Ships & Modules

I just rejoined this game after almost two years, and I'm not really familiar with how ships have changed.

This character was originally created to eventually pilot Nightmares for incursions, but after a significant amount of points were invested I switched off of that and onto, what I am assuming, was going to be either Maelstrom or Machariel piloting for level 4's and/or PvP. I don't remember; it was two years ago, and I don't have the file for it anymore.

Now, what I have is a character with rank 4 in all of the relevant spaceship command skills for frigate->battlecruiser in all four factions, with Amarr battleships being worked on. I have level 4 in small, medium, and large energy and projectile turrets, and a handful of other, supporting skills. I can still pretty much take this character in whatever direction I want.

The problem is, I don't know what's good anymore. Unless there's not a more lucrative easily solo-able combat-basted means of making money, I'd like to stick with my original plan to skill up to do level 4's, and branch out into PvP from there.

TL;DR, what I am asking is for a quick recommendation on some good battleships or battlecruisers I can use. I don't have a bias toward any single faction. If I could get a recommendation for 2 or 3 ships for PvE and 2 or 3 for PvP and maybe a quick explanation why you recommend them I'd be grateful.

Thank you very much.

Yes, I'm in Amarr space, but I'm not married to it. My standings with other factions aren't low enough to outright prevent me from moving to another.

How are Caldari and Gallente ships fairing right now? Any decent ones out of them? When I last played, missiles were amazing for PvE (if used on the Drake,) but mediocre for PvP, blasters were hurt by range, and railguns were useless. Is this still true, or were rails buffed? So far it looks like I'm going Abbadon while I save up for/skill up to a Nightmare, but this can and probably will change.

A couple more questions. How do these ships fare in PvP nowadays? Are battleships the go-to for PvP currently, or do battlecruisers /cruisers still perform very well there? How are ships like the Naga and the Oracle doing nowadays? The tier 3 battlecruisers of all four races are visually my favorite ships.