EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi all,

I'm new to the game(started 2 days) and I'm just wondering which gallente BC would be best for long ranged combat. I will be assisting an abaddon BS, who will be doing most of the tanking just I'm stuck between which BC to chose, never mind actually loading it out.

Any help would be highly appreciated and pardon the noobiness :P

Thank you very much :)

Tip: the new AI pushed out with Retribution will swap out targets when they realize their primary target isn't dying anytime soon. You need to be able to take some fire yourself.

To be honest, I was planning on assisting my friend during his missions(level 3) failing that, I'll use it for my own(level 2's) and salvage while I'm doing missions with him.

id stay away from the talos for now, the large guns it uses require a lot more skills to make them worth using. if you get into one without proper gunnery support skills you will likely miss most your shots on your targets, and combined with a weaker tank i wouldn't select that as a bc for newbies. its primary roles is as a hit and run pvp ship


other then that go for brutix for all around gunnery ability, or the myrmidon if tanking and better drone utility is your thing

Myrmidon with T2 sentry drones. Use Garde IIs and you'll be pushing about 500DPS to 50km, further if you use Drone Link Augmenters in high slots (only 1 or 2) and Omnidirectional Tracking Links in your mids. Armour tank or shield tank as you see fit, and consider cap exchange with the Abaddon (you'll need to train Energy Emission Systems to 5 and use a T2 cap transfer for this to work).

Other ways you can assist the Abaddon:

• Shield/Armor transfer
• Tracking Link
• Remote Sensor Booster
• Target Painter
• Webifier (especially useful for small targets that get close)
• Tractor & Salvage

For level 3 missions an Abaddon is probably oversize, but at least it won't be dying any time soon (just be careful about triggers in The Blockade).

Since it's only lvl 3s, you should do all right due to the Brutix's armor repairer bonus.

Like others have said though, being able to get in a ship doesn't mean you can equip and fly it properly for its intended purpose. Brutix is a very tight fit with railguns.

Work on improving your core skills (Engineering, Electronics etc) and the support and gunnery skills needed to fly a Brutix properly. These will all be vital once you move up to a battleship.

The Myrm gets bonus to Armour tanking, and drones .. making its weapons basic fare only

www.eve-survival.org is a mission guide site

check what damage the npcs in your mission will be doing and fit

2+1 hardners with a Medium Armour Repairer
that will leave a few free low slots for drone damage mods
add an afterburner and cap rechargers in the mids
and you could use Medium Projectiles (Minmattar Guns) in your highs, as they dont use Capacitor
for rigs go with Armour Rep Amount & Cap regen

(armour repair cycle time might sound tempting, but the faster your repper cycles, the faster your burning through capacitor charge, its a 2-edged bonus unfortunately)

drones ..
use 5x lights
or 5x mediums
for maximum effectiveness (realworld effectiveness, not EFT just-on-paper effectiveness)

store them in groups (have to be in space to group them)

example Myrm
Anti Serpentis (refit for different pirate faction)

Medium Armor Repairer II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
10mn AfterBruner II

425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II

Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump II
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump II
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


Hammerhead II x10
Hobgoblin II x10

When I first started and was running L3s I used an armor-tanked Brutix with railguns, and it worked pretty well. You might be able to get away with a four-slot tank (two hardeners, EANM, and a repper) for L3s, which leaves you a slot or two for gank. Rigs should be tank and cap, your mids an afterburner and some cap modules, maybe a large battery if you can fit it otherwise rechargers. Batteries can be useful when your cap skills aren't up to scratch because they extand your repper pulse time, giving you more time to kill rats before having to warp out. Remember that hardeners will be mission (faction) specific so you'll need a full set (I find having two explosive and one each of the other three is enough).

Bottom line, though, is to find something you're comfortable using and have fun with. Before I decided to never do missions again, I was running L4s in a blaster Proteus, which entails a lot of chasing rats down. But it didn't matter, I was still getting > 10mil ticks off certain missions and averaged about 30mil/hour after salvage while staying (slightly) entertained, which is more than I can say for my old sentry Domi.

A well-fit battlecruiser should be able to solo most Level 3s.

I'd recommend against the Myrmidon as a low-skill BC right now. It's primary source of DPS depends on having Drones V at a minimum. Scout Drone Operation V and racial drone specialty skills shortly follow. The alternative path of babysitting sentries requires Drones V, Interfacing IV, and Sharpshooting IV.

Keeping drones alive appears to be more challenging with a Myrm compared to smaller ships. As a result, I'm mothballing mine in favor of alternate ships for the time being.