Missions & Complexes

Hi, i got now a drake for ratting but it's not so good vs sansha, can someone tell me what's the best ship to get vs sansha and step by step what ships i must take before reach the best one?.
Thx a lot

Well assuming you already have good missile skills, just train Caldari Battleship and Cruise Missiles to IV, and get into a Raven.
Set it up with Mjolnir missiles, 2 EM Hardeners and you're good to go ;)

I hear Sansha tracking disruption skills are awesome.

The Drake -> Tengu -> scrub Raven -> Scorpion Navy -> elite Raven (Golem/CNR) path is your ticket to headache free dates with the Sanshas.
Turreted ships don't fare so well against multiple TD lockdowns that you can expect from the ebil Sanshas.

Drone ships like the new Prophecy, Rattlesnakes etc. may work in situations where you won't encounter multiple elite frigates. The NPC cruiser/BS AI in general, as far as I've seen, aren't really that aggressive vs your drones. That said, SAFE drone engagement range is between 10-15km radius from your ship ... any further and you'll risk losing your drones when they get webbed down and primaried by the NPC AI.

Edit: Oh yes, packing up and leaving is an excellent idea from the poster above. Less folks in Amarr space, the better I would heartily suggest heading towards the Minmatar border. The Angel pirates are rather well known for their warmth and hospitality displayed against their enemies.

Navy Armageddon with 5 curator t2 and point to TD ships

Hula

A long-range sniping Apocalypse can engage Sanshas at ranges where they can't land their TD's; unfortunately, it uses a radically different skillset from the Drake. The Apoc's also good for learning the rats' behavior before investing in something like a Nightmare, so you don't go in blind with a billion-ISK hull you don't quite know how to fly.

Oh, and when a pulse Apoc is suggested, it needs to mount T2 pulses, because against Sanshas, the only viable ammo you can use with pulse lasers is Scorch.

(I had decent results with a M4 tachyon Apoc against Sansha, but that is very skill-intensive; you need AWU V, an ACR rig, and a reactor control to make the guns fit.)

well since the "battlecruiser reballance" drake dps with anything besides kinetic missiles is so bad its not even funny anymore.

As for ratting and some low sec anomalies i currently use a t2 fitted caracal.... it works pretty well..does more dmg then drake with Em missiles and has better range so u can keep outside sansha optimal range... its does around 260 dps with em missiles T1 and 310 with fury's(with my skills).... may not be the best ship for this purpose but it more then enough for low sec rats even the BS rats u find in 0.3, 0.2, 0.1 systems and its not that expensive so u don't have to worry about losing it(fitted it little more then half of a drake hull).

But as other people said train toward tengu .. if you are sticking to missiles for the time being, if not u can try amarr ships(omen will do nicely for belt ratting) and u can even use minmatar ships with EMP ammo works as well..... probably better since Sansha TD doesn't affect Fall Off range.
But its your choice....have fun.

All of them do exactly 0 dps under Sansha td.

Without td, NM does 1.1k dps, apoc a pathetic 650 dps, abaddon a moderate 800dps.



^This. Sentries to handle td rats. 1.1k dps (same as NM) at Scorch range, 1.3k dps at multi range.

I do 20mil ticks in a dominix solo. Slower than a nightmare/machariel for sure but i don't have td issues. I wonder what would be an upgrade in dps with mostly drone skills? If I can score a few officer damage mods i'll switch to a rattlesnake but that's not likely.

Please, tell me again how many missions in Amarr space have enough TD to make any turrets ships useless?