Missions & Complexes

As thread title suggests- I am curious what the current L4 king is? Probably in Caldari space/The Forge/Motsu and SOE area. It used to be Tengus and Ravens pre-HML nerf, and if it is something retardedly high-skilled like a Marauder- what is the next best thing?

Even with all the crazy drone aggro changes? How is that handled?

Sentry drones, the rattler is good and so is the domi, and the new nestor also seems like it's going to be a strong sentry platform. The marauders are all also really good in level 4 missions, and faction battleship also perform very well.

Hard to say which ship is the absolute best mission boat, it depends on the pirate faction you are mostly fighting and how much isk you are willing to throw into the ship. Low budget, sentry boats seem to out perform everything else, and if the sky is the limit faction battleships are probably your best choice, with marauders being somewhere in between.

For making isk, a paladin or vargur (loot/salvage as you mission).

For lp blitzing, Tengu or one of the pirate battleships.

Marauders with internet connection that isn't crap, so watch for disconnects. CNR still pretty good (though torps still suck donky d***). Domi's gotten better at being a solid budget Rattlesnake over the last few expansions (ship bonus, DDA's, Microwarp). Rattler is still rattling (though, it will be different after re-balance; could be good, could be bad). And I still hear good things from Napoc pilots, too. I left out tengu because not only did it loose a bit from the hml nerf, but it's also due for a major spanking from CCP soon. Navy and pirate ships are still up for rebalance so some may end up crappy afterwards and some may pull ahead.

I think that is both the strength and "weakness" of the domi, it never really gets better then what you get with the T2 fit. The damage of the domi is decided but the number of drone damage amps you fit in the lows, which normally would be 2 or 3 depending on the mission.

Getting some faction/deadspace tank mods makes it easier to run with 3 drone damage amp, but it really not worth it considering price and the number of missions where it's actually useful.

If ISK doesnt play a role. A well fitted Machariel. Otherwise use lazy tank Rattle or with good Drone Skills the cheap swiss army knife Domi.

I currently run dual Domi's for level 4s. Both run almost Identical setups with gardes out to 80k + 10k

• Fleet Warp in
• Drop both sets of drones (assign alts drones)
• Print ISk

It's almost laughable how quickly this setup clears missions, any extra time added on setting up/positioning is undone very quickly with another 700dps.

First of all there is the age old debate of "Blitzing vs Looting"

I don't blitz often because its not all that IMHO.

As far as running them, the Machariel is no longer King. It was never the best at everything but at one time it was the best at the most.

RS is great, but requires a lot of skills. It has exceptional tank but missions don't require exceptional tank. So you drop slots for utility and apply more DPS.

Fleet typhoon is incredible. Requires incredible ISK and incredible skills to apply the incredible DPS. Really fun to fly.

Vargur is so badass in Minmatar space. Not the highest bounty ticks but loots on the fly like a pro with decent bounty ticks. Learning how to run the missions so that something is always within the 48k tractor range is the hardest part.

Golem, same thing but not good in Minmatar space.

The non marauders require a noctis, otfen an alt.

When I do blitz, I love the Tengu. Fun to fly. Jack of all trades but master of none. A good friend of mine explained why he used a Tengu for every mission. "Its incredibly mediocre at everything. Which averages out to be as good as the ships that are good at one but bad at the other." Brit logic best logic.

HAMgu, but meh to your range. Better fit an AB. But for damage application its pretty hard to beat those HAMs