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Best fit for a drake for missions?

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Jazmyn Stone
Perkone
Caldari State
#21 - 2014-12-19 19:46:02 UTC
ExarkunOFPR wrote:
Wow guys thanks for all the info! gregor i have switched to those rigs and its working out a better so far. I am almost done training heavy missiles V so i can make the switch to Heavy Missile Launcher IIs. Once i get done with level 3s and move one to 4s i plan to try and get into a raven with cruise missiles and see how that goes. As far as a tengu goes well i could have the skills to sit in one in no time but he price and my skill level make me hesitate on even trying to get one.



For L4 missions, yes, skip the Tengu, and go for the Raven, but please be sure your support skills are good too. The Raven will work just fine. The Tengu used to be very good in L4s, but with the heavy missile nerf, it, like the Drake, is not what it use to be. Both can still have great tanks, and they can still get the job done, but not as efficiently as before.

Just like any other ship, there are always different ways of fitting a Raven. To start with, it may be beneficial to go with one of the older "cookie cutter" fits, like Liang's. Those fits only had 6 mid slots, that 7th really opened things up.

-Jaz


Always remember Tovil-Toba, and what was done there.
Chal0ner
Hideaway Hunters
The Hideaway.
#22 - 2014-12-21 05:31:18 UTC
Jazmyn Stone wrote:
The Tengu used to be very good in L4s, but with the heavy missile nerf, it, like the Drake, is not what it use to be. Both can still have great tanks, and they can still get the job done, but not as efficiently as before.


Hmm, have been away for quite a bit. So what you are saying is that my PVE win button is nerfed to hell? It's been doing fine in the anomalies I've tried it out in, but then they're not hard to begin with. I don't like ships larger than BCs really. Is there another small sized moneyboat to be had? I really enjoy the Gilas drone bonuses, cutting through npcs like a warm knife through butter =) And it looks cool.
Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#23 - 2014-12-21 09:07:38 UTC
Chal0ner wrote:
Jazmyn Stone wrote:
The Tengu used to be very good in L4s, but with the heavy missile nerf, it, like the Drake, is not what it use to be. Both can still have great tanks, and they can still get the job done, but not as efficiently as before.


Hmm, have been away for quite a bit. So what you are saying is that my PVE win button is nerfed to hell? It's been doing fine in the anomalies I've tried it out in, but then they're not hard to begin with. I don't like ships larger than BCs really. Is there another small sized moneyboat to be had? I really enjoy the Gilas drone bonuses, cutting through npcs like a warm knife through butter =) And it looks cool.


The Tengu is still good for kin/therm anoms but lvl 4 missions is something entirely different if only because you can fly bigger ships and not be at risk of getting caught. A CNR (assuming you stick to missile ships) works just better, some Pirate BS and of course Marauders also easily trump it.
Arcos Vandymion
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#24 - 2014-12-21 11:29:31 UTC
ExarkunOFPR wrote:
Back when i played last Drakes were the thing to have for lvl 3s at least, and looking over the past couple years it seems that drakes got some balance changes so they may not be the best any more.


Is exactely it. The new old Drake is the Myrmidon. At 8.8m SP it might be a long stretch to suggest such a fundamentally different ship (armor, turret and drones vs. shield, missiles) but the application of Droneboat sentries (non-dedicated sentries aren't bad but don't really compare) is now what the previous Heavies were (before they got nerfed to kingdom come).

HMLs still apply good but their range compared to pre-nerf Heavies or Sentries with a single Drone Link Augmentor is ridiculous.
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