Ships & Modules

I think about Vindicator, Machariel and Rattlesnake. Which one is the best against Guristas (Level 4 missions) in your opinion?

I would say the Kronos is a good contender as well when including the Marauders. Guristas tend to jam quite a bit so any non-marauder will likely have to fit ECCM in order to complete them consistently in the same amount of time a marauder would.

+1 for rattlesnake

the vindi is just a bit akward, and well the mach isn't bad, vs guristas the Rattler just doesn't really have any big downside. and still has a ton of dps that hits at pretty much any range.

It does not really matter which BS you use as long as you have decent skills to fly them. One BS may do a mission a couple minutes faster then an other, but in the long run that does not really matter. I personally do favor missle boats for L4s simply cos I am lazy I don't want to be bothered with range

Yep, Rattlesnake. If you were talking null sec anomalies, Vindicator wins (just plop it down in the middle of them and go to town lol). but for missions, rattlesnake. OR Fleet Typhoon. I've used both. Whenn I get lazy with the snake I just pop in FoF cruise missiles and let them and the gecko fly while I go afk for 5 minutes lol.

Except the sexy looks on the Navy Raven, the pricetag on the Rattlesnake is lower. From a pve point of view the Rattlesnake however does have the perfect bonuses for murdering Guristas.

When your co-pilot (one Gecko to rule them all) is getting hurt too much, you can recall him to the dronebay and let missiles do the work for a while.

And do not despair when you get jammed. Being a Gurista ship the Rattlesnake also happens to have a high jamming resist inbuild.

Happy hunting!

None of the above. Just murder them straight up.

[Rattlesnake, Summer 33]
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Pith C-Type X-Large Shield Booster
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Heavy Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 800
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II, Optimal Range Script
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II, Optimal Range Script
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron

Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Drone Link Augmentor II

Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I

Gecko x1
Garde II x2
Warden II x2
Hornet II x5

No repper? Certainly doesn't have enough passive regen if you are trying to go that route.

And basic T1 launchers? If you can't use T2, at least get Arbalest launchers (or whatever the Meta 4 / 'high damage' variant will be named after module tiericide).

Seems you need eft (EVE Fitting Tool) whic h you can find here in this forum section. And don't forget to thank Gripen for his work on that, he is awesome!

Now with this tool you can set up your Rattlesnake, import your character and create fittings which you can import into the EVE client, how cool is that?

Now one thing you also should do is to create a damage profile for Guristas. Play around with eft, you will like it.

And another source of information to keep an eye on would be http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=MissionReportsLevel4 for level 4 missions.
But this site also contains invaluable information from players about complexes, DED and COSMOS sites.

One little thing to consider in level 4 missions is that some of them only have a small number of battleship NPCs and a larger number of smaller ones.
The Rattlesnake has a bonus for all missile launchers if you have trouble hitting them with cruise missiles. So if you want to use havy assault missiles or heavy missiles, there is no shame involved.

The missle damage bonus is for all missiles and rockets you can fit.