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Rattlesnake or Golem?
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Captain Grantkarppe
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2016-11-10 04:12:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Captain Grantkarppe
Hello forums,

I've recently trained Gallente BS and Caldari BS to V; my missile skills are sitting at 10 million SP, and my drones are around 8 mil; sentries V, drone interfacing V, etc etc.

Marauders to V (I fly a Vargur usually)

Most of the missile/drone/ship command advancement was done over the course of a very long break from the game.

So my question is this: which of the two ships (mentioned in the title), which I can confidently say I can fly with near-perfection, would be best for running high-level complexes and pirate sanctums/havens?

Which has the best clear time? Can they both tank the same plexes, especially on 10/10s?

Operational risks are irrelevant as I have a pretty efficient system of getting in and out of hostile regions, even in something as sluggish and unstealthy as a battleship.

Thanks for the help in advance
Forum Toon
Doomheim
#2 - 2016-11-10 07:41:38 UTC
I'd say if you loot and salvage > marauder.
if you just kill stuff > sniper Rattle.

if you want good time then brawler rattle with RHML and Gecko or 2 heavy drones.
Andrew Indy
Cleaning Crew
#3 - 2016-11-11 08:19:18 UTC
Having run a few 6/10 in a Snake i can say that Heavies are a pain in the ass. The rats aggro them more than 50% of the time.

Assuming safety was not an issue the Golem would make the sites much easier as it could easily tank any DED (I have used a Paladin in a 10/10 Sansha and it was fine and the Golem have more tank.

Snakes are a funny ones, They can tank a tonne but you need to nerf their application to do so, if you go sniper then you run into drone range issues (no drone range bonus so drones struggle at 100Ks)
chakazulu
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2016-12-27 18:32:56 UTC
snake all the way just because you're not stuck there waiting 1min to move but that's just me.
Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#5 - 2016-12-29 15:24:25 UTC
chakazulu wrote:
snake all the way just because you're not stuck there waiting 1min to move but that's just me.

Pro tip as they like to say.
Do not sue the bastion mode and this is not a problem you have to deal with very often.
OR
Use the bastion when needed to deal with ewar and then turn it off and again this is not a problem you will have to deal with very often.

If you prefer the Rattle that is fine just state it that way instead of trying to justify your ideas with things that are easily avoided.