Missions & Complexes

Hello all,

Below is my level 4 mission blitzer Tengu. Im having a hard time with webbing frigates. Even when im burning away from them, they still catch up because my missiles hit them for crap. Last night I had 4 of them on me at once due to agro on warp-in of the mission.

I was wondering what is the best way to deal with them? Target painter, Webber, precision missiles?


Swap ammo and hardeners depending on mission.
Yes I can afford to lose this ship three times over.

[Tengu, PVE Tengu]
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System

Kinetic Deflection Field II
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Republic Fleet 10MN Afterburner
Republic Fleet Target Painter
Gistum B-Type Medium Shield Booster
Domination Shield Boost Amplifier

Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile

Medium Warhead Flare Catalyst II
Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst II

Tengu Defensive - Amplification Node
Tengu Electronics - Dissolution Sequencer
Tengu Propulsion - Fuel Catalyst
Tengu Offensive - Accelerated Ejection Bay
Tengu Engineering - Augmented Capacitor Reservoir

you should be pummeling elite frigs if you switch to precisions, get the relevant missile hardwires for TNP and GMP, and train those skills 5. You can also switch a lowslot for a midslot and fit another painter if you want.

You have a lot of isk but no idea what you are doing? Haven't seen that before.

I think you'll find precision missiles just fine. Sure the hit a little less, but with better velocity and radius than the faction ammo. The main problem is distance. Their flight time sucks, so if you want to catch all of the frigs before they get into range the faction missiles might be better.
That said, I have a similar setup as you and don't have a problem killing the frigs before they cause me heartburn with regular heavies. I use precisions if there are more than a few I need to clean out. I don't use a webber or TP. Then again, my missile skills are all L4/L5.

After the HML changes I found that precision missiles allowed me to kill elite frigs faster than pre-nerf on my tengu. They may have nerfed the top end damage, but holy crap things are so much easier with the new precision missiles.

Wierd ...

i find webbing and TP'ing elite frigs to be very effective
especially when combined with precision ammo.






Target Painters make the signature radius of the painted ship .. --> Larger
This makes them easier for missiles to hit.

Just a FYI as you seem to not understand the mechanism.

OP, as indicated' you are using the wrong ammo. Switch to precision or (what I do), is use faction ammo only. No need for webs or TP.

Faction ammo, it has better range as well.

Either a sensor booster for faster locking, or swap out the Amplification Node for Adaptive Shielding and an Auto Targeting System II for an additional 3 sensor locks (don't activate the ATS since you just want the additional targets and not the auto-locking.)

A web would be spiffy for spider drones.

A large shield extender would be nice (to discourage suicide ganking,) but you don't have the grid unless you add an implant.

Depends on how you are getting the faction ammo. If you are buying it on the market it is expensive, but if you are using LP it is cheap.