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Zappity
WiNGSPAN Delivery Services
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Posted - 2015.07.20 00:36:45 -
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Sylphy wrote:Zappity wrote:After all, it would just be more hassle the next time I logged in to find my pod sitting in the middle of nowhere (no offence, Provi) nursing a useless bookmark to a collapsed wormhole. Or waking up in a station, since your agression timer would allow your pod to be scanned down and killed ;) Hope to see the next narrative of your adventures soon, especially since I've personally taken a hand in the one yesterday. Edit: I always play without sound. Sorry Sylphy, you'll have to wait a couple of episodes for that one because I am running behind. Anyway, I have given up on hunting in Provi for a while. I think they are on to me - the response time gets shorter every visit. Good fun! I very much like the idea of Providence and hope it doesn't die if the Imperium decides to attack.
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Zappity
WiNGSPAN Delivery Services
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Posted - 2015.07.20 00:37:50 -
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Poor, defenceless little Svippy died to a merciless gate camp:
Svipul: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47498665
They clearly knew about the Thera entry and were ready for visitors so full marks for that. Lots of nullsec groups seem to forget that wormholes exist. I decided that something really ought to be done about these gatecamps. I further decided that I would need a battleship for such occasions (what could possibly go wrong?) and so started taking a closer look at the Dominix.
I came up with a horrendously expensive fit which repped about 2,100 EHP/second. (More on that when I inevitably lose it in a hugely embarrassing manner.) Out of curiosity, I decided to see what difference links would make to such a beast. What follows is no doubt old news to most of you (especially anyone familiar with the whole "Slippery Pete" caper) but was a journey of discovery for me.
I fitted a Legion up with one of each armour link and saw that the DominixGÇÖs repair amount increased to almost 3,000 EHP/second: +41% repping power. In what I assume is a common thought progression, I then decided that such a link ship would have to be a) Nullified, b) Covert, and c) difficult to scan down:
[Legion, Links]
Nanofiber Internal Structure II Nanofiber Internal Structure II 'Halcyon' Core Equalizer I 'Halcyon' Core Equalizer I
Command Processor I Command Processor I Conjunctive Radar ECCM Scanning Array I Conjunctive Radar ECCM Scanning Array I Conjunctive Radar ECCM Scanning Array I
Armored Warfare Link - Damage Control II Armored Warfare Link - Passive Defense II Armored Warfare Link - Rapid Repair II Covert Ops Cloaking Device II [Empty High slot] [Empty High slot]
Medium Processor Overclocking Unit I Medium Processor Overclocking Unit I Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints I
Legion Defensive - Warfare Processor Legion Electronics - Dissolution Sequencer Legion Engineering - Capacitor Regeneration Matrix Legion Offensive - Covert Reconfiguration Legion Propulsion - Interdiction Nullifier
In order to determine how difficult this would actually be to probe down I sent Innocent Scout to SiSi with her Cheetah. Innocent Scout's relevant scanning skills are perfect so I merely had to play around with the fit and implants. This was my starting point, Innocent's regular T2 scanning fit:
[Cheetah, T2 fit]
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II [Empty High slot] Expanded Probe Launcher II, Sisters Combat Scanner Probe
5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive Scan Rangefinding Array II Scan Rangefinding Array II Scan Pinpointing Array II
Co-Processor I Micro Auxiliary Power Core I Inertial Stabilizers II
Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade II Small Warp Core Optimizer II
(The Warp Core Optimizer is for Thera and is T2 because I can.)
The Legion hit was only 72%. Adding a third Rangefinding array only increased this to 73% due to stacking penalties. Swapping the T2 probe launcher for the Sisters variant increased it to 74%.
What about implants? Adding the Prospector AR-810 achieved 81% and this was increased to 88% with low-grade Virtues.
The result was 98.3% with mid-grade Virtues. I finally got a warpable hit by adding a Prospector AR-802 although better probe arrangement would probably have given the same result.
Ridiculous. ECCM should obviously be nerfed somehow. And links should obviously be nerfed too. An extra 40% repping power! Such ludicrously high bonuses makes this practically compulsory for a solo pilot in a big ship. That is not a GÇÿgoodGÇÖ decision from a gameplay perspective. Having said that, I can now sympathise with the view that links do allow small gang and solo feats that would otherwise be impossible (like a 3000 EHP repping Dominix).
So conflicted. Sigh.
I promise IGÇÖll put my soapbox away and post an actual fight next time.
