Wormholes

I think that a c3 with a static c2/Low/hisec would be best for you guys, or a c2 with a c3/hisec. As long as you don't open the hisec too often so daytrippers don't steal your sites (unless you want to bait them in, of course...), the logistics of moving stuff back and forth isn't a hassle, and c2's are the most active for pvp, where the c3 will give you enough isk to support the pew, even if it is your home system. Just be sure to do your PI and suck the gas when there's no noms or people to shoot.

as for the ships that you'll need, as long as your logi pilots keep moving and you have at least 2 of them, tank shouldnt be an issue. IIRC there's a really nasty triple bs spawn in a mag or a radar c3 that has some heavy neuts, but 1 logi should be able to keep the other one alive, even under neuting, if piloted correctely.

I wouldn't mix tanks, that's almost never good. If you don't want to bling out t3's, try battleships or HAC's. BS's will have issues applying dps to smaller targets, so i'd bring at least 1 chara in a cruiser for dedicated frig popping. for a group of 5 or so, try this. higher SP pilots in dps bs's, with the lower sp characters in cruisers or BC's if you're worried about tank, even if their tanking or command skills in that race suck, they should be ok with logi.

If only they existed.

oops, posted one too many connections there. xD

Drakes can run all the C3 anoms solo, super cheap, easy to skill up, everyone running a Drake each would be very cost efficient and even when not everyone is online the anoms can be done solo.

However the Drake is getting nerfed with an upcoming patch so not sure about the viability after the nerf, Drake also has the advantage of being cheap and fielding a massive tank so nobody wants to shoot you (beware while salvaging though)

We are currently operating in a C3 with LS Static. We are 4 active pilots 1+ Year and two 6- months old. Normally our youngsters use scythes for flying anomalies (You can fit a tanked, cap stable scythe with Cruiser III) while 2-3 older players do BC DPS ships on the cheap. Easily done.
Baseline: Let the younger chars fly logistic.

This statement makes me so happy. Before it was "let the jack-ass with 50 million skill points fly the Logistics since they take forever to train for properly." Glad to see things getting shaken up because of the cruiser changes.

Svo.

It still pays to have a fully skilled Basi/Guardian or two in a C5 (talking non-escalations, or using sub-caps to DPS the escalations), but you can safely have two Ospreys in a three/four-logi chain in them if you have good DPS (it gets a bit hairy if the DPS is bit bit under-tanked). And by 'Osprey' I mean one flown by someone with Cruiser-IV, and the remote transfer skills at III-IV, but skills for a T2 tank - so not a very old character at all.

Lots of decent advice above. I agree, with most everyone, and reckon a decent C3 would meet your needs and provide quite the return. C3 static-low, IMO, provides a good access compromise. If you absolutely must get a character out to hisec the routes via lowsec are less challenging than if you had a nullsec static, and you’re less attractive to camp from the pov of hisec daytrippers. For your actual logistics you should have a hisec-direct WH every week or so and, anyway, you can haul most of your high value stuff in a covops frigate via lowsec if you get desperate for isk.

A well run C3 is, IMHO, the best isk-per-effort for a solo or very-small-gang wormhole denizen. I initially worked up to a C3, as a low SP wormholer, and then later after working C4s and C5s solo, moved back to C3 for stable reliable income stream before quitting w-space. There is heaps more isk to be made in C4s, 5s, and 6s but that income is largely dependent on some serious gang efforts.

Low SP toons may have some initial difficulty clearing C3 sites, but that will settle down fairly soon … drakes and missiles are boring as **** and slow, but they are also cheap, easily-trained, reliable, and on the skill-path towards tengu.