Ships & Modules

The best thing about the Gnosis is that it was free. Its base resists lend it a bit more to armor tanking than shield but it can go either way. And of course it can use any weapon system. But it lacks the focus you see in the other BCs. Personally I don't feel its worth the price unless you want to train say lasers but not amarr ship skills.

hmm I see thanks everyone.

Mach is pretty expensive ship I was thinking more about using Rattlesnake for L4s hence the missiles skills and drones is no brainer everyone needs drones.

what's the big change with heavy missiles anyway?

Dont' use a rattler, its really sub par compared to Mach in every single way.

The heavy missile change did the following:

Reduce raw damage

Increase explo radius, meaning that you are applying a fraction of your already crap DPS to targets that move quickly. For pve, its really not that big of a deal, but for PvP HML's are completely not useable.

hmmm sounds problematic indeed as the dps wasn't that mind blowing even when I played last time only advantage over guns I liked was auto-targeting for jamming rats...

at any rate you say that mach is the best? pretty spensive ship though.

Armor or shield tank?
and which weapon system you use on it?

I think I'll use your mach recommendation but I'll need to train bit more skills first and adapt into gunnery (got decent gunnery with up to medium size skills).

The Mach is generally fit with a MWD, AC's, and a shield tank. The exact fit depends on the level of bling you wish to apply.

A Mach is a shield tank only, unless you doing some cray cray russian armor mach stuff. Here is a basic PvE fit:

800MM Repeating Arty T2
800MM Repeating Arty T2
800MM Repeating Arty T2
800MM Repeating Arty T2
800MM Repeating Arty T2
800MM Repeating Arty T2
800MM Repeating Arty T2

100mn Prototype MWD
Heavy Electrochemical Cap booster, Navy 800's
Adaptive Invuln II
Mission specific hardener
XL Shield Booster

Gyro Stab II
Gyro Stab II
Gyro Stab II
Co-Proc II
Damage Control II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II

Large core defence field extender I
Large core defence field extender I
Large core defence field extender I

Once you get more money, you can faction fit the gyros and drop the Co proc for another TE. You can also drop more ISK on invulns / shield boosters if you wish

All BS's other than the Rattlesnake run active tanks (or MJD range tanks but that is another matter). And even the Rattlesnake often runs an active tank.

I would say ditch the 425's for a tractor beams maybe a salvager or drone range thing, unbonused gus are almost useless.

Rigs, if you're going HAM's use 3 range rigs (2x speed) and if tank isn't enough without the rigs replace the AB with a shield amp unless rats are a ridiculous distance. (EVE Survival FTW) DC and TE goes too for Drone Dmg Amps.

Drones are fine but all Hobs except maybe for Angels, Rat speed is not a problem and you know the Dmg type you need going in. 1 flight of lights and 1 salvage if you feel confident.

Javelin is a must with the Rigs 45km at max skill. Rage missiles should be fine against Battlecruisers as well.

I would fly Heavies if I didn't have good skills and T2 Launchers. Still rather fly a Drake though for 3's myself.

Depends. If you have 2 monitors, a myrm.

I just went back and did l3's for Amarr. It was incredibly boring. I immediately wished I had made a Myrm so I could semi AFK them ( a lot more than in the drake i used).

Most people only make sentry drone boats. Dut Omnis, DDA's and the speed mods all make lights and mediums overpowered also. A flight of valkaries with a couple speed, tracking, and damage bonus mods will shred levels 3's while you surf porn or whatever other joys your second monitor can bring you.

Its not too late to sell the Cane.

Some people love getting the most ISK per hour and thats fine. But honestly just run missions in whatever you think is fun and reasonably effective. Its not like you have to try very hard to do L3's. There is a case for truly optimizing things for L4's but even then you can just fly whatever you want really. If you want the best ISK per hour then fit and fly for that. Otherwise fly what you enjoy.