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How to Rat in a Gila
The Gila is a Pirate Faction Cruiser with a set of bonuses that make it uniquely suited for ratting. Instead of the standard 5 heavy drone loadout, the Gila sports 2 medium drones, each with an enormous damage and hitpoint bonus. This makes it much easier to destroy smaller rats and allows the drones to move more quickly between targets. The Gila also has a solid passive shield tank, allowing it to take on harder sites and resist attempted ganks more than most ratting ships.
You can make around 15-20 million isk/tick (every 20 minutes) using this fit, assuming a 100% Bounty Risk Modifier.
Gila
Guristas Faction Cruiser
The Ratting Progression Chain
The Vexor Newbro Edition
Gallente T1 Cruiser
Free From The Dojo! Low Skills
The Ratting Myrmidon
Gallente T1 Battlecruiser
~80 Million ISK Low Skills
The Ratting Gila
Guristas Faction Cruiser
~390 Million ISK Low Skills
The Isktar
Gallente Heavy Assault Cruiser
~225 Million ISK Medium Skills
Ratting Marauders
Caldari / Gallente Marauders
1 - 2 Billion ISK High Skills
Ratting Carriers
Minmatar Carrier
3 - 4 Billion ISK Capital Skills
Ratting Supers
Minmatar Supercarrier
38 - 42 Billion ISK Capital Skills
Fittings
The Gila is able to fairly easily run sites in both Angel and Sansha Space. Both fits are Passive-Regen tanked, meaning they have a very high rate of natural shield regeneration that allows them to tank a site while orbiting with an afterburner.
You may if desired switch out the RLML's for Meta HML's. RLML's only have a very short range requiring you to have a tight orbit around the rats' spawn point to use them. HML's on the other hand allow you to stay farther away outside of rat EWAR range, but at the cost of pushing the edge of your drone control range and more delay in recalling drones when they come under attack.
Ratting Gila - Angels
This Fit Requires Capacitor Stability!
[Gila, Ratting Gila - Angels] Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II 10MN Afterburner II Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Rapid Light Missile Launcher II Rapid Light Missile Launcher II Rapid Light Missile Launcher II Rapid Light Missile Launcher II Medium Core Defense Field Purger II Medium Core Defense Field Purger II Medium Core Defense Field Purger II Hornet II x4 Valkyrie II x8 Scourge Fury Light Missile x5080
Ratting Gila - Sanshas
This Fit Requires Capacitor Stability!
[Gila, Ratting Gila - Sanshas] Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Multispectrum Shield Hardener II 10MN Afterburner II EM Shield Hardener II Rapid Light Missile Launcher II Rapid Light Missile Launcher II Rapid Light Missile Launcher II Rapid Light Missile Launcher II Medium Core Defense Field Purger II Medium Core Defense Field Purger II Medium Core Defense Field Purger II Hornet II x4 Infiltrator II x8 Inferno Fury Light Missile x5000
How to Run Sites
If You're New to Ratting
Give the Introduction to Ratting page a read to avoid common mistakes and get some background knowledge.
Running Each Site
Your Shield Hardeners and Afterburner should always be active while you're in a site.
- Warp to the site at 0 km.
- Find an object around the center of where the rats are spawning, and orbit it at 15 km.
- Drop Infiltrator II's / Valkyrie II's and aggress a rat.
- If your drones come under attack, recall them, fire a few missile volleys into whatever was shooting them, then re-launch and re-aggress them.
Kill Order: Frigates → Destroyers → Cruisers → Battlecruisers → Battleships
Site-Specific Information
Some sites require special attention due to a particularly nasty wave or unusual mechanics.
All Sanctums and Havens
- The final wave of this site may spawn NPC Capitals. If an NPC Capital appears you must warp off immediately to avoid being volleyed.
All Sanctums (Ring Variant)
- Sansha Ring Sanctums are capable of spawning a wave that both points and webs you. You want to immediately focus these down after they spawn, as leaving them up may allow the battleships to break your tank.
- Ring Sanctums have one spawn per ring. You'll want to adjust your orbit for each spawn.
Angel Havens (Station Variant)
- The second-last wave of this site spawns a large amount of target painters. You want to immediately focus these down after they spawn, as leaving them up may allow the battleships to break your tank.
Angel Havens (Stargate Variant)
- Rarely, some waves of this site may spawn three target painters or webbers. You want to immediately focus these down after they spawn, as leaving them up may allow the battleships to break your tank.
- The rocks in this site may interfere with your orbit. You want a vertical orbit around the stargate if possible.
Additional Information
Runnable Sites
The sites in this list have been tested and determined to be runnable using the above fit(s). It is not necessarily comprehensive, and some sites may require special attention which will be noted in the section above.
- Angel / Sansha Sanctums (Both Variants)
- Angel / Sansha Havens (Both Variants)
- Angel / Sansha Forsaken Hubs
- Angel / Sansha Hubs
- Angel / Sansha Forsaken Rally Points
If You Get Tackled
For Light Resistance
"Light" resistance is up to 3 of any frigate class, 2 of any destroyer class, or 1 T1 Cruiser.
- Begin aligning to a citadel.
- Immediately switch all damage including missiles to the ship tackling you.
- If the point drops or the enemy ship dies, warp off.
For Heavy Resistance
Anything that's stronger than "Light" resistance is "Heavy" resistance.
- Begin aligning to a citadel.
- Immediately switch all damage including missiles to the weakest tackle ship on field.
- Start screaming on comms and in fleet for support.