Ships & Modules

Hi Mates,

I have around 7.9 M Sp, Initially was training heavily on Armor ships. I can fly a decent Navy Apoclypse and can do levle 4 missions. But it was taking so much time. So i started training my Shield skills and now i can fly Tengu. I can do most of the level 4 mission in about 30 mins. But i know its still slow compared to efficiency. Most of the modules in my Tengu are Tech 2 or meta 5 modules.

My Shield skills are 3 times more than my Armor skills.

Now, when i am reading forum posts, every one is starting to say, Paladin is and Mach is the best lvl 4 mission running ships. Also it can be used in C5 and C6 WH. It appears no one cares about tengu now , and its usefullness in missions and incusions.

After 7 - 8 months, i want to do lvl 4 missions efficiently , plan to participate in Incusions and also plan to do DED sites up to 7/10 in low sec or null sec. This is my ultimate goal.

Which ship do you think will suite this.

Should i again start to train on armor skills towards paladin ? or should i keep on training Shield Skills. Please Guide me.

Thanks,
Bala.

The first thing I would say, don't try to find a single ship and fit which will do all three - the result will always be subpar at one or another.
For Incursions, you already have Amarr, Caldari, Laser and Shield skills - the obvious choice is the Nightmare...
A Nightmare is quite a potent mission option too but "struggles" with Guristas and Angels in particular. With missions however your prefered style is also key - Blitzing, Clearing, Salvaging, what and where are going to influence what you choose. There are several solid missioning ships to choose from; the Rattlesnake, CNR, Golem, Dominix, Mach', 'mare, Paladin and several others (including your Tengu) are all potent. While the Mach' and the Paly are perhaps the flavour of the month ships at present but I would point out that the Mach will require another screed of new skills and, who knows, perhaps the FotM will be different after a few more expansions.
The last goal, the Null Sec DED complexes, is probably your Tengu's most natural environment - relatively quick and agile, powerful and (depending on your relations with the locals) some very valuable abilities.