Garbad theWeak
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Posted - 2011.12.20 15:44:00 -
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> I have tried very hard to find current information about level 5 missions.
l5 missions are surrounded with misinformation, some deliberate, a lot because people are morons and/or obsolete.
> Or are level 5s so over run by pirates and griefers that they flat out can't be done?
Low sec pirates are comically ineffective. Its trivially easy to bypass them using basic tricks like instawarps, cloak, near unprobable fits, and basic scouting.
Also, if you want to try l5s without risk, visit cale greys. Although the agent is based in 0.4FW space, he often sends you missions next door to high sec (there are several other l5s that do this as well). In this way you can learn to manage the missions and tank before dealing with the pvp aspect.
> What ship class is viable?
Ignore all the haters, run t3. The other junk is worthless except for high sec l5s. The method I used was:
Cloaky, Passive Tanked Tengu <-- served as scout and tank, only did like 200 dps
High DPS Tengu <-- 750 dps, minor tank for emergencies, made both ships unprobable
The tank scouted both ships between gates, then warped into missions to aggro them. DPS tengu warped in and blew everything apart. Missions average about 3-15 minutes to complete. Of course this is for Kin/Therm damage type, but similar combinations work well for other missions.
Another common method is DPS/buffer tengu + logi, but this has less DPS I find. Then there are the people in solo rattlesnakes and the like, but that is extremely slow and not viable outside of high sec.
> Is the loot and salvage any better than level 4s?
No, its just more of it. I typically didn't waste my time salvaging, I just blitzed the l5s.
> What's the next challenge?
Honestly, I'd suggest incursions or wormholes. Considering the hassle, l5s are only slightly more valuable than l4s. I made about 250 mil an hour between two accounts, counting setup time and hauling. The fits I used were fairly expensive, a bil or so each.
The pvp and missions themselves are pretty easy to deal with, but require specialized fits and setup time. Also, the profit is paid in massive amounts of low value LP, meaning you need to do a lot of hauling, market research, and time spent dumping the LP. All the while competing against other bears. And look at the prices of large value items that are easy to sell -- ISK/LP of 600 or lower is the norm, and you don't have access to any good BPs.
TL;DR - Run l4s for Ducia Foundry in high sec. |