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Noragen Neirfallas
Dedicated and Dangerous The Marmite Collective
1349
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Posted - 2015.07.20 03:41:27 -
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Zappity wrote:Poor, defenceless little Svippy died to a merciless gate camp: Svipul: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47498665 They clearly knew about the Thera entry and were ready for visitors so full marks for that. Lots of nullsec groups seem to forget that wormholes exist. I decided that something really ought to be done about these gatecamps. I further decided that I would need a battleship for such occasions (what could possibly go wrong?) and so started taking a closer look at the Dominix. I came up with a horrendously expensive fit which repped about 2,100 EHP/second. (More on that when I inevitably lose it in a hugely embarrassing manner.) Out of curiosity, I decided to see what difference links would make to such a beast. What follows is no doubt old news to most of you (especially anyone familiar with the whole "Slippery Pete" caper) but was a journey of discovery for me. I fitted a Legion up with one of each armour link and saw that the DominixGÇÖs repair amount increased to almost 3,000 EHP/second: +41% repping power. In what I assume is a common thought progression, I then decided that such a link ship would have to be a) Nullified, b) Covert, and c) difficult to scan down: [Legion, Links] Nanofiber Internal Structure II Nanofiber Internal Structure II 'Halcyon' Core Equalizer I 'Halcyon' Core Equalizer I Command Processor I Command Processor I Conjunctive Radar ECCM Scanning Array I Conjunctive Radar ECCM Scanning Array I Conjunctive Radar ECCM Scanning Array I Armored Warfare Link - Damage Control II Armored Warfare Link - Passive Defense II Armored Warfare Link - Rapid Repair II Covert Ops Cloaking Device II [Empty High slot] [Empty High slot] Medium Processor Overclocking Unit I Medium Processor Overclocking Unit I Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints I Legion Defensive - Warfare Processor Legion Electronics - Dissolution Sequencer Legion Engineering - Capacitor Regeneration Matrix Legion Offensive - Covert Reconfiguration Legion Propulsion - Interdiction Nullifier In order to determine how difficult this would actually be to probe down I sent Innocent Scout to SiSi with her Cheetah. Innocent Scout's relevant scanning skills are perfect so I merely had to play around with the fit and implants. This was my starting point, Innocent's regular T2 scanning fit: [Cheetah, T2 fit] Covert Ops Cloaking Device II [Empty High slot] Expanded Probe Launcher II, Sisters Combat Scanner Probe 5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive Scan Rangefinding Array II Scan Rangefinding Array II Scan Pinpointing Array II Co-Processor I Micro Auxiliary Power Core I Inertial Stabilizers II Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade II Small Warp Core Optimizer II (The Warp Core Optimizer is for Thera and is T2 because I can.) The Legion hit was only 72%. Adding a third Rangefinding array only increased this to 73% due to stacking penalties. Swapping the T2 probe launcher for the Sisters variant increased it to 74%. What about implants? Adding the Prospector AR-810 achieved 81% and this was increased to 88% with low-grade Virtues. The result was 98.3% with mid-grade Virtues. I finally got a warpable hit by adding a Prospector AR-802 although better probe arrangement would probably have given the same result. Ridiculous. ECCM should obviously be nerfed somehow. And links should obviously be nerfed too. An extra 40% repping power! Such ludicrously high bonuses makes this practically compulsory for a solo pilot in a big ship. That is not a GÇÿgoodGÇÖ decision from a gameplay perspective. Having said that, I can now sympathise with the view that links do allow small gang and solo feats that would otherwise be impossible (like a 3000 EHP repping Dominix). So conflicted. Sigh. I promise IGÇÖll put my soapbox away and post an actual fight next time. Sadly this is why link ALTs are common. Its practically compulsory in small scale engagements. Have a browse of what skirmish links with the implant does to you while kiting
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Mike Adoulin
Adolescent Radioactive Pirate Hamsters
1344
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Posted - 2015.07.20 11:57:31 -
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I thought combat links only worked on-grid now?
Except for the Orca, which can apparently still do off-grid combat boosting (if you set it up for that).
Everything in EVE is a trap.
And if it isn't, it's your job to make it a trap...:)
You want to know what immorality in EVE Online looks like? Look no further than Ripard "Jester" Teg.
Chribba is the Chuck Norris of EVE.
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Noragen Neirfallas
Dedicated and Dangerous The Marmite Collective
1357
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Posted - 2015.07.20 13:00:49 -
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Mike Adoulin wrote:I thought combat links only worked on-grid now?
Except for the Orca, which can apparently still do off-grid combat boosting (if you set it up for that). News to me. Got a link? I've been out of it other then a few bits and pieces for near on 2 months
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Zappity
WiNGSPAN Delivery Services
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Posted - 2015.07.20 13:28:20 -
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No, not yet. They want to put combat links on grid but apparently need to wait until their 'brain in a box' code is working before they can do it.
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Zappity
WiNGSPAN Delivery Services
2392
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Posted - 2015.07.24 14:27:45 -
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Fountain! You hear a lot about Fountain these days. The extent of my knowledge is that a) Brave lives here (although why they ever decided to become entangled with sov warfare is well beyond me), and b) that much of the population of nullsec has descended upon them to teach them a lesson. I am happily oblivious as to what said message entails.
[Edit: Yes, I know this is out of date but I had already written it and couldnGÇÖt be bothered to revise it.]
What I was not oblivious to was that another Svipul was following me from system to system like a lost puppy. I had set a meandering course toward a promisingly dense ratting constellation and was slowly working my way over, keeping an eye out for lazy pilots on the way.
The Svipul pilot had picked me up quite close to the Thera entry system. After five or six jumps I asked him if he was stalking me. In response, he offered a 1v1. I decided to let him stew a little longer and stayed true to my course. I don't like arranged fights very much.
I was quite disappointed with the size of the local population to be honest. I was expecting hordes of pilots swarming over every anomaly, fighting for the opportunity to be picked off by yours truly. What I saw was mostly empty systems with the occasional dimly lit spot. Quite sad, really.
