Missions & Complexes

Is the tengu's place in part because of mission running in NPC null?

Caldari master race for 3's/4's?

Also tristan representation in lvl 5's. Yes.

Keep in mind that most numerous does not mean "best". For L4 missions, the Tengu is relatively easy to use since it can apply exactly the right damage type, while having either a decent size T2/faction buffer tank or a hefty deadspace/officer active tank, and warps quickly to boot.

The incremental effort required to set up and fly a "better" ship such as a CNR, Machariel, Nightmare, etc, may not be worth it to the folks who just like flying their Tengu. Battleships feel fat and slow compared to a T3 cruiser.

It may also be the case that you can get "good enough" in a Tengu for a lot less SP than are required to be "good enough" in a battleship. Sure, I can deal 1400 DPS in a CNR compared to 750 in the Tengu, but I pay for that DPS in slow-as-molasses warping and sublight movement. Thus the "making ISK by shooting things" alt can be producing a decent amount of ISK without spending valuable time on training.

When it comes to "vegging out" in front of EVE as a substitute for watching The Bold and the Restless with the other half, the Tengu is just easier to cope with (in this pilot's opinion).

For (hisec mission runners like) me, "levelling my tengu" is less frustrating than "levelling my raven."

I seem to recall one of the comments that indicated it was in the past week.

All things considered the Tengu is not a bad mission ship. HMLs are a bit low on dps and really constrained to one damage type realistically but nice range, good application make it perfectly serviceable (like missionary). The HAM one is rather interesting though I think as it has what I feel approaches respectable dps, great application, just bad range. That said I am surprised the Mach is so low considering it has same warp speed (with rigs) higher DPS than even hams, better range than hams and generally all round better than the Tengu. The Barghest really deserves to move up a few slots too.

This does however explain how I don't think we'll ever have to worry about people farming SOE LP into the ground. People are just too comfortable with what they're flying and most (not all thank god) are not willing to put in the extra effort to make the most of their time. Very interesting stuff.

Edit: Oh and interesting fact, Machariel has a faster sublight speed than Tengu too, if only ever so slightly. I find that amusing.

At #135 does not seem the Nestor really gets used at all.

Maybe it is just two guys spider tanking in Khanid lowsec.

I believe there are some joke missions like alluring emanations actually having level 5 counterpart which is the same as low level one at everything but reward.

With some +6 implants a HAMgu can do 1055 dps to 45km or 700dps to 80km with a single scripted guidance computer and T2 fuel rig.

Personally I fly it from time to time without those implants and still get 936/625 at slightly shorter ranges but with some sensible flying your always able to keep something in range of your highest DPS. It's more effort than an HMLgu but sooo much faster and the great application of it's DPS puts it on a par with a lot of the battleship sized mission running ships (also no worrying about bastion cycles or MJD angles).

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Bhaalgorns are used to neut out Carriers in lvl5s and Marauders in 4s and 5s in low and null. Nestors don't get much use outside of incursions and wormholes I think.

Edit2, meant to edit, ended up quoting. But you get the idea lol.

I assume the 1400 DPS fit is torpedo-based?

Erm, no they aren't. The graphs and the raw data say "security missions level 1-5". In previous data dumps DED plexes are listed differently.