I use a Rattlesnake for level 4 - no experience with level 5. MJD - drop Sentry drones and let them do the work. Recommended fit for snake is passive tank .

If you have the skills, golem is the winner

This is the fit I use, It gets about 1000 DPS out to about 100km, cruise damage out to about 120km.
The trick is just managing your missile volleys effectively. I never bother switching drones, between Gardes and Wardens, you've got it all covered.

[Rattlesnake, COMTP]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Signal Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Large Micro Jump Drive
100MN Afterburner II
Pith X-Type Large Shield Booster
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Dread Guristas EM Ward Field
Dread Guristas EM Ward Field
Heavy Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 800

Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Cruise Missile
Drone Link Augmentor II

Large Core Defense Operational Solidifier II
Large Core Defense Operational Solidifier I
Large Drone Control Range Augmentor I

Garde II x2
Warden II x2
Gecko x1
Hobgoblin II x5

Strange fit.
Whith this fit you will never do more than 800 dmg, in the game of cource (EFT says ~1200). Even with Gecko and furies. And all in 5 skils.

Well for every volley of CMs, I can kill 2 frigs or destroyers, 1 cruiser or BC and BSes die in 3 volleys. That might only be 800 damage, but it seems pretty quick to me.

Edit; wait, how is it only 800DPS? I'm hitting my own RS 700 DPS with fury alone.

I do not argue, I'm surprised.
This is one posible fit, but....Overtanked, low damage. What is he - sniper, brawler?

Mmm...700 but how often, once every 10 sec?

Or the Rattlesnake as many others suggest, but I find it kind of cumbersome. It will clear out a room of npc's faster then just about anything with great skills though, if you micromanage it so your drones don't shoot things they can't track etc.

because you say that or why?

I mean no doubt the race is between RS and Golem, but for me RS is a little in advance.

@Rexxorr: You don't get anywhere close to eft dps because of what? Maybe you fly the passiv fit? I know the MJD-Sentry fit is very pupolar due to the fact you can be very lazy with it. But try an active fit, where you can brawl as well and get back with your opinion. :) And please do not use Gecko ;)

Use a gecko and you will not have to manage it in any way, easily hit frigates (i use tracking script :P) and i see no point in sniping when its so easy to tank the spawns.

Release Gecko (aggresive ofc) and start shooting anything larger than frigates with your fury missiles.

It can tractor as it goes, it has a better cargo bay (rogue slave trader), it's less micromanagement, it's got MJD cooldown bonuses, it has proper omni damage, missile speed buffs mean volley counting is non-existent at under 100km ranges and it can and will one shot elite angel cruisers. AND it natively warps faster.

Marauders are the final word in L4 mission running if you're killing all the things. Vargur is the best, golem is still very strong.

gecko has to fly to each target, that wastes a lot of time and lowers DPS. when you are cleaning up the last few ships alive and have to move to a gate it is useful, but outside of that I'd rather stick with sentry drones.

Meh I used the gecko against angel frigs with two faction drone omni tracking links, with tracking scripts, and it still couldn't hit the frig after about 20 tries, so i gave up and released light drones.

1. Tengu
I fly that at the Moment. Active Tank. Heavy Missile Launchers. No Drones. Can do Level 4 Missions (including Angel Extravaganza). But the kill speed fells a bit slow. Just a feeling. I salvage afterwards.

Couldn't comment as I haven't flown this ship

2. Golem
My First Idea because salvagind while destroying sounds great (if you have the time while punching the enemys). It should save a lot of time if you clean the rooms directly.
Equipped with torps, micro jump drive, bastion mode and small drones. Jump in a group, activate bastion mode, kill and salvage. Active Tank but not stable.

I use a cruise Golem and it performs fine. Cap stability is not necessary and while salvaging as you go is fine, coming back with a noctis is faster.

