Atius Tirawa
Minmatar
Wreckless Abandon
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.09.27 23:24:00 -
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 Originally by: Rachael McNasty
I am an old player just returning to Eve. I just created this character with an emphasis on drones. I plan on running missions for awhile until I can fly command ships. I have a couple of questions that a few of you might be able to answer for me.
1) Since I am running missions to put money in my pocket, should I pass up training Battlecruisers and just train Battleships so I can run Level 4 missions and then train the skills required for command ships when my support skills have caught up (t2 heavy drones ect.).
2) Should I aim for an Astarte before an Eos since I am sure that by the time I have Cruiser 5 and BC 5 I will already have the skills required to fly an Astarte before an Eos, since the Eos has some odd skills required to fly it.
3) Would I be able to use an Eos effectively without t2 medium guns? Just want to know if it is possible to effectively use the Eos without maxed out gun skills, but I will have excellent drone skills.
1) Without very high skill points, a battleship is probably better for level 4s. In anycase, a well fitted Raven is faster through level 4s then any CS any time. So if you are planning on mission running and specilizing in that respect, you should consider training caldari - or - wait untill the mission running BBs come out in Rev III.
2) You will be qqualified to fly the Astarte before the EoS first unless you train Logistics to 4 before you get CS 1 - which will allow you to fly both ships at the same time. The Astarte however does beg for good gunnery skills, and it would be in your interest to fit guns on her. But the Astarte, makes for a touchy mission runner, I am sure it can be done, but its not efficient for sure - you picked a very PvP race, the Astarte is a fantastic PvP ship, she is not a very good PvE ship however.
3) Definitions of 'effective' differ - personlally, I like to see railguns on the EoS, but I suppose a Neut/NoS/Gangmod/remote energy, armor transfer setup in the highs could work. . .its really up to you. But it does not take that long to spec medium guns since its the big guns that add another 2 months to your training.
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