But never mind that. The Svipul followed me through a gate into a quiet system. I held cloak. He decloaked and burned to the gate. I finally decloaked and he instantly aggressed, rapidly approaching under what appeared to be MWD acceleration.
This was actually rather a boring fight but I am telling you about it because I was very well behaved and didn't make any silly mistakes. Just to show you that I can do it if I really try, you understand.
We were both confident of our fits and were content to sit at zero, duking it out. I immediately saw that he was shield buffer fit and had evidently filled up his lows with damage mods. The DPS hurt, and I was only slowly chipping his shield away. I left my shield repper overheated but turned the heat off my guns, which were starting to get toasty.
My shield was getting gradually lower each cycle so I took my Blue Pill. I was startled to see the shield immediately drop even further but then realised I had received the penalty to shield amount. That was fine - the reps more than made up for it. He finally entered armour was sitting in his pod soon after.
My defeated opponent warped away and immediately requested my fit. He said I was repping too much and accused me of having links. My Scout is Innocent of such a charge and I valiantly defended my honour. He then said I must have a crystal set. I told him this was realms of fantasy for nullsec. But I confessed to my Blue Pill addiction and he seemed content with this revelation of foul play.
Buffer Svipul: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47617113
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Kindred Esprit
ALEHEADS Apocalypse Now.
1
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Posted - 2015.07.24 14:56:02 -
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Nice, I've thought about roaming Fountain as well. |
Xavi Bastanold
Parallax Shift The Periphery
51
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Posted - 2015.07.26 15:26:25 -
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Interesting. 25k+ buffer tank(in defensive) with dps that approaches 500 with all Vs. Scram but no web. Good on you, man. I need to learn more about pills.
Good hunting,
Xavi
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Zappity
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Posted - 2015.08.02 01:54:32 -
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I had logged off in Deklein a week before, right in the middle of a tasty ratting area. I figured that they would wait for me until I returned home from a trip away. Sure enough, they were all still there when I logged back in a week later.
Everybody talks about goon AFK Ishtars but I didn't actually come across any. They were all very much on the ball and in warp by the time I landed. A little down the road I found a Sabre waiting patiently on a gate. Innocent Scout escaped this time (she has had some bad experiences lately) and Zappity hopped through to take the fight.
The Sabre put a bubble up and tackled the Svipul. So I killed it and podded him, escaping moments before the inevitable backup landed.
Sabre: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47830932 Pod: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47830934
The local ratters started linking gifs at me in local. I hate gifs in local and never open them. To punish them, I cloaked and went afk while doing the dishes. When I returned they seemed to be getting a little excitable so I left the system and headed toward a distant Thera entry on the other side of Fade.
I made a slight detour to investigate an SMA ratting pocket which was just a few jumps out of the way. I found an Ishtar at a plex, tackled him and went into orbit while juggling my modules.
Now, before you read this next bit I want you to understand what a terrible affliction jet lag is. It is obviously a VERY good excuse for poor flying.
The Ishtar's heavy drones were soon winging their way toward me after abandoning their efforts against the local rats. They started to hit me. It really hurt. I was shocked to see myself suddenly in armour and then my pod! I hardly had time to dent his shield.
I sat there, wondering why my faithful Svippy had so let me down. I then realised that I had forgotten to switch from Propulsion to Defence mode. Oh boy.
Please go back up and read the paragraph on jet lag again. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it.
I self-destructed my pod and was sitting in Amarr when my Ishtar opponent convoed me. He had been AFK in the shower and just returned to find a nice, expensive solo kill added to the tally.
This is so embarrassing. But I did promise to be honest!
Svipul: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47834002
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Mike Adoulin
Adolescent Radioactive Pirate Hamsters
1348
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Posted - 2015.08.02 03:47:50 -
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You evil AFK cloaker, you...;)
Also, confirming even if you were in Tank Mode, the Ishtar probably would have killed you anyway.
Just would have taken a bit longer, that's all.
Everything in EVE is a trap.
And if it isn't, it's your job to make it a trap...:)
You want to know what immorality in EVE Online looks like? Look no further than Ripard "Jester" Teg.
Chribba is the Chuck Norris of EVE.
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Xavi Bastanold
Parallax Shift The Periphery
52
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Posted - 2015.08.02 21:09:30 -
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In fact, that pretty much underscores how op an ishtar is. In the shower while the hvy drones(hvy vs a dessie in prop mode) auto kill whatever happens to be in range.
