Missions & Complexes

http://eve.battleclinic.com/browse_loadouts.php

Is Battleclinic all out of fits?

Best armor for level 4s is probably the Domi. Got a fit but not the time to look it up right now.

BattleClinic should point you roughly in the right directions though

Also, not so good in Caldari space due to damage types. Dominix might be the best option.

But OP, why armor only?

Domis do a good armor tank. Somewhat less paper DPS than the shield fits, but more tracking and the possibility of an AB.

The Vindicator works well too. And the Kronos probably doesn't suck.

Any armor fit with an active rep will work. Buffer tanking just does not work well for missions. Once your tank is burned through, which happens fast when facing 6-8 battleships, you need to warp off if you don't have a rep.

The main reason armor fits are not popular in missions is the armor tank uses the low slots leaving less space for damage mods. in missions the higher your DPS the faster your completion times. At the same time though you need to actually be able to apply that DPS. So using an active armor tank and loading the mids with target painters and tracking boosters can work well.

Basic rule of thumb is much like a shield tank fit. I never use plates, just rat specific resists and a local rep. Just like a shield fit faction and deadspace mods can give you more tank in less slots allowing for more DPS mods.

I really enjoy flying missions in a typhoon. a lot of micro management with three weapon systems to keep track of. I usually fit 4 guns, 4 launchers, and a flight of T2 sentry drones. Can do over 1000 DPS without gimping the tank to much. Best use of rigs in to either pug resist holes, or increasing the rep amounts. Either way can free up some low slots for damage mods.

My most recent fit for a typhoon mission runner is actually a shield fit but lots of fun. Hard to fit a good enough shield tank on it, but using the rigs for resists, a DED X-large booster or X-large ASB and a couple rat specific resists seem to do the trick. This leaves all the low slots for damage mods. Since you have 3 weapon systems the stacking penalties is not to bad. I get almost 1300 DPS with my fit. And it is not boring to fly as the shield tank is barely adequate and needs to be well controlled. Combined with the mirco management of three weapon systems it is a lot of fun to fly and has very fast completion times if flown well.

Worse, but not bad.

It's also going to suck donkey balls against Guristas -- just like all Marauders.

The more I think about the OP's actual question, the more I'm thinking NDomi is the way to go.

Yep... I guess I have seen some good Incursion shield Bhaals though I havn't seen a shield bhaal fit for level 4's?

I can't even begin to say how terrible this advice is... Don't use ASBs for missions! When you've tanked all you can with it you either have to reload (1 minute without reps) or use up almost all your cap on a few boosts.

It can probably be used, but you shouldn't use it unless you know that you can remove the dps fast enough to not die in the reload.

At work currently so can't access my fits, but I'm doing caldari lvl 4 missions in an armor fit Legion that can take a hell of a pounding, and do 600 dps.

I've tagged this, and will add my fit later if you want