Ships & Modules

Hi, afther some years spending in 0.0, and all there **** i recently moved back to Empire
In very beging of my eve career i did missions up to lv4, but now it seems i dont know even how to blitz

So basicly im looking for a decent solo lv4 ship, i see i have an fitted domi and a machariel in my hangar (dont realy know how to i get those)
but can use ALL no-caldari ships
and im not willing ti train towards a tengu
so should i stay with the domi, and upgrade when i have enough isk in a navy model
or should i try it in a machariel, Or shall i use one of those new tier 3 BC ?

atm im doing mission for CPF

I use the Dominix Navy Issue. The Raven is a good one too, and a great tank on a drake will do well. I hear the Mach is good. The normal domi will work just as well. The new T3 BC's won't work, not enough tank ability.

I'd just like to point out that a machariel does perform slightly better than a dominix in missions.

Rattlesnake is best L4 mission runner if you do it right.

Over 500 def for all damage types without ever changing hardners.
832 dps that goes long and short range.
Can be done passive with prop mod.
Won't die from D/C's, can have good faction/complexe mods without being a gank target.

Good luck.

Mach it - fastest BS with selectable dmg type, plenty of dmg n 70kmish falloff with 800 ACs (go plasma for kin weak rats as if I remember right, therm is their secondary weak) with ok enough tank.. sorta. Be smart with it. Mitigate some dmg with AB fit.. or booster fit it.

The other top tier, imo..

Nightmare for em/therm weak rat missions.

Can't go wrong with Marauders.. it was pretty much what they exist for. All work well in right hands.

Rattler is a notch above domi, they both use same principle.. passive easy mode. Domi closed the gap with the hybrid buff I imagine, but the passive shield regen on a rattler make them so mind numbingly easy to use for 4s with plenty of selectable dmg, and ability for close or long range fighting. (as was already stated before, confirming it is a very solid option).

Navy faction ships work great too, namely CNR, F-Domi, R-phoon.

Them all expensive.. mael, raven, hyperion, domi, abby will work just fine too.. but won't produce the same isk/hour as above.

But since you have a Mach already.. you're golden.

Al right its a mach then
i did some eft'ing and came to this ( same as mike^^ )


[Machariel, Lv4 mission runner,Test 1]
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II

Pith C-Type X-Large Shield Booster
Shield Boost Amplifier II
100MN Afterburner II
Invulnerability Field II*
Invulnerability Field II*

800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
[empty high slot]

Large Capacitor Control Circuit I*
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I*
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I*

i could change the invuls for mission specifec hardners
also drop one CCC and put a damage dealer in

could use:
small t2 drones for frigs
medium (&maybe heavy) T2 drones for cruisers
heavy drones for structure or BS als extra dps

My stats:
201m/s (553m/s AB on)
77.5km target range with
2630 volley and 812 dps (888 dps with medium T2 drone)
HP 58K
Shield HP 35K

any advice is welcome

I'd put the mach well over the Nightmare - simply because it can change damage types so the Nightmare is far less effective throughout the game versus specific target types.

For doing missions quickly - I'd put the mach above the Vargur by a bit. I haven't flown a Vargur but the mach looks a decent bit better, at least on paper but that can vary a bit from "reality" in-game.

4 turrets x 100% = 8 turrets.
7 turrets x 5% bonus per level damage increase?

The Vargur also only has 5 lows vs 7 lows on the mach while going 6 medium vs 5 medium - the mac doesn't hit tanking issues so that spare medium is for... ECCM? 11 sensor strength vs 26. At the loss of 2 additional mods in the lows.

You also have larger sig radius with a lower scan res on the Vargur and it's slower moving. If you want to look at drones - mach packs & can use more. Then we have 2 rigs vs 3 - but that costs 50 less rigging space so ... I'd guess vargur would fit two 200 weapons rigs?

In the Vargur's favor you have better tracking and a shield boost bonus - which tanking shouldn't be an issue using either ship. It also has better resists (with spare mids for tank fitting?). Then the tractor effect...

I'd go with the Machariel as better if the goal is to run through missions faster. It's not "vastly" better but it is better in my book - and by a bit.

Don't get me wrong, the Vargur is nice but compared to the Machariel?

Instead of the 3x CCC route.. there is always the T2 RoF rig + em shield rig combo to go with instead. The T2 rig is a touch expensive but does up the dps decently, also kinda makes more viable the notion of dropping one of them un-named gyros for a DCU.. not so much cause it can help you tank as it does help you survive, if not completely ward off, gank attempts for your faction pieces, faction km, and tears by groups unable to contend with the massive ehp increase DCU gives. Also the latter rigs work better if you transistion your mach to PvP use later, imo.

Obviously if you don't feel any threat of gank.. 4 gyro/3 TE go.

I take it you haven't flown a gurista mission in a while. There are still quite a few that can easily permajam a marauder, even if you bother to fit an ECCM.

Tengu