The Dominix is one of the old warhorses dating back to the Gallente-Caldari War. While no longer regarded as the king of the hill, it is by no means obsolete. Its formidable hulk and powerful drone arsenal means that anyone not in the largest and latest battleships will regret ever locking horns with it.

Gallente Battleship bonuses (per skill level):

• 10% bonus to Drone hitpoints and damage
• 7.5% bonus to Drone optimal range and tracking speed

• Gallente Battleship I
  • Spaceship Command IV
  • Gallente Battlecruiser III
    • Spaceship Command III
    • Gallente Cruiser III
      • Spaceship Command II
      • Gallente Destroyer III
        • Gallente Frigate III
          • Spaceship Command I

• Gallente Battleship IV (for AFK Ratting)

Before the VNI ratting meta, there once was the Domi Ratter. In early 2019, the esteemed Sapporo Jones took it upon himself to bring back the Domi for many reasons he laid out in a much more in-depth post on the Forums. It is highly recommended you read it in full, but if you are lazy the tl;dr is included here.

People have been AFK-ratting in Vexors for ages, to the point where it is literally a meme. Why is the Domi worth the switch?

The advantages to the Dominix class battleship include, but are not limited to, the following:

• You can build them locally in Esoteria or wherever we live
• We are able to keep the price controlled rather than have control over the price and supply held by some external entity
• You have 5x the effective hit points so you have a far greater margin for error than in a VNI
• You are able to fit a cyno without need for an implant, as you have far greater fitting room than a VNI
• You have an extra 175m3 of drone cargo space, which means you can have extra Praetors in addition to having combat lights to keep stuff off of you
• Your Dominix class battleship is cap stable, meaning you can turn on all the things and walk away and your ship won't run out of cap and die
• Your Dominix class battleship has enough regen and tank to not need gimmicks like orbiting or prop modding
• Because you have so much more effective hit points, and aren't depending on speed to survive, a cyno will likely actually save you
• Because you have so much more effective hit points you have plenty of time to come to Fleet 6 or your corp channel on mumble and get assistance
• Tackle is BUILT IN to the fit and the process. Small stuff that comes to harass you while you rat is going to die.

Using a battleship means your drones are going to get primaried more often. The ratting fit below has some ways for you to avoid losing drones while AFK ratting but you have to follow the following process EXACTLY.

1. Find a Forsaken Hub or a Rally Point
2. Activate shit in warp or when you land
3. Lock up all the things
4. wait for the rats to start aggressing you
5. pick a rat and warp disrupt it
6. launch drones and send them at a rat
7. use autotarget if you want

You may wonder to yourself if you can activate the auto-targetter at other points. Maybe. Fact is the auto-targetter has ZERO IMPACT on rat aggro, it's in the process as the last step because some of you are degenerate superstitious pieces of subhuman garbage and if the fit didn't pay lip service to the tribal knowledge of auto-targetter being important people would bitch about it. It can be useful as it locks up all the rats (allowing you tab back and see at a glance the wave progress) but is not necessary.

It's important you have the heavies start clearing the battleships and not bother with the cruisers until later. The cruisers are the rats that you need to aggro anyways so they stay focused on you, so that's what we're gonna tackle to get their attention.

Once you complete step 7 (which we all know is unnecessary and which we all know you are going to do anyways) that's it. Your 'tackle aggro' will persist through the end of the site.

[Dominix, TEST Perimeter Domi]

Drone Damage Amplifier II
1600mm Steel Plates II
1600mm Steel Plates II
Armor Thermal Hardener II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Damage Control II

Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Medium Capacitor Booster II
Sensor Booster II

Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Heavy Energy Neutralizer II

Large Trimark Armor Pump I
Large Trimark Armor Pump I
Large Trimark Armor Pump I

Warden II x5
Curator II x5
Garde II x5

Navy Cap Booster 200 x36
Nanite Repair Paste x100
ECCM Script x1
Scan Resolution Script x1
Targeting Range Script x1
Optimal Range Script x3
Tracking Speed Script x3

Optimal Range Disruption Script x2
Tracking Speed Disruption Script x2
Tracking Disruptor II x2

[Dominix, New Balance]

Large Armor Repairer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Armor EM Hardener II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Armor Thermal Hardener II

Warp Disruptor II
Large Cap Battery II
Cap Recharger II
Large Cap Battery II
Denny Enduring Omnidirectional Tracking Link, Tracking Speed Script

Cynosural Field Generator I
Drone Link Augmentor II
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
Drone Link Augmentor II
Auto Targeting System II

Large Anti-EM Pump I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Anti-Thermal Pump I

Hobgoblin II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Hornet II x5
Praetor II x5
Praetor II x5
Praetor II x2

Nanite Repair Paste x150
Agency 'Hardshell' TB5 Dose II x1
Liquid Ozone x750