Missioning setup

[Morganti]

That is actually very bad target priority Ugh. You make it to level 4's and start popping the BS's first and you'll find yourself floating home in pods because the bigger ships are usually the ones that make the next waves spawn when they are popped. Secondly, the frigates are priority number one in missions because they will web you which means all the other rats are doing even more damage because you are going so slow. They will also point you so that you cant warp out (depending on the rats), so ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS kill the frigates first. How you do so is completely up to you though.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

That is actually very bad target priority Ugh. You make it to level 4's and start popping the BS's first and you'll find yourself floating home in pods because the bigger ships are usually the ones that make the next waves spawn when they are popped. Secondly, the frigates are priority number one in missions because they will web you which means all the other rats are doing even more damage because you are going so slow. They will also point you so that you cant warp out (depending on the rats), so ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS kill the frigates first. How you do so is completely up to you though.

Understood completely. I've been getting more accustomed to checking eve-survival for the resists and triggers lately, even though nothing in L3s has been able to scratch my tank since I hit T2 shield modules. The point was that with HML boats + drones, I'm basically managing 2 fleets, and adding a specialized anti-frigate ship in the mix adds a third layer of complexity to it. At one point I had one of the three drakes fitted with AMLs for anti-frigate duty. With the upgrade to T2 drones, they pop frigates almost as fast as that ship did and they don't reduce med/heavy DPS to do it.

Nice thing about Eve is that there are multiple successful strategies for every situation. I hadn't thought about the navy caracal. I'll have to look into that.