EVE General Discussion

use mission-specific hardeners and read the mission descriptions on eve-survival - avoid triggering new spawns until all aggressed spawns are cleared out.

dual-rep dominix is perfectly fine for lvl4s.

I use a Raven to do them personally. It is a pretty easy going ship you can almost be casual about it.

[Raven, New Setup 2]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Signal Amplifier II
Damage Control II

X-Large C5-L Emergency Shield Overload I
Photon Scattering Field II
Heat Dissipation Field II
Photon Scattering Field II
Invulnerability Field II
Heavy Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Cap Booster 800

Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Cruise Missile
Small Tractor Beam I
[empty high slot]

Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hobgoblin II x5
Hammerhead II x5

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A lot of people say go with Rigor Rigs but I prefer CCC's since I can run the Tank of the recharge. It is mostly Missions like the Blockade where I need to run the Cap Booster maybe even Warp out once. Pretty much any other missions I don't even bother with it or only use a couple of Charges. With CCC's Precision Missiles are a god send for taking out Cruisers. I use a Meta 4 Shield Booster for fitting so I can have a Sig Amp since their are times when the enemy spawns about 100km away. I will upgrade that to faction though.

I like this Ship because it is lazy I often alt tab out to do other stuff after I pick a target so Blitzing is not really my thing. I make good money between it and my Noctis. The Tractor Beam is so I can grab any Mission items if they are close before I grab my Salvage Boat.

Really... ?


Seems to answer the exact question he asked.

He wants a new Ship I showed him my Raven and told him how I Fly her.

My drake does fine on level 4s.

I think the problem here is not your setup, but your tactics.
Read up on the spawns on eve survival, and also.. DO NOT SIT STILL!

Moving and messing with npc ranges and tracking works magic, even in larger ships. I speedtank most of the things when I'm in a level 4 mission in my drake, using an AB.

If you fit mission specific hardeners and avoid the triggers it is quite easy to solo most of them.
Having the right ship for the mission also helps, I usually switch between 3 different battleships (Maelstrom, Apoc, Raven) to have the best tool for the job.
Still, there is stuff that is hard to do solo, like the Angels Extravaganza bonus room (for me, at least- i have to warp out so often that it becomes inefficient). But eve survival should be your best friend, as mentioned above.

me.
in a hurricane.
and i'm not even reading eve survival.
Not my own missions though, but those of others.

Yeah, i like doing it the hard way, because the way how many others play them is just boring and too easy.

I find this very hard to believe. A dual repped domi can chew thru practically any l4 easily (tho there's one Amarr mission that gives me diarrhea sometimes). Would be more helpful if you posted your fit - a poor fit ie. wrong hardeners would make things very difficult. I use a Dominix Navy issue myself for l4 and although it's a lot tougher I can't see much problem with the regular one. I have it single repped and quite often I finish missions before I even need to turn the repper on as my sentry drones and turrets crush anything before it gets close enough.

My fit is roughly:
rigs: 2 Large cap control circuit, 1 aux nano pump

5X350 railgun II
Drone Link Augmentor

4 Cap rechargers II
2 Omnidriectional tracking link II

4 T2 hardeners which type depends on faction
1 LArge armour repairer II
2 Mag field stabilizers II (sometimes i use the fed navy ones when i want to go a bit quicker0

Plus a full set of light medium and heavy and sentry drones T2.

I use a Maelstrom.

High:
T2 800mm AC x8, mission specific ammo.

Mid:
T2 Mission specific hardener x3
T2 XL shield booster
T2 Cab booster

Low:
T2 Tracking enhancer x2
T2 Gyrostabiliser x2
T2 PDU or DCII, depending on mission

Drones:
5x Hobgoblin 2
5x Hammerhead 2
1x Ogre 1

Medium and small can in the hold, stuffed full of as many cap boosters as I can and with ammo filling the gaps.

It solos Lv4 missions with barely any trouble if I pay attention, don't run the boosters too much, and don't aggro too many rats.
The only problem is that the missions are boring now. Sure, it's easy money, but it's not enough thinking.

Try a nano blaster Ferox with ECM drones to jam the big stuff. More DPS than a Drake.

lol Golem