Ships & Modules

Hi

I have an alt going up Caldari ship line and I am thinking about running some missions on a Raven. Cheap, not navy.

I was interested in mainly running lvl 4 missions with it, not blitzing or speed running, just plain simple missioning.

So I browsed some fits on the web and have some questions.

1. I noticed all the fits use cruise missiles, whereas missions have a mix of targets. How do they deal with mass amounts of frigates, destroyers and cruisers which are too hard to hit for cruise missiles ? Drones do not seem to be enough.

2. I like to dispose of my targets from longest range possible, many of the fits I have seen are mid or short range thus forcing active tank and vulnreability to neuts etc. Coming from Galente ships and drones + rails the missile range seems to me somewhat short. How do you get long range on the missiles and still remain effective vs frigs ?

3. Are there any good fits using T1, not T2 or Navy parts or ammo ?

4. Are there any good fits for this purpose not using cruise missiles ?


Thanks

Termy's post is pretty much spot on.

Regarding #2, you do realize that Raven has a 200KM+ missile range using cruise missiles? I'm not really sure how that figures as close range... (And it can do 600+ paper DPS at that range.) Frigates are a pain, but that's what rigors are for.

I did use extended range ammo on my rails. Didnt have any problems taking stuff out with it, worked out much better for me then using anti-matter and still does. Only reload anti-matter to occasionally face tank and take something out faster.

Never used cruise missiles in this game yet and was kinda hoping to avoid it due to the training time, wanted to start missioning L4s in 2-3 days, not X weeks from now but it seems its an unavoidable drag. I do have T2 hardeners and power mods so that will help.

What do you mean by "rigor rigs" ? I do not see anything like that in the market.

Thanks

This: https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Large_Warhead_Rigor_Catalyst_I

Use the MJD to jump far away thus minimizing incoming damage. The Signal Amp in the low and the Sensor Booster in the mid are a bit redundant, but if you want to engage things at long range, you'll need at least one of them. You could drop the sig amp for a CPU if needed for fitting or a Damage Control. Or the sensor booster could be dropped for another target painter, an AB, etc..


The three Rigor rigs are mandatory.


[Raven, meta4]
'Pandemonium' Ballistic Enhancement
'Pandemonium' Ballistic Enhancement
'Pandemonium' Ballistic Enhancement
'Pandemonium' Ballistic Enhancement
Type-D Attenuation Signal Augmentation

X-Large C5-L Emergency Shield Overload I
Large Micro Jump Drive
Limited Explosive Deflection Field I
Limited Adaptive Invulnerability Field I
Heavy Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Cap Booster 800
F-90 Positional Sensor Subroutines, Targeting Range Script
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron

'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
Small Tractor Beam I

Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I

And carry 15 hobgoblin Is.