Ships & Modules

Ive just returned to EVE after a long absence (2.5 years) and am slowly learning how to play again. My main character (Gotrek) has ~18M SP and usually missions in a DPS Abaddon, or dual-rep Apoc (depending on mission).

My Gallente alt usually follows in a support ship (currently an Exequror), set to orbit the main battleship at 5-10km, running remote reps and repair drones. However, I now have a decision to make - the gallente Alt is poised to get the Logistics skill, but with a small amount of effort could get the Battleship skill instead.

So - do I aim at Logistics ship (Oneiros), which will be more brittle if targetted by NPCs during mission running, or do I get my alt into a Domi - which may prove to be a much bigger (but tougher target)?

Ultimately I am still aiming my alt at Logistics ships long term - but I also want to get up and running on L4 missions as quickly as possible. I presume that a Domi, with its ability to carry remote repairers, and tons of dps / repair drones might be a quicker and easier step to get ISK quickly, rather than going for a more expensive Oneiros?

And the sooner I can get a decent support setup then I can start taking out my Geddon or Abaddon instead of the Apoc :)

Thanks for any advice!

Gotrek

Odd combination, I prefer double drake myself if I dualbox.

But given the choice, I'd go with the Domi. As said, 5 assisting sentry drones is nice, don't fit guns on the domi, fit remote rep and cap transfers, and a get cap transfer in one of your utility highs on you 'main'.

By the way, 18M and a battleship sounds like you severely lack support skills, maybe it's time you invested in those instead of pew pew, they make a BIG difference. I've been in some mission fleets where the battlehip went 'OH **** I cant take this dps' and warp off, at which point my little drake got all the agro and I went.. huh what dps?

Double drake combo has decent dps together, and both and both have a big fat passive tank that can soak up anything.

My fit is something like 7 HMs, drone computer, 2 LSEs, 2 inv fields, AB, TP, DCU, PCU, 2xBCU and 3 purger rigs.
No faction, just tech 2 and maxed out shield skills.

I will break with the pack and say Logi. Get your alt into an Onerios (sp?). Then forget missions and have him run Incursions.

I'd say the Good Ship Friendship would be a good choice

I'd suggest dual BS's instead of BS + logi. You're not getting that much damage from L4's to need a separate ship to handle it, and adding more DPS will help you move thru rooms faster.

Eventually you'll really just want two machariels

Domi

I'd say go for the domi. A domi can, with decent skills, have a beast of a local tank while at the same time having the RR gear needed to keep your DPS ship repped and even providing some DPS. You can then set up the DPS ship to have less local tank and more gank.

Basically, mount 2 local and 2 remote reppers on the domi and turn on only those that are needed. For rigs just fit 3xCCC, you'll need as much cap as possible in the domi. DPS is entirely secondary but do fit an aggro gun.

Oneiros is possible but you're probably going to run into tanking issues if the thing does get targeted.

Thanks for the advice. Domi seems the way to go, as I can jump into one fairly quickly with minimal skills - and provided I make sure the Abaddon draws all the aggro I shouldnt need to worry about the domi :)

Obviously Logi is the way to go for incursions on my alt, whilst Gotrek isnt that far from Marauder as things currently stand for mission running

Posting to state annoyance with your name.

Went to set up a third account recently, and fully intended to use either Gotrek, Felix, Brunner and/or a couple of others.

Bit silly really as I should have expected them to be gone.

Grrr......!