If you had to choose between a paladin or a golem for high security space PvE (player versus environment) gameplay in Eve Online, which would you choose?

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If you had to choose between a paladin or a golem for high security space PvE (player versus entity) gameplay in Eve online, which would you choose?

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I’m also open to nightmare or rattlesnake

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I would suggest utilising PyFa and compare fits with your skills (via ESI SSO or manual setting).

See GitHub - pyfa-org/Pyfa: Python fitting assistant, cross-platform fitting tool for EVE Online

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Thank you so much for linking me to pyfa, I am very grateful for your input. I already have Pyfa and I would prefer to hear your opinion about the subject matter in the thread title.

I will do a smiley emote.

:slightly_smiling_face:

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I should also mention I’m not interested in machariel.

I flew one before and it was really good. But now I want to try something else.

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Rattle and Golem. They can select Damage Type according to the NPC. Paladin is sorta limited to Amarr space as every other space has higher EM/Therm resists.

REDNES

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so ?

I use paladin, golem, khronos, vargur, all with maxed skills, in minmatar space. There are LOT of missions where pala is better than vargur - basically any one where rats spawn further than 50 km. And a very few ones where khronos is the best. Golem has a huge paper DPS (the highest) but only worth vs lots of BS that come close because torps are so slow.

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In the L4 hub I know, I see about the same numbers of Paladin, Golem, and Vargur; with Paladin being perhaps slightly more prevalent.

I’m sure all these vessels will do the job; it’s just a question of which you would prefer to fly. I don’t think EVE has a ‘try before you buy’ feature. Perhaps some kind soul will lend you his/her fully-fitted L4 mission-runner so you can see for yourself. Would a visit to SiSi solve it?

For me, missions are just ISK and LP generation. I fly a Machariel; it does the job comfortably and I’m used to it.

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That makes no sense. It depends on the mission.
I’d do the damsel with a khronos 100% . The pirate invasion (where you have to shoot 7 BS) with a golem all the time. Any drone mission with paly, as well as long range ones. and missions with a lots of small fries (angel spies) with vargur.

IMO the least usefull are the khronos (definitive worst) and golem . Paly goes 2.3k@40(conflag) and 1.5k@90 (scorch) . Vargur is like, 2.3k@30 (hail) and 1.4k@60(barrage). vargur guns are capless but it’s worthless (it needs lots of cap for shield)

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Vargur because solar sail supremacy.

Between those two, though, I’d be more inclined to go with the Paladin because I personally dislike missiles and shield tanks.

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I know what you’re getting at, Anderson, but as I suggested, for me missions are essentially about ISK and LP - so I chose a ship which could comfortably do all the L4 missions. Of course, we have to change our fitting and ammo to fit the hostiles we’ll be facing, but not, I think, the ship itself.

You can do that, if you like the variety (missioning is repetitive, I know), it just hasn’t been my way and it certainly isn’t a requirement.

I don’t blitz the missions; I fully loot and salvage them (Noctis); otherwise just a properly fitted Machariel.

But of course, fly what you wish!

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SisSi is good for a try before you buy environment but I have very little SP right now. Part of the reason I’m asking is because I don’t know where I want to invest my skills right now.

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Golem is one of the least useful you say?

Then I should go Paladin?

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Yes… this is the reason I’m asking. Missiles are so SLOW. But they do have selectable damage.

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Hi Gutterpunk, thanks for making it clearer where you’re coming from. I appreciate it.

I didn’t realise you were considering what to train for, having anticipated that your question was more about ‘flavour’ than about the important other considerations. My apologies.

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You don’t have to apologise and please, call me ‘Boykiller’.

Smiley emote.

:slightly_smiling_face:

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Someday I’m going to lose my Rattlesnake to gankers. Then I’ll be trying to figure out which T1 BS to use. I’ve become comfortable with micro-jumping and plinking away with sentry drones/cruise missiles.
Am I the only person who refuses to use expensive ammo in missions?

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Why will you lose your Rattlesnake? Are you using expensive modules? Or do people just gank for the KMs these days?

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Always has been.

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I don’t think that is true. I’ve never lost a mission ship to gankers in the past. The only time I’ve ever been ‘ganked’ is in lowsec when I’m looking for fights.