And then I discovered Vindicators

I have been playing Eve Online on and off for four years. In that time I have never been rich. Money flows through my wallet with such surprising ease that I have never had 1 billion in my wallet. It was during a corp day (taxes bumped up to 100% in order to raise cash for the corp) that I first watched a Vindicator in action. It was scary. They can single shot battlecruisers and make light of battleships. I had to have one.
The problem - the hull alone costs just over 1 billion. To fit it out correctly costs another 2 billion.
The solution - sell everything that looked vaguable valuable from my hangars. The Gila BPC, shadow serpentis disruptors, a plex that I got from a buddy programme and the real boost - a snake omega implant that dropped on Sir Question as he casually flew into a Placid icebelt and found a Shadow Serpentis waiting. It went to Jita and made 420million for the Vindi fund.

Loosing one of these to a hot drop while ratting will cost you a 250m fine in BSCL so you want to be a bit careful how you use it. I have mine fitted out with tech II gear atm and for the first time in Eve I am looking at purple loot as more than something to make a money out of. I am looking at fitting faction and deadspace mods to a ship I fly. For PVE it turns out that shields are the way to go. These leaves your low slots available for magstabs and tracking enhancers - Gurista melting modules or cash making modules. This is the way I plan to proceed. Make enought money to buy a set of three Fed Navy magstabs. Then slowly upgrade my shield booster and only then, if I am feeling flush, invest in a set of Crystal implants for a clone.

[Vindicator, Vindicator PVE]
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Damage Control II

Large Shield Booster II
Shield Boost Amplifier II
Heavy Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 800
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Thermic Dissipation Field II

Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Void L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Void L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Void L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Void L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Void L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Void L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Void L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Void L

Large Anti-Thermic Pump I
Large Anti-Kinetic Pump I
Large Hybrid Collision Accelerator I


Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Vespa EC-600 x5

This set up gives me just under 20m a tick. I am told that once I know what i am doing this should reach closer to 40m a tick. Insane, just insane money.