Update...going with a Myrmidon Instead
I asked around in the corporate channel (I'm in an NPC corp at the moment so there are a LOT of players to ask) about how best to get to the Brutix. They told me that a Myrmidon is a much better ship and can handle much harder missions. I'm going to switch to that then. It costs maybe 10 million ISKs more than the Brutix, but the rewards from the missions should compensate for that. Someone suggested that the Dominix is excellent for shield tanking: meaning that it has a LOT of shield power and take a lot of hits (something like 1100 DPS). The Myrmidon appears to be great for medium turrets and for drones. The only thing it requires is battlecruisers level 2. I can't wait till I get that ship and then grab the Dominix!
Ship and Drone Upgrades
I want to move up in EVE to a Battleship called the Dominix. It costs roughly 45 million ISKs and I'm only at 25 million ISKs, not too mention how much the turrets, drones and other equipment that I need on that ship will set me back. In order to prepare for this I'm going to upgrade to a battlecruiser called the Brutix first and use a heavier drone alongside my medium attack drones (the heavy drone requires the heavy drone operation skill). The Brutix is roughly half the price and I have much of the equipment I want to use on it.
Skills required for both the battlecruiser and the battleship:
- Spaceship Command (level 4 for both)
- Gallente Cruiser (level 3 for Brutix, level 4 for Dominix)
- Gallente Frigate (level 4 for both)
Sell My Junk
I noticed that I have a lot of junk left over from the last few years so I'll need to set aside a day to just fly around and set up some sell orders. The nice thing is that I've trained up my marketing skill and can remotely sell items up to 20 jumps away. My only problem is that planning the route to minimize the number of jumps I need to take to sell all my junk might take longer than just flying to each planet.