Alright, hopefully this will be the last battery of questions I need to finally make up my mind.
Keeping in mind that my current leaning is towards training for a Stiletto and a Cheetah (and maybe a Jaguar at some point) as the ships I actually want to play with by choice, battlecruisers will be something I get just out of necessity, and that's probably the largest ship I will consider for at least 6 months (so whether a Dom is a better BS than a Typhoon isn't something I'm taking much into account for now):
I can either get a Myrmidon or a Hurricane. Either one will let me stick with projectiles, which I like because it's a minor time savings, I'm used to them, and they cover all the damage types. The difference in training time is negligible (~12 hours). Looking at the two ships in EVEMon though, it seems like the Hurricane is the better ship in nearly every category except for the size of the drone bay, and it has one less mid slot.
So if I'm using the BC for PvE ~90% of the time, is the drone bay going to make all the difference? I'm not even sure what sort of PVP I'm going to get into, since I don't have a corp at the moment. I like the idea of fighting over territory and shit like that, but I have zero interest in fucking with people just for the hell of it (i.e. gate camping, killing miners, etc.).
Also, having spent another hour reading about BCs while writing this post, it seems that even a Cyclone is more than sufficient to handle any L3 mission. Will a Myrmidon be much more efficient (or able to do L4 at some point), and more importantly is it needed for 0.0 ratting or clearing out exploration sites so that a Cheetah can get in there?
I'm really starting to wish I'd started as an Achura Monk with Mining spec so my combat stuff was a clean slate and I could just mine for however long it takes to train everything else to decent levels while deciding what to do in the long term. :/
P.S. Is this true:
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Originally Posted by Grismar's EVE Wiki Connections will raise your effective standing towards NPC factions, corporations and their agents by 4% of the difference between the maximum 10.0 and your current standing for every skill level trained. This only works towards friendly corporations, i.e. corporations with a base standing of 0.00 or better. If the faction or corporation already has negative base standing towards you, the Diplomacy skill is applied towards your standing with them and their agents, even if you have positive standing with one of their agents. |
and if so, why isn't it at the top of every recommendation list for things to train right away if you're going to be a mission runner? The way they describe it, with just 2 levels in Connections you can be using a quality 16 L1 agent immediately for any corp you have non-negative standing with.