[2. Rattlesnake
Second Idea. Long Range, Cruise Missiles and Sentry Drones. Micro Jump drive. Jump out, snipe, jump, snipe... salvage afterwards. Sounds slower but if the killspeed is better maybe its worth it. I have a bit of a problem with the cpu if I choose an XL Active Shield Booster.

High dps boat. Sniping works well with cruises. Missile application is poor due to dual weapon system, should you choose to increase your drone tracking and not use as many target painters.

Brawler RHML are an option. You can use 2x rigor/1x flare and use furies that apply well to everything but frigs or stick with t1/faction heavy missiles for anything not a BS/BC but have the option of triple warp speed rigs that let you warp around as fast as a Mach. I'm still testing this option.

3. Navy Raven
Putting it Number 3 because it is popular and a lot of threads recommend it but i personally do not see any advantage over the golem. Maybe I looked wrong.

The only advantage of the CNR vs the Golem is that the CNR can remain mobile while the Golem usually fields a small out of bastion tank(huge tank while in bastion) for much better application through target painters. Also note that the hull application bonus + rigs work and is not impacted by targets beyond 45 km(at which point your target painter may miss)

Conclusion:
What would you do? I actually use several ships for missioning just to keep things interesting. I haven't flown the CNR after I got the Golem though, just because of the ammo savings.
What is the fastest ship (overall time) for solo PvE Missions 4/5 - Mach or a RHML warp speed rigged RS probably. I don't use the mach though since I'm not trained into guns and dislike the reload time on the RHML. I find that I have enough in my clip to kill 2 BSs before I need to reload. It's probably more efficient to kill cruiser/frigs with the RHML and pew pew BS/BC with sentries? I'm still in the RHML testing phase.
What is the safest? 9/10 the Golem but the other 1/10(should you lose internet connection) is that if in bastion mode and you disconnect, it gets dangerous. It is stuck in place for the full cycle of bastion and will not attempt to warp out until Bastion ends.
(I want it to be fast and safe. So if I loose Internet Connection or it is a bad connection, I do not loose me ship immideatly).

Thanks for your help! :)
I hope my questions are at the right spot.!

vargur dps and range is kinda meh. The dps is not bad at all, but once you factor in falloff it just looks weak.

I'll try and toss a chart together over lunch and post here.

Here we are: http://i.imgur.com/2LJ9RsJ.png

Paladin green
Vargur light blue
Golem red
kronos dark blue (rails, I know...I know...the point is projection)

I slightly mixed up fittings in terms of damage mods (var/paldin have 2/4 faction, kronos is 3/4 faction and golem is 3/3 faction) but dont want to redo chart tbh.

Ammo was all faction short range and fury for the golem

Target is a non prop mod caracal (141 sig) at a pretty light angle because rats are dumb.

So the paladin does very slightly edge the paper DPS but since the vargur gets to pick ammo, for me it wins every time.

They're all fits I use, no weird shitfitting going on to exaggerate (golem has >4< painters)

[quote=Chainsaw Plankton]
Here we are: http://i.imgur.com/2LJ9RsJ.png


Target is a non prop mod caracal (141 sig) at a pretty light angle because rats are dumb.

That graph doesn't really tell the full tale as it's against a cruiser hull. Switch the ammo to t1/faction/precision and you'll apply full damage with the Golem(I.E do more damage with a lower alpha missile).

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Transversal is logical number, no idea at what range the lsited transversal is but it have to be fairly close to get almost 1k ms transversal from a 287 ms ship.

Rad is generaly an angle measurement, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radian and have nothing to do with m/s (meter/second) as its listed on the linked screenshot.

1) Here it is on a silver spoon - http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Turret_Damage. You should consider skilling Googlefu atleast to level 2.

2) I don't know if you know how math works...m/s is pretty important for calculating a Radian in this game. Without knowing the m/s you would only know 1 our of the 3 required points to calculate an angle. Having m/s gives you 2 points to plot after 1 second of travel.