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Kanel Hibra
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2013-05-18 18:12:38 UTC
Hey all,

I like doing pve and love fighting with drones, can anyone suggest a good ship for a new person so I can do low skill training but still be effective and have fun fighting with drones on my side?
Forest Archer
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-05-18 18:59:51 UTC
What class of ship are you looking for. Gallante has the best drone ships vexor, myrmadon, Dominix. Then Amarr I think the arbitrator, and prophacy but been a Long time since I flex them for that purpose.

Always willing to help all you have to do is ask, though if you're in the other fleet I may not help the way you want. Just a heads up. Pub Channel: Lost Souls Trading Post
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-05-18 19:11:17 UTC
Kanel Hibra wrote:
Hey all,

I like doing pve and love fighting with drones, can anyone suggest a good ship for a new person so I can do low skill training but still be effective and have fun fighting with drones on my side?


Tristan is a frigate-class drone platform which you can almost perfect in a week or two.

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Vortexo VonBrenner
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-05-18 23:32:12 UTC
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#5 - 2013-05-19 01:16:44 UTC
For subcapital drone ships you have 2 racial ship lines and 1 pirate ship line to choose from.

Gallente: Tristan > Ishkur (Tech 2) > Algos > Vexor > Vexor Navy Issue (Faction) > Ishtar (Tech 2) > Myrmidon > Dominix > Sin (Tech 2)
Amarr: Crucifier > Sentinel (Tech 2) > Dragoon > Arbitrator > Curse/Pilgrim (Tech 2) > Prophecy > Armageddon
Guristas (Pirate): Worm > Gila > Rattlesnake

The Gallente ship line tends to focus more heavily on damage while the Amarr ship line favors Electronic Warfare (the exception being the Prophecy which favors tanking damage).
The pirate Gurista ship line is focused favors tanking damage in addition to drones. Be aware that it takes a lot of skills to use this ship line effectively.

How did you Veterans start?
Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#6 - 2013-05-19 04:36:19 UTC
For pve in drones you should aim at flying a dominix

So Tristan > Algos > Vexor > Myrmidon > dominix.

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don santo
#7 - 2013-05-19 04:43:21 UTC
If you like drones you should go with Gallente. Tristan > Algos > Vexor > Myrmidon > dominix like Garviel Tarrant said. Also Gallente captials are awsome.

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Kanel Hibra
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2013-05-19 12:30:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Kanel Hibra
Hello all,

Wow thanks for all the replies I will get going towards the Dom line!
Forest Archer
State War Academy
Caldari State
#9 - 2013-05-19 12:35:19 UTC
You m ay want to wait till after the next expansion as next month BS are getting revamped so common fits may change a bit.

Always willing to help all you have to do is ask, though if you're in the other fleet I may not help the way you want. Just a heads up. Pub Channel: Lost Souls Trading Post
Kanel Hibra
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2013-05-19 12:37:34 UTC
Forest Archer wrote:
You m ay want to wait till after the next expansion as next month BS are getting revamped so common fits may change a bit.



Well it will be some time till I can get the skills together for a good Algos build so should work out :)
Kalatis Askold
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2013-05-19 12:41:18 UTC
I like Drones as well, but since the Gallente ships can't mount missiles (my weapon of choice) I've decided to go Breacher->Bellicose->Cyclone (and then maybe Typhoon?), a bit unconventional, but it seems to be working fairly well thus far

Sometimes I wonder if I should've gone with the Amarr droneboat line instead, but I think on the whole I'd rather have a Drone Missileboat than a Missile Droneboat (if that makes any sense)
Forest Archer
State War Academy
Caldari State
#12 - 2013-05-19 12:58:10 UTC
Well the way some Amarr drone boats are you can put missiles on some but it's limited on choices and I've heard that fitting them the ship bonuses are limited.

