So I just got enough standing from running level 3s to get my first level 4 mission. I was using a stratios for the level 3s (same ship I use for combat explorations, narcotics warehouses and phi outposts) and level 3s didn’t give me even a bit of a problem. So for the level 4s I did some searching around and I came up with the fit listed below. And I promptly got blasted out of my first mission. Like, I barely made it out before I went into hull. The mission was The Blockade.
My first mistake was not using eve-survival or similar website to give me an idea what the mission dangers were. Honestly, I didn’t expect the difficulty to be such an extreme jump from level 3 to 4. The mission “guide” thing in the upper left hand corner of the screen said “kill X” and so I went straight for that ship, thinking I could just blitz it. Well, apparently that ship was a trigger for the next wave of rats to come in. I quickly got swamped.
Second mistake was not understanding all the mechanics of my own ship and its fitting. For instance, I was planning on using garde IIs and so I didn’t think drone control distance was important. But it didn’t let me have the gardes shoot at something outside their control range even though they had the basic range to shoot that far. I thought control range was simply how far drones could fly away from you?
Third mistake was/is not knowing how to deal with sensor damping/webs. There was a stasis tower that pretty much locked me down from the get-go. Even when I used my MJD, it was still webbing me even from 100km away. Also, 3-4 frigates got close enough that they sensor damped me so that I couldn’t target anything farther than 12km away, which is not good at all. I never ran into this in level 3 missions so I wasn’t ready for this even a little bit.
I’m thinking I might want to keep running level 3s until I get better skills or something, or maybe you can point out where my fit is fail… I can’t fill my high slots because I ran out of CPU (actually I can’t even bring that second drone link augmenter online), yet my CPU management skills are at 5… in general, I have excellent fitting skills, unless there’s a whole bevy of skills I’m not even aware of, so I’m not sure how to improve this. I wouldn’t have enough CPU even if I had level 5 implants…
Anyway, please tear this fit apart. I’m still trying to figure a lot of stuff out as I go, so I don’t mind constructive criticism at all. As long as it is actually constructive And I only ask that if you suggest changes, telling me WHY those changes would be appropriate will really help. Just posting a different fit without explanation isn’t really that helpful. Also, I’d really like to stay with the Dominix seeing as how I already have one! Thanks!
[Dominix, Barnabas Fresante’s Dominix]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Reactive Armor Hardener
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Damage Control II
Large Armor Repairer II
100MN Afterburner II
Large Micro Jump Drive
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Cap Recharger II
1200mm Artillery Cannon I
1200mm Artillery Cannon I
1200mm Artillery Cannon I
[Empty High slot]
Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Large Anti-Explosive Pump I
Large Drone Scope Chip I
Large Sentry Damage Augmentor I
Hobgoblin II x5
Garde II x5
Hammerhead I x5
Phased Plasma L x9904
Thanks for the help!