MalVortex
Reaper Industries
Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.12.13 23:46:00 -
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Edited by: MalVortex on 13/12/2009 23:48:59
 Originally by: Jaques McCroissant
I want to kick ass, on a budget. I'm trained up to battleships in Amarr and Gallente, but I dislike how badly they move and their shoddy ability to target cruisers and frigs. So I'm trying to find a good cruiser/battlecruiser setup, something that's sturdy and fairly dangerous while being faster and cheaper than a battleship. And hopefully able to land hits on frigates.
I've got the skills for HACs and Recons in addition to normal cruisers and BCs, and T2 energy turret and T2 drone skills. The 'cheaper than a battleship' part pretty much excludes me from the highest-end gear onboard and the T3 cruisers, unless some kind soul wants to sell me one for 10% of the market value. 
In terms of cost, I'm getting the impression of four separate price tiers in the cruiser arena.
1. Fly a T1 cruiser on the cheap with pocket change and just keep buying new ones out of the insurance money when they're turned into pyres in space.
As others have said, there are a plethora of T1 cruisers that hit wayyyy higher than their cost. Many T1 cruiers are just underestimated, and you will get good kills from pilots who simply underestimate what skills and a proper fit will do to them.
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2. Fly a Harbinger, which dishes a good bit more hurt and absorbs a good bit more pain but is slower, more expensive, and a bigger target.
Any tier 2 cruiser can work here. The harbinger is quite good, but it isn't the best at soloing. Hurricane and Myrmidon are probably better solo ships than the Harb in most situations. You can certainly be successful in a solo harb, but it has some factors working against it that those two boats simply dont face.
edit: forgot the drake  Harbinger is probably the "worst" solo tier 2 BC, due to its relliance on boosters, no utility highs worth mentioning, and somewhat poor frigate defense. Still a very good ship though - and you can definitely succeed in solo operations with it.
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3. Fly a Zealot or Navy Omen for pew pew equivalent to the Harb, faster speed, smaller sig, but more expense, and the rarer ships are more likely to attract unwanted targeting.
Zealot is a gang-ship only. Navy Omen is the Zealot-Solo Issue and is verryyyy good. The amount of Scorch it eats will make you cringe tho.
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4. Fly a Legion for way more damage, way better tank, decent speed, but huge expense and ALWAYS being called primary and actively hunted down by gankers.
Legion is terrible. Your best case scenario is that its a beefier zealot or an armor tanked drake. A proper tier 2 battlecruiser has great odds vs. a legion (ECM drones lololol), and an Absolution will open a whole new world of pain on one.
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I'm not sure which idea will work out the best in the long run, whether I'd be wisest to use weak but expendable ships, or strong but expensive. So if anyone has any helpful ideas on the matter, I'd love your input.
Don't fly what you cant afford to lose. It sounds like you have the character-skills, but not neccessarily much solo or small gang experience. Grab a handful of cruisers and battlecruisers, fly around in lowsec, and get yourself blown up. Fully insurable, easy to replace, and you'll quickly learn what works and when.
You can also look at some PVP videos, there are a number of them that show exactly the sort of fights your looking for. Watching what those players do can be a great way for new ideas.
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