Good hunting,
Xavi
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Demerius Xenocratus
Rapid Withdrawal
556
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Posted - 2015.08.02 23:46:14 -
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Zappity wrote:I had logged off in Deklein a week before, right in the middle of a tasty ratting area. I figured that they would wait for me until I returned home from a trip away. Sure enough, they were all still there when I logged back in a week later. Everybody talks about goon AFK Ishtars but I didn't actually come across any. They were all very much on the ball and in warp by the time I landed. A little down the road I found a Sabre waiting patiently on a gate. Innocent Scout escaped this time (she has had some bad experiences lately) and Zappity hopped through to take the fight. The Sabre put a bubble up and tackled the Svipul. So I killed it and podded him, escaping moments before the inevitable backup landed. Sabre: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47830932 Pod: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47830934 The local ratters started linking gifs at me in local. I hate gifs in local and never open them. To punish them, I cloaked and went afk while doing the dishes. When I returned they seemed to be getting a little excitable so I left the system and headed toward a distant Thera entry on the other side of Fade. I made a slight detour to investigate an SMA ratting pocket which was just a few jumps out of the way. I found an Ishtar at a plex, tackled him and went into orbit while juggling my modules. Now, before you read this next bit I want you to understand what a terrible affliction jet lag is. It is obviously a VERY good excuse for poor flying. The Ishtar's heavy drones were soon winging their way toward me after abandoning their efforts against the local rats. They started to hit me. It really hurt. I was shocked to see myself suddenly in armour and then my pod! I hardly had time to dent his shield. I sat there, wondering why my faithful Svippy had so let me down. I then realised that I had forgotten to switch from Propulsion to Defence mode. Oh boy. Please go back up and read the paragraph on jet lag again. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it. I self-destructed my pod and was sitting in Amarr when my Ishtar opponent convoed me. He had been AFK in the shower and just returned to find a nice, expensive solo kill added to the tally. This is so embarrassing. But I did promise to be honest! Svipul: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47834002
The AFK-tar fit they seem to be using lately has no resist holes, lowest is above 60%. So it can permatank 4-500 DPS while the Wasps throw out ~700 DPS with the hull's monster tracking and speed bonus on heavy drones.
It looks like shield kite Stratios with triple neut is the only thing that's been killing them lately. Svipul probably can't get high enough DPS to break the tank.
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Zappity
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Posted - 2015.08.03 09:27:48 -
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Demerius Xenocratus wrote:The AFK-tar fit they seem to be using lately has no resist holes, lowest is above 60%. So it can permatank 4-500 DPS while the Wasps throw out ~700 DPS with the hull's monster tracking and speed bonus on heavy drones. Well that's disappointing. The ability to do that whilst afk spells broken to me.
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Zappity
WiNGSPAN Delivery Services
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Posted - 2015.08.03 11:04:03 -
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Here is a Pirate Story Thread contribution which, as a good and somewhat law-abiding member of the forums, I cannot post here due to the inclusion of a chat log: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5939392#post5939392
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Xavi Bastanold
Parallax Shift The Periphery
53
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Posted - 2015.08.03 15:37:06 -
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Zap, the pirate story was golden. Pure gold. I need to find the time to talk piratey on local or in convo. That sounds like way too much fun. 'Course machine is too crap for me to play at present, but when I have a new machine, it'll be "Avast there, scurvy pup, or it's havoc upon your soul!" Yarr.
Good hunting,
Xavi
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Cara Forelli
Green Skull LLC
1141
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Posted - 2015.08.03 17:24:47 -
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I have spent the last two weeks trying to ransom a wormhole corp after killing a few of their rattlesnakes but they won't pay up either! Why are carebears so distrusting? Maybe I need to use more pirate vernacular.
PS: Drone tracking is such a strange mechanic! I was testing blingy purifier fits (to see if I could tank a rattlesnake of course). I was testing against a brutix with hammerheads (a full unbonused flight of mediums). I was shocked to discover that my AB bomber took full damage from the medium drones as they trailed behind me, unless a web was applied, in which case they started to miss a bit. With two webs on the bomber the hammerheads could barely hit me at all because they were orbiting me and ruining their own tracking!
Later against a rattlesnake with navy wasps I found out that although the wasps had higher max speed than my bomber their agility was worse such that if I flew in a fast tight orbit around the rattlesnake they couldn't keep up. So sometimes it's better to be moving fast and sometimes it's better to not be moving at all! It's so random and difficult to predict, not to mention trying to sig tank 5 separate turret platforms is challenging enough.
I wonder if it would make more sense to give drones missile-like application, such that lights would always apply better than mediums, which would always apply better than heavies, etc. Of course we've seen with missiles that this is difficult to balance...still....sounds nice. To F&I?
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Zappity
Stay Frosty. A Band Apart.
2425
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Posted - 2015.08.12 10:15:32 -
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Yeah drone damage application is still pretty wacky, even after the recent changes. You often get more damage from heavy drones with a single web on target vs double webs. They still do that flying out of range thing very easily.
I killed an Astero to death in Provi. He lingered in his relic site too long and I caught him good:
Astero: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47853640
Unfortunately, I then proceeded to linger too long myself in a ratting pocket. I was then foolish enough to bite on an obvious Dominix cyno bait. I managed to get him to about a quarter hull before he lit his cyno and the defence fleet landed on me. I honestly think he was just toying with me:
Stratios: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47853860
For my next trick I tried to kill a Tengu in a Maze. I had figured out the gates from someoneGÇÖs helpful video (sorry, I forget which one):
Press F11 and have d-scan facing north Room 1 GÇô the gate faces 4 oGÇÖclock Room 2 GÇô 8 oGÇÖclock Room 3 GÇô 12 oGÇÖclock Room 4 GÇô 9 oGÇÖclock
The ratting Tengu was in the second room. The cheeky bugger aggressed me as soon as I landed! That's just not right. He is meant to run in terror. I charged towards him but swiftly realised that the rats had switched aggro to me and were quickly depleting my armour tank. I managed to warp away just before I hit hull.
IGÇÖm not sure how to kill these Maze ratters. They are terribly conceited, just sitting there watching you on d-scan and mocking you in local. I need to ponder the situation. I am determined to kill them.
