Hi,

I returned to the game a couple weeks ago (last time I played was 2011) after a few days playing L3s I started doing L4s with My Drake, but they are taking much more time than I remember it used to (I actually had to borrow my brother's Domi to finish "Smash the Supplier"). So I tried a few Battleship setups in EFT and came up with the Rattlesnake fit bellow. I seems ok on paper, but i'm still unsure about some points:

I looked around for proven fits but most rely on skills I don't have yet (I have only cruise missiles 3 and I am currently training Sentry Interface 5) or/and have too much "bling" for my taste. I'd prefer no bling at all but I couldn't fit an X-Large booster and with a single T2 Large I get less paper Shield than my Drake...


[Rattlesnake, Rapid Heavy Missile]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II

2 * T2 Mission Specific Hardener
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Pith A-Type Large Shield Booster
Large Micro Jump Drive
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II, Optimal Range Script
F-90 Positional Sensor Subroutines, Targeting Range Script

Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Drone Link Augmentor I

Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Large Core Defense Field Extender II
Large Core Defense Field Extender II

Garde I x2
Warrior II x5
Warden I x2
Gecko x1

My main questions about it are:"

1) Not sure if this is overtanked or undertanked... On paper it got 110K+ EHP and at least 530 Def (Merc) but this ship is slow, has a huge signature and I can only run the shield booster for about 2 min, I'm used to a quite large passive shield so this is kindda scarry...

2) Also not sure if the single Rigor will do any good. HMs should take care of destroyers and cruisers even without its bonus may not be enough to speed things up. Maybe i'm better off changing it for a Bay Thruster match the T2 Missile range with the Garde, or just save some ISK usinf 3 T1 Field Extenders

3) Since half the DPS just comes at 50Km anyway it would be better to change the TL and the F-90 for a cap booster and a MWD... omg so many questions...

Any help will be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!