EVE New Citizens Q&A

The Loki is the one i have, but i cant get it to have both tank and effective dps, only one or the other. If not the Loki, what T3 is best suited for pvp solo and why?

No idea, mainly because there are way cheaper ways to PvP that mean I can buy more ships for the same ISK.

T3's are amazing ships that don't really lend themselves to solo PVP. Either a 100mn Tengu or Legion is likely to be your best bet if you are really keen to do it - neither of them are easy to fly or very forgiving if you make a mistake, and plenty of ships can do a very similar thing for less than half the price.

There are a some effective solo T3 fits floating around that people have come up with over the years, for example the blaster gengu - however I am going to play my douche card and suggest that if you need help fitting a T3 for solo pvp, you shouldn't be trying to solo in one.

Flying alone with a T3. You need to know what your doing with perfect skills otherwise you are just an expensive Killmail.

On that note I found the HAM Legion be a brilliant boat.

On a totally unrelated note:

I vote Proteus. Though it's hard to argue with Kane's suggestion for a HAM legion, I'd say that the Prot is pretty high up there as well, for multiple reasons. Can't believe nobody mentioned it yet.

The Proteus is without a doubt a bad mother ****** in PVP. However as I am not nearly as much of an authority on the subject as Kane or most others are, I cannot say whether the HAM Legion outperforms it. I suspect that while the Legion has more viable utility configurations, the Proteus probably has more viable DPS configurations, and maybe more potential dps or tank compared to a HAM Legion flown with the same skills. It would be good to hear from other dudes with more than 4 million skill points like myself, though.

Confirming Kane is probably the best solo Strategic Cruiser PVP pilot in the game, I'd give his advice serious consideration.

However, I much prefer the Gila or Ishtar if you can use them well. More forgiving of mistakes as you don't lose four days of skill training on top of the ship loss.

Since the release of the MJD I have found myself using the Protues more.

However when I find myself outnumbered I prefer the HAM Legion. Selectable and directed damage type and a lot of buffer.

So I will say the two best T3's are the Protues and the HAM Legion. Overall I prefer the HAM Legion since it does give me adaptability with damage projection.

The Protues fit I use is the 1000dps monster with the extended scram point. The HAM Legion does a about 650dps, but with a monster buffer.

Though he didn't ask for advice on a cloaky T3, I would like to add that while Kane swears on the HAM Legion for non-cloaky solo work, the cloaky Legion is flat out terrible in any dps configuration. Taking that into consideration along with Kane's advice, i'd say that your best option for a cloaky dps T3 would be the Prot, especially with its range bonus to scram.

T3s are awesome for WHs where there are mass limits. Outside that, well they are just another cruiser that is quite a bit better than t1. They are not magic and can be pretty expensive. Even my cheaper one is 700M worth. Compared to a HAC, that is not very cheap.

Loki's are fine but like a lot of minmitar ships, tend to be on the low DPS side. But webs can help apply damage. They can effectively shield or amour tank and like all t3s tend to have quite a small signature for what they can do. With cloaky subsystem and interdiction nullification they are not a bad hunter killer as well. But i pretty much have mine as support ship (more like a tanky Rapier) or frig killer (webs webs webs). Loki's are not a solo favorite.

But just about all ships are very hard to make work for solo. You just keep running into more ships than you can tank, or ship types that are just a good counter to what you have. Of course i am talking about true solo. No links, No alts, just one account.