On the journey back to Thera I checked the new www.timerboard.net and decided upon the Fountain/Cloud Ring border as my next destination. Fozziesov had just landed this was the most active region. I expected to find myself crowded out by the crashing waves of opposing armies, fiercely contesting Fountain.
What I actually found was a lone interceptor, and that was only after half an hour wandering through the desolate wastes. I thought he was trying to salvage a beacon but have since been induced to believe that he was using his entosis link. I decloaked at 50 km and killed him with Warriors because he couldn't warp away.
It was thrilling.
Claw: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=47895505
I jumped back to lowsec to my learning clone before another trip away (I am of the sincere opinion that the Pacific is far too large) but wished I hadn't after I returned. My lowsec roam was disastrous. This was SOLELY due to the fact that I was again jet lagged.
I lost five Firetails in exchange for an Atron, Venture and a Stealth Bomber. What a noob - he aggressed on a station when I was not suspect and was rapidly torn apart by the station guns!
These losses were a mixture of poor warp-in choices, hanging around too long, taking on too many people at once and generally just being bad and out of practice. The only excusable loss was when I forgot that lowsec had gate guns and went to town on a cruiser. He appeared mildly amused by the rapidity with which I was dispatched.
Quire understandable and totally different to station guns.
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Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
1229
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Posted - 2015.08.12 16:09:10 -
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Do you have an example for the current AFKtar meta?
I'm my own NPC alt.
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Zappity
Stay Frosty. A Band Apart.
2426
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Posted - 2015.08.12 23:11:14 -
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Tipa Riot wrote:Do you have an example for the current AFKtar meta? Sorry, please clarify the question.
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Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
1231
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Posted - 2015.08.13 11:37:59 -
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Zappity wrote:Tipa Riot wrote:Do you have an example for the current AFKtar meta? Sorry, please clarify the question. A killmail link with the stats mentioned above ...something like that: https://zkillboard.com/kill/48430783/ ?
I'm my own NPC alt.
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Zappity
Stay Frosty. A Band Apart.
2429
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Posted - 2015.08.21 21:57:04 -
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Mission-runner baiting was the ideal occupation whilst recovering from my terrible Firetail losses.
I checked dotlan for shining beacons of bearishness and ended up in Korsiki. It didn't take long to find my first victim, a Caracal Navy Issue who gave me the Carebear Stare. He asked me what I was doing in his site. I told him it was nothing sinister and that I was merely after all of his loot and that he had better hand it over on fear of death!
He didn't respond but when he finally whittled the field down to the last rat (Terzam, or something along those lines) I zoomed over to the wreck and quickly emptied it.
My companion was unhappy about that but did not warp out. The stare continued. I confessed in local that I had filched his goodies and that I was willing to do battle for the drop. I gave him fair warning: "But you will die. Mua ha ha." He aggressed.
I went straight into orbit and began laying into him. I was working hard, overheating both guns and reps and accumulating the sort of heat you would expect. When I was halfway through his shields I remembered that I was in a drone boat and launched my Acolytes. (Well I can't get everything right, can I? You just wouldn't believe me.)
He had just entered armour when both my rappers burned out. Stupid. I had actually turned the heat off in time but the residual was enough to tip them over the edge. I toyed with the idea of warping out but decided that one of us would explode.
The fact that I was in a Gallente ship saved the day, the Caracal Navy exploding in a very satisfying manner when I was a third of the way through my hull.
Caracal Navy: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48230607
After gfs were exchanged I complimented him on the creative version of a Mining Permit in his bio. It gave me a chuckle:
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Solid gold.
The next time I logged in The Citadel was far too quiet so I decided to transfer my attentions to my old stomping ground in Heimatar. I set the destination and was soon winging my way through Rancer (how sadly declined it is) and on the Lustrevik.
I began to stir the locals up. "I am Zappity the Mostly Fearless. I am here to inspect your wrecks for juicy loot and to destroy any who dare oppose me! No ship can stand against the mighty Ishkur!"
Silence.
I then asked the audience in general why highsec local was so quiet. (Again with the silence.) I asked them whether all missions took that long, why they were so boring, and couldn't they please find something better to do like fighting a fearsome opponent? (That was me, by the way.)
Whether he took pity on me, was goaded into action by my incessant noise or was oblivious to my ineffectual taunting, a Dominix finally aggressed. I spent some time killing his drones before transferring my attention to his ship. The room full of rats then turned their collective attention to me all at once. This made things very interesting for a while.
He requested mercy when he realised he was going to die. ("Begged" is too strong a word for the mildly keen requests.) As I said, he requested mercy but I politely declined and finished him off.
Dominix: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48339317
I sent him some ISK because I like to encourage them to have a go. My suspicion that he was a little disgruntled was confirmed when he rage quit after enquiring as to 'why people have to be dicks'. Oh well. I saw him a couple of hours later in another battleship which sternly refused to aggress my ship.
I continued to torment the locals after dinner. They became feisty after a while. Role playing a pirate in highsec can be quite amusing and I have actually found it to be a useful way to encourage people to aggress. Whether this is because they just want to kill me even more or just because I appear less of a threat when prattling away like a complete numpty I have yet to discern.
