Ships & Modules

Today I saw a video of someone who downed ~100 Tengus in a row and then some with a Loki. This made me consider getting a T3 to PvP with.

I have heard a lot of good things about Tengus, but I don't know about it after watching ~100 of them get blown up in order by 1 Loki. So, which T3 cruiser would be most effective in solo, high DPS, high efficiency PvP for someone with max skills for it?

You'd be surprised what you can accomplish flying the same ship over and over. Being very good at a ship type is a noble goal. That said, location, location, location.
Each T3 has a great counter to its common fits. I am by no means a leet peeveepeee god. That said, each obviously complements a particular area.

Proteus: best cloaky, shines in WH space pvp, best buffer (usually)
Legion: WH, exploration, incursion, needs some work but not awful
Tengu: Best pve, easiest to fly, ubiquitous
Loki: nice webs, pretty decent pvp, wild card tank type

Yes, in the video he had shown getting killed twice, once by a Vindi and Rattle, and he got blobbed the second time. He was mostly warping into nullsec complexes and hammering the people running them, and I believe his chat windows indicated he was talking to his OGB a few times.

Other than that, no other "on grid" allies were with him. Its not I want to "be like that" but more want to get into a specific T3 to try out in PvP, as my income would allow be to replace a lost T3 and mods in 1-2 days. I'm almost to the "I only log in to kill people!" point in EVE...

Also, from what you said Kale Eledar, looks like I would enjoy the Proteus and Loki the best. Thanks.

100mn tengu is by far the best solo.
proteus and loki are both excellent gang/fleet ships. loki is better than prot solo because it can nano.

legion sucks.

as a note, if youre asking this, you probably arent ready to pvp in a t3.

I've made several more comprehensive posts on the topic before, but if we fokus quite strictly on solo-small PvP in here:

100mn setups could affectionately be referred to as "new nano". For many intents and purposes they are, and that includes the relevant bit in this topic. Old school nano had this issue where overblown velocity would cause you to impose more tracking issues upon yourself. Missiles were popular in that element, even if many missile-platforms didn't have as appealing speed.

The reason you see alot of, specificly 100mn, missile ships is largely due to the same reason. 100mn is more difficult to control on a fine-tuned level so missiles become appealing. That's why you see alot of Tengus.

The HAM-brick Legion was also somewhat popular a while back, since it's still missiles so you don't have any personally incurred tracking issues, but as it only get a bonus to HAM and HAM are undoubtedly shorter than HML that is more uncommon. It's definately functional though if you want to do something a bit more exotic yet still powerful.

The appeal in the Proteus and Loki lie in the EW-subystems rather than the weapon system. Since there can be tracking issues on those ships 100mn setups on them are less appealing and by extension that also make them less appealing for solo-small that involve alot of nano-esque kiting tactics. Instead they have the ability to combine tackling bonuses with tanks (with a small wink to the Legion here who can combine tank with EW as well, but give up weapons when doing so).

That make them more appealing in support-roles, which naturally make them more appealing when you have a few more ships. They become heavy Recons of sorts, appealing in that scale of gameplay (when Recons are less reliable, yet where it's still worth the ISK-investment, as opposed to attrition-concerns for the specialist role).

That does not mean they can't be run solo, simply that they are more prone to setup builds built around their tackle rather than 100mn and be flown solo in settings that are less dependent upon nano roaming tactics (in lowsec, in wormholes etc). They can be 100mn fit but they can also equally be MWD-burst, rush or dualpropped, like most other armor-ships. Using the propmods to get to-from rather than kiting around, and relying on superior tackle, tanks and firepower to augment that.

Fixed... yeah T3 PvP you want to go Loki (if its cloaky fit its called a CLoki ) or 100mn Tengu (Buffer, NOT ACTIVE those ones always get blown up)