Fox how do the heat sinks work for you? Right now with my fitting I am running 4692 on the shields with 1099 on the armor but I was thinking about working in the heat sink.

I was wondering if I could get a bit of help.

I'm somewhat new to DUST 514. And for the past week and a half I've been wondering what my place in this vast universe could be.
I've recently been accepted into KEQ, an excellent corp that I highly recomend everyone to take a look at and join if it interests them. I've been having a great time so far.
Beyond that though, I'm not sure what I can do for my team. After doing a bit of digging I found that I wanted to be a drop ship pilot. Despite the large number of complaints I hear about these ships, I still find they play a huge role on the battlefield and it is being severely undervalued. As such, and for those who are interested in this kind of thing, I'd like a bit of advice.

As most of you are no doubt already aware, there are two tiers of drop ships, and two ships in each, making a total of 4 ships. Each ship has advantages and disadvantages over the others, and when it comes to choosing a ship, these pros and cons make it difficult to choose.

Here are some base numbers for everyone to compare. Let's start with the two Caldari ships

MYRON
Shields - 1700
Armor - 1000
Shield Recharge Rate - 23.0/s
CPU - 255
PG - 400
High Powered - 4
Passenger - 5
Low Powered - 2
Small Turret - 2

ERYX
Shields - 1600
Armor - 1000
Shield Recharge Rate - 24.0/s
CPU - 225
PG - 270
High Powered - 4
Passenger - 5
Low Powered - 2
Small Turret - 2

Note: This model comes with an onboard CRU. It is my assumption that the reduced PG compared to it's Tier 1 counterpart is due to this addition.

So as it stands the Caldari look like big shield users, and can potentially be really hard to kill.

Now for the Gallente ships

GRIMSNES
Shield - 700
Armor - 1700
Shield Recharge Rate - 17.0/s
CPU - 165
PG -545
High Powered - 2
Passenger - 5
Low Powered - 4
Small Turret - 2

PROMETHEUS
Shields - 700
Armor - 1900
Shield Recharge Rate - 12.0/s
CPU - 140
PG - 380
High Powered - 2
Passenger - 5
Low Powered - 4
Small Turret - 2

Note: Like the ERYX, this model has an onboard CRU and most likely is the cause for the CPU and PG reduction compared to it's Tire 1 counterpart.

What I like about these is the nice, high armor. If I focus on building shields, I can bring up it's overall longevity by covering it's weakness. The reason why I don't want to bulk up it's armor, is because once I loose my shields and start taking armor damage, it's a lot harder to repair compared to just floating around letting my shields recharge.

I'm not far away from getting Vehicle Operation level 4 which is required to obtain Piloting Level 1. Once I get Piloting level 1 ... I need to make my choice regarding which two ships I want to play with. Some advice on how I should build/equip these vessels wouldn't go amiss either.

Thanks a bunch guys =D

...you lost me at 4. Seems your PG will be too high if you load a 120 plate and a 60 and blasters with everything else you named. Am I missing something?