Skill Discussions

It would be easier to help with an eveboard link tbh.

Hello!

Sorry for the delay in responding. Just want to say that english is not my main language, just incase.

Looking at your gunnery skills I can see that you are able to use T2 Medium & Large Projectile turrets. Your gunnery support skills are also good which makes me think a Machariel and Hurricane would suit your needs. I'm not really sure if you have a certain budget or if you have somekind of John Hammond from Jurassic Park attiude i.e "Spared no expenses".

Your mentioned a HAM Tengu but your missile skills are very lacking for that, but since you have no issues with training for it there should be no problem.

When it comes to fittings I played around a bit on EFT to get fittings for a Hurricane & Drake for lvl 2s/3s. Battlecruisers are pretty much overkill for lvl 2s if I remember correctly but if it can enter the site, so why not? I just want to say now that I haven't done lvl 2/3 missions in years so I have no idea what kind of DPS the sites put out and if someone else reading this has any opinions on the fits I hope they share them.

[Hurricane, 2/3]
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II

10MN Afterburner II
Large Shield Booster II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II

425mm AutoCannon II, Hail M
425mm AutoCannon II, Hail M
425mm AutoCannon II, Hail M
425mm AutoCannon II, Hail M
425mm AutoCannon II, Hail M
425mm AutoCannon II, Hail M
Small 'Solace' Remote Armor Repairer

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I

Valkyrie II x1
Warrior II x4

[Drake, 2/3]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II

10MN Afterburner II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
EM Ward Field II
Shield Recharger II
Large Shield Extender II

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
Small 'Solace' Remote Armor Repairer

Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I

Warrior II x5

Once again, I do hope that people point it out if these are bad. They should be able to do the missions. They are somewhat tight but should be manageable with the skills you have. The remote armor rep is not necessary at all and I just put it there because It's nice to be able to repair any armor damage that your drones might take. Swap it out for anything else you'd like.

So if we go to the stats

Ship Hurricane Drake
Tank (Omni) 250 370
DPS (with drones) 820 481
Resistance (Shield) 60.8/65.7/69/74.1 77.9/66.9/75.2/79.3
Capacitor life (ALL on) 1m 6s 3m 47s
Speed (no ab/with ab) 206/500 m/s 175/399 m/s

Since you are going for blitzing I'd say that the Hurricane would be better for you. The Drake is still nice because it gets very long range and always hits.

For level 4s I would recommend a T3 (Tengu) or a Battleship (Machariel from what I got form your skills) I have used a Tengu myself quite alot when it comes to lvl4s and I'll post the fit below. I have ZERO experience with Machs in lvl4s so I'm not even going to attempt to make a fit for that.

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

Republic Fleet 10MN Afterburner
Pithi A-Type Small Shield Booster
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Dread Guristas EM Ward Field
Dread Guristas EM Ward Field
Dread Guristas Thermic Dissipation Field

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

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

The tengu fit I've used alot with quite alot of success. I started out with most of it as t2 mods but I started to buy more expensive modules as time passed. With the skills I had +3% Implants that fit got 720 DPS. The hardeners are ofcourse mission specific.

I would say that you should pick a shield tanking ship because that will leave you more space for damage mods in the lows.

Looking through your eveboard link I see that you have many of the support skills already at five which is great.
I have this feeling I'm just saying dumb things right now so I'm going to make a list of skills that are helpful.

Sensor Compensation skill for whatever ship your'e going to fly. Will really helpout against the EWAR
The Spaceship command skill for ship you're going to fly.
Connections & Social for your standings.
Shield Compensation
Afterburner
Fuel Conservation
Acceleration Control
Support skills for the weapons you are going to use.
Many of the Drone skills (focus on Drone Interfacing)

I'd suggest the Tengu also. The above fitting is a bit pricey for my taste, but it wll certainly get the job done. You should be able to take a Tengu into L2→4 missions.

As an alternative, you can also pay someone to grind the rep for you. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=41506

Hello again!

Frigate & Destroyer pvp is very fun. I'm guessing that you are still a-okay with cross training and such so I'll make it broad.

