Missions & Complexes

130dps for lvl 2?!?!?! *starts laughing like a maniak*
Im afraid to ask but WTF you fly in? T1 omen does more than that with crappy skills.

What is the mission called? also HML are not the best to be shooting frigs, if that is what they are, with low missile support skills. try fitting light launchers. Still, shouldn't have a problem, but I can't find the mission so can't say for sure what is going on.

Elder is Blood Raiders' elite tag. They have much higher resists than normal -- enough to screw with your kinetic bonus. Try firing Mjolnir missiles at them instead.

Also, BCUs. At least two, preferably four for L2s.

Probably because he can't fly a T3 yet

The listed 150dps is only if your missiles are hitting for full damage. Against elite frigs they are doing almost nothing. Even though your Corercer might seem weaker, it will actually apply more damage than HML's. A Drake in L2 missions is not ideal, use a Caracal as suggested or a Destroyer or something designed to kill smaller ships.

Eve is supposed to be about fun, do it your way and ignore the trolls... put the light launchers on the drake and you will be fine.

Again, the specific ships mentioned are not elite frigates. They are elite cruisers. RLMLs may and may not help against them; it depends on the fit and missile support skills. But I guarantee switching to Mjolnir will make a difference.

Most likely this is Recon 1, I remember doing one for hours with a low SP Arbitrator totally ignoring my orders to just 'recon'.

Well there is your problem. It is not your DPS per say. Level 2 missions are not meant to be done with battlecruisers. the medium guns, or in your case, heavy missiles have trouble hitting the small fast targets. Level 2 missions should not be run in anything bigger than a cruiser. They are actually balanced for destroyers. Level 3 missions is when you should be getting into a battlecruiser. But you must have your support skills up. Being able to fit the launchers, does you no good if you do not have the support skills for them to apply damage.

Not that a drake can not do these missions. You should certainly have zero issues with tank. Try fitting a full rack of rapid light missile launchers. light missiles hit small targets much harder than heavy missiles. Small targets, like the NPC's you get in level 2 missions, are much easier to kill with light missiles than with heavy missiles.

You should get Missile Launcher Operation (MLO) to 4 now, and to 5 ASAP if you do not already have it.

missile support skills you need to train and their prerequsite MLO level include;
Guided missile precision - MLO 5
Missile bombardment - MLO 1
Missile projection - MLO 3
rapid launch - MLO 2
Target navigation prediction - MLO 2
warhead upgrades - MLO 4

To fly a drake well, you should have all of these to at least 4. but even having them to 2-3 will make a huge difference over not having them at all. These skills require increasingly high levels of missile launcher operation before you can inject them. Guided missile precision, the skill that allows you to hit smaller targets with larger missiles requires missile launcher operation 5 before you can even start training it. Without it you will not do much damage to frigates with heavy missiles.

Missiles are great for PVE, but without training ALL the support skills you will find the low damage application very frustrating.Get the prerequsites to at least 4 and you should be able to fly even most level 4 missions with your drake. Although it may be a little slow.

For L2s? Yes, I'm serious. If you're going to take a Drake into an L2 you might as well get as much damage out of it as possible. I'd probably go with three rigors too. It's not like L2s test your tank.