L4 Mission running

[Mandalore]

Hello, am a returning player with 27m SP looking to do L4s to pass the time while I figure out the other things I want to do. Does anyone have a decent fit for a L4 Dominix sentry platform (got skills for T2 sentries, good fitting skills and all) or a Rattlesnake fit? I have T2 large hybrid guns but don't have T2 cruise missiles for the Rattlesnake so I'm thinking Dominix might be a better choice, since it'll cost less as well.

[Harrison]

So... you seem to be laboring under a misconception.

If you use a drone boat, the ships weapons don't matter. While in theory a Domi should use hybrids, it doesn't get a bonus to them. It used to, but it doesn't anymore. The Navy Issue Domi does though, so if your heart is set on using the ships guns you might consider it.

For the record: I don't actually recommend either of these fits for missions but that's more a matter of not really caring for t1 battleships than anything else. These are fits that I have tried or are similar to ones I have tried.

This is a wholly t2 version of the Navy Domi (transfered to a regular Domi) I used to run several years ago, back when both version had similar bonuses:

[Dominix, Dominix fit]

Large Armor Repairer II
Large Armor Repairer II
Armor EM Hardener II
Armor EM Hardener II
Armor Thermal Hardener II
Armor Thermal Hardener II
Capacitor Power Relay II

Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
100MN Afterburner II

Civilian Gatling Railgun
Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Small Tractor Beam II
Small Tractor Beam II
Salvager II

Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Sentry Damage Augmentor I


Garde II x5

Simply change the hardners and drones to taste. The only use of the weapon is to draw aggro from rats. It doesn't actually have to hit them or do damage, just locking them up and shooting in their general direction is usually enough to make them come to you.

One advantage of the domi over the rattlesnake is that it gets a skill bonus for drone ranges and tracking speeds.

This is the sort of Rattlesnake I used to run from time to time:

[Rattlesnake, lvl 4 missions]

Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer II
Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II

Thermal Dissipation Field II
EM Ward Field II
Large Shield Extender II
Shield Recharger II
Shield Recharger II
Shield Recharger II
100MN Afterburner II

Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile
Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile

Large Core Defense Field Purger I
Large Core Defense Field Purger I
Large Core Defense Field Purger I


Garde II x2

Again, change out drones and hardners to taste. If you find that it's not tanking the way you'd like you can also switch the tracking links in the low slots for additional shield power relays.

If you've been gone a while you may remember the Rattlesnake using 5 drones. CCP changed that some time ago, the Rattlesnake's 2 sentry drones will do as much damage and the Domi's 5.

Unlike the domi the rattlesnake gets a bonus to missile damage, I recommend using them to both gain aggro (meaning fire one missile and then sic drones on them) and to work down frigates so you don't have to switch out your drones all the time.

[trackday]

Vexor Navy Issue with Warden II drones is what you want.