Lone Crusader
Legion of Fury
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Posted - 2012.03.12 15:30:00 -
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as a solo lvl4 runner i use the tengu, i used to fly nighthawk which i loved maxed out on skills to fly these as passive or active tanked and cap stable i can take on 99% of lvl4s without worr
couple of things to conside
cost o fittings
time to trai
tank vs dp
gang/fleet vs sol
nighthawk great tank even better if in fleet w/booster active or passive depending on how much dps you want to dish out a lot of this is in the fittings, i used to use an auto targeter in the extra high slot extra target plus targets for you if you want to be lazy, another up side is drones nice for taking down frigs so you can put your missiles to good use, on that topic heavy missiles are great for cruiser and bs rats, if you active tank and use an ab you can move around nicely grabbing the loot and making yourself harder to hit, if not trained up yet for the nighthawk the drake is a great tank for the omw to a nighthawk pilo
tengu much like the nighthawk, my favorite thing is the adaptability of it, if you want to swap for passive or active tanking maybe switch to rails instead of missiles want to be sneaky? the modular ships is awesome and gives an almost endless possibility of fittings, i currently run mine with navy faction setup (this is very expensive and probably not practical and very over excessive
on the other hand there are the larger bulkier battle ships, BS need target painters if you want to optimize on damage which means less of a tank, now if you want pure dps then these big ships are what you want, assuming you are already tanking with the domi and are not having problems with it i would recommend using just a raven as it is more cost effective raven set up with torps use navy ammunition if you want a boost to dps launch drones on smaller rats max out the lows with bcu II's arbalest torp launchers in the highs target painters and AB in the mids and if you want put a 2 rail guns in the last2 high slots for pure damage output 3 bay thruster rigs wil get you to around 39km range (you dont need to use the damage or rate of fire rigs because the 5 bcu II will optimize on your bonuses from ship modules
also dont foget about your implants they make a huge difference in the long run, the extra 5% rate of fire and the 5% damage bonus is nice or 3% if you dont want to spend a lot of is
all and all on a final note it comes down to fittings, skills, and the amount of isk you want to spend/ sav
feel free to eve mail me for fittings and opinion
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