Missions & Complexes

Hello all!

So I was thinking about getting an alt to help with missions on my main, but I'm not really sure what kind of ship combo would do well. The main problem with this is that I only have one screen but I think it might be okay if I use windowed mode and just tab down. That made me think that a drone boat would be good since I can let my main use the alts drones right?

The ships I was thinking are

Tengu + Nightmare
Tengu + Rattlesnake
Tengu + Golem

If you wonder why tengu it's because I already use one for missions. Would any of those combos be good or can you reccomend something better?

Thanks in advanced

/Nero

if you had the skills, nightmare+domi would be optimal; both ships have stupid damage projection and don't need to move much. you could use the spare highs on both ships for a semi-decent tinker tank. if skipping the tengu is not an option, tengu+domi is probably the way to go.

You have some good options there. Dominix is very hassle free and it comes down to how much you want to focus in it compared to the rattler.

Rattler AFK setup would use FOF missiles with sentries (they share the same target priority) at close range. This leads to your drones getting popped. Dominix MJD sniper AFK fit range tanks the drones so they don't die nearly as often. For this reason, if you tab, Dominix might be more fun. AFK here would mean selecting closest targets and pressing F1/f blindly.

Dominix and rattler DPS setups both require focus, so tabbing is not that relaxed.


My main point will however be, that the most meaningful setup choice is how you pull the missions. Ideally you want to fly separate missions because 2 ships waste more proportional travel time doing the same thing compared to doing their own thing. If you can pick a station with multiple agents to pull, use that to your advantage and squad warp the other char to do his own mission. This way you negate the overkill time and traveling. This further encourages the use of semi afk setups like MJD Dominix and FOF rattler, because being able to better multitask two missions pays some of the loss in using lower potential setups.

Personally I use the MJD Dominix for multitasking because it range tanks, applies all dps, is hassle free and works in conjunction with other 1-button wonders for multiboxing. Getting a kbm broadcaster cheat program is allowed and recommended ^^

The Domi's more offense-focused, with the tracking and optimal drone bonuses. The Rattlesnake trades those for pretty much the best native shield tank you can get on a subcap, even before you add its resistance bonuses.

Why do you need two ships at the same time to complete a Level 4? I go in with a heavy tanked BS, then mop up with a salvage fitted destroyer before turning the mission is. Keep things simple.

If you need two ships in a room, fly with a friend.

I guess if he already has 2 accounts. I read the OP as if he was thinking of getting a second account and not already having so.

now think what would happen if you would put third pilot in battleship, and only every few missions, you would get into a noctis and salvage only large wrecks.

Okay so I seem to have gotten a lot of helpful replies so thank you for that! So from what I've seen the best option for me would either be the domi or rattler.

If I were to go with 2x Marauders would that be good? Being able to loot and salvage on two ships at the same time as blasting away?


EDIT: So I just saw the "Marauder Rebalance" thread and it might be good to use two of those. With the bastion thing.

EDIT: So one of my friends said I could use a HAM Legion for support, for just faster overall killing. What do you think of that?

I had a blast with Tengu + Dominix. Launch the sentries and set to assist, orbit with the tengu and blast away. No need for local repper, speed tank with RR. A RS would work great also, but this was before the drone tracking/range buff on the domi, Domi would still be better.

So you can fit crazy utility on the tengu, and still kick out plenty of DPS.