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Novah Soul
#1 - 2013-01-13 20:38:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Novah Soul
o7

Hey all. I'd like to ask a bit of advice.

I'm a 20m sp toon, with the ability to fly all races up to T1 BS. Currently I run missions in Minmatar space in a missile boat (SNI with T2 Cruises).

My dilemma is that I am getting absolutely bored with missiles and somewhat bored of Angels. I would REALLY like to fly a good turret ship, and that preferably somewhere else.

So I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on a good ship to use and/or an alternative region to mission in. I have friends in Amarr space, so I am inclined to go there and buy a good Amarr BS to run with. My fear with this is that I have heard Sansha TD is currently an absolute headache. How bad is their ewar in lvl 4s right now?

Edit: Of coarse, further complicating the issue are the upcoming changes to BS-class ships and the T2/T3s. I am wary of training for a racial T2 line-up (I am really eyeballing the Sleipner right now) with the fear of what I'll train for now wont be what I get by the time I can buy/fly it. Bleh.

A man is known by the quality of his friends. - Lex Luthor
sabre906
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-01-13 20:42:38 UTC
Novah Soul wrote:
o7

Hey all. I'd like to ask a bit of advice.

I'm a 20m sp toon, with the ability to fly all races up to T1 BS. Currently I run missions in Minmatar space in a missile boat (SNI with T2 Cruises).

My dilemma is that I am getting absolutely bored with missiles and somewhat bored of Angels. I would REALLY like to fly a good turret ship, and that preferably somewhere else.

So I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on a good ship to use and/or an alternative region to mission in. I have friends in Amarr space, so I am inclined to go there and buy a good Amarr BS to run with. My fear with this is that I have heard Sansha TD is currently an absolute headache. How bad is the their ewar in lvl 4s right now?


Extreme pwnage. Especially the bad ones like Blockade - don't even think about doing it in turretboat. The good part is, since you have SNI, just switch to that when you get Sansha missions.
Ginger Barbarella
#3 - 2013-01-13 20:46:15 UTC
Novah Soul wrote:
o7

Hey all. I'd like to ask a bit of advice.

I'm a 20m sp toon, with the ability to fly all races up to T1 BS. Currently I run missions in Minmatar space in a missile boat (SNI with T2 Cruises).

My dilemma is that I am getting absolutely bored with missiles and somewhat bored of Angels. I would REALLY like to fly a good turret ship, and that preferably somewhere else.

So I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on a good ship to use and/or an alternative region to mission in. I have friends in Amarr space, so I am inclined to go there and buy a good Amarr BS to run with. My fear with this is that I have heard Sansha TD is currently an absolute headache. How bad is the their ewar in lvl 4s right now?


I got bored with missiles too, and got my projectile and hybrid skills up to the point where I'm having quite a bit of fun now. Doing COSMOS in both Gallente and Minmatar space, missions in both... My Gallente alt is running L3's in a rail Vigilant, killing it, and I like the change-up on target types from what I'm used to (Caldari & Amarr). Scaled back quite a bit on the drone use, also, not for the usual whining, but to change it up. Ships I'm using most now are Loki, Sleipnir, Vigilant, Ferox (really); just getting back into Proteus, but I find myself going back to the Loki more often than not.

Just train them up, and have fun with the tactics change. Smile I don't think I've even fired a missile in the last couple weeks (training up a couple new FW toons with T2 rockets, but that's because I've never really used them and want to commit to see how well they do in minor plexes and (hopefully) 1-on-1 peeveepee.

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
Funky Lazers
Funk Freakers
#4 - 2013-01-13 21:25:17 UTC
In Amarr space you can go for a drone boat. The thing is you have to use Sentries only. Any other drones die in one shot.
MJD makes your way very easy. You jump far enough, snipe and then jump back. Actually it's very fast when you get used to it.

The only downside of drones is they are very boring. I'm always getting kinda sleepy after a few missions.


As for gun boat, you could try some gallente stuff. It's not hard at all.
The only downside of it is you can't do a Blockade mission unless you use a Drone boat.

And as for amarr space - you can't do Sansha Blockade and Vengeance. Those 2 are impossible for a gun ship as well. TDs are hell.
Moreover, missiles are getting nerfed so TDs will affect them, so you can forget about missiles in amarr space.



About ship. If you want the best gun ship - you've got the only choice: Mach.
Not saying about Nightmare since it sucks if you use it in non-amarr space.

There was some 1 year old post or so, where some guy compared every ship on a mission.
The hierarchy was like: Mach >>> Nightmare (only if used in amarr space) > Vargur > Tengu >> Kronos/Paladin (only for amarr space) > CNR > Golem.

Right now drones do more damage since the last update, so I'm not sure if that chain changed. Also there was no drone ships in the comparison.

Whatever.
Cage Man
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Fraternity.
#5 - 2013-01-14 02:34:20 UTC
If you want 1 ship to mission against all races get a macharial.. even with meta 4 guns to start it is awsome. Just for amarr.. get a NM, 2 x TE, TC and the ship bonuses make it very easy.
sabre906
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-01-14 04:56:34 UTC
Cage Man wrote:
If you want 1 ship to mission against all races get a macharial.. even with meta 4 guns to start it is awsome. Just for amarr.. get a NM, 2 x TE, TC and the ship bonuses make it very easy.


It used to be true. Mach, like all turret boats, are no good against Sansha anymore, as the new and improved td kills falloff too.
Novah Soul
#7 - 2013-01-14 05:36:52 UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys. I think as it stands right now I'll stick to Minny space and train up for a sleipner and/or loki. With any luck in the next couple months, ccp will get the TD issue straightened out somewhat. Also, using Minny ships will at least keep my missile skills in use. Big smile

A man is known by the quality of his friends. - Lex Luthor
Turelus
Utassi Security
#8 - 2013-01-14 11:38:04 UTC
I can't speak for missions but currently Sansha in Anomalies and Belts in NullSec are indeed a headache.
I would only assume missions with any kind of Sansha that do EWAR is going to be just as bad if you're in a turret ship.

The Macherial would be a fantastic ship to aim for, it works well in almost all areas of space in EVE and is a very popular mission ship now (along with the Vargur)
You could always train towards this and use it for missions which are not Sansha and then when you get a Sansha mission come up just use your current missile ship (You could keep the tank full EM/THERM as well)

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