How much SP do you recommend for the RS? Im just playing for two or three months.

1 is good advice.
2 is bad advice.

I think the point they were trying to make is a Raven is a horrible choice for L3 missions and they are correct. However I see what you want the OP to accomplish so I understand your reasoning for the suggestion.

Did you read the stuff above? Of all bs the rattler is the easiest to train into, its harder to maximize but to reach 750+ dps easily you need to spend like a week of training as its main damage comes from its role bonus.

I think the Rattlesnake is potentially more forgiving for newer players.

Because even at level 3 in each BS line, each weapon system type it will still out damage and with better application a Raven.

You can out damage a fully level V skilled Raven pilot in a Rattle piloted by a player with level 4 skills. It is just that simple. Again, Raven is not a good choice for level 3, you get all the draw backs of using a BS in a level 3 without the benefit of more dps. Rattle is also a ship that the OP can continue to skill and get better and better, where a Raven the pilot has to change weapon skills to get better and get a new hull.

What you are proposing is the OP get a Raven and skill for heavy missiles, then after "mastering" that he start skilling for cruise or torp, skill for Rattle (which means drones) or a Golem (very long skill train) and then sell his hull for upgrade.

What the rattle offers is to train for heavies and drones (which he already has) and use a ship that today gets him more DPS, more tank and better application of damage. Then tomorrow when he is level V his Rattle is only that much more amplified.

You are asking him to waste time and skills on something he wont fly tomorrow.

You want the OP to train heavy missiles and fly a Raven then switch to a Golem with Cruise.

I want the OP to max his skills to fly a Rattle while actually flying a Rattle all the while a better choice both now and in the future for him.

I don't see why you continue to argue this

No one one told you too in the first place. The OP was asking. That fit is outdated been updated anyway its already been answered.
Your comment is mind boggling.

Never said it was the best in the game but I did ask for a counter fit to help out.

I respect that that is fair points. You learn something new everyday. Thanks for info will pass it along. Need more post like this. I did try put a few resists on but they never show correct not sure if bug or what. I figured too many damage mods before but I was not sure how much power OP needed but I could easy on them in a heart beat for repair, nano, or resist mod and go micro but I don't know if he will get scrambled or something.

The 4th typically yields 4.5-5% additional DPS, so I wouldn't exactly call it pointless.

I would generally say that's correct. There are a few L4 missions ("The Damsel", "Stop the Thief") where blasters will excel, but these would be the exception rather than the rule.

Mach does not scale well to low skill players.

T1 arties and ACs and the lack of ability to properly use a MJD or MWD would be a death sentence in a ship that already has tank issues and relies on DPS for tank.

Rattle is not just a high damage pirate BS, it is a High Damage/High Survivability multipurpose Pirate BS. It honestly is OP, but that is ok. It just happens to be one of the most perfect ships to learn missions in