Originally by: Mortis Tyrathlion

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Swap an EANM for a 1600mm plate, probably drop the MAR to a SAR, switch the booster to a web and get a rack of small nos and neuts. And yes, get a rack of EC-600s on there.

The Arbitrator is a cruel, cruel cruiser and IMO possibly the best T1 PvP cruiser, but like all T1 cruisers it suffers from fragility. Buffer it to hell, get up close, neut them to death and let drones do the rest. I'd also consider a MWD instead of AB, but it could work either way.

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Originally by: Mordou

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Do EC-600's work well? Also, would I have enough cap with that setup?

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Originally by: Gartel Reiman

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Originally by: Mordou

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[Arbitrator, Yarbitrator Mk. II]
800mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Small Armor Repairer I
Damage Control I
800mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I

10MN Afterburner I
Tracking Disruptor I
Medium Capacitor Booster I, Cap Booster 400
Warp Disruptor I

Small Energy Neutralizer I
Small Energy Neutralizer I
Small Energy Neutralizer I
Small Nosferatu I

Hammerhead I x5
Warrior I x5
Vespa EC-600 x6
Hammerhead I x1
Hobgoblin I x1

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My first thought looking at that is that you don't have any tackle to speak of, and more importantly you're fitting an AB + disruptor combo. If you're going to fit an afterburner, you more or less need to fit a scrambler in order to remove any speed advantage that MWD users would have. Without it, anyone you point that has a MWD fitted (which will be the majority of ships, I expect) will simply be able to burn out of your range, and warp off at their leisure, unless you're able to kill them quickly before they can do this. And the <200 DPS you'll do with drones isn't going to do this.

Arbi works really nicely when you can cripple the enemy's ability to tank and hit you back, and just wait for the drones to do the work. Your fitting looks a lot like a T1 version of a Pilgrim (sans cloak) in that respect, except without the neut bonuses it can't cap out cruiser-sized ships anywhere near as fast. Again, with an AB and no scram you'll not be able to keep the enemy in neut range anyway.

Lows look OK-ish, though trading 100MW powergrid for the extra resists from an EANM is a pretty good deal. You shouldn't really need the cap booster since you don't have any particularly hungry mods (passive tank + passive damage + small neut to keep tackle & TD running means you can go crazy with the neuts), and if you're out of cap from running the neuts, the other guy will have had even more cap drained.

For the mids I'd personally feel much better with MWD, scram, web and TD - this should really pin them in place and while you might find it harder to catch targets with a ~10km point range rather than ~25km, the ones you do get will almost certainly have to stay and fight. With a disruptor + single web, anything that also has a web and is faster than you will be able to disengage, so you'd only reliably be able to tackle BC and up ships (and even then, if they have a cap booster they can run their MWD constantly forcing you to run yours and you'll probably cap out before you kill them, letting them escape).

If you're sure you can land on top of the enemy, an AB could work (which is why it's often seen on a Pilgrim), but otherwise it's a bit of a gamble since it will take you even longer to get into point range against targets that want to run, and MWDing cruisers/BCs that react quickly enough can just hold you at 15km forever and engage you without being pointed themselves. If you can pull it off, the lower cap use and higher cap regen would be quite nice for running the neuts though.

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