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Looking for a good solo exploration ship for a noob.
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Drifting cowb0y
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-07-01 16:01:24 UTC
Hey there, just started playing a bit ago and Im trying to figure out a good ship and fit to explore with. Any info or ideas would help a lot.
Florio
Miniature Giant Space Hamsters
#2 - 2012-07-01 16:27:07 UTC
heavy missile drake with probe launcher, 3 large shield extenders (2 top named, 1 t2 assuming max fitting skills), passive tank (couple of those shield recharge thingies in low). I got technical there huh? 8)
Lin-Young Borovskova
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-07-01 19:07:56 UTC
Drake, Vexor (Navy Issue is so awesome) are just two that come on top of my list. Both quite easy to get in, with enough slots and tank/dps for exploration and a lot more.

Very flexible ships.

brb
Bill Serkoff2
Tachyon Technology
#4 - 2012-07-01 19:18:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Bill Serkoff2
Curse, Pilgrim, Redeemer... Archon, Aeon, Avatar...

"The Cyclone and the Drake are two ships which will basically never be good for shield tanking, primarily because they have almost no lowslots in addition to shield tanking bonuses. " -Iam Widdershins
Drifting cowb0y
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-07-01 20:00:50 UTC
I picked up a Darke, just looking to get a good fit on it now.
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-07-01 20:49:40 UTC
Basic guideline for fitting a Drake

For the launchers:
Malkuth if your skills are low, they're easy to fit
Arbalest if you've got the isk
XR-3200 if you have decent skills but not isk

Probe launcher in the spare high slot obviously Lol


For mids:

2 LSE's, meta 4 until you can fit T2
3 rat specific resists,
afterburner

Lows:
2 ballistic controls
2 shield power relays

Rigs:
Medium core defense field purgers

Drones:

5 of them
hobgoblins for general use or warriors for angels


Again this is a basic layout, you can change low slots around, cpu upgrade and 3 bcs for more damage for example. You can also fit power grid upgrades if your skills are low. You can drop the AB and use an EM a thermal and 2 invulnerability fields for an omni tank. This will give you a lower overall tank but you won't have to refit all the time based on what your fighting. Personally I prefer rat specific but if your exploring you may not always be near a station.

Grab one of the fitting tools like evehq, pyfa or EFT and see what works with your skills
Drifting cowb0y
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-07-01 23:52:33 UTC
Thanks Klymer! quick question.. what is meta 4?
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2012-07-02 00:31:20 UTC
The meta level is used to refer to the item quality, the higher the number the better the module is. You can see them on this list of launchers.
Kisogo Magellin
Kostura RnD
#9 - 2012-07-02 04:34:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Kisogo Magellin
If you aren't going to be in WHs, ALWAYS use a Heron to scan down signatures, and eventually train for a Buzzard. The scanning bonuses will save you a lot of time.

Edit: actually, you should always be using a heron/buzzard

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