Ships & Modules

Three week old toon that has a 6 billion ISK budget for a Mach? It sounds like you think you can buy your way to success in EVE.

Yeah you should stick to cheaper ships while you learn, I actually just gave some advice to a new guy in a similar position as you who wanted to use a Mach to run L4s while he was quite new, I convinced him to fly a Maelstrom instead and he lost the Mael on the second mission he run, which would have been his Mach. There's nothing wrong with using expensive ships but you should know what you're doing first.

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To your first question, the forum had some issues a few days ago. Someone went in and gave all the threads which had recently been replied too a bump to make them visible again.

To your second, the price dropped when Marauders were rebalanced. It's still the same ship its always been. (A fair number of people switched to the Vargur.) The Mach is extremely good for mission blitzing & overall awesomeness. The Vargur is a good alternative though.

That is correct. It has not been nerfed. All of the pirate faction BS's have had a drop in price, as Marauders went from being largely novelty ships into being worth using for mission running.

At some point, there will a rebalance of the Pirate Battleships, but I haven't heard when, or what the specifics will be. They'll still be strong, I'm sure.

It's an awesome ship. Just make sure that you're skilled for it before you use it. It's strong & fast, but you should know what you're doing before trying to use it. Use a Maelstrom or Tempest first... Once you can do level 4's in a Mael without issues, the Mach will make them a breeze.

Personally, I'd wait until you're ready to fly it. (Or at least get it home safely - fit it with T2, not faction if you are going to buy one and move it somewhere with low skills...)

No real harm in buying one & parking it, if you have billions available. They are really nice to look at.

It's unlikely that anything would happen, just properly tank it (T2 or Meta 4). (No faction, officer or deadspace stuff on it either - that would make it worth killing.)

Once you are skilled up for it, then you can bling it out a bit. You'll want Republic Fleet Gyro's & AB (if you go with an AB over a microwarp drive) to start. The Mach doesn't really need much expensive stuff beyond that - it's quite powerful.

Yes. And make sure you know how to fit it properly before doing so. (For a 800 million ISK ship, it's best to look into fittings before you take it out for a spin.)

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