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Lester FonMolester
Doomheim
#1 - 2017-01-11 23:22:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Lester FonMolester
Hello, as a new player i m looking for some nice Drake build for L3 missioning.

Also should i use afterburer or microwarp drive on it ? What benefits i get on each ?

Whats optimal dps i whould aim for building my drake for missioning ?

also i found this link: http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Drake/Fittings

Is bottom fits are ok, or should i change something and why ?

Thankyou. :)
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#2 - 2017-01-12 01:44:34 UTC
Eve uni typically has sold fits and hard to go wrong with a ship used as widely as the drake. The fleet up fits at the bottom look fine to start running missions with.

ab/mwd doesn't matter too much for a lv3 drake. For the most part you will just be flying to the next gate, AB can be nice as you can set it and forget it. MWD could also be nice as it will get you there much faster, but doesn't combo well with the passive part as shield power relays give large nerfs to cap regen and mwds are cap hungry.

And this is the part where I recommend the ferox. For years the ferox just wasn't very good so everyone used the drake by default, now the Ferox, and medium rails, have gotten a few boosts and is probably better than the drake. The ships are very similar so you can fit them both pretty much the same only one with rails/magstabs one with hml/bcus. Rails use some cap so I drop a bit of tank, as SPRs nerf cap regen, and try and increase the dps by a bit. My favorite PVE saying is dead rats deal no dps. It means the faster you kill things the less you have to tank. Which is probably why so many people like their turtle tank drake that can tank everything but takes a long time to kill things.

There is a slight learning curve to turrets, but once you get the hang of them I vastly prefer them to missiles for most content. NPCs will fly at you from long ranges meaning you can blap them for full damage in most cases.

I like this fit, with level 4 skills it should do 444 dps out to about 50km and a bit further thanks to the 30km of falloff, plus another ~90 from drones. With a longer ranged ammo you can hit out to lock range, I'd probably go with uranium or thorium.
[Ferox, Meta guns]
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

10MN Afterburner II
Large Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Tracking Computer II, Optimal Range Script
Tracking Computer II, Optimal Range Script

250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
250mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
[empty high slot]

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Hybrid Locus Coordinator II
Medium Hybrid Locus Coordinator II

Hobgoblin II x5

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#3 - 2017-01-12 01:51:38 UTC
Those fits look more or less fine.

I'd probably go with something closer to this:

[Drake, Ascension L3 HM Drake]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Mark I Compact Shield Power Relay

10MN Afterburner II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Missile Guidance Computer II, Missile Precision Script

Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
[empty high slot]

Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I

Hobgoblin II x5

The MGC is nice (and lacking on the euni fits) as it *finally* gets HM application into a semi-reasonable place without using rigs. Damage only comes to 380, which is enough for L3s but seems anemic overall.

This fit also swaps 1:1 into a HAM fit if you're so inclined. You could also drop one LSE for a medium micro jump drive and essentially count on more of your tank coming from range (especially since you're basically hitting out to lock range with a precision-scripted MGC). I'd still keep the AB for travel purposes.

Chainsaw's not wrong about the Ferox if you have gun skills. It also happens to look better as far as I'm concerned.
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#4 - 2017-01-12 02:32:05 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Ferox if you have gun skills. It also happens to look better as far as I'm concerned.


the important things Bear


MJD drake could work, but to get 100km+ range on the drake you have to make some fitting changes, and imo it doesn't seem worth it as the drake can happily sit in the middle of lv3 missions (heck probably most lv4s too) spewing missiles. That said you can probably make those fitting changes and still sit in the middle of lv3 missions and not care, extra missile speed/range isn't a bad thing.

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Lester FonMolester
Doomheim
#5 - 2017-01-12 23:23:27 UTC
ok so what type of heavy missiles i use (dmg type) for pve ?
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#6 - 2017-01-13 01:00:32 UTC
Since the Drake is double-bonused for kinetic the correct choice is almost always Scourge. The only exceptions would be if your BC skill is low, you're facing BR or Sansha, or both (in which case you'd use Mjolnir).
Ion Kirst
KIRSTONE ALLIANCE
#7 - 2017-01-13 01:33:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Ion Kirst
I used to use the Drake for L3s, years ago.

There certainly is a reduction in the dps going from scourge to mjolnir. And against the Sansha, as Zhilia mentioned, Em does better than kinetic even though the scourge has much higher dps.

For a MWD on a Drake in PVE, it simply isn't needed. Neither is a MJD. The AB is just to get you to the next gate quicker, and also really isn't needed. IMO

The Ferox has become the ship that I have used in L3s, lately. I active tank it, and will fit it with a AB. It seems to complete missions quicker than the Drake. The Drake is perfect to passive tank. As Chainsaw said, just sit in the middle of it all and spew missiles.

Really, all the fits that I've seen in this post are good. It just comes down to a personal preferences.

-Kirst

Always remember Tovil-Toba, and what was done there.