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Doing level 3 missions
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Rakiris Maloris
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#1 - 2015-05-28 22:37:14 UTC
So i've been doing level 3 missions for Caldari in this.

[Drake, Rakiris Maloris's Drake]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II

Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Kinetic Deflection Amplifier II
Thermic Dissipation Amplifier II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I

'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher

Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I



Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile x3938


Is there another fit any one would recommend over my current one?
Paranoid Loyd
#2 - 2015-05-28 22:56:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Paranoid Loyd
Your fit is generally fine.

Your buffer combined with the naturally good recharge and purgers without the SPRs should be more than sufficient for level 3 missions, so take off the SPRs and put more BCS on there assuming you have the CPU available.

Obviously switch to T2 launchers when you can.

Once you get more comfortable and realize you are still severely overtanked, start switching out midslot tanking mods for target painters to increase your damage application.

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GordonO
BURN EDEN
#3 - 2015-05-29 02:34:09 UTC
Do you find it overtanked ? ie never have shield problems ? If this is the case I would drop the invuln and put a TP, also try dropping of SPR's for more BCS's. I would also suggest not using faction missiles....

... What next ??
Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#4 - 2015-05-29 02:57:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Donnachadh
While I agree in principal with Paranoid Loyd I would suggest a slightly more cautious approach with a few twists.

Remove one of the shield power relays and replace it with another ballistic control and run for a week or so and see how it responds.

If you are still not having any trouble then I would suggest replacing one of your Purgers with a Warhead Rigor Catalyst, this will reduce your missiles explosion radius and help you apply your damage to the smaller sized ships in the missions.

If these all work out then replacing the last Power relay for another BCU, or replacing another purger for another rigor cat would be my next suggestions.

Edit - there is no such thing as over tanked for new / newer players who are figuring these things all out.
Skills also play a huge role in this, what might be over tanked for Loyd or I may not be for you.
Mr Mac
Dark Goliath
#5 - 2015-05-29 10:41:43 UTC
L4 meta shield power relay is same as T2 and requires less CPU. And very cheap in the market

Replace if you have trouble with CPU in fitting
Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#6 - 2015-05-29 12:20:24 UTC
you could switch out the mwd for an afterburner

speed is useful as it reduces some of the dps that you need to rank

although an AB gives much less of increase in speed, it does not cause a massive sig-bloom
which a mwd does .. a sig-bloom makes you much easier to lock and hit

end result is you'll need a few seconds more to travel between acceleration gates, but you'll also need to tank less damage overall
Rakiris Maloris
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#7 - 2015-05-29 12:28:32 UTC
Kitty Bear wrote:
you could switch out the mwd for an afterburner

speed is useful as it reduces some of the dps that you need to rank

although an AB gives much less of increase in speed, it does not cause a massive sig-bloom
which a mwd does .. a sig-bloom makes you much easier to lock and hit

end result is you'll need a few seconds more to travel between acceleration gates, but you'll also need to tank less damage overall


I found the AB far to slow (400m/s) when there's missions that spawn rats like 100km away.
Gunz blazing Ronuken
Insane's Asylum
#8 - 2015-05-29 12:33:51 UTC
If you want to shoot rats 100 km away train to fly cerberus fit with hml or light missiles and profit Smile
Estella Osoka
Cranky Bitches Who PMS
#9 - 2015-05-29 20:13:49 UTC
Rakiris Maloris wrote:
Kitty Bear wrote:
you could switch out the mwd for an afterburner

speed is useful as it reduces some of the dps that you need to rank

although an AB gives much less of increase in speed, it does not cause a massive sig-bloom
which a mwd does .. a sig-bloom makes you much easier to lock and hit

end result is you'll need a few seconds more to travel between acceleration gates, but you'll also need to tank less damage overall


I found the AB far to slow (400m/s) when there's missions that spawn rats like 100km away.


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Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#10 - 2015-05-31 15:52:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Donnachadh
Kitty Bear wrote:
you could switch out the mwd for an afterburner

speed is useful as it reduces some of the dps that you need to rank

although an AB gives much less of increase in speed, it does not cause a massive sig-bloom
which a mwd does .. a sig-bloom makes you much easier to lock and hit

end result is you'll need a few seconds more to travel between acceleration gates, but you'll also need to tank less damage overall

And there is the whole question of does the MWD sig bloom even matter in missions where everything will target you anyway.
Personally I never really noticed any difference between them so I use which ever best fits my needs and do not worry about the affects of bloom especially when that additional speed allows you to out run a lot of the incoming damage.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2015-05-31 19:34:00 UTC
Not to mention the MWD uses a lot more Powergrid and CPU for fitting and it drains your capacitor much more quickly when active.

In all my years of mission running experience I've never found the need to fit up a MWD.



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Traejun DiSanctis
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#12 - 2015-06-01 06:48:12 UTC
DeMichael Crimson wrote:
Not to mention the MWD uses a lot more Powergrid and CPU for fitting and it drains your capacitor much more quickly when active.

In all my years of mission running experience I've never found the need to fit up a MWD.



DMC


Pretty much this. If you're blitzing, you're not doing it in a Drake (or other slow-boating BC). In fact, if you want to blitz, do L4s in a ship designed for that sort of thing.