Battleship Support Skill List

General Notes

The following is a list of skills that you need to train to fly a battleship semi-proficiently. To be a total battleship pro you would also need to put in additional 2-3 months of training for tech II large weapons. So as you can see, training up a good bs pilot, takes approximately 6 months of intense training considering you would also want to train learning skills at the very beginning.

Missions

For level 3 missions you can do away with having level III for most of these skills but for level 4's you better train them to level IV before you try soloing. Focus on training up the tanking skill first. As soon as you are able to absorb most of the dps that mission rats put out, you are ready to go. The damage skills only change how fast you are able to kill them, which is not as important as being able to withstand at least for a few minutes the first aggro you will get upon warping in.

It is in fact possible, to solo level 4 missions starting with about 4 million in skill points in combat skills. Raven would be the easiest battleship to start soloing them. Before you attempt to solo lvl 4's make sure you know the names of all the warp scrambling ships so that you can kill them first when warping into mission. Do not disregard training drone skills if you fly Caldari. Both Drake and Raven have small drone bays that can be filled with light combat drones that do a very good job at killing NPC frigates in missions.

Support Skill List

Drones V Scout Drones Operations V Drone Navigation IV Drone Interfacing IV Combat Drone Operation IV Gallente/Minmatar Drone Specialization III Other drone skills III/IV Engineering V Electronics V Energy Systems Operations IV Energy Management IV Energy Grid Upgrades IV Energy Emissions Systems III Race-Specific Battleship IV Signature Analysis IV Long Range Targeting IV Weapon Upgrades V Advanced Weapon Upgrades IV Navigation IV Evasive Maneuvering IV Acceleration Control III Warp Drive Ops III Fuel Conservation III Propulsion Jamming IV - pvp only unless you carry webs in missions High Speed Maneuvering IV - pvp only

Shield tankers:
Shield Compensation IV
Shield Operations IV
Shield Management IV
Tactical Shield Manipulation IV
4x Damage specific shield compensation skills III
Hull Upgrades III
Mechanic III

Armor Tankers:
Repair Systems V
Hull Upgrades V
Mechanic V
4x Damage specific armor compensation skills III
Shield Management III
Shield Operation III

Gunnery Skills (for gun users)
Control Bursts IV - Minmatar don't need to train this skill
Gunnery V
Motion Prediction IV
Rapid Firing IV
Sharpshooter IV
Surgical Strike IV
Trajectory Analysis IV
Race-Specific Large Turret IV

Missile Skills (for missile users)
Missile Launcher Operation V
Rapid Firing IV
Guided Missile Precision IV
Missile Projection IV
Torpedoes IV
Missile Bombardment IV
Cruise Missiles IV
Warhead Upgrades IV

Other Notes

Too many players who do not fly Gallente forget that drones can be a great defense against small ships. But because small ships prey on all, all the races in game needs to be able to use tech II lights at the very least.