Originally by: Rothgar Detris

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I have to say.. The Drake is a bit of a spoiler. It is a LOT easier to tank than almost any other ship. The Raven is an extremely versitile ship, but needs higher skills and decent equipment, along with good planning and tactics, to decently solo lvl 4 missions.

I would actually strongly advocate for Cruise Missile Specialization and higher t2 Medium Drones as a must. Long range skills can also be a big assist, allowing you to enter from farther off, and pick off ships before they can start doing any serious damage.

By the time you have gotten to Raven, You SHOULD be qualified for most (if not all) T2 equipment, especially shields and engineering. And you will occasionally need to leave the field, recharge, and return. I can't stress enough the importance of good T2 equipment in a Raven, becuase it does not, and never will, have the shielding/protecting of the Drake. Therefore, you need to think more offensively than defensively eith the Raven, as that is what it is designed for.

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Originally by: Connor Banks

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Edited by: Connor Banks on 03/10/2008 12:59:52
Recently I also started to pilot a Raven for level 4 missions. It works very well even though I dont have T2 cruise launchers.

My first fit was:
6 XT9000 launchers, 2 drone links
1 XL shield booster, 1 shield boost amp, 3 T2 mission spec hardeners, 1 cap injector (w/800s)
3 T2 BCUs, 1 cpumod, 1 gridmod

While the above fit managed to complete level 4 missions, I needed to keep an eye on the cap since the cargo hold aint that large for more than a handful of 800 cap charges.

After browsing the eve forums i stumbled across the dual pithi-B type small shield booster setup. A setup with 2 small boosters allows for a better fits in low slots while keeping the cost to a minimum (30M for a small pithB shield booster).

My current fit:
6 XT9000 launchers, 1 drone link, 1 tractor beam
2 pithiB small shield booster, 1 shield boost amp, 3 mission spec shield hardeners
4 T2 BCUs, 1 PDU for cap (and shield)
2 CCC rigs to run the dual shield boosters indefinately.

I completed the Assault (guristas) with almost pulling complete aggro in the second pocket. No problems.

I really recommend my second fit for a beginner raven pilot.
Fly safe!

EDIT: I also use T2 medium drones.

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Originally by: Gypsio III

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Edited by: Gypsio III on 02/10/2008 11:09:10

The Nighthawk isn't a particularly great mission ship either





now thats some funny shyt right there

Originally by: Naiary

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my self i prefer the rokh i like direct damage and no having to wait till these anyoing missile finally hit their targets.

so I just go with a rokh 350MM rails to keep fitting easy (can handle 425 but mostly use those only on my sniper boots) and some heavy and than i mean heavy tank. (deadspace/faction/crystals) just because i am not so careful with agro. some damge mods int he lows and off you go perhaps not as effective as a raven but more my stile. and the rokh looks at the very least 10 times better than the Raven or it variations.

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Originally by: Dieyno Mieyght

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Originally by: Gypsio III

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Edited by: Gypsio III on 02/10/2008 11:09:10

The Nighthawk isn't a particularly great mission ship either





now thats some funny shyt right there

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Originally by: Dieyno Mieyght

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Originally by: Gypsio III

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Edited by: Gypsio III on 02/10/2008 11:09:10The Nighthawk isn't a particularly great mission ship either

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now thats some funny shyt right there

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Originally by: Connor Banks

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Not really. With max heavy launcher skills, good t2 drone skills, 4 t2 bcu's, fury ammo and range rigs it still felt like the Nighthawk could do better.

DPS is some 600 with kinetic ammo. Sure, small ships (BC and lower) died pretty quickly though the effect is quite lame on battleships. I blame it on defenders, plain and simple. My medium Raven with t1 cruiser launchers and 4 t2 bcu's does the job better .

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