The Suspect Ratting guide
Chapter 1: What is ratting?
This guide will explain to you what "ratting" is and how to do it. Ratting as an activity is essentially hunting NPCs. For this you can warp
to asteroid belts and kill the NPCs that spawn there, often fewer in numbers, or repeatedly "farm" combat sites.
You can find those combat sites in your probe scanner:
Generally the preferred type of ship for this activity is a drone boat, e.g. the Vexor, Myrmidon or Gila among others, due to drones not
consuming ammo and therefor leaving you with the most profit. Also drones compared to energy and hybrid turrets don't consume capacitor
leaving you with more room for tank.
Chapter 2: How do you run those sites?
When warping to a site it is generally suggested to orbit any object within that combat site at 1000 meters. If you have an afterburner activate it as well.
This will keep your transversal up which makes it harder for the enemies to hit you and therefor reduces the damage you receive. Not every ship needs to do this though.
Ships that don't need to do this are: Praxis, Armageddon, Ishtar, Dominix
That is assuming the fits are made to "facetank", which means to just sit there and be able to tank anyway.
If your drones are being shot by the NPCs in the site recall them, wait about 5 secs and then send them out again. This should make the NPCs shoot you again.
Chapter 3: What ship can I use for ratting?
There is a plethora of ships you can potentially use for ratting. Due to not every ship being equal not every ship can run every site. Therefor each
listed fit also suggest a type of site you can run with it, assuming Gurista NPCs. These ships are ranked from very little skill intensive to very high skill intensive.
Rookie Vexor
Average income: 15-20
Suggest combat sites: Serpentis Forlorn Rallypoint
[Vexor, Rookie Vexor]
Damage Control I
Type-D Restrained Shield Power Relay
Type-D Restrained Shield Power Relay
AE-K Compact Drone Damage Amplifier
AE-K Compact Drone Damage Amplifier
Large Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender
Large Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender
Compact Kinetic Shield Hardener
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
Drone Link Augmentor I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Thermal Shield Reinforcer I
Wasp I x5
Ratting Myrmidon
Average income: ~30mil/h in bounties
Suggested combat sites: Forlorn Rallypoint / Hub
[Myrmidon, Guristas Myrmidon]
Capacitor Flux Coil II
Capacitor Flux Coil II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Large C5-L Compact Shield Booster
Large Cap Battery II
Kinetic Shield Hardener II
Thermal Shield Hardener II
Stalwart Restrained Shield Boost Amplifier
Drone Link Augmentor I
Medium Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Medium Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Medium Kinetic Shield Reinforcer II
Caldari Navy Wasp x4
Ratting Gnosis
Average income: 30mil/h + loot
Suggest combat sites: Forsaken Hub
[Gnosis, Ratting Gnosis (Guristas)]
Type-D Restrained Capacitor Flux Coil
Type-D Restrained Capacitor Flux Coil
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Thermal Shield Hardener II
Kinetic Shield Hardener II
Kinetic Shield Hardener II
Large Clarity Ward Enduring Shield Booster
Stalwart Restrained Shield Boost Amplifier
Republic Fleet Medium Cap Battery
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Light Missile Launcher
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Light Missile Launcher
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Light Missile Launcher
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Light Missile Launcher
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Light Missile Launcher
Medium Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Medium Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Medium Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Hornet II x5
Vespa II x5
Scourge Light Missile x190
Ratting Gila
Average income: 50mil/h
Suggest combat sites: Forlorn hubs / Havens
[Gila, Gila Drones Only]
Damage Control II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Shield Recharger II
10MN Afterburner II
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Pith A-Type Kinetic Shield Hardener
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
Drone Link Augmentor I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger II
Medium Core Defense Field Purger II
Medium Core Defense Field Purger II
Vespa II x8
Ratting Dominix
Average income: 60mil/h
Suggested sites: Serpentis Haven
[Dominix, Ratting Dominix]
Large Armor Repairer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Large Armor Repairer II
Imperial Navy Kinetic Armor Hardener
Imperial Navy Kinetic Armor Hardener
Drone Navigation Computer II
Large Micro Jump Drive
Imperial Navy Cap Recharger
Domination Large Cap Battery
Imperial Navy Cap Recharger
Drone Link Augmentor I
Drone Link Augmentor I
Drone Link Augmentor I
Large Kinetic Armor Reinforcer I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit II
Large Capacitor Control Circuit II
Hornet II x7
Wasp II x8
Vespa II x12
Ratting Ishtar
Average income: 60mil/h
Suggested sites: Serpentis Haven
[Ishtar, Ratting Ishtar]
Mark I Compact Capacitor Flux Coil
Mark I Compact Capacitor Flux Coil
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Republic Fleet Large Cap Battery
X-Large C5-L Compact Shield Booster
Pith X-Type Kinetic Shield Hardener
Thermal Shield Hardener II
Medium Kinetic Shield Reinforcer II
Medium Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Hornet II x10
Wasp II x8