Ships & Modules

Buy faction sentries. They cost around 3mil pr drone so it is not that bad.

Rattlesnakes are probably the best PvE ship, they have the best tank of any ship battleship and down and easily do 900 to 1200 DPS. The down side is they are VERY skill heavy. You need to have good shield skills, good drone skills, good missiles skills, Gal/Cald battleship to L4, I have mine to L5. But if you get your skills up you have a ship that can pretty much do any PvE, and looks great too.
Here's The Fit I use for SoE L4s

Rattlesnake

High -
- Cruiser Missile Launcher II - Fury Cruise Missiles, Precision Cruise Missile, Caldari Navy Cruise Missiles
- Cruiser Missile Launcher II - Fury Cruise Missiles, Precision Cruise Missile, Caldari Navy Cruise Missiles
- Cruiser Missile Launcher II - Fury Cruise Missiles, Precision Cruise Missile, Caldari Navy Cruise Missiles
- Cruiser Missile Launcher II - Fury Cruise Missiles, Precision Cruise Missile, Caldari Navy Cruise Missiles
- Drone Link Augmentor II
- Drone Link Augmentor II

Medium -
- Large Shield Extender II
- Large Shield Extender II
- EM Ward Ampifier II
- Thermic Dissipation Amplifier II
- Shield Recharger II
- Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
- Omnidirectional Tracking Link II

Low -
- Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I
- Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I
- Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I
- Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I
- Drone Damage Amplifier II
- Drone Damage Amplifier II

Rig -
- Large Core Defense Field Purger II
- Large Core Defense Field Purger II
- Large Core Defense Field Purger II

Drone -
- Garde II x5
- Bouncer II x5
- Hammerhead II x5
- Valkyrie II x5
- Hobgoblin II x5
- Warrior II x5

Does over 900DPS, shield reps 240 plus every second, all resist over 66%.


Now I know someone will ask why Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I instead of T2, well because they do everything just like the T2s but take less CPU. Sometimes Meta 4s really are better then T2s.
Second question is why fully passive, well with SoE sometimes you fight Blood Raiders, if you are fully passive they don't effect you.
Why no prop module? Well because I also have a Tengu I use, and I know my missions so I pick the ship that will perfrom best for said mission.
Why T2 rigs, well one reason is because large rigs have dropped in pirce by a lot, and second, because it isn't for PvP
Gardes are for when the targets come close, bouncers for range, don't use your medium or scout drones unless your target is within 15km to10km, and know which type to use.
This ship slightly changed can also do L5s, Sancs, and most 6 of 10 and up solo. It will need to be modified for the enemy you are engaging and you will also want to give it more rep per sec.

I544CJON35 Aldent,

You are right, the active RS get's a lot more DPS and defense then the passive. You can get 1200 to 1300 DPS and have a tank that is 1600 plus OMNI tank. The passive can't tank or do the DPS the active can, but it can take being neuting with no effect, and still get a good tank and 800 to 900DPS, which for L4s is more then enough.
Want a great active tank, make sure to get a full crystal set in and at least 5% missile implants and just put a lot of drone modules on, and it will rock most anything L4 and down.
For L5s you will need the passive fit, same with some sancs, and a lot of the 10 sites.

Blood Raider Blockade is super easy in an RS, even with the neuting...

Just warp to 100, deploy curators, and go make some coffee.

Good fit thaddeus, but for lvl4's you can get away with way more dps for a lazy tank by dropping a relay+recharger and running 3 hardeners and 3 drone damage amps.
There is nothing wrong with missioning lazy mode buttttt.
THE way to fly rattlers is active as that is how it really shines.
You need to have higher skills for that though or fitting for maximum damage won't be worth the loss in tank.
Edit: Be sure you tank really well when facing guristas, they use kinetic and you have high base resist but they all apply it cause they all snipe.

First suggestion would be not to advertise you fly a bling fit, although I assume that is an alt.
Second I wouldn't go overkill on the faction modules when it comes to missile damage.
IT seems to be a bit over-tanked/blued, I would not want to fly with more then 500mill-ish on a rattler.
What I would go for are implants, the cap ones and missile ones.

if you have t2 cruiser and support skills thats great, but I wouldn't waste many slots on improving the missile aspects, which should pretty much be supplemental damage for battleships, battlecruisers, and structures. First priority should be drone damage, range, application, and drone links. Second priority should be tank, and third priority should be mobility. After your DDAs, a sigamp or damage control are things i would prefer to fit over ballistic controls. At times i've run dual-prop MJD/mwd, which gives you excellent mobility for optimally placing your sentries and moving quickly gate to gate. If you don't go for an MJD, you need a heavier tank and slightly less range.

Nothing is an absolute rule though, between active and passive tanking, and weather you want to engage at close or long range, there's a much larger range of viable fitting options than for most other ships I feel.

if you're going to go for a b-type gist XL, you really don't need to spend 3 lowslots on power diagnostics. Also 3 omnis without a DLA or something to extend your targetting range is an issue. If you want a permatank use a large booster instead of an XL.

Yes T1 drones will work just fine until you can get T2 .. I ran a few in a newly aquired rattler a week ago just to test the state of drones and it ran through Gurista's Extravaganza in about 40-45 min, not super fast but never had an issue with tank even running active tank.

i quote myself

i am training to IV at the moment.. doesnt mean i cant hop into the rattler before and check it out no?