Always willing to help all you have to do is ask, though if you're in the other fleet I may not help the way you want. Just a heads up. Pub Channel: Lost Souls Trading Post
Anyura
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2013-05-19 13:10:47 UTC
Vortexo VonBrenner wrote:
...and then the Algos


That's the problem with threads like these. They Dragoon and oon....
Dyphorus
Inritus Astrum
#14 - 2013-05-19 18:06:32 UTC
Both the Tristan and Algos are fun low end drone boats that can be trained into very quickly.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#15 - 2013-05-19 19:51:03 UTC
Kalatis Askold wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if I should've gone with the Amarr droneboat line instead, but I think on the whole I'd rather have a Drone Missileboat than a Missile Droneboat (if that makes any sense)

If you don't mind paying a little bit of extra money and training a few extra skills then look into the pirate Gurista ship line. They use missiles and drones as weapons (with emphasis on drones).
These ships require that you train both Caldari and Gallente ship skills.

Worm > Gila > Rattlesnake.

How did you Veterans start?
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#16 - 2013-05-19 21:55:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
I have a Navy Vexor that I very much like as a drone boat for level 2 missions.

I own 2 Gilas and 2 Rattlesnakes too, but they require both Gallente and Caldari skills, and they are better for sentries.

[Vexor Navy Issue, Drone Buggy]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Medium Armor Repairer II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
10MN Afterburner II

Drone Link Augmentor II
Auto Targeting System I
Auto Targeting System I
Medium Remote Armor Repair System II
Medium Nosferatu II

Medium Anti-Explosive Pump I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Hammerhead II x2
Hobgoblin II x1
Vortexo VonBrenner
Doomheim
#17 - 2013-05-19 21:58:55 UTC
Anyura wrote:
Vortexo VonBrenner wrote:
...and then the Algos


That's the problem with threads like these. They Dragoon and oon....


That article I linked is for all 4 of the newer destroyers. The stats for all 4 are listed in the article and under the pic - which changes to whichever of the 4 Destroyers you select - are the names of the 4 newer destroyers that change the pic to the Destroyer selected. Did I mention the pic changes to the selected ship? It has the Dragoon pic as it's default start pic, but the article is about all 4, not just the Dragoon. All 4.
You may apologise now.

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Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#18 - 2013-05-20 03:21:04 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
Kalatis Askold wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if I should've gone with the Amarr droneboat line instead, but I think on the whole I'd rather have a Drone Missileboat than a Missile Droneboat (if that makes any sense)

If you don't mind paying a little bit of extra money and training a few extra skills then look into the pirate Gurista ship line. They use missiles and drones as weapons (with emphasis on drones).
These ships require that you train both Caldari and Gallente ship skills.

Worm > Gila > Rattlesnake.


Navi domi is superior to the Rattler

Rattler is way overtanked and the domi has way more dps.

BYDI recruitment closed-ish

lollerwaffle
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2013-05-20 08:59:13 UTC  |  Edited by: lollerwaffle
Vortexo VonBrenner wrote:
Anyura wrote:
Vortexo VonBrenner wrote:
...and then the Algos


That's the problem with threads like these. They Dragoon and oon....


That article I linked is for all 4 of the newer destroyers. The stats for all 4 are listed in the article and under the pic - which changes to whichever of the 4 Destroyers you select - are the names of the 4 newer destroyers that change the pic to the Destroyer selected. Did I mention the pic changes to the selected ship? It has the Dragoon pic as it's default start pic, but the article is about all 4, not just the Dragoon. All 4.
You may apologise now.

+1 to Antura, -1 to you for not getting it (and being too defensive) Twisted

Don't tell me I was the only one to get it??? Come on....
monkfish management
The Knights of Spamalot
#20 - 2013-05-20 12:11:12 UTC
Tbh Drones are generally in a bit of a ****** position for PVE because of the way NPCs switch aggro to drones.

Work towards getting yourself sentry drones and as has been said before the dominix is an excellent option for that.

coming up through the ship classes make sure you have a secondary dmg source, as until your in a ship that fields sentries you'll probably find you lose drones here and there
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