I had mercilessly pillaged the loot from a particular Maelstrom's mission several times before he finally called me out in local. He told me that I wasn't fearless at all, and that I would flee from a serious threat. Another local chimed in and asked what percentage of fearless I was. We had quite the philosophical discussion about it and eventually arrived at 81%, although I confessed that this figure was directly correlated to the amount of alcohol that had been imbibed shortly before any particular threat was taken into consideration.
Anyway, the discussion was cut short by the Maelstrom's guns. My adversary's scram was an indisputable indication that he was ready for me, something further strengthened by the medium, rather than large, guns that he was sporting. This didn't worry me much and I went into a tight orbit while frantically killing his drones.
What worried me most was the neut. I was soon relying on cap boosters with the result that my afterburner kept shutting down, further increasing the damage I took. I toyed with the idea of trying to escape but decided to stick it out. To be honest, my armour wasn't in a good way and I would probably have died on the align out anyway. Regardless, his guns landed a lucky hit and I was soon just a pod next to a smoking wreck.
That was a great fight. I had killed an awful lot of drones and he must have been close to empty. But he was victorious and I honoured him in local. A good encouragement to the rest of them!
Ishkur: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48344080
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Zappity
Stay Frosty. A Band Apart.
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Posted - 2015.08.21 21:58:52 -
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Tipa Riot wrote:Zappity wrote:Tipa Riot wrote:Do you have an example for the current AFKtar meta? Sorry, please clarify the question. A killmail link with the stats mentioned above ...something like that: https://zkillboard.com/kill/48430783/ ? Sorry Tipa, I haven't managed to kill one. They are omni tank and use heavies but I am not inducted into the hall of bearishness so don't know the details.
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Xavi Bastanold
Parallax Shift The Periphery
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Posted - 2015.08.24 15:55:52 -
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Zap, I think you found the perfect medium for pirate rp. Sounds like fun.
Good hunting,
Xavi
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Zappity
Stay Frosty. A Band Apart.
2445
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Posted - 2015.08.31 08:06:48 -
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I decided to go to Providence. Down with the Imperium! But before setting course I decided to snack upon some more Lustrevik locals. I commenced with a Drake and pod chaser, just to whet the appetite:
Drake: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48357091 Pod: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48357095
In order not to discriminate against the Caldari I next selected a Hurricane:
Hurricane: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48364699 Pod: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48364703
A Cyclone became the next course with the pilot happily donating a capsule to the cause:
Cyclone: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48366520 Pod: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48366527
I enjoyed this one so much that I went back for another:
Cyclone: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48386420 Pod: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48386422
Last on the list was a Bellicose. This cheeky beggar baited me with a heavily tanked Procurer on the station undock before coming to the 'rescue' in the cruiser when it became apparent that the mining barge's tank was failing. I chased the mining barge to an asteroid belt after finishing off the Bellicose, desperately lunging for him as he successfully entered warp to safety.
Bellicose: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48477166
What I found most interesting is that, of these five pilots, three asked for PvP fits and advice on how to get into this most enticing side of the game. I am usually friendly after killing people and am willing to answer their questions. This is also somewhat self-selecting since the pilot has chosen to aggress first.
So next time you kill a mission runner you are really just doing them a service. Offer to answer their questions and be friendly. You might help them over the 'being willing to shoot another pilot' hurdle.
While on the way to Providence I hopped into the CVA diplo channel and asked if they would let me into their stations for the duration of the invasion. In return, I promised to not kill them. They explained that I could be a spy or turncoat and that they would therefore be unlikely to set me blue.
Spy! Turncoat! I explained that I had always been upfront and honest about my dealings with Providence (namely killing them for fun as per this magnificent post https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5689907#post5689907) but that I was incensed by the Imperium invasion and wished to help. They declined. So bugger GÇÿem, I say.
Regardless, I soon arrived at Kari and jumped in, an uninvited and very much unwelcome guest. No gate camp! Very lax. IGÇÖm not surprised they are losing so many I-Hubs, albeit much more slowly than expected (which is great). After going a couple of jumps I found a Sabre on a gate. It was a goon Sabre along with two other CFC toons in local. So obviously I attacked him.
He bubbled up and valiantly decloaked his Falcon along with a second Sabre. I hate Falcons. But what else could I expect? So I killed the Sabre while slowboating back to the gate under perma-jam (long live drones!) and was busily chewing through the Falcon when he did a Brave Sir Robin. What a noob.
Sabre: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48655481
The next Sabre I came across was a Provi one. He attacked me! So I killed him good, too. Purely in self defence.
Sabre: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48695367 Pod: Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec.
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Zappity
Stay Frosty. A Band Apart.
2446
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Posted - 2015.09.04 11:28:25 -
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As I mentioned last time, our illustrious leaders in A Band Apart decided to set up a nullsec outpost. Well, not Set Up an Outpost but rather to establish our good selves in a nullsec system with a pre-existing station to call out very own. They had made some sort of shady arrangement with a nullsec mob I'd never heard of (sorry FEIGN, please don't take it personally since I haven't heard of most nullsec entities, mobs or otherwise) to take one of their stations. We had been given the opportunity to take a couple of systems plus station without resistance (from the owners at any rate) in order to increase PvP content in the area.
