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Recently got back, looking for suggested reading material regarding fits
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fgervais
Chaotic Serendipity
#1 - 2012-04-22 17:02:27 UTC
Greets,

Just got back, sold the officer fitted Golem to help corp projects, have 1-1.5 bil to play with.

I'm looking to bring a few mission builds down to lowsec, for both solo L4s and fleet L3s and L4s.

I'd like to fit a decent solo BS and perhaps an AF or HAC to support my fleet mates. Must be budget friendly since I'm expecting to loose one now and then.

I prefer shield tanking, missiles and drones.

I've been looking a lot at Rattlesnakes since they fit the bill nicely, anything else I should consider?

As far as gang missions go, since I'm there to support not provide main DPS, would a Hawk still be the de facto Caldari anti-frigate ship or should I look at something else?

Thanks!
Sigurd Sig Hansen
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-04-22 17:22:42 UTC
Ive heard battleclinic but Ive never gotten anything great from them

mostly I use them to look at fits and make my own

Mining is the "Deadliest Catch" in this game
Flakey Foont
#3 - 2012-04-22 18:19:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Flakey Foont
If you have solid projectile and shield skills the Machariel is recommended. A Rattlesnake pretty much requires T2 sentries to work well. It does though have a huge tank.


Also, there a many fits online here and eve-search.com. I have found many fits on Battleclinic seem to have not been tested in the game.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-04-22 20:05:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Daniel Plain
drake, navy raven, nighthawk. relatively cheap missile boats that perform very well in missions. fits are as straightfprward as it gets: launchers in the highs, BCUs in the lows, tank and maybe an AB in the mids.

edit: frigate sized rats should not be a big deal if you have at least one flight of light drones out.

I should buy an Ishtar.
fgervais
Chaotic Serendipity
#5 - 2012-04-22 22:08:15 UTC
The reason why I want to help out collegues with an AF is that their drone skills suck lol.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#6 - 2012-04-23 12:19:29 UTC
fgervais wrote:
The reason why I want to help out collegues with an AF is that their drone skills suck lol.

in that case i would advise a navy caracal with assault launchers, unless you have decent gunnery skills.

I should buy an Ishtar.
fgervais
Chaotic Serendipity
#7 - 2012-04-23 16:02:19 UTC
Uh, always wanted an excuse to get one of those, will do!
Ayame Tao
#8 - 2012-04-23 21:25:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Ayame Tao
I love my Navy Caracal - seconded.

If you have the skills, a Cerberus has slightly better range, tank and damge than a Navy Caracal.


Both nom frigates with speed and ease.


Edit: Opinions on the Navy Scorpion? Not in quite the same league as the Rattlesnkae, but half the price? Currently use an SNI as my level 4 mission boat. In EFT it's inferior to the Navy Raven, but I don't notice too much between them in practice.
Ishanmae
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#9 - 2012-04-24 09:26:07 UTC
Daniel Plain wrote:
fgervais wrote:
The reason why I want to help out collegues with an AF is that their drone skills suck lol.

in that case i would advise a navy caracal with assault launchers, unless you have decent gunnery skills.



And if you do have decent gunnery skills, a Harpy can deal with frigs very efficiently!

But yeah a T2 fit Nighthawk is much sturdier and gankier than a drake. The hull is clearly the most expensive part of the fit at about 230M.

Machariel is deadly efficient, but at around 1B, I wouldn't be comfortable taking one in low-sec... but that's just me and my casual player wallet Blink
Savage Creampuff
Vivid Entertainment Group
#10 - 2012-04-24 13:57:21 UTC
for lowsec i found the hard to probe tengu with a scout alt to be very effective
Just Alter
Futures Abstractions
#11 - 2012-04-24 15:55:12 UTC
Wtf am i reading here :|

Get a tengu, if you really want you can even put drone on it!!!!1

[Tengu, loldrones]

Tengu Defensive - Adaptive Shielding
Tengu Electronics - Emergent Locus Analyzer
Tengu Engineering - Augmented Capacitor Reservoir
Tengu Propulsion - Fuel Catalyst
Tengu Offensive - Rifling Launcher Pattern

Heavy Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Heavy Missile
Small Tractor Beam I

Thermic Dissipation Field II
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Pithi C-Type Small Shield Booster
10MN Afterburner II
'Copasetic' Particle Field Acceleration
'Copasetic' Particle Field Acceleration

Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System

Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Medium Bay Loading Accelerator I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hobgoblin II x5


550dps at 70km. 550dps tank. 600ms speed. with drones!!! 700mil

On a more serious note:

[Tengu, ratting cheap]

Tengu Defensive - Adaptive Shielding
Tengu Electronics - Emergent Locus Analyzer
Tengu Engineering - Augmented Capacitor Reservoir
Tengu Propulsion - Fuel Catalyst
Tengu Offensive - Accelerated Ejection Bay

Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Rage Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Rage Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Rage Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Rage Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Rage Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Rage Assault Missile
Small Tractor Beam I

Thermic Dissipation Field II
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Pithi C-Type Small Shield Booster
10MN Afterburner II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II

Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II

Medium Rocket Fuel Cache Partition I
Medium Bay Loading Accelerator I
Medium Ancillary Current Router I


850dps at 40km. 300+ dps tank. 600ms speed. no drones :( . 600mil