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Alien Squirrel
Forever Winter Absolute Zero.
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Posted - 2014.07.29 00:49:00 -
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Is it not a viable tactic to counter sentry blobs via a few Battleships with a MJD and a rack of smart bombs or a few stealth bombers to just destroy all the sentries? |
Abyssum Invocat
Justified Chaos
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Posted - 2014.07.29 01:02:00 -
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Why not just use sniping BSes with MJDs? |
Voyager Arran
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.07.29 03:58:00 -
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You can outrange them with specific setups (assuming you're talking about Ishtars), but then you typically have a fleet that's not good at anything but sniping at sentry drones and Ishtars are mobile enough to just leave if they don't like that fight. Bombing / smartbombing is unreliable since smart fleets can just spend a few seconds starbursting before dropping their drones so that they can't be killed in one aoe. |
Christopher Mabata
Dominion Tenebrarum Reverberation Project
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Posted - 2014.07.31 02:54:00 -
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Yea those two pretty much covered it, either you kite and they leave or their too spread out for that to work well. I would just get outside of the sentry's optimal to try and cut the alpha back a bit and then bring the drones down from mid range where they may stay and take the fight. Is it bad if your friend says "that was a Metaphor" and you say "Meta 4? Get Tech II or faction" ?I love the sound of silent explosions in Space.-á |
Thanatos Marathon
Black Fox Marauders Repeat 0ffenders
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Posted - 2014.07.31 03:35:00 -
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or orbit them with your AB on and laugh. BLFOX is currently recruiting |
Rahelis
Space-Brewery-Association 24eme Legion Etrangere
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Posted - 2014.07.31 08:15:00 -
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Sentry are too powerfil atm - but CCP can not fix everything at the same instance.
Jamming sentries works quite good. |
Nadine Jones
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.07.31 08:40:00 -
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The counter to Ishtars: bring more Ishtars! |
Danny John-Peter
Snuff Box
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Posted - 2014.07.31 09:01:00 -
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Nadine Jones wrote:The counter to Ishtars: bring more Ishtars!
Arty Machs and Archons. |
Xuixien
The Dark Space Initiative Scary Wormhole People
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Posted - 2014.07.31 16:25:00 -
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Kill them hard. Epic Space Cat |
Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
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Posted - 2014.07.31 23:53:00 -
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Christopher Mabata wrote:Yea those two pretty much covered it, either you kite and they leave or their too spread out for that to work well. I would just get outside of the sentry's optimal to try and cut the alpha back a bit and then bring the drones down from mid range where they may stay and take the fight.
And this is why you should stick to running Bomber's Bar.
Sentry optimal is 80km. So...get out of their optimal and get out of your targeting range. Watch the ishtars drop another set of sentries on you. Rinse, repeat, lose your fleet. J's before K's. Sudden Buggery is recruiting w-nerds and w-noobs. Mail your resume in today! http://www.localectomy.blogspot.com.au
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Ninteen Seventy-Nine
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.08.01 02:49:00 -
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your only realistic options are to either fight fire with fire or just disengage/force disengage
(which is usually a red flag in this game for something needing a major balancing action)
"The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain." |
Julius Foederatus
Spiritus Draconis Drunk 'n' Disorderly
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Posted - 2014.08.01 03:17:00 -
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Get yourself a fleet of dual prop hacs, get a warp in on top of the sentries, use a mobile MJD structure to get on top of them, or just mwd over to them. AB around the sentries at a range of 20km or less, kill the ishtars. You can use other ishtars, AB hml cerbs, or beam zealots fit for range. Hell you could even try tier 3 BCs fit for range, although I'd be concerned about tracking at that point. Make sure you have LR web support in case they try to close range to avoid dps.
If they abandon those drones and drop a new set, simply get a new warp in, mjd, or whatever on top of this new set after they've burnt off them and repeat the above process. Once they drop this new set, they'll be unable to reconnect to the old set if they abandon the most recent one, so you won't have to worry about getting shot from your old position.
Failing all that, you could join the chorus of bads in F&I and try crying until CCP nerfs the ishtar, sentries or both. |
Doctorkaba
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.08.01 14:00:00 -
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Julius Foederatus wrote:Get yourself a fleet of dual prop hacs, get a warp in on top of the sentries, use a mobile MJD structure to get on top of them, or just mwd over to them. AB around the sentries at a range of 20km or less, kill the ishtars. You can use other ishtars, AB hml cerbs, or beam zealots fit for range. Hell you could even try tier 3 BCs fit for range, although I'd be concerned about tracking at that point. Make sure you have LR web support in case they try to close range to avoid dps.
If they abandon those drones and drop a new set, simply get a new warp in, mjd, or whatever on top of this new set after they've burnt off them and repeat the above process. Once they drop this new set, they'll be unable to reconnect to the old set if they abandon the most recent one, so you won't have to worry about getting shot from your old position.
Failing all that, you could join the chorus of bads in F&I and try crying until CCP nerfs the ishtar, sentries or both.
And ofc, remember to spread points. Want some pvp help? Like to fly small and fast frigates? Then join the in game channel Tenori_Tigers! |
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