Missions & Complexes

First off here's why Domis are popular.

Drones will never do as much DPS as guns in the long run, however they're easy to make effective through skills in the short term than guns are.

Gunships at their most effective require a fair number of skills, not least having T2 turrets, AWU to fit the largest T2 guns possible, and surgical strike/rapid fire for the damage boost.

On top of that you'd be wanting your remaining skills to increase your tracking, cap cost and range. And at least Battleship IV (though the same can be said for the domi there.)



As to the fit itself, personally I'd say it's overtanked. If you're shooting Serps you do not need two Kinetic Hardeners. Drop one and add a third T2 Magstab.

When you've decent gunnery skills it'll start to show, though by that point you'll be sick of your Mega and want something better, like a Vindicator.

This is the exact reason why i trained Caldari and then trained Minmatar and the Trained Amarr. For me it just didnt seem to work and once i trained up enough for Maelstrom i never looked back the difference between the ships are insane. If you want you can always try a blaster fit but for me that was just too much running around and chasing stuff down.

Will, I fly Gallente, Amarr and Minnie BS. I use the Marauders for missions now, but I used to love the navy Megathron.

For normal t1 hulls though, the maelstrom takes some beating. The tank is easy to fit ( shields) and the ability to change damage type in the ammo is a huge bonus to your mission speed. Unless you are training Gallente BS to 5 go for the Maelstrom.

I can't speak for missle boats, never flown them, but for t1 turret ships, the Mael takes some beating imo.

Maelstrom is probably the best T1 Bs for missioning and good for fleet PvP. As with all other ships, you require a lot of skills until it really shines though. Taking a beating means that it has a really good tank.

If I was you , I would stick to Gallente for now, it is not much use if you crosstrain so early. I dont know how much SP you got but doesnt sound like a lot.

Train all gunnery support skills to IV and Gallente BS to IV. Add a good fitting and it should work for starters. Once you get good drone skills the Domi is probably more effective.

If you want to crosstrain despite the advise, from T1 BS Maelstrom is best imo, followed by Abaddon, but only vs Sansha and Bloods. Don't bother with Raven and missiles, they are easier and better for low SP chars but in the end turret based ships overtake performance wise.

the fit is not bad, just needs to reorder the drones ... and a propulsion mod. you can drop to 350mm rails once you have T2 guns available. better tracking, better cap stability, not much damage lost.

5x hobgoblin for frigs and 4x warden to help the rails.

the wardens will add 180DPS.

get to mission, drop sentries, fire away. if things get too close, recall sentries, burn away, fire at larger targets with guns and mop cruisers and frigs with hobgobl1ns.

If you like it, then fight for and stick to it.




When I did fleet PvP, megas were primaried because they put out dangerous damage (and had thinner tank), therefore you are doing something wrong.




PvE can be boring in EvE, get used to it, until you have good skills and can go glass cannon.
I used super-mega-extra-glass cannon Maelstroms and it was all but boring. In the end I even removed all tank except 1 inv field so I could squeeze out 1 minute out of a few minutes AE stage 1.

At the same time, a BIG mistake most players do is to be scared of PvP and wait to learn it till it's too late.

I assure you, once you'll have 60M SP and expensive implants you will NOT have the balls to go lose it in a frig PvP learning to fight (even using a jump clone).

MWD fits require several things.

1: Advance Weapons Upgrade for the extra PG without sacrificing gunsize.
2: Damn good tanking skills so you don't perma run your repper.
3: A Cap Booster instead of jamming all your midslots with CRII's (which also means you can fit 2 tracking computers on there, bonus!)
4: The ability to pay attention.


Railthron boats sit and shoot on the spot. MWD helps moving from gate to gate though so you will find your missions run smoother.

As your gunnery skills, cap skills and tank skills all get better, and you reach Gal BS IV, T2 guns and all your cap/tanking supports are at V (though armour comps can be IV) look to getting a Navy Mega. The extra lowslot allows for a better fit balancing tank vs gank, also faction fittings by that point might be worth a look at.

Poke me a mail in game if you've any questions over the next few months, I'm always free to help out mission runners make the most of things :)

OP:

I have a friend who has experienced some of what you have, difference was he loves caldari, and loves the rokh and struggled much like you to complete missions in a timely fashion.

If you'd like you can add me and we can have a convo ingame some time hopefully I can help.