Ships & Modules

Kinda hard to say at the moment because all the BSes are being shaken up and we still don't know what is being planned for navy BSes. Machariel has always been a firm favourite for mission runners, but with the TE nerf, I don't know if that will change things. Gallente seems a good choice tough. If you're in Gallente space, you'll have the resists, access to drone boats and gunnery skills with ship skills leading up to Machariel. I guess you can't go too far wrong with that.

once saw a 6 week old char doing lvl 4's in a navy geddon..

anything is possible

i think the domi is pretty patch resistant, they don't seem to be making big changes to sentry drones anytime soon and they are probably the most versatile mission platform and resistant to every type of ewar.

The Dominix is loosing a damage bonus. It might still come out on top due to being able to apply more of it's sentry DPS, but that remains to be seen. Also: gun DPS can be used while on the move, sentries can't.

You can still fit guns on it but you'll lose some damage, while Sentries will be applying damage far better than before, Gardes will be able to hit out to 70km with 2 omnis with 760 dps and excellent tracking.

For a new char, Tengu is prob the fastest path to doing lvl 4s in an acceptable manner. Decent dps good/fast blitzer with monster tank, and with the upcoming cruise missile buff --> CNR and Golem are potential pve monsters....

However looking long term, Mach may be the ideal ship for the play style you prefer, which means training minmatar and perhaps taking a little longer getting to lvl 4s. But perhaps the best choice in the long run.

Now to throw a curveball. Mach will be getting hit with the nerf bat, but prob not enough to make it terrible. Besides the Vargur is a fantastic marauder and a good replacement if the Mach is nerfed too badly.


Good luck.

Based on this the Tengu is an obvious goal.

Order of progress would be Caracal > Drake > Tengu > Profit

When I started out I did lvl 4's in an Abaddon after 6 weeks using T1 modulated tachs - I was in Amarr Space though, so that helped.

Anyway - as others pointed out, it's usually best to use ships derived from the race whose space you mission in.

Anything goes, really, but e.g. doing Angel missions in a poorly skilled T1 Amarr BS might prove a royal pain in the butt.

Being mostly inactive atm, I have run a few missions just whilst logging in and having a chat with old friends recently, with most BS, including T2, navy and pirate faction at my disposal (don't really like Caldari missile BS - could fly them, but don't).

When it comes to fast completion, I most of the time pick a Machariel - insane DPS, damage projection and the speed and agility help saving a lot of time. Moreover, it works in any space and whilst the tank isn't the greatest, I often don't even have to activate my shield booster because everything is dead before it applies DPS. However, the TE nerf will hurt it a little and despite being owner of three machs myself, I must say that wont be enough and CCP is aware of that and it will eventually be nerfed (which is fully deserved).

For Gallente Space, I found the Vindicator to be quite quick too - certainly not a typical mission ship, but goes through rats like butter and is fun to fly - but certainly not effective (I use it with an MWD, so burn cap boosters like popcorn and also often rely on T2 ammo which is absolutely not cost-effective - but fun)....

Anyway - anything goes, really depends on what suits your playing style - the Mach and Vindi are quick but require more attention and clicks and since I mostly do three other things at the same time if i run an L4, I usually prefer slower, but more comfortable ships.

With the upoming changes, I'd say most navy/pirate BS are pretty safe atm as they're not rebalanced in the first pass - current Tier3s are receiving very little changes, so they're safe too. Marauders wont be rebalanced anytime soon, but except for the Vargur, they're pretty underwhelming anyway.

If it must be quick to train and cheap in Gallente space, I'd look at Rokh, Domi and Hype.

Navythron is pretty nice vs serpentis. Vindi is too, but it has ridiculously short targeting range, which doesn't play nicely with damps.