Arbitrator
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The Arbitrator is unusual for Amarr ships in that it's primarily a drone carrier. While it is not the best carrier around, it has superior armor that gives it greater durability than most ships in its class. SHIP BONUSES
Traits:
Ship Attributes
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4 (0/3) 
5 
5
1,000 MW 
370 tf
198 m/sec
315 m³
Summary
The Arbitrator is a ship of a dual role: it can deal damage as a drone boat and it is an EWAR platform. It has the largest drone bay of any T1 cruiser, beating even the Gallente Vexor, though it has less drone bandwidth than the Vexor. It can still field a full flight of medium drones at a time however, and has the bay to carry 3 flights of medium drones or 6 flights of light drones (or a mix), giving it unparalleled flexibility in its class. As well as its drones the Arbitrator also has bonuses to the Amarr racial EWAR, Tracking Disruption (see http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/EWar_101_Guide#Tracking_Disruption_.28TD.29).
The Arbitrator has a balanced slot layout of mids and lows, but is normally armor tanked to allow the mids to be used for tracking disruptors. The Arbitrator has no bonuses to any weapon type, so can use any turret it likes, but given the split turret and launcher slots and lack of bonuses many pilots forego weapons entirely in favor of nosferatu or neutraliser arrays. One Drone Link Augmentor can be added, but it usefulness is limited given the relatively short targeting range and lack of drone speed bonus of the Arbitrator.
The Arbitrator is generally considered to be the weakest Amarr cruiser given that Tracking Disruption is ineffective against missiles, drones, ewar and of no use opposing logistics. The Omen is a better entry cruiser for Amarr pilots, and of greater use for PvP as a skirmishing boat or for PvE, and the Maller is the favorite heavy tackle cruiser, even if slower and more difficult to fit than the Omen.
Skills
The recommended certificates for this ship are
- Core Competency Basic.
- Combat Drone Control Standard.
- Armour Tanking Basic.
- Tracking Disruptor Operator Basic.
The following skills are suggested.
Fitting and Capacitor:
- Power Grid Management V. Increases powergrid by 5%/level
- CPU Management V. Increases CPU by 5%/level
- Warp Drive Operation III.
- Capacitor Systems Operation V. Cap recharge 5% / level If you are using energy neutralizers this is important, as they devour your cap.
- Capacitor Emission Systems IV. Reduces Energy neutralizers cap need,
Drones:
- Drones V. Five drones are better then only one, right?
- Combat Drone Operation V and Drone Interfacing IV For more damage.
- Amarr Cruiser IV For even more damage (And it makes your Tracking Disruptors even more awesome)
- Scout drone Operation V. Extends your drone control range to 45000m (5000m/level + 20000 base)
- Gallente Drone Operation I/Minmatar Drone Operation I Lets you fly your favorite T2 drones of choise. Which is Minmatar or Gallante ;)
Fitting
Drone Damage + TD
Drone Link Augmentor I
5W Infectious Power System Malfunction
5W Infectious Power System Malfunction
5W Infectious Power System Malfunction
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Balmer Series Tracking Disruptor I
Balmer Series Tracking Disruptor I
Balmer Series Tracking Disruptor I
Damage Control II
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Medium Ionic Field Projector I
Medium Drone Speed Augmentor I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Hobgoblin II x5
Vespa EC-600 x5
Hammerhead II x5
Warrior II x5
Optimal Range Disruption Script x3
Tracking Speed Disruption Script x3
- A medium range (78 km) fit with emphasis on drone damage and speed.
- With all skills at V and before boosts, this ship has 26.1 K EHP, flies at 1457 m/s (2066 m/s with MWD overheated) and align in 9.6 s (6.9 s with MWD off).
- The capacitor will last for 53 s with all modules on. It is stable at 85% with the MWD and neut off.
- Damage is 351 dps at up to max targeting range or 80 km, whichever is lower, with Hammerhead II drones.
Long Range TD
5W Infectious Power System Malfunction
5W Infectious Power System Malfunction
Drone Link Augmentor I
Drone Link Augmentor I
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Balmer Series Tracking Disruptor I
Balmer Series Tracking Disruptor I
Balmer Series Tracking Disruptor I
Damage Control II
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Type-D Attenuation Signal Augmentation
Medium Tracking Diagnostic Subroutines I
Medium Ionic Field Projector I
Medium Particle Dispersion Projector I
Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Hornet EC-300 x5
Warrior II x10
Tracking Speed Disruption Script x3
Optimal Range Disruption Script x3
- A long range (100 km) TD fit.
- With all skills at V and before boosts, this ship has 28 K EHP, flies at 1533 m/s (2175 m/s with MWD overheated) and align in 9.6 s (6.9 s with MWD off).
- The capacitor will last for 1 min 7 s with all modules on. It is stable at 85% with the MWD and neut off.
- Damage is 238 dps at up to max targeting range or 100 km, whichever is lower, with Hammerhead II drones. Note that at 2100 m/s, the Hammerheads would take about 45 s to travel 100 km, making applying damage at range impractical.
Tactics
Tracking disruptors damage the enemy's optimal range and fall off by the same percent. They also damage the enemy's tracking. Both can be scripted to increase the effect and to reduce the stacking penalties when using more than one.
Most of how to use it will be acquired in game with experience. As an example, 2 scripted range TDs used against an artillery thrasher with one tracking disruption, can reduce the range of titanium ammo from 30km to under 7km, with very poor chances of hitting a fast traversing frigate. It's sort of an "I win" button against certain ships. Many solo pilots also use it to reduce the incoming damage of larger, additional enemy ships so they can win against fearsome odds. The bonused version is significantly stronger than the unbonused one, but still very skill strength dependent.
It is worth reading about Drones as they are your primary source of damage. Knowing your drones helps a lot
As this ship has no bonuses to energy neutralizers, Using them against a larger ship, such as a BC or a BS is most likely only going to drain your own cap
Notes
This vessel qualifies for the University Ship Replacement, PYOS, BYOM, and Mining Loaner Fleet programs.
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