Missions & Complexes

So on my 5 accounts I have never really ran missions due to 3 being miners and 2 being stuck in wormholes however I stupidly agreed to grind my mates mission standing with him. So here goes.

Last night we ran the worlds collide lvl 4, we only did one branch however it look about 45 minutes from start to finish. I cannot understand how?

My friend flies a drake mainly as a target with large passive tank while I fly A 'pure dps' 

Tengu 

Highs
6 Hml

mids
N/a for this issue

Lows
4 x CNBC

Using scourge missiles I only get a measilly 580dps

Where am I going wrong
Hm skill v
Hm specialisation v 

I was expecting to run it in about 30 minutes tops, we did get the good faction overseer and 35m loot from him however

Kind regards

Nab

Level 4 missions are all about knowing the triggers and what's coming up next, and mission runners get that experience by doing the same mission 100 times. Keep practicing.

Check out EVE-Survival for all the info you need for missions:

http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=MissionReports

Warhead Upgraded to lvl4 at least gives you a 2% damage increase per lvl.

Also look at 5% implants.

That is not really a DPS fit. With a rail proteus, I 1-2 shot frigates, 5-6 for cruisers and about 12 max for battleships.

As you said, you are likely way over tanked. You should be around 30% shield during peak inbound damage. Also, passive drakes tend to have wimpy DPS. Bet he is over-tanked too.

As others said, missiles is your basic problem. For each kill, you probably also lose a salvo of missiles that is mid-flight. That means you are actually using 4-5 salvos on frigates. Ouch.

All that said, 45 minutes for one of the hardest missions in-game is not that bad. I wouldn't frett too much. Just balance the tank and DPS better.

You really need to add a turret ship to the mix. The ability to insta pop frigs and 2 or so volley cruisers makes a big difference to mission times. Not sure of your mates skills, but even a low skilled pilot in a domi with sentries and some rails will see a decent change in completion times. Alternatively you could fit the tengu to hit the smaller targets and get a raven to shoot BS's, but you will need decent skills on the Raven to see it work well.

580 DPS isn't very high for a mission ship. Not bad, but is well short of what the top end ships can do.

You don't say what version of worlds collide. Kinetic ammo might not be the best choice.

Worlds collide has a lot of frigates that you'll be doing reduced damage against. And you only have 5 drones from the Drake.

I run dual box HML tengus and get 700+dps from each using T2 ammo. I never use target painters as i switch to faction ammo when killing frigs and have my tengus riged for Rigor/Flare.

Normally i kill all frigs with faction ammo then swap to T2 scourge rage when killing anything else.

I set my tank up for about 400dps but also 600m/s speed tank.

Pretty sure that if you Uber Tank and have the Hacking card (whatever the NPC's name is), you can skip the initial War Zone, slow boat to the gate as you tank and jump into the final room where you have to kill like 6 ships if memory serves. So yeah, read up on EVE survival if you're in it for the blitz.

It's possible to do it in about 15 minutes or so that way (typical Mael fit).