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Jovian Jervada
#1 - 2012-01-14 00:20:59 UTC
Hello

Somewhat of a noob question I guess but I cannot make up my mind so here goes.

Which would you say would be more suited for Level 4 missions? A Strategic Cruiser, or an Apocalypse with T2 weapons?

Thanks
Sokniw
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-01-14 00:31:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Sokniw
alot depends on your skills, and also depends on what strategic cruiser you are talking about, a Proteus.. no tengu yes, legion, yes, and i dunno about a loki dont look into them much.
Jovian Jervada
#3 - 2012-01-14 00:34:23 UTC
Well it would probably be the Legion out of the four, looking at all the subsystems though, makes me think it would probably confuse me lol
Sokniw
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#4 - 2012-01-14 00:37:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Sokniw
thing about strategic cruisers is you wanna fit them out right, and they will be awesome ships, go cheap and you can loose alot of money and skill points. you loose one of these you loose hours-day worth of training, heard its not that bad but who wants to retrain skills.. this is a pretty expensive ship but its what you would want to fly.


[Legion, Revised Lvl 4 Legion]
Armor EM Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
True Sansha Heat Sink
True Sansha Heat Sink
True Sansha Heat Sink
Centum A-Type Medium Armor Repairer

Shadow Serpentis Tracking Link
Republic Fleet 10MN Afterburner
Federation Navy Stasis Webifier
Federation Navy Stasis Webifier

Heavy Pulse Laser II
Heavy Pulse Laser II
Heavy Pulse Laser II
Heavy Pulse Laser II
Heavy Pulse Laser II
Heavy Pulse Laser II

Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I

Legion Defensive - Nanobot Injector
Legion Electronics - Dissolution Sequencer
Legion Propulsion - Fuel Catalyst
Legion Offensive - Liquid Crystal Magnifiers
Legion Engineering - Augmented Capacitor Reservoir

tested and approved
Jovian Jervada
#5 - 2012-01-14 00:42:45 UTC
and that fit would work for level 4 security would it?
Sokniw
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#6 - 2012-01-14 00:58:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Sokniw
yup, has a decent tank, good resists, and speed, keep moving and the bs's wont hurt as much
expensive fit though lol
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#7 - 2012-01-14 07:21:41 UTC
Go with the Apoc. It's relatively more "forgiving" SP and tactics-wise for "green" players. It also costs [much] less and can be fully insured... so you will cry/rage/emo less when you lose it.

How did you Veterans start?
Hamatitio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-01-14 19:30:09 UTC
Yeah the legion posted earlier will set you back about 2 billion isk. If you have that kind of isk to drop, you may as well go run some incursions and make the isk back quicker.
CausticS0da
Shrubbery Acquisitions
Blohm and Voss Shipyards Alliance
#9 - 2012-01-20 21:38:44 UTC
Apoc is cheaper, safer and easier to use but it's whatever is more suited to YOU.
Borun Tal
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2012-01-20 21:45:19 UTC
The Tengu easily does L4's, Loki less so... My Legion had problems with L4s, and I wouldn't bother with a Proteus.
Alticus C Bear
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2012-01-20 22:05:00 UTC
Proteus works fine against any KIN/THERM enemies and is arguably a better choice than the Loki or Legion against those NPC's.

WIth the Null buff I expect a properly fit Proteus to have more DPS than a Loki at almost all ranges. Not worth it against Angels for the amount of tank you need to cover the explosive hole and It is touch and go against EM/THERM enemies like Sansha/Bloods.

Tengu is ulitmate jack of all trades but can suffer (a bit) against enemies not weak to Kinetic.

Battleship is probably a better starting ship.

So it really depends on who you intend to fight?