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Originally Posted by GrobbeeTrull  I'm flying a Rifter and having no problem on Level 2 Missions. It's not fast, but it's not hard. |
For giggles, I took on a 500k Serpentis battleship rat in a rifter. It was slow going, but I killed that motherfucker. Not possible with newbie skills, but still funny to blow up a rat with a bounty worth double your ship without being hit a single time.
Back in Syndicate did some testing against Wodin in a wolf (rifter on steroids, basically) and we discovered that even with pulse lasers and short range crystals, an Apoc could not hit me orbiting at 500m even when webbing. It could break his tank too. Minmatar are fun as hell to fly, but more skill intensive than the other races. Speed/Gunnery/Missile/Drone skills all are important depending on the ship.
For missions, I would race to a Rupture. Possibly the best damn cruiser in the game. Great for PvP, good for PvE. Good balance, versatile slot layout for fitting, etc.
Fittingwise, I'm fond of 720mm artillery, 2 tracking computers, 2 tracking enhancers, 2 gyrostabs, sensor booster and 2 heavy missile launchers. Not sure if that will fit with low skills, but it can reach out and touch someone with a 74km optimal and carbonized lead, 19km with EMP. With EMP my best wrecking shot was a hair over 900. It would melt mission rats.
