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Solo L4 mission with T1 guns
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Hiply Rustic
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#41 - 2014-07-21 15:29:38 UTC
ashley Eoner wrote:
Josef Djugashvilis wrote:
Train up and just use a regular Dominix with T2 sentry drones.

Hell, I had to log into the game to see if I had any guns fitted on my mission ship.

I have, two light neutron blasters as I do not like empty slots.

so instead of 34 days for t2 guns he's spending 34+ days for t2 sentry drones.... That sounds like an awesome plan!!


Use faction.

Ralph King-Griffin wrote: "Eve deliberately excludes the stupid and the weak willied." EvE: Only the strong-willied need apply.
baltec1
Bat Country
The Initiative.
#42 - 2014-07-21 16:11:50 UTC
Elsa Hayes wrote:


Assuming running Level 3s
Using navy sentries it ( navy vexor) has 601 dps with imp navy curators, 639 with fed navy gardes with 3 hyperspacial velocity optimizer I and ascendancy as you suggested you get 7,6 AU/sec warp speed beating any BS aside from the Machariel by 2.5 AU/s If you use tech II hyperspacial velocity optimizers the differences becomes even more glaring in favor of the cruiser.

A RHML Raven factoring in reload has LESS dps, is slower overall, aligns slower AND warps slower, the only thing it does it tanks better. Well of course you can use faction ammo and overheat everything every single mission if you fancy it but we were talking about low skill point mission running anyways so we can´t assume everything in perfect conditions.

The only BS worth using for Level 3 blitzing would be the Machariel since it can get the same warp speed as the vexor with good speed better tank and more dps. Too bad that things costs 680 mill right of the bat vs a 80 mill cruiser.

For level 4s yes battleships are the obvious choice but for level 3s even without hyperspacial rigs a cruiser warps only 0.2 slower than a war speed optimized BS, assuming both use ascendancy imps. Now factor in align time and the difference vanishes. Even if you use tech II rigs on the battleship you only gain 0.5 AU/s over a none rigged cruiser....
Use tech II rigs on the cruiser and you get 5.2 AU/sec a 1.7 AU gain over the BS.

But tbh ascendancy imp should not be factored in if we are talking about a rather new player since a mid grade set already costs ~500 mill, same goes for tech II rigs. Right now for the ops purpose a navy vexor used to farm level 3s would be the most cost effective and quickest choice. With full complement of faction sentries we are looking at a total investment of maybe 140-160 mill.


The raven rarely needs to reload its missiles, and for the OP his ship (A hyperion) would have greater range than a vexor as well as the micro jump drive and wouldn't have to sacrifice tank like the vexor would. The warp speed would be 5.35 which when combined with the greater firepower, range and mjd means it will get missions done faster. Align time means very little as you will always already be aligned to warp out of the mission before it finishes and the few seconds spent on the undock and on gates is cancelled out by the time saved in the mission itself.

Cost wise, I had the raven and the implants paid for running level 2 missions in just 2 weeks using the same tactics only with a cruiser (RLML Navy Ospray).
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