Carrier Ratting or lvl4 mission blitzing

[liberator65853]

I bought some of the pack things, Star, Meteor, and 3 months of Omega time. I now about 7b isk and was wondering what's better for pve isk, the lvl4s in a battleship I can fly all battleships and it won't take much longer to max skills for the rattlesnake or Vindicator. Or should I skill into a carrier? About 4 months for a carrier with t2 fits. I should also note that I'm in a solo Corp in high-sec so a carrier would need me to join a larger Corp in low or null which is pushing me to the lvl4 missions instead

[Sadpan]

Carrier ratting would be much more passive than lvl4 mission of course, but is a much bigger liability than lvl4 mission blitzing, so I'm leaning towards the battleship, you can get really good rewards from the standings and LP and all. A billion in a week or so in my experience, but I hear better numbers sometimes so I think it's worth a shot.

I hear carriers can make billions in a day, but you need a place to rat if you aren't in a large corp with good defence and adequate sov to rat in, lots of risk in it but huge reward.

[liberator65853]

Originally posted by Dredditor:

Carrier ratting would be much more passive than lvl4 mission of course, but is a much bigger liability than lvl4 mission blitzing, so I'm leaning towards the battleship, you can get really good rewards from the standings and LP and all. A billion in a week or so in my experience, but I hear better numbers sometimes so I think it's worth a shot.

I hear carriers can make billions in a day, but you need a place to rat if you aren't in a large corp with good defence and adequate sov to rat in, lots of risk in it but huge reward.

Thank you! I was thinking lvl4s aswell. the past few weeks i've mainly just been running lvl3s for the LP. Which ship do you think would be best for lvl4s? the rattlesnake? My drone skills are perfect aside from fighters. Lately I've been running the vindi though and love it so far

[Sadpan]

Originally posted by liberator65853:

Originally posted by Dredditor:

Carrier ratting would be much more passive than lvl4 mission of course, but is a much bigger liability than lvl4 mission blitzing, so I'm leaning towards the battleship, you can get really good rewards from the standings and LP and all. A billion in a week or so in my experience, but I hear better numbers sometimes so I think it's worth a shot.

I hear carriers can make billions in a day, but you need a place to rat if you aren't in a large corp with good defence and adequate sov to rat in, lots of risk in it but huge reward.

Thank you! I was thinking lvl4s aswell. the past few weeks i've mainly just been running lvl3s for the LP. Which ship do you think would be best for lvl4s? the rattlesnake? My drone skills are perfect aside from fighters. Lately I've been running the vindi though and love it so far

Depends on how you wanna fight, the rattlesnake is the best for more "passive" fighting with the drones and such, but the machariel is the best by far for blitzing since it's got high dps and great speed tanking. The mach is pretty pricey though, so keep a lookout for ganker fleets showing up in local as a poorly flown machariel is delicious prey for ganks (but tbh so is the rattlesnake, to a lesser degree).

This fit below is what I fly with usually but it's a bit expensive and will take a while to train into if you haven't got the skills yet (and may be outdated, been using it for two years or so), in which case just do the rattlesnake as it's still very good for blitzing.

[Machariel, Lightning War - T2 Autocannons]
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
Corpus X-Type Heavy Nosferatu

Gist X-Type 100MN Afterburner
Pith X-Type X-Large Shield Booster
Pithum A-Type Adaptive Invulnerability Field
Federation Navy Tracking Computer
Federation Navy Tracking Computer

Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Tracking Enhancer
Republic Fleet Tracking Enhancer
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Large Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II
Large Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer II
Large Core Defense Capacitor Safeguard II

Warrior II x5
Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Hornet EC-300 x5

Republic Fleet EMP L x5000
Optimal Range Script x2
Tracking Speed Script x2

[liberator65853]

Originally posted by Dredditor:

Originally posted by liberator65853:

Thank you! I was thinking lvl4s aswell. the past few weeks i've mainly just been running lvl3s for the LP. Which ship do you think would be best for lvl4s? the rattlesnake? My drone skills are perfect aside from fighters. Lately I've been running the vindi though and love it so far

Depends on how you wanna fight, the rattlesnake is the best for more "passive" fighting with the drones and such, but the machariel is the best by far for blitzing since it's got high dps and great speed tanking. The mach is pretty pricey though, so keep a lookout for ganker fleets showing up in local as a poorly flown machariel is delicious prey for ganks (but tbh so is the rattlesnake, to a lesser degree).

This fit below is what I fly with usually but it's a bit expensive and will take a while to train into if you haven't got the skills yet (and may be outdated, been using it for two years or so), in which case just do the rattlesnake as it's still very good for blitzing.

[Machariel, Blue FortyTwo Blitz - T2 Autocannons]
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
800mm Repeating Cannon II
Corpus X-Type Heavy Nosferatu

Gist X-Type 100MN Afterburner
Pith X-Type X-Large Shield Booster
Pithum A-Type Adaptive Invulnerability Field
Federation Navy Tracking Computer
Federation Navy Tracking Computer

Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Tracking Enhancer
Republic Fleet Tracking Enhancer
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Large Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II
Large Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer II
Large Core Defense Capacitor Safeguard II

Warrior II x5
Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Hornet EC-300 x5

Republic Fleet EMP L x5000
Optimal Range Script x2
Tracking Speed Script x2

Thanks again! I'll give that fit a try

[Sadpan]

Originally posted by liberator65853:

Originally posted by Dredditor:

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Thanks again! I'll give that fit a try

No problem! Let me know if it needs any fixes or if it works out alright!

[liberator65853]

Originally posted by Dredditor:

Originally posted by liberator65853:

Thanks again! I'll give that fit a try

No problem! Let me know if it needs any fixes or if it works out alright!

Going to have to play around with it a bit but I get the idea :) the mach now has six low slots instead of 7 and 6 mid slots instead of 5

[Sadpan]

Originally posted by liberator65853:

Originally posted by Dredditor:

No problem! Let me know if it needs any fixes or if it works out alright!

Going to have to play around with it a bit but I get the idea :) the mach now has six low slots instead of 7 and 6 mid slots instead of 5

Oof, I haven't used it in a while :p

[liberator65853]

Originally posted by Dredditor:

Originally posted by liberator65853:

Going to have to play around with it a bit but I get the idea :) the mach now has six low slots instead of 7 and 6 mid slots instead of 5

Oof, I haven't used it in a while :p

Lol :p I left the nanofiber internal structure II off and I'm thinking a armor hardener in the last mid slot if it has enough CPU/powergrid or another tracking computer

[Sadpan]

Originally posted by liberator65853:

Originally posted by Dredditor:

Oof, I haven't used it in a while :p

Lol :p I left the nanofiber internal structure II off and I'm thinking a armor hardener in the last mid slot if it has enough CPU/powergrid or another tracking computer

Sounds like it would work out fine

[lx]

mission blitzing = skipping pve content by exploiting the fu pve mechanics. thats a thing in eve. so it tell about the quality of pve content