ALL Ships
Advanced Weapon Upgrades (For those tight fits)
Signature Analysis (Increased lock speed)
Long Range Targeting (Increased lock range)

Armor Tanking
Armor Layering (Reduced speed penalty from plates)
EM/Explosive/Kinetic/Thermic Armor Compensation - These skills increase the resist given by all kinds of membranes and adaptive platings. Getting these to five early on is something many people say no to, because there are almost always better skills to get. Four is pretty good tho.
Repair Systems - Decreases Armor Rep cycle time.
Remote Armor and Hull Repair systems are good if you can see yourself doing logi. Both for Frigs & Cruisers.

Drones
Not alot of frigates are able to use drones but there are still some that can. Once you get bigger ships i.e cruisers +, they come up more and more. Training all of these skills are good. Not a priority if you're going to fly lots of frigates in the near future tho. (Fighters & Fighter Bombers unless you're going for capitals)

Electronic Systems
Propulsion Jamming is a must, it decreases cap usage by the webs and warp scrams/disruptors.
The rest of the skills are great if you're going to fly EWAR frigs, both t1 and t2. (I like the Maulus alot)

Engineering
You have most of the skills at five which is great. Thermodynamics is an amazing skill as that overheating that you do can decide if you warp off in your ship or your pod. Nanite Operation & Nanite Interfacing are both also good for repping the damage done to overheated modules, good for long deployments. Be careful so that you dont burn out the modules tho!

Capacitor Emission Systems (Logi Skill)

Gunnery & Missiles
Pretty straightforward for these. Train the gun for the ships you want to fly and dont forget support skills!

Navigation
Acceleration Control (AB & MWD speed boost)
Afterburner (Reduced AB Cap & Duration)
Fuel Conservation (AB cap reduction)
High speed maneuvering (MWD cap reduction)

Rigging
Train these for the rigs you're going to use. Some rigs increase CPU & PWG that turrets/missiles use so getting the drawback down is good. Lvl 5 on these early on is probs not required as you are better off training more helpful skills.

Shields
The Shield Compensation skills are very situational. Not many fits use them and if they do, it's often the EM & Thermic ones. I'd say that you should NOT get these to five anytime soon. 3/4 is doable but you're probobly not going to use them very often.

Shield Compensation (Booster drains less cap)
Shield Upgrades (reduced PWG for certain modules)

Shield Emission Systems (Logi skill)

DO NOT GET TACTICAL SHIELD MANIPULATION TO 5. SERIOUSLY. NOT WORTH.

Spaceship Command
Train it for whatever ship type you're flying

Targeting
Advanced Target Management to be able to lock those extra targets.
The Sensor Compensation skills I'd recommend you get to atleast four. They are very helpful.

I'm quite tired and wasn't sure on how to format this. If you have any question, please ask.

Karen.

You are bored with distribution missions yet you want to trade and haul on your main as a living... See where that might go wrong for you? "Need people to talk to" is the name of your post and to me the most interesting part. You seem social so go join a corp that hosts fun ISK making activities/opportunities. Know yourself, EVE can be very boring when you go at it alone.

Fly Smart o/

Re: Hurricane fitting above.

I really hate any short-range weapon system on slow ships. An afterburner (AB) is fine for a frigate, but for anything larger I personally would want a microwarp drive (MWD) with short-range weapons.

Instead, I use long-range artillery with an AB. Most of the time I just use Depleted Uranium, because I'm lazy, switching to Quake for structures. Kiting is an easy way to deal with frigates, once they are about 15 km or more away.

My Vargur on the other-hand doesn't move most of the time, and it uses auto-cannons. It is my current favourite level 4 mission ship.

Experiment!


[The Auto Targeting System II is never activated, and only fitted to give extra target locks.]


[Hurricane, Level 3 Arty]
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Reactive Armor Hardener
Medium Armor Repairer II

Cap Recharger II
Tracking Computer II, Tracking Speed Script
Tracking Computer II, Tracking Speed Script
10MN Afterburner II

Auto Targeting System II
650mm Artillery Cannon II, Quake M
650mm Artillery Cannon II, Quake M
650mm Artillery Cannon II, Quake M
650mm Artillery Cannon II, Quake M
650mm Artillery Cannon II, Quake M
650mm Artillery Cannon II, Quake M

Medium Auxillary Nano Pump I
Medium Nanobot Accelerator I
Medium Projectile Collision Accelerator I


Hobgoblin II x6