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Drakarin
Omnitech Corporation Wonder Kids
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Posted - 2012.06.29 06:30:00 -
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Hello,
I am currently flying a Tengu and took it upon myself to go for an adventure of sorts. I was bored of running level 4 missions again and again like a drone in the safety and warmth of high sec space. It was plain boring after a while. I have little experience with null sec, but so far I've found it relatively safe. The most dangerous part is passing through the high sec// null sec border systems, but even then it's mild. Tengus are awesome like that. Bubbles? I say pop.
Anyways, since I've been down here I've mainly been ratting around belts and doing the anomalies I can find with my ship's onboard scanner. I did however bring a locust analyzer subsystem, with some probe launchers. I've tried some scanning in high sec in the past, and after several hours I made, maybe 5 million isk.. if that.
I'm just curious if it's worth the risk and effort of scanning down a lot of sites out in null sec. Are the rewards guaranteed to be better or is it simply that the odds increase?
also, I have Archaeology, salvaging and hacking to level IV. As well, astrometric rangefinding is at level 3. With the emergent locust analyzer subsystem and electronic subsystem at level V I get a %50 bonus to probe scan strength there. Finally, I am using the sister expanded probe launcher, with sister probes.
so the final question is, with these skills and equipment, is there any site I would be unable to do?
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Drakarin
Omnitech Corporation Wonder Kids
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Posted - 2012.06.29 16:03:00 -
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Awesome folks, thanks a lot.
If my skills are already sufficient to access and run any mag or radar site, is there any point in getting archaeology and hacking to level 5? Is the difference only in faster access times or does it also increase the odds of getting a better reward? |
Drakarin
Omnitech Corporation Wonder Kids
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Posted - 2012.06.30 00:49:00 -
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I found a Serpentis Fleet Shipyard, which evidently is a 10/10 DED site. I could only get it up to 86% at the maximum, so I guess there are still sites I can't pin down yet, although I am close.
Do you think another 10% bonus to probe strength would be enough to pin it down, and is that site the hardest one there is to scan?
So far this is going great besides that. Out of 4 mag sites I've made close to 170 mil from power Circuits. |
Drakarin
Omnitech Corporation Wonder Kids
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Posted - 2012.06.30 04:28:00 -
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It's at level 5 yes with astrometric rangefinding at level 3 currently.. I don't know. I had six probes out, with all of them correctly converging on the point, at 0.25 scan range. 86% target strength. Weird. Oh well, it really does not matter, I was not about to solo a 10/10 complex anyways.
I've heard that it's possible to get BPCs of rare ships like the Machariel, are they in mag or radar sites? |
Drakarin
Omnitech Corporation Wonder Kids
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Posted - 2012.06.30 10:43:00 -
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I was led to believe that, although extremely rare, it was possible to get a billion isk + payout item from a mag or radar site. Is this true? Is there any item obtainable within those sites that have a value that high?
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Drakarin
Omnitech Corporation Wonder Kids
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Posted - 2012.07.01 04:02:00 -
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Emperor Salazar wrote:Drakarin wrote: Oh well, it really does not matter, I was not about to solo a 10/10 complex anyways. The serp 10/10 is the easiest 10/10. Can literally be solo'd in a T2 afterburner tengu and you can get 1.5+ billion. In about a half hour. Its pretty sweet.
What I've read online suggests that there is a final stronghold structure that repairs its armor extremely fast, and this is assuming I can even survive up until that point. I have decent skills (17 mil sp mostly in missiles, spaceship command and engineering) but my modules are mostly T2, besides three caldaryi navy BCUs. I doubt I could pull it off. I don't use any alts so I am 100% solo on this, no fleet boosts or anything. Overloaded with HAMs and +5% missile implants I can hit 1k dps, but I heard this was insufficient. Shame, because I really would like to try it, I'm just not there yet.
Unless there is a strategy I haven't heard of? |
Drakarin
Omnitech Corporation Wonder Kids
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Posted - 2012.07.01 07:48:00 -
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Yeah I heard about that strategy. Since I am in a Tengu that does not use drones, there is no way to do this alone, is there? Maybe I'll get an alt eventually but that's a ways away. Figures too, I found a prison camp today near where I found the fleet shipyard. These sites are not particularly rare.. or I was just unlucky to be lucky. |
Drakarin
Omnitech Corporation Wonder Kids
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Posted - 2012.07.01 11:20:00 -
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I'm also a bit apprehensive over possibly encountering neut towers, or stasis towers. Also, in the prison camp ded, the final room plays host to two dozen frigates that evidently web and scram. Nasty for a Tengu. I have to be careful indeed. |
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