Absolution - Slow and Mean

I've been pouring over Absolution fits the last few days -- and I have to say it really fits my playing style.

I loved the Sleipnir, but you really had to get close and charge the enemy with an afterburner or microwarp drive (i tended to shy from a MWD since it kills cap and reduces recharge, which is a double-whammy). I think the Sleipnir is just mean in pvp, but frankly, it doesn't fit my playing style. I tend to like to sit at 10-15km with a point and a hard tank. I would fit a claymore or slep to do this, but if someone kills your cap, all you have is guns and no tank, and the arty's II just don't dish out that much damage. So, I would tend to run for the hills. As I like to say, you either love it or hate it.

So, now that I can fly an absolution - I ran across this post in the eve-o forums:

first off, why all the mwd? this ship is so slow it is not worth the loss of cap. you get webbed and slow as heck anyways. only thing you can do with a mwd is (TRY) to run away. this beast is for tanking and shooting. also, train some gang skills and put a gang mod on. its like having another EANM. that said:

High - 6x Heavy Pulse, armor resist gang mod

Med - Web, disruptor, cap booster

Low - 2x Med rep (or 800MM Plate), 1 EANM, 1 thermic, 1 dcu, 2 heat sink

Rigs - 2x aux nano pumps

This sounds like bliss -- have the web for short range frigs in on you - so you can slow them down and melt them, and the lows plus the gang mod is just nasty. You can effectively sit out at 15-20km with a Heavy Pulse II with Scorch and some ewar drones and it just gets bad for the enemy. This fits my style, slow and dumb with a slightly passive tank. I'm going to try this setup in the coming weeks with some dedicated tacklers. I think this with a small gang (rapier, demios, and a hyena) and another firepower ship this would be fun to roam around in.

The problem tho' is that this ship is slow and bad, and when there is no one else protecting your ass.. slow is bad...but heck, we all have to die sometime.