Ships & Modules

Hello. I just got into the game a few weeks back, and ive had a friend helping me learning the basics of it.

I was just brought over into Null Sec, and i now need a way too make some ISK on my own.

The two ships i have been looking at is the Gila and the Vexor Navy. I will use whatever one i get for about 1-2 months untill i try and get a Ishtar instead.

I will only use this ship for Ratting, and ill be flying a Svipul for when i do other things.

My (nooby) question is, would a Gila or a Vexor be best for Ratting in Null sec, and what sort of Fit should i be running on it?

The only Fit i have too go off atm is a Ishar one, and i guess that wont be very viable even for a Vexor.
(The Ishar build im looking at - Getting a build like this for w/e ship is best would be awsome)
High Power
1x Civilian Gatling Autocannon
1x Drone Link Augmentor ll

Medium Power
2x Large Shield Extender ll
1x 100MN Afterburner ll
1x Omnidirectional Tracking Link ll

Low Power
1x Shield Power Relay ll
4x Drone Damage Amplifier ll
1x Power Diagnostic System ll

Rig Slot
2x Medium Core Defense Field Pruger ll

Drones
1x Hornet ll
2x Vespa ll
2x Gecko 7x Wasp l
7x Warrior ll
2x Hornet EC-300

Neither are suited for noobies.

My recommendation would be a Drake. She is very forgiving and can be flown in all parts of nullsec, she is easer to replace if you loose one.

And after slapping your buddy for telling you stuff that isn't true, the progression of ships is not t1 < t2 < t3 < t4 < t5 < t6 it is and always will be:

tech 1 < navy faction <<< pirate faction <- is highest, there is nothing above, nothing beats pirate.
< tech 2<

Your progression might look like Vexor < Navy Vexor <<<< Gila.
Ishtar<<

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For ratting I'm personally in the camp of VNI > Gila. If only because Sentry drones need no travel time.

OP's going to need to train heavily into drones if he's going for the Ishtar anyways, why cross train into a gila. Not that it's a huge deal..a day and a half to get to caldari cruiser I.

Also if your just looking for a ratting ship. VNI > Ishtar for sentry drone sniping. It has a higher damage bonus with sentries and with sniping you don't really need the tracking buff.

EZ Mode VNI
Lows:
4x DDA II
1X MAR II
1x Primary Rat DMG Hardener

Mids:
1x Sensor Booster Ii(Targeting range script)
1x Target Painter II
2x Omnidirectional Trackling Link II(Optimal Range script)

Highs:
2x DLA II

Rigs:
Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer I

Just warp in at 100 km, drop sentries and pew pew from frigs up. With 2x Omnis your Garde/Curator IIs can hit out just shy of 80 km/90 km decently.

Won't even need the armor repper against anything but Guristas.

All this and a bag of chips for 1/3 of the price of the Gila plus you kill rats faster.

100MN AB VNI is awesome. Much, MUCH cheaper than a Gila.

Highs: Drone Link Augmenter.
Mids: 100MN AB, 2s Large Shield Extenders, 1x Drone Navigation Computer.
Lows: 4x DDA, 2x Power Diagnostic Systems
Rigs: Fit resists for your local rats. For Guristas, that's 2x Thermal, 1x Kinetic rigs.

Drones: Faction or T2 heavy drones of appropriate damage for your local rats (for Guristas, that's Wasps). The Faction drones are well worth the price over standard T1.

These things can run Forsaken Hubs and suchlike with ease, just keep an eye out for Mortifiers (Guristas) rats that do pure Thermal damage. Warp in, pic an appropriate object to orbit at 30, launch drones, kill stuff, collect ISK.

Yeah... but no. This is ratting not PvP. You don't need cruiser V, bling or T2 guns to do these ships 'justice'. The ship will pay for itself in about 2-3 hours. It doesn't take too much knowledge to orbit something at 50kms, watch intel and safe up if a neut enters local. Also, I heard skill injectors are a thing now.