You barely need to pulse the shield booster when you're 100km away so no need for a capacitor booster

Can put a guidance computer instead for better application to smaller targets

Also since you're sniping, take 3 sentries with you instead of light drones. They should be able to 2-3 shot any approaching frigates once they get within drone control range.

I might consider something like this:

[Raven Navy Issue, Mission CNR]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Missile Guidance Enhancer II

Large Micro Jump Drive
Large Shield Booster II
Dread Guristas EM Ward Field
Dread Guristas EM Ward Field
Dread Guristas Thermal Dissipation Field
Sensor Booster II, Targeting Range Script
Missile Guidance Computer II, Missile Precision Script

Cruise Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile

Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst I

Warrior II x5
Bouncer II x3

Note: I have done exactly one mission since returning, and it was in a mach.

-Liang

Ed: An easy (cheap) way to free up CPU is to upgrade to faction hardeners. Also, a Pith X-Type Large is fairly cheap as well (as compared to the hull anyway)

Because years ago the Tengu was better, mostly because HML wasn't nerfed (although even back then I wasn't a fan of it). The majority of EVE players don't base their choices on facts or research, they simply regurgitate tired old and mistaken memes like "caldari sucks at pvp", "missiles suck at pvp", "caldari for PVE", "solo pvp is dead" etc etc they heard from other uninformed meme spouting clueless people.

I'm not sure how you are getting 750 DPS out of a Cerb, especially with the damage application to actually pull furies off? Here's kinda the direction I was leaning with a Tengu, and my best guess for what a high DPS Cerb looks like.

[Tengu, PVE Tengu]
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System

10MN Afterburner II
Domination Medium Shield Booster
Republic Fleet Medium Cap Battery
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Shield Boost Amplifier II

Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile

Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Medium Warhead Flare Catalyst II

Tengu Defensive - Amplification Node
Tengu Electronics - Dissolution Sequencer
Tengu Engineering - Augmented Capacitor Reservoir
Tengu Offensive - Accelerated Ejection Bay
Tengu Propulsion - Intercalated Nanofibers

Implants:
HG Crystals, HM-705, GP-905, TN-905, RL-1005

DPS: 788
Tank: ~350 vs Sansha/Blood, ~750 vs Guri

[Cerberus, PVE]
Dread Guristas Ballistic Control System
Dread Guristas Ballistic Control System
Dread Guristas Ballistic Control System
Dread Guristas Ballistic Control System

10MN Afterburner II
Dread Guristas Medium Shield Booster
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery

Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Heavy Missile

Medium Bay Loading Accelerator II
Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst I

DPS: 710
Tank: ~200 vs Sansha/Blood, ~500 vs Guri

-Liang

This is actually a great reason not to use a MJD cruise ship. Painter cycle time, counting volleys, and delayed damage. Ugh - it's just too much mental work to get efficient missioning out of a setup like that. I'd rather just face tank it and minimize missile travel time.

-Liang

The damage application of rage looks pretty bad, but faction missiles look ok. It's got almost 45km range, which was the lower bound for what made faction torps work back in the day. It... might work? It's at least worth looking at. Try recording your mission completion times and comparing it amongst different ships.


-Liang

You can run L4's in all kinds of ships
Battleships are best, but smaller ships can work too.
With smaller ships you need to pay more attention to wave triggers and group agro
More focused skills help too.

With the Tengu (or any other sub-BS ship) you are trading
- Range for Speed & Manoeuvrability
- Faster small NPC killing for Slower large NPC killing
- Increased 'risk' for longer mission times

For me running L4's in a smaller ship was about getting out of the comfort zone
They were easy in a BS
A single mistake in an AF left you in a pod

Fair enough.

But pvp side lets not forget paint helps others as well. That we could also have discussions over too though.


Since paint after 3 stacks to uselessness there enters coordinating your people to not have more than 3 paints on a target. Herding cats come to mind there I will grant. Me I always tried to help my brothers or sisters in arms in a phoenix...they never turn down paint party support lol.