Ships & Modules

I've posted this on the missions forum but I think this forum might also be able to help me out

I've recently got a battleship with cruise missiles and tried out a level 4 mission. However I'm getting my arse kicked, they keep taking down my shields and I run out my capacitor. I also had to deal with some frigates but got a chunk of my drones shot up while trying to take them out.

Arbalest' Cruise Launcher x6

Large Shield Extender II x1
X-Large C5-L Emergency Shield Overload I x1
Kinetic Deflection Amplifier II x2
Shield Boost Amplifier I x2
Thermic Dissipation Amplifier II x1
Kinetic Deflection Amplifier II x 2

Ballistic Control System I x3
Capacitor Flux Coil I x2

Large Capacitor Control Circuit Ix3

Hobgoblin Ix 5
Hammerhead Ix4

My skills for shields are:

Energy Grid Upgrades 3
Energy Management 3
Energy Systems Operation 3
Shield Emission Systems 2
Shield Management 3
Shield Operation 4
Shield Upgrades 4
Tactical shield manipulation 3

missiles:

Cruiser missiles: 1
Missile Bombardment 4
Missile Projection 4
Rapid Launch 3
Target Navigation Prediction 3
Warhead Upgrades 3

What am I doing wrong?

I would agree - you need higher skills in missiles - more gank means less tank needed plus you are gimping the fit -

You shouldn't need shield extenders (on a PvE Raven)
Try using active shield hardeners
You also have 2 lows being used for cap flux coils - try a DCU as a low will help with your overall tank until you get missile skills up and you really need to get your support skills up - obviously capacitor being one

Try one shield amp and a cap booster - you'll find your cap may last longer then as you skill up rip out those rigs for say f;are and/or rigor rigs for more gank

Frigs - get the drone skills up - T2 and train Drone Interfacing - best bang for your buck you'll get

google "Raven PvE fits" and have a look at what's about.........

Somebody link Raven a la Liang.

Pro tip: only guristas can hurt you beyond 100km. if you fit lmjd, you can be far enough from all other rat types that they can not hurt you while you kill them with impunity.

use something like the following

[Raven, Mission T2]
Damage Control II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II

Thermic Dissipation Field II
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Heavy Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 800
X-Large C5-L Emergency Shield Overload I
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron

Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Heavy Diminishing Power System Drain I

Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Core Defense Capacitor Safeguard II

eventually shift to a faction X-large shield repper (dread ones cost around 50 mill nowadays). Use meta4 mods in place of T2 if you don't have the skills and do visit http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=MissionReports for detailed info on missions.

And Please use missions specific active hardners

As others have already stated you are lacking several skills. You may want to give this fit a try:

[Raven, PvE]
Damage Control II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Gravimetric Backup Array II

Kinetic Deflection Field II
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Thermic Dissipation Field II
X-Large Ancillary Shield Booster, Cap Booster 400
Shield Boost Amplifier II
Sensor Booster II, Targeting Range Script
Large Micro Jump Drive

'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I
Small Tractor Beam I

Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Warhead Flare Catalyst I

With MJD, 3x ratspecific hardeners and XLASB you should be out of harms way in most missions. SeBo to make use of that extreme range. Gravimetric Backup for missions with jamming, in case you lack CPU exchange it with a Co-Processor.

Hope this helps :)

One, you are nowhere near ready to fly a battleship. Two, that fit is bad. Very, very bad.

At this point, you are much better off keeping on doing L3 missions, while you get your skills up. Do NOT fly a battleship before you can T2 everything but the guns.

[insert about 2-3 weeks]

Now that you got your skills up, we can start working on the build. The basic rule of a thumb is 1000 combined dps and tank. This means that if you're doing 500 dps, you need 500 dps tank. If you're doing 800 dps, you only need 200 dps tank. The faster you can kill, the less damage the NPCs will do and the less tank you'll need. Now, since we want to finish the missions as soon as possible, we also want our dps to be top notch. Here's two suggested fits and their explanations:

[Raven, basic]
Ballistic Control System II x 4
Damage Control II

3x Mission Specific Hardeners II
X-Large Shield Booster II
100mn Afterburner II
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Exton (PWNAGE target painter)
Heavy Capacitor Booster, Cap Booster 800

Arbalest Cruise Launcher I x 6

Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I x 2
Large Warhead Flare Catalyst I

Hammerhead II x 5
Hobgoblin II x 5

One thing you'll notice with this fit is that you likely don't have enough cpu. That's because your fitting skills aren't up to par, while Raven and particularly Navy Raven are fairly cpu tight. In order to fix this, you can either replace the Damage Control with Co-Processor, or better yet, swap out the Shield Booster with a faction one (such as, for instance, Domination). Note that you have to switch your Hardeners for each mission (EM Ward Field x 2 + Thermic Dissipation Field for Sanshas, for instance).

The second ship is the same as above, but it has Afterburner replaced with Micro Jump Drive and Damage Control replaced with Signal Amplifier II. This ship flies much like the first, but it's actually easier with lower skills, as you'll be able to avoid much of the incoming damage by jumping far away from the enemies.

As you get better and your skills progress, you'll find a time when you'll shed the Heavy Capacitor Booster, use Caldari Navy Ballistic Control Systems and start looking towards T2 missile launchers. That's when you want to start thinking about buying the mighty Navy Raven.

Tldr: You want level 4s? You want LEVEL 4s? YOU CAN'T HANDLE LEVEL 4s!!

I would agree with everything but T2 missiles. Although they are nice I don't think they are required for a starter Raven. I do think a T2 tank is though. Having all cap and missile skills to 4 is also pretty much a given.

Skills are pretty much everything in Eve. I still remember trying to tell a corp mate that his Machariel should do more than 350 DPS lol

I wouldn't have said they were necessary if they weren't. It doesn't matter whether you are talking about a T1 Raven or an RNI, the focus should always be on achieving the most applied DPS possible. The difference between T1 and T2 CMs is huge. You are planning to fail if you don't fit them.

But do what you like, it's your life.