I gave Innocent Scout and Zappity their marching orders and they quickly arrived due to the magnificent connectedness of Thera. The next day I logged in to the middle of a scuffle between the ABA guys (that's us) and some disgruntled locals who were being very mean, trying to switch off our station services. Apparently, they did not like the idea of a PvP group moving in. They had a nice, quiet ratting pocket next door and we're distinctly unimpressed with the idea of us sitting bored just a couple of brief jumps away.
We were at a distinct disadvantage since we were not nearly as prepared as we ought to have been. There were no hulls available in the station either on the market or on contract. Our logistics were not yet established, meaning that we didn't have any modules available either. So they took some station services offline while we cowered in station, unable to bring the fight and receiving only an IOU for future destruction as their reward.
However, later in the day I was present when we reinforced the station and took the Territorial Control Unit using entosis links, first on the TCU itself and then on the newly spawned command nodes. This was much more to our liking since these nodes and very much like ungated faction warfare plexes. It is a very troubling experience, sitting there on the mode and unable to exercise the capsuleer's natural right (namely, the ability to run away).
The requisite number of nodes were completed after about half an hour and the state of affairs inevitably progressed to the realisation that now we needed to deploy a new TCU. This was very amusing. We were clueless. Do you need roles to anchor the TCU? Do offline station services come back online when the station enters freeport? What about after the freeport? Is the timer exactly 48 hours? And so on and on.
Eventually we just decided to do it the ABA way and just try to do it. Someone dropped the TCU and was thoroughly confused by the option to 'launch for self'. Nevertheless, we persisted on the assumption for "How hard can it be?" and we're soon cycling an entosis link on the thing after alternative ideas (like shooting it) were exhausted. And so shortly we were proudly gazing upon the ABA logo as it circled the newly anchored deployable. I felt like someone should have made a speech.
We went through the same thing the new the day with the station command nodes. I had expecting resistance from our erstwhile persecutors and had spent a few hours bringing in lots of compressed ore for the production of Vexors (reasonably fitted) and logi (atrociously fitted because I haven't got a clue about logi). I also made a truckload of attrition destroyers and frigates, Thrashers and Catalysts as well as Mauluses and Griffins, in case we needed cheap ships to throw at our adversaries.
It was all, however, for nought, with not a single competing entosis ship making an appearance. It was a bit disappointing. Oh well, I'm sure the ships won't go astray. And the locals will no doubt come to visit after we kill them a few times.
Speaking of which, our motley crew of brigands demanded action before the station timer had started. One of the guys commented that there was a ratting Thanatos just one system over. He was not blue to us and we started getting ideas above our station. Or, to be more precise, ideas above THEIR station, ideas involving bubbles and lots of DPS.
It took about 20 minutes before the wormhole contingent of the alliance arrived in suitable ships, with the few of us already in null assembled on the gate awaiting the command. The wormhole Interdictor jumped into the system and made a beeline for the station. He quickly bubbled up before we all jumped in. The Thanatos ran for the station, straight into the bubble.
We warped to the Interdictor, arriving at about the same time as the doomed carrier. When I locked him up I saw that he was already in low armour (no repper?) and it only took us a minute to chew through his hull.
Thanatos: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48752976
Now for some of you battle-hardened large fleet types this is, no doubt, not particularly impressive. But it was my first ever carrier kill and I was very proud of it.
Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec.
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Xavi Bastanold
Parallax Shift The Periphery
55
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Posted - 2015.09.04 14:30:03 -
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Best of luck to SF and ABA in null. Sounds like a new fun chapter is beginning. Yar.
Good hunting,
Xavi
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Zappity
the 57th Overlanders Brigade A Band Apart.
2448
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Posted - 2015.09.08 10:11:42 -
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Ratters everywhere. And there's me forgetting to put the Expanded Probe Launcher on my Svipul. I had decided to test the waters in our new base and so put up a fleet ad and hopped on teamspeak. Before long I had a couple of partners in crime and we were winging our way through Scalding Pass in destroyers, hunting for victims.
I checked dotlan and linked us toward a couple of bearish looking systems. We were chased out of the first one we arrived at with some hard-counter ships to whom we lost our Catalyst. Our hasty retreat meant that I landed in the waiting arms of a Hecate on a gate. He redboxed and I ordered us to open fire. We killed him very quickly. I think he may have forgotten to switch to defense mode, just like someone else who shall not be named.
Hecate: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48805888
A few snide comments were left in local at our passing. We were distinctly unwelcome in the ratting systems. Honestly, what do these ratters expect? To be left alone in peace? Disgraceful! At the next ratting system we were greeted by a Rupture who warped to me at 50km. I figured he was artillery fit and so spiralled in on him with an overheated MWD. He died very quickly, especially when Thane decloaked his Stealth Bomber and started getting his volleys off.
Rupture: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48806124
Ha! We died less than they did! OP success for the first fleet I have ever led.
I logged in later in the day and saw one of the Stay Frosty directors talking about a Pirate Detection Array. Apparently our system did not yet have a high enough Military Index for this particular thingy to be installed somewhere or other. I felt it my civic duty to assist and therefore did a quick run to Amarr to pick up a few Ishtar and Gila hulls.
