Missions & Complexes

come on people, im at work all day and need some info!
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Thanks Batelle. Can you clarify a mobile depot? ill evelopedia it too. I just like to get player's explanations and POV's. eve search is a bit dry and makes assumtions that you know what you're doing.
but roger that on getting used to it on the lvl 3's

The dominix has an awesome bonus to drone optimal range. If you combine this with any sentry that is not a garde you have incredible range projection (you just need to use the right damage type as you are no longer using the top DPS drone). You can theoretically push a curator into hitting above 100km, which is the 3rd shortest range drone.

With that in mind, you really do not have to fit an incredible tank and you can still not have much of a concern of blowing up. How to do this? - May I point you toward the MJD.

[Dominix, New Setup 3]
Large Armor Repairer II
Armor EM Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Co-Processor II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Large Micro Jump Drive
Prototype 100MN Microwarpdrive I
Sensor Booster II, Targeting Range Script
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II

Dual 250mm Railgun II, Spike L
Dual 250mm Railgun II, Spike L
Dual 250mm Railgun II, Spike L
Dual 250mm Railgun II, Spike L
Drone Link Augmentor I
Drone Link Augmentor I

Large Drone Scope Chip I
Large Sentry Damage Augmentor I
Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I

Bouncer II x5

confirming domi is pretty easy mode awesome. Once you sit in it don't stop training drone skills till you have t2 sentries, drone interfacing 5, and gal battleship 5.

Use navy drones until you get t2s.

Use 1 set of gardes for closer targets and 1 set based on the weakness of the opposition. It works because gardes are shortest range, highest dps, and thermal is the 2nd or 3rd weakest resist. The other 3 types are longer range, lower dps, but you can always pick a set that is the weakest resist. You can switch drones in your bay with a mobile depot or when you accept a mission.

Always drop your MD when you drop sentries. A lot of times you'll be taking so little dps from being at range that you'll want to be able to fit up to 4 DDAs and a magstab.

Gardes for under 50km. Bouncers for mid-range 48km-80km, Wardens for long-range 90km+.

ok thanks folks, this is a good amount of information to start with-- appreciated

And as it stands the most popular ships -flavor of the month- are ships that can fi a micro jump drive and use sentry drones basicly range tanking, Dominix does this very well, however I highly enjoy the raven hull and all its variants the most bieng able to fling cruise missles at others from very good distances and still being able to tank like a brick.

Personally I would agree with "Gimme more Cynos" put a Micro Jump Drive on my Dominix (if you use one) as you can jump away from NPC frigates that scram you then once the scram is out of range, warp away safely if needed. (Bearing in mind if a PLAYER scrams you, you are unable to use it but they shouldn't get that close)

This modules has saved me from countless scramming frigate rats and various interceptors in Nullsec.

Also Domi with sentry drones use no ammo and are very effective against killing frigate rats.

As a newbee he will probably need a range tank. So expensive hyperion with its short target range can be tricky. Dominix requires to sit still and not all L4 missions allow this. Megathron can be an interesting option as it has longest target range and guns are easier to use, than sentry drones. But it has only 75 drone bay...

When I planned to utilise L4 missioning as my main source of income, I decided to go amarr ships, cause with dronnes and lasers you do not need to reload or buy ammo. So no I use Armageddon navy issue for this but it is limited by the fact, that lasers do only two kinds of damage. Just as rails. Dominix and normal Armageddon do not have bonuses for guns, so you can use whatever guns on them, even artillery, which will allow you to ajust your damage type to mission. Armageddone will allow you to use missiles or bigger guns, but it is his only plus against Dominix. Dominix is better, IMHO. You will need one high slots for drone link augmentor any way, so both ships will have 4 or 5 guns.

[Dominix]
Reactor Control Unit II
Large Armor Repairer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II

Sensor Booster II
Cap Recharger II
Large Micro Jump Drive
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II

1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
1200mm Heavy 'Scout' Artillery I
Drone Link Augmentor I
Drone Link Augmentor I

Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Large Nanobot Accelerator I
Large Sentry Damage Augmentor I

Even though drone aggro is an issue, its managable, if you can target and order drones to engage ships at around 135km using the Large Micro Jump drive to put yourself into this position (I aim for around 100km) nothing should get near you to even do any significant damage to them. If one does get too much aggro, pull it back into your drone bay then put out another, easy. You can also use the MJD to reposition yourself.

If you can, fit either an armour rep or a shield rep to repair your own drones while they are in space.

You can also use this drone aggro to your advantage in some situations, I've found that if the rats concentrate on your drones and ignore you then you don't get as much damage, if any. I've been in some complexes where no rat targets me, giving me the option to cloak (when I have one fitted) when a hostile enters the system.

Personally I'd say its a good investment in skill points and have not got bored of my Domi. Range tank has saved me from ganks countless times.