital Remote Capacitor Transmitter I
Triage Module II
Capital Remote Armor Repairer I
Capital Remote Armor Repairer I
[Empty High slot]

Capital Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Capital Capacitor Control Circuit I
Capital Capacitor Control Circuit I

The CLEAR lame duck here is the Lif. It gets a mediocre local tank, but only as long as your cap boosters last. It can't rep while tanking, and it can't fit a full set of highs without giving up crucial low slots and rig slots. Not that low slots help shield capitals much, beyond the way it used to work, which was a swank blue midslot arrangement and a full rack of Dark Blood PDU's in the lows.

I'm open to suggestions at this point, but I seem to have 2 decent carriers and a letterbox of uselessness.