On the way, I played around with some fits (admittedly under the guiding light of the killboards of the undisputed ratting masters in Deklein) and arrived at the following:
[Ishtar, Angels Ishtar v1]
Capacitor Flux Coil II Capacitor Flux Coil II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II Pith B-Type Explosive Deflection Field Pith X-Type Large Shield Booster Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
[Empty High slot] [Empty High slot] [Empty High slot] [Empty High slot]
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit II Medium Capacitor Control Circuit II
Hornet EC-300 x5 Berserker II x5
The B-type is only 4m but the X-type is over 100m. You can swap the active Pith B-Type Explosive Deflection Field for a passive Pithum C-Type Explosive Deflection Amplifier (under 1m ISK) if you want to swap to T1 rigs.
This will drop your Explosive resist from 85.0% to 81.4%. Both variants are cap stable at ~38%. Other resists are EM 30.0%, Thermal 72.0%, Kinetic 89.5%.
This fit does 636 DPS with the heavy Berserkers which deal Explosive damage for Angels. If you use the expensive (20m each) Augmented variety you get 700 dps. The drone control range is about 80 km but the tank does not rely on speed or range. Just warp, align out and let the drones do their work while cycling all the things.
It was truly boring. But it was, admittedly, somewhat relaxing and cathartic after the stress (albeit enjoyable) of a PvP roam. I did an Angel Port (whatever that is) and then a Hidden Something-or-Other and was halfway through a Forsaken Whatsit when a neutral entered the system. A neutral! In our home system! The hide of it!
I checked d-scan and saw a Taranis who was no doubt greedily eyeing my Ishtar with evil stirring in his heart. I aligned out and collected my drones before warping to the station via a safe.
Yamir KeGÇÖShark, the aforementioned piratical specimen from Agony, told me that he would not have tried to kill my Ishtar in his Taranis. I chose to disbelieve him, knowing that I myself would have done exactly that although I happily acknowledged that I would almost certainly have died in the process. He then teased me about carebearing!
Ha! Me, a carebear! All I was doing was ratting in an anomaly with an AFKtar! For all he knew it could have been a trap. Anyway, why can't they all just leave us alone to rat in peace? Disgraceful!
Unfortunately, I decided to stay docked in order to have dinner and was therefore absent when the alliance's honour was upheld by two persistent corpies who tracked the blackguard down and killed him just a few jumps later. Innocent Scout, cloaked, observed his pod enter the Thera wormhole from whence he evidently came with enormous satisfaction.
Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec.
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Xavi Bastanold
Parallax Shift The Periphery
56
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Posted - 2015.09.08 15:39:22 -
[389] - Quote
Pirates with sov. Love it. Make sure to call the station something appropriate like Tortuga.
Btw has there ever been a pirate coalition in EVE? Something that impacts both lo and null sec?
Good hunting,
Xavi
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Zappity
the 57th Overlanders Brigade A Band Apart.
2455
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Posted - 2015.09.16 08:21:37 -
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I awoke to a phone ablaze with Slack notifications and pings and whatnot. The German corp from a couple of systems away were attacking our station!
Not working that day meant I was in no rush to get moving and thus sat at my computer with a coffee and logged in. Only half a dozen ABA people were in null and we were outnumbered both in number and ship type. They were disabling station services.
We decided to take the fight, even though we were badly under-equipped and very likely to lose. DPS cruisers plus my magnificent local tank Dominix undocked simultaneously and we fought! Oddsodz ran the fleet and told us to kill the Caracal first. Then we switched to their Dominix before we lost too much DPS and had to run away.
Dominix: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?eid=48820322
Despite being primaried my own Dominix survived, a fact for which I was very happy. The battle report would have looked quite different otherwise! It is expensive.
This fight, however, did not end the trouble. We really needed either more people or more large ships. They had already managed to entose the Fitting and Repair services. (I'm pretty sure that isn't a verb but never mind because it is much neater than the alternatives I have seen.) So I broke out my stash of pre-built suicide Griffins and threw them up on contract. These have one of each meta 4 ECM module fit but there are plenty of each available on the market for those who wanted to specialise against a particular ship.
The idea is that you undock/warp in, F1-F4 and click on the entosing ship. Align to your undock/safe and enter warp as soon as you either succeed or fail to land jams. It takes about two seconds. If they catch you, try and get your pod away before collecting another ship. The ships only cost 2m and are (in my mind anyway) utterly disposable.
This was a useful strategy because entosis cycles are disrupted by jams. And the entosis cycle cannot be prematurely stopped, so the entosing ship needs to finish the current cycle before starting again. It is intensely frustrating. Which is great.
After about half an hour of this procedure at the station, TCU and I-Hub we noticed that some of their ships were starting to warp away. It was nearly 1am in Germany and the poor little things were obviously tired. Ten minutes later, they had all departed and the station services were switched back on and we were back to business as usual.
We talked after this event and came to the realisation that we really needed to be able to take the fight to the enemy's system. Unfortunately, the politics were complicated by their station being owned by blues which meant that they were effectively attacking from an unassailable position. So the decision was made to pull out and begin looking for a better opportunity. Rixx Javix wrote about this in fuller detail at http://eveoganda.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-journey-to-null-sec.html.
Frankly, I was quite pleased with this decision. The complicated arrangement by which we had entered sov was not to my liking. Next time we will carefully identify our hapless victim and then CRUSH THEM!!! Mua ha ha!
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