Ships & Modules

I was wondering, from those that have tested them on SiSi, would the new tier 3 BCs be any good for solo mission running (lvl 3 and up).

I guess as part of a fleet they would be very useful and would be able (with a tank ship already taking agro) pack a huge punch and melt through missions.

I just wonder if they have enough tank for solo mission running?

So I guess these would be fleet only ships for mission running, shame.

Yes but some have tried them out on SiSi, just wanted others opinions. Im not asking for every ship to be good at PvE just wondering what people thought about these ships in particular.

Cheers for your comment

Two is a Fleet

As for Tier 3 BCs in PvE, I'd say they have huge potential of being fun pairing-up boats for friends who are bored with running solo missions, and would like something a bit more agile, while still providing some good damage. All, at a reasonably low cost.

Perfect for the casual PvE'ers and perfect for the hardcore PvP'ers who will most likely find these ships to be of great use. Hoping to see a lot of them in the next AT.

Not sure if this is true though. Tier 3 BCs may add substantial firepower in L4 missions but when you get spawns in missions their tank is most probably insufficient to handle incoming DPS.

I haven't tried them out yet though so it may be that there's some possible speed/sig tank setup for some of them.
Missioning in a fleet with a Tengu that triggers all the spawns before the BC warps in - that may work.

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Not tested but from the stats they will NOT surpass battleships.

Due to the slow tracking of large guns and the lack of a drone bay they will have issues missioning.

But they are also faster and are smaller so a short range set up may work okay for missions but don't expect them to outperform a Battle ship.

But for ratting they will be really nice, faster align time, good GTFO ability, cheaper than a BS and comparable damage. May even be fast enough to avoid some officer spwan dps if you happen to find one...

Some people run 2 accounts to do missions, some corps run lvl 4 missions with newer players to help them get some isk and give them something to do.

Mostly. Helpful corps will let new players tag along in these for traditional agg PvE, meaning not Sleepers, not Incursions.

Large weapons will always be a turn-off though for newer folk. There's a strong argument for having new players get solid cap and active tanking skills before T2 large weapons & related support skills. Noobs aiming to PvP will be better suited to inherently more agile ships like frigates and T1/2 cruisers, and those aiming to PvE will initially do better with either a tanky BC or a T3.

Things with this thin of a tank scream for solid skills.

I tested the Naga w/ a 425mm Rail sniper fit. The range is great (200km+ without TE's using Spike L), but the damage is lowish (around 300, maybe more?) It was doable to MWD out to 200km from a stationary object, orbit and blow things up (slowly) from that range. Frigs popped easily enough from range. Hardest part was getting out of range of all the incoming DPS faster than my sheilds went down. For a mission like Pirate Invasion where basically the whole room aggro's you at once, it might be difficult.

As far as a support ship goes...if you get your gang coordinated and use tags and everyone knows what they're doing...it could be a TON of fun.

I plan on getting my corpies to fly these with me and see what kind of damage we can produce