Ships & Modules

I'm looking to jump back into level 4 missions to get myself a steady income going. I'm starting clean, zero assets, 1.3b in my wallet. What should I invest in for Gallente missions nowadays?

http://eveboard.com/pilot/Dyaven

Haha, if you couldn't tell from my skills I was actually training for a Mach before I left... it's not exactly within my price range atm, with 1.3b in my wallet I'd probably be spending every penny I have on one. All I'm missing is the actual Large Autocannon Specialization skill.

I've honestly always preferred gun boats to the Dominix, honestly... something about the space potato just doesn't suit me. Is the Kronos respectable at all nowadays? Though I suppose the difference in price between the Kronos and Machariel is ~100m, I might as well go for the Mach...

He already has large projectile lvl 5. Minmatar BS is lvl4, but that's fine, 5% less of Mach is still far superior to domi. One bil for the Mach, t2 fit it. At domi speed, it'll take a long time to make enough for much of anything.

You mean +10% of very little dps and +5% of very little tracking? You have guns that don't track and slowboating heavies for paper dps, compared to 1200 out of NM or Mach. Real dps out of domi is around 500, out of sentries, with omnis and sentry dmg rig.

Rack of 800mms, 3-4 gyros, 3 tes, x-large shield booster, 3 hardners, ab. Speed tank, permaburn ab, pulse booster.

Plugged that into eft, seems like 1% short, not 6. My carebear boat had a deadspace booster, and it fits even with a drone link in the 8th high. X-large boosters should be cheap, look into that. Or downgrade to large/meta4 x-large.

Try this one out instead. Been awhile since I checked the booster price so not sure if in your range or not. BTW Machs only cost about 800-850 mill right now if ya look around :)

[Machariel, Machariel]
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II

Pithum B-Type Medium Shield Booster
Heat Dissipation Field II
Heat Dissipation Field II
Ballistic Deflection Field II
100MN Afterburner II

800mm Repeating Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma L
[empty high slot]

Large Core Defence Operational Solidifier I
Large Core Defence Operational Solidifier I
Large Core Defence Operational Solidifier I


Hammerhead II x5

Outside of 15km the domi ODs the macharial, and if you're having a hard time killing rats because of transversal you're either using 1400s or are absolutely terrible at missions. The domi is literally the best t1 mission ship in the game, and while the mach is definitely better (though even that's arguable depending on the mission) Back when I used to run lvl 4s I found the domi to be more or less on par with the nightmare in terms of race-specific ships (NM was slightly better mind you, but they were close, and the domi blew it out of the water for kin/therm missions).

Granted the mach is still better, but if you've only just barely got the isk for the ship and a t2 fit, you should probably stick to something cheaper for a while, and if you're only getting the performance of 500 applied DPS out of a domi, then you're terrible at running missions and should probably learn how to fly them before investing a bil or 2 into a mission ship.

Kronos is a pretty good ship. I dunno if its the endgame ship that everyone seems to want but its a decent rail platform, and its not that expensive (relatively). if you do a cap boosted setup you have plenty of slots for mag stabs, tank and speed.

[Kronos, Internet spaceship]

425mm Railgun II, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge L
425mm Railgun II, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge L
Salvager I
Small Tractor Beam I
Small Tractor Beam I

Heavy Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Cap Booster 800
LiF Fueled I Booster Rockets
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution
Tracking Computer II, Tracking Speed

Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Large Armor Repairer II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II

Large Hybrid Burst Aerator II
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5

The mix of meta 4 and t2 help for fitting, you can dead space or faction a lot of it to make it better but this is the baseline fit for missioning. something like 700 dps out and 750 dps tank (less vs exp)

Cap booster is there for tank, and or afterburner. everything else should be stable

not the 1300 out of the multi-billion Mach fittings out there, but meh? lower ammo costs, lower initial outlay, and you can grab some of those wrecks before the ninjas.

minimum -can hit cruisers at 15, bc at 10 and bs at 5,
maximum is around 60 km,
300 m/s to chase everything else (you can break angels orbits and run them down if you are having issues tracking them)

Ship is pretty easy to get used to, only problem is that it does need a little cap handling, but whith the boosters its not much of an issue. (worlds collide takes about 12 cap 800"s to do,)

im not sure on the time difference between Mach and Kronos for general missions.