|
Author |
Thread Statistics | Show CCP posts - 0 post(s) |
Lord Kronox
State War Academy Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.13 22:14:00 -
[1] - Quote
I have used command ships on countless occasions for level 4 missioning. Usually not in preference to a battleship but as a nearly equal substitute for one in missions when traveling a long way to fetch a battleship or from lack of desire to buy and fit a battleship just for a few missions, presented itself. Also occasionally would run missions in low sec in a command ship as opposed to a battleship as taking out gankers in hacs or bc's is alot easier in a command ship than in a battleship because of its medium sized weapons.
The Nighthawk is excellent for missioning, just like the Raven, as it is a missile boat, but I have easily completed missions in beam laser equipped Absolutions and rail equipped Astartes. You will want to use the long range beam lasers as opposed to pulse lasers as in a command ship you will already have a significantly reduced range compared to a battleship and as I am sure you know, rats are generally cowards and many will fly away from you. With short range weapons on a command ship you will spend more time chasing things down than shooting them...
Keep in mind, your ease of completing these in a command ship depends on more than being in a command ship... your supporting skills will have a large play ie armor repair skill, the level of your beam specialization etc etc....
My two cents worth..... |
Lord Kronox
State War Academy Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.14 01:23:00 -
[2] - Quote
As I stated I had no problem running level four missions in my Absolution. I fly all the command ships with high skills accept the Minmater. The range issue isn't that big of an issue if you use the long range weapons ie beam lasers, rail guns, and heavy missiles. While it is true you will have to fly around more, a command ship is alot faster than a battleship so it can move into position with relative ease. The nighthawk can hit things over 60 km out which is just fine for missions and yes, even with the command ships damage bonus's it does not destroy the BS rats as quick as a BS however it makes up for this with its most quick, efficient, and excellent destruction of anything smaller. Rat frigates and cruisers pop like popcorn to a Nighthawk and the time saved there when added to the time lost killing the BS's = about the same time to complete a mission....
And as far as tank... a Nighthawk can do any mission with a universal resistance passive build.. enough said there right?
The Absolution and the Astarte do not have quite the same tank but whereas I don't use an afterburner on my Nighthawks because they have acceptable range, I do use them on the Absolution and the Astarte as they need to get a bit closer. The afterburner, however, also serves another purpose.... tank. Keep moving and orbiting your battleship targets and you will have no problem tanking them as you have a smaller sig radius than a BS and you are orbitting the enemy at 400mps. Also at this orbital speed your guns will have no problem hitting the larger target as they are mediuim guns. Your big enemy will be webbers so get your drones on those immediately. |
Lord Kronox
State War Academy Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.14 01:42:00 -
[3] - Quote
Also you want have to worry about training stuff just to keep on flying what you already can fly, CCP is going to give you for free whatever it takes to keep you in the ships you are already in.. as this is only right... and I quote:
Quote:Reimbursement details:
GÇóLet us repeat again: if you could fly it before, you will be able to do so after the change. Technically it means if you are able to fly an Oracle by having Amarr Cruisers 3 and Battlecruisers 3, we will remove the Battlecruisers skill from your character and give you Amarr Battlecruisers at 3. If you had Battlecruisers at 3 and Caldari Cruisers 3 instead, you would not receive Amarr Battlecruisers but the Caldari Battlecruisers skill at 3 instead. The same principle work with the Destroyers skill. GÇóWith the way nested skill requirements work in EVE, it also means that you will still be able to fly an Apocalypse even if you donGÇÖt have the Amarr Battlecruiser skill trained at 4 after the change. It wonGÇÖt matter as long as you have the Amarr Battleship skill at the proper level. |
Lord Kronox
State War Academy Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.14 01:53:00 -
[4] - Quote
As I said, when missioning in low sec I actually prefered a command ship as it is easier to fight off gankers. Also earlier I did say (in my first post) that I always prefer a BS normally for missioning but there were times where I needed to knock out some quick missions for cash or faction ammo or an implant etc... where my nearest BS was many jumps away and didn't feel like getting it.
|
Lord Kronox
State War Academy Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2013.03.14 02:43:00 -
[5] - Quote
bloodknight2 wrote:My pvp absolution does around 850 dps at 7500m (CS5 + 3 faction HS) My alt nightmare does 1k at 37km, 765 at 54km and 535 at 91km (optimal range without falloff)
If you do lv4 for fun, then an absolution or a legion will be a good choise. If you do lv4 for iskies, then keep your apoc...then upgrade to a nightmare, buy a monocle and join the monocle clubhouse.
I was looking at the artificial silver right eye... the monocle is a bit to flamboyant for my tastes........ |
|
|
|