Missions & Complexes

Holy balls, do these ships hit hard!
If you destroy the control tower first, do they stop aggression on a person?

I've tried MJD Domi and they are so fast at closing in, even after each jump. I tried my Gila and tanked a lot of it, but then it got too overpowering at one point.

Time for a drink before I try it again.

The mission objective is to shoot the control tower, unless you are going to take the time to collect the tags, just do that and be done with it.

Shooting the control tower destroys the shipyards.

Eve survival is your friend.

there 's also the in-game channel

helpmymission

if you're really stuck and need some help at any time

I remember doing this last year in a single Gila and nearly got hammered. I don't recommend it. Two Gilas should be the minimal for doing Lev 4 STS. Also it's actually better to kill all the ships and collect the 50 mill in tags+ loot for 20 minutes of work.

Yes, my Gila was getting hammered pretty good. It was holding its own, but then too many reinforcements were overwhelming it. Actually surprised it lasted as long as it did with the tank. I was trying the Gila out for the first time too. Not the mission to do that with right away

Do you have max Medium Drones and Missiles skills? I can show you some really good Lev 4 Gila mission fits if you want.

The main threats in this mission are the unique battleships (Templar Martyrs and Judgements I believe) which hit extremely hard and with considerable accuracy inside 70k. I lost a Navy Mega in my first attempt of this mission because I did not align out quickly enough and was shredded by those rats volleying for 600-1000 damage through 70% resists. The Judgements are extremely nasty.

I was able to solo the mission pretty quickly and consistently in a passive tanked Ishtar by remaining outside 60k with a high transversal, popping the frigate/cruisers with sentries and then sending in Ogres for the BS. Anything that can apply good DPS from outside 70k while keeping transversal up will excel at this mission. A gila should work fine but you must stay at least 70k from any battleship with "Templar" in the name and you should increase that distance until you stop taking excessive damage. Range control is the key to this mission, otherwise you will need probably a Marauder to tank the damage.

Two other notes - it is flat out stupid to blitz this mission. It is the hardest lvl 4, more difficult than Worlds Collide or The Blockade, and shooting the control tower which is required to complete the mission gives a heavy standings hit with the Amarr faction. The structures also have a ton of EHP so it takes several minutes to pop all of them. The biggest payout comes from the approximately 50M in loot and salvage, primarily the tags, and if you don't intend to loot it there are other missions with equivalent LP payout that are less difficult and involve no standings hit.

Or you could invest in a marauder, and laugh at the incoming DPS :)

Or just drone them from 90k and skip the 90 day train on Marauders, whilst using a ship that costs 80% less.

why buy an expensive nail gun when you can just use a cheap hammer instead? they both do the same thing!