Missions & Complexes

Tired of doing the Domi /Drone thing.

Looking for a gunnery alternative to efficiently running lvl 4s

Right now my skill set is Gallente ships with drones, hybrid guns and armor tank (all T2). I'm about 2 weeks from using a Kronos. I know there are faster and better ways to mission than the drone boat but is it possible using hybrids only?

If the answer is no, then what weapon system would be recommended for me to train while I watch what is left of my soul slowly slip away as I deploy my Curator IIs yet again to melt some Sansha face? I've got an alt with missle skills and that's not much better (fun-wise).


Currently missioning in Amarr space but not married to it. I do like it though, not too crowded like the Caldari space I used to mission in.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Nightmare for Sansha/Blood Raider and Machariel for the rest was the optimal setup for me.

Hybrids only I guess a blaster vindicator with a MWD would be my choice.

You can get a Tengu up to 1k dps @ 26 km with a pretty good tank.

I just tried the kronos with bastion mode on the test server, it seems pretty cool.

It will kill targets up to 50km with t2 blasters using null ammo, and does really good damage at 25-30km range. I only did one mission, pirate invasion, but i don't think it will have any problems tanking the damage in level 4 missions. I was running with 2 hardeners and a armor rep for tank, and every time i hit 50% armor i would turn on the rep and be at 100% armor in 2-3 cycles.

Hyperion was patched into an excellent mission running ship. its a lot better at it than a megathron now, mine came out over 1050 dps full T2 fit, not as good as the domi at applying, but good enough.

it is also easy to reconfigure a hyperion to do showtime if you intend doing the gallente arc as it has a big tank when you fit for tank.



I used a kronos with blasters for some time. its got a massive cargo bay, so it can bring lots of cap 800s so it can run around in the mission space intercepting everything with the MWD and not run out of cap, and unlike a vindicator, you don't need an x-type mwd to manage the cap.

I seriously doubt come rubicon it will be anywhere near as much fun as it is right now, since the tank will be dependant on stopping and IMO the range increase is not worth being able to herd packs to one side and use void all the time as it can now.

Rail kronos is, will be and has always been terrible.

am not at home, so checked for fit on osmium, the T2 rig was not expensive. fits for me without implants. If its a close mission replace the sebo with a web and bring some javelin (otherwise you'll be there all day).

1054 dps at the edge of antimatter range, 1093 with faction magstabs, more again with javelin (though I never quote javelin numbers, because drones won't track well if you are that close). If you use lots of faction you can either get rid of the cpu rig, or fit an MWD. bring wardens instead for missions with most npcs > 50km


6x - 425mm Railgun II (navy antimatter charge L)
- Drone Link Augmentor I

### Medium slots

- Medium Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I (cap 800)
- Tracking Computer II
- F-90 Positional Sensor Subroutines
- Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
- 100MN Afterburner II

### Low slots

- Drone Damage Amplifier II
- Large Armor Repairer II
3x - Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
- Armor Kinetic Hardener II
- Armor Thermic Hardener II

### Rig slots

- Large Auxiliary Nano Pump I
- Large Hybrid Metastasis Adjuster II
- Large Processor Overclocking Unit I

5x - Garde II
5x - hobgoblin II

if you want it to not fly like a dominix, you can fit a navcomp and heavies. It will hold aggro pretty good because the hyper is delivering 750 dps itself.

Well since the Bastion mod will kill all ewar, the Blaster Kronos is nice, but very expensive in comparison to a cheap faction /T2 fitted domi.

1,5 bil for the Kronos + the Marauder skill 5 etc

compared to

maybe 400 mil for a well fitted domi with 900 DPs around 50km optimal.


Only if you're rich and have the skills at 5, i guess...

Navy mega also gets the job done at a pretty respectable speed with rails.

I assume you have close to perfect gunnery skills, and the same with tank, fitting, cap and mobility, if not the Kronos is not the ship you are looking for. If you have all the support skills, you don't need marauder 5, 4 is more then enough for level 4 missions.

Unless you plan on marrying the Kronos, you should train minmatar battleship 5 before considering marauder 5. Then you have access to both the Vargur and Vindicator.

it works... but you can do the same in the navy mega at half the price.