Missions & Complexes

For the Skill Hardwiring slots (6-10), I'm looking for recommendations on a setup that would benefit a mission runner that primarily flies a Paladin and a Tengu. I alternate between the two ships depending on what the agent throws at me, and have some room here for slight improvements to hopefully benefit both ships (ex: PG4 for extra power grid for the Paladin, etc.).

So if you fly a Tengu or a Paladin for L4's, I'd love to hear what you prefer as implants in these 5 slots.

Additionally, does anyone know of a website or Excel file that compares the Skill Hardwiring implants side by side? It isn't that easy to compare them right now in-game, so I was wondering if someone developed something that could line up all the attributes of implants for each category (shields for example) for comparison.

Thanks

Damage bonus implants are mode specific. The ones that improve your tengu missile damage output will not help your paladin's turret damage output. Fitting implants (e.g. cap and grid boosters) can offer benefits independent of what mode of weapons you're using ... although some are more helpful for certain weapon types.
So you can fit a combination of fitting implants and some implants that help either missiles or turrets / lasers ... but it's not a terribly efficient approach.

My approach to this issue, albeit usually between tengu and small projectile ships, is to have one clone setup for tengu (pretty well all implants boosting missile damage) and one for my specific gunnery roles (usually a wolf so implants boosting small projectile performance, and a ?CC fitting implant). On top of that my hisec mission / incursion running toon carries +5s while my nullsec / w-space toons have less-expensive-to-lose +4s.

This approach offers me the added benefit of being able to use the clone to quickly clone-jump to where I want to use the other ship (e.g. into Curse or Venal where I keep the wolves).

I fly missiles/guns on a single clone, albeit different ships (Machariel/Nighthawk that I'm just too stubborn to swap for a Tengu).

The critical ones for each don't overlap: ZMM in slot 10 for missile RoF and either Lancer Delta (all turret RoF; not recommended on a laser boat) or Gunslinger CX (all turret damage) in slot 9. Unfortunately, large turret damage goes in slot 10, so you'd have to give up the ZMM if you wanted that. Also note that Whelan Machorin's Ballistic Smartlink is identical to a ZMM1000 and can sometimes be found for less money.

Because both ships I use rely on a prop mod, I use Zor's Hyper-link in 8 but you might want to consider a Squire CC there instead (total cap) as it will help get both of your ships closer to stable. Another option for 8 would be a Deadeye ZMA for reduced explosion radius, helping the Tengu pick off smaller ships and use Fury in a wider variety of circumstances.

Slot 7 doesn't have a stand-out option for gunnery, though a Gunslinger AX is an option for tracking. Probably the better option is a Snapshot ZMH for heavy missile damage. If your forego the ZMM, definitely opt for the ZMH.

Slot 6 is pretty meh for that combination of ships. Notably most navigation implants live here. So do fitting implants (both grid and CPU, though I suspect the former is more important for you) and Squire CR, which helps with cap recharge rate. If you go with the CC rig, adding the CR can do quite a bit to extend cap life on most fits.

So it can be done. It won't make for a perfect clone for either ship but you can mix and match effectively.

This is probably the best resource out there for comparing implants:

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Skill_Hardwiring

It's not horribly easy to read, but given the number of options out there it isn't terrible. Having EFT open to figure out the names of the specific 1/3/5% variants is almost required.

Edit: for the love of god CCP, can we please fix the forums so we can at least link to the EVE wiki?

Thanks for all the info guys!

Yes I used EFT to play around with different implants.

Yes I know some implants won't overlap to benefit both Paladin and Tengu. They are usually very specific.

The reason I won't use two clones is because of the 24 hour clone-jumping restriction. When I start missioning again, I plan to stick with one agent and alternate ships depending on the mission thrown at me. Having to wait up to 24 hours to jump to my clone because the present one's implants/ship won't cut it, is not too feasible.

Having these two ships at the ready, each fitted for certain NPC mission entities, also eliminates having to switch out modules before every mission (depending on the mission itself).

So in the end I came up with 3 implants for the Paladin, and 2 for the Tengu. It's inefficient, but I figured it's better than nothing for either, and better than all 5 implants favoring just one ship. My skills are pretty good without the implants, but a mix for the two ships still improves the overall usefulness.