Drake in a gas cloud
If I had to choose my favorite ship from EVE-Online, I would probably choose Drake. Not because of the amazing tank or other characteristics. Drake has allowed me to stop using battleships in the majority of my current tasks and I am grateful for that.
Drake’s biggest strength is his passive tank. Even without a very expensive faction or officer modules you can get near battleship-like resilience . His DPS is of course lower, but we cannot have everything at once. I think that 210dps with t1 ammo and not counting drones is just enough if we remember that drake can live very long under fire and it can effectively shoot at 70km with full force. And all this with complete independence from the capacitor. A small drone bay can store 5 small drones that add another ~90dps or other abilities from EW drones.
