Missions & Complexes

I've recently done enough of scanning the high sec of space to finally afford my Raven (if needed) to do Level 3/4 missions.

But i've hit a wall at the moment! It's the ship/fittings.

Just asking for advice on a tanking fit for a Raven as i want to play it safe and not loose it by going all out DPS with missiles.

I Also heard that a Vexor could be used for level 3 missions but i don't know much baout ships and its only 10 mil compared to the 180 mil for a raven and i know the raven is better but whilst looking on line i couldnt see a fot for a raven for level 3 so can i do level 3 missions in a Raven or can i just skip doing level 3's and go onto level 4's in a raven?

SOrry bit of a rant there, just kinda want to get this right as I felt i was getting a bit bored of Eve by going round scanning, I've done missions before and got a little bored, feels like there isn't much else to do in high sec to make isk except going into null/WH space which i don't want to do yet!

Any advice would be great!

Many Thanks
John

How good are you missile skills ? If they aren't perfect, you are going have hard time hitting small stuff. And some missions in lvl4 are 95% full of cruisers and frigs.

Try Gila. I used it for lvl3 and using it for lvl4.

Do I have to do level 3 missions or can I just go onto level 4 missions right away?

And how much is that fit for the raven, and would I need tech one or tech two fits foforge raven?

Generally I would not recommend a BS either, but Raven + RHMLs + HVO rigs is pretty quick.

Baltec or Stoic had some numbers somewhere.

Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher
Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer (Warp Speed rigs)

level 4 definitely makes the most money if you are completely them efficiently.

Standard raven fit would be around 210m

If you are running level 4s efficiently you can expect around 30-40mil an hour as a newer pilot.

That's great information right there with isk/lp thing!!!

Just a few questions with this, the tractor units is there any that aren't single use as they're about 4 mil each and I feel it'll almost be a waste to just drop one then not able to pick it up aftwards... Or would it, would the loot from the tractor unit rely make its money back from the wreck it picks up?

And what's the best way to find the best isk/lp? Got roughly 2500 with the caldria state and so seeing if that's a good amount do I g level 2 security missions? Never heard of this before you see!

Basically there are 3 ways to do missions:
1. Be too hard to hit (from being far away or being really small/fast)
2. Fit a massive tank and ignore all damage
3. Do so much DPS you don't take much damage.

The raven is very capable at #1 with a Micro Jump drive, AB, and Sensor boosters, you can make it where you practically never get hit. That being said unless you count missile volleys this will lead to wasted DPS as the rat dies with several flights of cruise missiles on the way. It works and is pretty easy though. You just get range with your jump drive and use the AB to maintain range and to burn between gates (which are rarely 100km from you)

The Raven has a very tough time with #2. You have to get pretty expensive modules to be able to make a permatank raven that can do good DPS and apply that damage well. It is easily capable of a great burst tank if you get in trouble with just an XLASB or a XLSB and a large cap booster, but that is time limited. If you manage your triggers, it is very possible to just tank stuff with 3 slot tank when you need to, though a 4 slot tank is much safer.

#3 is something that works really only with the Rapid Heavy missile fits in l3 missions, the raven can simply crush all of the enemies so quickly that it is silly in l3s. It doesn't do so badly in l4s with Rapid Heavies, but it would need a pretty beefy tank as you hit your reload cycles dealing with the Battleship rats. I have seen ravens/navy scorps/navy Ravens with serious bling doing missions, and have yet to see them be faster than a t2 fit paladin, so I would say save your isk rather than trying to make the raven a super DPS machine.

You mentioned the Vexor, if you have gallente skills and drone skills the Dominix is a much better l4/l3 ship than the raven IMO.

that depends on the skills of the pilot, the sec status of the agent's system, which lp store it is, and what ship you use.

with lower skills I would expect lv 3s to earn more. hopefully you can get missions in a 0.5 system for both with a good lp store.

looks like a RHML holds 25 rounds (24 with arbys), so I wouldn't be surprised that most missions can be completed without needing a reload. even with reloads the raven can put out some very nice dps of any damage type with RLMLs. it can be a pretty decent lv3 runner.

Wow... thats been so useful all this information!!! It's really helped me!

I aw the fit at the beginning and thats just a fot for that ship, but heres my API key, could anyone possibly make a fit based on my skills i have currently?

Key ID: 3983808
Verification Code: LoJ9HxLaNxBMU4sOZeWv6ZnG97xuPSODcol4mzdZNEK7AlATTaFGgjAzrsUgCcuT
Access Mask: 0

THats my API and stuff for it. You've all been so helpful!!!!!