You have two choices.

Yes you can run level 4 missions with t1 guns, you will just be slower doing them.

Or you can blitz level 3s in a warp speed rigged battleship untill you feel you are ready for level 4s. ( A mach will earn up to 80 mil an hour in level 3s).

I'm almost done training for fit full T2 tank (armor repair, damage control and various resistance). But training for T2 large guns (hybrid or energy) will take 34 more days!!

1. Is it a bad idea to try to solo L4 missions with T1 guns and T2 tanks?
2. I will be able to use T1 sentry drones soon but NOT T2 sentry drones (38 days to train for that :( ). However, I was hoping to use Amarr Battleships instead of Gallente (even though I'm Gallente). Since I can't use T2 guns yet, should I go for a drone Dominix for soloing L4?

If anyone has a fit for L4 missions with T1 guns (laser or hybrid) that works for solo missioning, please feel free to share.

Or you can blitz level 3s in a warp speed rigged battleship untill you feel you are ready for level 4s. ( A mach will earn up to 80 mil an hour in level 3s).

is it a bad idea to use laser for missioning in Gallente space? I hear confusing info about that.

Lasers absolutely do not work with T1 ammunition unless you use Beams, which are a fitting nightmare. And even then the performance is sketchy.

Like baltec said, just do L3s really fast instead.

Blitzing lvl3s on a battleship is actually quite skill intensive, you need some good navigation skills to make it work properly. along with some good gunnery support skills because 400 signature guns Vs frigates is not a good idea.

a battlecruiser will do better.

a Prophecy will bring a lot of undersized guns to swat the frigates with along with bonussed drones with both extra damage and extra speed if you use a mid slot for a nav computer. (or two) just don't fit gun damage mods, or if you do get one only, the guns are only for the frigates, the drones can and will destroy anything else.

a combination of warriors and Valks is all you need. and with 2+ DDAs you don't even need to change from Warriors. and if NPCs kill em, just launch more! and no, don't use T2 drones, for lvl3s t1 is more than enough after the changes of the last patch.

for lvl4s, killing stuff will take longer, not really due to the T1 guns, but mainly because of the low Gunnery support in general.

Navy Vexor, even with T 1 sentries you will blitz through level 3s pretty quick, the ship is fast and maneuverable at least compared to a BS and can also get optimized for warp speed to take even more advantage of it.

Plus a navy vexor isn-¦t expensive and if you fancy it use faction sentries.
Better damage application, quicker than a battleship and cheaper.

Navy Vexor for level 3s all the way!

BS for L3s is plain bad idea.

BS for L3s is plain bad idea.

How?

They earn the most isk from level 3 missions.

To be fair, that will rather depend on whose L3s you runGǪx

BS for L3s is plain bad idea.

Doesn't matter who you are running missions for, battleships are always the best at earning the isk running them.

Oh I don't know. Some LP stores are simply that bad.

Just tested apocalypse.. t2 tank .. 3 heat sinks and meta 4 dual heavy beams (the cheap fit ones).... works pretty well.

2. I will be able to use T1 sentry drones soon but NOT T2 sentry drones (38 days to train for that :( ). However, I was hoping to use Amarr Battleships instead of Gallente (even though I'm Gallente). Since I can't use T2 guns yet, should I go for a drone Dominix for soloing L4?

Use faction sentry drones. They have same damage, optimal and falloff than their t2 variants and have better tracking and tank.

GÇ£BadGÇ¥? No.
Suboptimal, yes.

You'll want weapons that primarily deliver kinetic and thermal damage. You'll want to stay away from explosive and EM. Lasers do a mix of EM and Thermal (with an emphasis on the former) so you'll always do a fair bit less damage than you could with a more appropriate weapon system.

This is probably the best advice. A MJD Dominix with faction sentries would be a good choice. With the new drone skill changes drone Interfacing 4 is fine.

The problem with asking questions in the forms is you have to sort through the trolls and bad advice.

BS for L3s is plain bad idea.

True if you follow traditional fitting plans.

Medium rails on a Rokh work quite well. Geddon has no gun bonus anyway, if you are using it to run 3's put Medium Hybrid on it as well.

As for T1, Meta 4 and faction ammo always was good enough. Nothing has changed in mission content that made it not good enough. Attitude made T2 mandatory.

However, I was hoping to use Amarr Battleships instead of Gallente (even though I'm Gallente). Since I can't use T2 guns yet, should I go for a drone Dominix for soloing L4?

If anyone has a fit for L4 missions with T1 guns (laser or hybrid) that works for solo missioning, please feel free to share.

Less firepower than a battleship and it doesn't have the slots to spare like a battleship does for those warp speed rigs, tank, firepower and range or the ability to fit the mjd. Its a great ship and gets the job done well but cant do what a battleship can.

Train up and just use a regular Dominix with T2 sentry drones.

Hell, I had to log into the game to see if I had any guns fitted on my mission ship.

I have, two light neutron blasters as I do not like empty slots.

so instead of 34 days for t2 guns he's spending 34+ days for t2 sentry drones.... That sounds like an awesome plan!!

Assuming running Level 3s
Using navy sentries it ( navy vexor) has 601 dps with imp navy curators, 639 with fed navy gardes with 3 hyperspacial velocity optimizer I and ascendancy as you suggested you get 7,6 AU/sec warp speed beating any BS aside from the Machariel by 2.5 AU/s If you use tech II hyperspacial velocity optimizers the differences becomes even more glaring in favor of the cruiser.

A RHML Raven factoring in reload has LESS dps, is slower overall, aligns slower AND warps slower, the only thing it does it tanks better. Well of course you can use faction ammo and overheat everything every single mission if you fancy it but we were talking about low skill point mission running anyways so we can-¦t assume everything in perfect conditions.

The only BS worth using for Level 3 blitzing would be the Machariel since it can get the same warp speed as the vexor with good speed better tank and more dps. Too bad that things costs 680 mill right of the bat vs a 80 mill cruiser.

For level 4s yes battleships are the obvious choice but for level 3s even without hyperspacial rigs a cruiser warps only 0.2 slower than a war speed optimized BS, assuming both use ascendancy imps. Now factor in align time and the difference vanishes. Even if you use tech II rigs on the battleship you only gain 0.5 AU/s over a none rigged cruiser....
Use tech II rigs on the cruiser and you get 5.2 AU/sec a 1.7 AU gain over the BS.

But tbh ascendancy imp should not be factored in if we are talking about a rather new player since a mid grade set already costs ~500 mill, same goes for tech II rigs. Right now for the ops purpose a navy vexor used to farm level 3s would be the most cost effective and quickest choice. With full complement of faction sentries we are looking at a total investment of maybe 140-160 mill.