Ships & Modules

Vindicator. End. Of. Story.
Edit: if you're a cheapo, a Mega Navy will suffice

Bhaalgorn.
CAUSE I SAID SO !!!!!
Style aside go with vindi.

What, no love for the Nightmare?

Assuming you have the isk, the short answer is, anything with a pirate faction sticker on it. They are purposefully balanced above every other subcap in terms of general combat effectiveness. They each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but they are all ridiculously good at something.

The bhaalgorn is primarily a PVP boat, being able to pin down and mostly disable just about any subcap that comes within point range, but it's lacking a little in the damage-dealing department and has an odd damage type for anything that isn't sansha/BR/drones, so pve ability isn't great. It's better-used in fleets IMO, because it's more likely than the others to run int oa situation where it can't kill something before the blob arrives.

The vindi is amazing at most types of PVE, though its damage type fails a bit against some rats. It's a force to be reckoned with in pvp due to its ability to hold down just about any size hull and pummel it into oblivion with its f*cktons of dps. In general it's a tad squishier than the others, and while fast for a battleship, is not fast enough to keep up with cruiser/BC hulls and suffers from blasters' short range, so actually catching things and disengaging can be a major problem. It CAN viably fit rails in both PVP and PVE, and deals almost as much damage as a tachyon nightmare, but does have capacitor issues when doing so while using a prop mod. This also makes the web bonus a little useless unless something manages to land on you. Further, it hs the shortest targeting range of any battleship in Eve except the Panther. This is easily worked around in pve, but in pvp you'd better hope they didn't bring damps.

The machariel has wonderful damage projection, can hit any npc with an acceptable damage profile, and is quite fast with numerous tanking options, so PVE is rather easy compared to most ships. In PVP, they're as tough to catch as just about any BC, and their ridiculous damage projection with ACs makes the task of getting close to one rather difficult. Just make sure you know when to GTFO, because the lack of a tracking or tackle bonus on a gunship makes it easier for small things to get under your guns.

The Rattlesnake has the most ridiculously huge tank of any subcap, and often as not can out-tank entire small gangs trying to bring it down. Recent DDAs and torpedo/crruise buffs have also given it significant damage-dealing abilities, so it's a bit of a wildcard in PVP right now. In PVE, it can deal any single damage type purely, and has excellent range, and tank is obviously not an issue, so it's a fairly good all 'rounder. It is, however, extremely skill intensive, and is VERY easily pinned down...it's among the slowest of battleships.

The nightmare is a bit of an oddity, as it works at its best when used with either incoming cap transfers or dual heavy boosters. It has excellent damage projection, a tracking bonus, significant tanking ability, utility highs, and the ability to fit (and hit things with) tachyons. It is, however, quite slow, and like the bhaal, is limited to em/th damage. In PVE, it will absolutely destroy EM/TH weak rats, but against exp or kin weak NPCs, it will fall behind the mach and vindi(respectively).



Of the other hulls you listed, the navythron is easily the most user-friendly, being able to fit a massive tank and having no really major fitting issues, even with rails. It won't be as fast as the others for isk making, but it works.




If you're just looking for a ratting ship, honestly, I'd start with either a Naga, Tornado, or Oracle, whichever does the damage type that applies to your local NPCs. All of them can kite well outside of engagement range and still pummel things into oblivion, and can GTFO relatively quickly if something pops up on scan. Unlike battleships, they're fast enough to kite and pop NPC frigs before they can pin you. They're also much less expensive than even a T1 battleship, and apply as much or more dps as most of the navy ones.

No stick with Gallente for now. We've got amazing buffs incoming to Gallente hulls faction cruisers and up and the Dominix and Megathron are superb fleet ships.

If you want to train for something else train amarr:

zealots, guardians, abaddons, navy apocs are all great fleet ships.

Also you might want to consider joining Gallente Militia ~.0

They really aren't, actually..the megathron can shoehorn itself into quite a few modern fleet comps, but it never completely fits, and the domi is tough to fit into just about any of them. Both of them are absolutely at their best in smaller groups, fighting on a gate or other close range environment.