Missions & Complexes

I've come back to eve after a 10ish months off, and decided an empire life is for me, haven't really got the time to dedicate to nullsec, I don't want to be a free-loader from a corp by only coming on once in a while.

So, my char about 120mil sp, pretty rounded gunnery, missiles, drones, shield and armor, all race ships up to Battleship 5.

The last time I was used was in a tag team of 2 remote rep domis just using drones, but now I'm solo as my tight arsed owner doesn't want to activate any of my old team

Apart from that I was a fairly lazy missile lobber in a Navy Raven when they were all the rage the last time I was in Empire missioning.

Any advice (yeah I know it's a lame question) about a reasonable ship to solo L4's in, I've read people soloing in command ships, not got the skill but can train if they're worth it, but I was thinking more of a plain battleship rather than some of the faction ships, I've not got the ready isk at the moment for anything fancy

Well, it may be a faction ship, but the Rattlesnake is only 340m(!) at the time of writing this post... I'd say it's worth putting out a little bit extra for one of those over a regular T1.

(Unless you really can't afford one, that is...)

Thanks for the suggestions so far :)

I've got isk I can muster if needed, not got a lot of liquid isk but can sell some stuff.

It's not the hull that's the problem, it's the fittings, to get the best out a rattler isn't it best to use faction etc, or will it be ok using T2 stuff for now.

Because I'm useless and know nothing, I was looking at the battleclinic fits in evemon and this was well rated but gonna run to about 1.8b

Rattlesnake

Cruise Missile Launcher II
Cruise Missile Launcher II
Cruise Missile Launcher II
Cruise Missile Launcher II
Cruise Missile Launcher II
Black Eagle Drone Link Augmentor

Sensor Booster II
Pithum C-Type Adaptive Invulnerability Field
Large Micro Jump Drive
Pith X-Type Large Shield Booster
Federation Navy Omnidirectional Tracking Link
Federation Navy Omnidirectional Tracking Link
Republic Fleet Target Painter

Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Federation Navy Drone Damage Amplifier
Federation Navy Drone Damage Amplifier
Federation Navy Drone Damage Amplifier

Large Drone Control Ragne Augmentor
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst II

I've got the Navy ballistic control and the c-type adaptive invuln, but still looking at over 1.3b, my problem was I've always been a very casual player and never really amassed a load of isk

I'll get EFT installed and have a play and see how things look with my skills. As for the maurauder suggestion, is there one that's much better than the rest or is it horses for courses, and it depends which mission you're running?

if you're doing level 4 missions just go with cheap fit.

I flew a Rattler for awhile until I got into a Golem. but if you are just a causal player, a Snake will be fine. And they are a fun ship to fly. Here is the fit I used.

[Rattlesnake, Snake]

Damage Control II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Power Diagnostic System II
Power Diagnostic System II

Shadow Serpentis 100MN Afterburner
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Cap Recharger II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Shield Boost Amplifier II
Shield Boost Amplifier II
Pith B-Type Large Shield Booster

Cruise Missile Launcher II
Cruise Missile Launcher II
Cruise Missile Launcher II
Cruise Missile Launcher II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II

Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Sentry Damage Augmentor I
Large Core Defense Field Extender I


Hobgoblin II x5
Gecko x1
Garde II x2
Bouncer II x2
Scourge Fury Cruise Missile x2000
Scourge Precision Cruise Missile x2000
Optimal Range Script x1

The booster is only about 75 mil and the afterburner I already had, so you can swap it for a T2 if you want. Total, I think this comes in at 500 mil. May not be the 'best' fit, but worked very well for me.

And before I get flamed for only 4 launchers, you dps comes from your drone. Dropping one launcher loses about 85 DPS but gains 20+ k drone control range. I liked the trade off. Swap if it makes you happy. :)