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July Borielle
Fweddit I Whip My Slaves Back and Forth
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Posted - 2014.07.31 00:09:00 -
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I would like someone to confirm or correct my understanding: fighter drones are about the size of a frigate, light drones are the optimal choice for killing frigates, therefore light drones should be used to kill light , medium, heavy drones and fighters. What about sentries? |
Xercodo
Xovoni Astronautical Manufacturing and Engineering
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Posted - 2014.07.31 00:21:00 -
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sentries are also about that same size, but don't move much. I still suggest lights. The Drake is a Lie |
Baneken
Arctic Light Inc. Arctic Light
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Posted - 2014.07.31 06:04:00 -
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frankly none because to kill 5 drones you need to target those 5 drones first, you're better off in killing their owner first and scooping up those drones later.
edit: to kill drones fit a smart bomb. |
Tao Dolcino
Jolly Jumpers Squad
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Posted - 2014.07.31 09:52:00 -
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It's situational, there's no generic answer. It depends on the distance at which the ennemy drones are, their size, their speed, your targeting speed... then you can decide which weapon to use against them. For example I use my sentries against big slow drones far away, but against small closing drones it's useless, i must use some light drones or turrets with a good tracking speed instead. Even on a drone boat, it's always a good thing to mount a few small turrets if you have some free high slots. Favoritism is good - CCP 2013 |
Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
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Posted - 2014.07.31 12:04:00 -
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Baneken wrote:frankly none because to kill 5 drones you need to target those 5 drones first, you're better off in killing their owner first and scooping up those drones later.
edit: to kill drones fit a smart bomb. Don't fit a smart bomb in high sec, it will end in a hilarious explosion.
Only ignore one or two t1 light drones , anymore than that they're well worth killing. always kill the drones, warrior 2's work well for this. "Confirming EVE is hot, batshit crazy, and puts out." -Omar Alharazaad "CAKE CANNOT HOLD UP TO BEING A CHARACTER DAMNIT." --áUnsuccessful At Everything |
Jamwara DelCalicoe Ashley
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
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Posted - 2014.08.01 02:05:00 -
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Ralph King-Griffin wrote:Baneken wrote:frankly none because to kill 5 drones you need to target those 5 drones first, you're better off in killing their owner first and scooping up those drones later.
edit: to kill drones fit a smart bomb. Don't fit a smart bomb in high sec, it will end in a hilarious explosion. Only ignore one or two t1 light drones , anymore than that they're well worth killing. always kill the drones, warrior 2's work well for this.
A properly skilled Ishkur can hold a full flight of Hobgoblin II and another flight of Warrior II light drones. Whether or not you care enough to engage enemy drones, and how you can best deal with them, depends on what part of space you're in, what you're flying etc
As a general rule, kill the drones. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=331004 - thank me later |
Lugia3
Intentionally Dense Easily Excited
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Posted - 2014.08.01 02:37:00 -
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Warriors eat Hobgoblins and Acolytes. Acolytes eat Warriors and Hornets. Hobs and Hornets can't track drones as well but they are ideal for killing ships. "CCP Dolan is full of ****." - CCP Bettik
Fix Nullsec! I wonder if enough people add this thread link to their sig, CCP will notice. |
Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
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Posted - 2014.08.01 03:56:00 -
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Assuming you've made the strategic decision to focus fire on drones (sometimes the right call, sometimes the wrong one), a fair part of the answer comes down to - are you fitting a web?
If you have one or more webs, I like to let hostile drones get close, keep my warp scram on the hostile ship, then blap the hostile drones with drones one size larger (if I have them). So use Hammerheads against webbed Warriors.
If you can't spare a web (either you have none fitted or you need to keep the hostile ship webbed to prevent it dictating range) then use same size drones.
And if you establish that the hostile ship has a remote repair module fitted, leave the drones alone and shoot only the ship. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=346564 - a proposal to overhaul the Logistics skill https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. www.minerbumping.com - ganking miners and causing chaos |
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ISD Atomic Dove
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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Posted - 2014.08.01 04:13:00 -
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Ralph King-Griffin wrote:Baneken wrote:frankly none because to kill 5 drones you need to target those 5 drones first, you're better off in killing their owner first and scooping up those drones later.
edit: to kill drones fit a smart bomb. Don't fit a smart bomb in high sec, it will end in a hilarious explosion. Only ignore one or two t1 light drones , anymore than that they're well worth killing. always kill the drones, warrior 2's work well for this.
Confirming that i have once used a smartbomb in highsec to amusing result.
Would recommend trying once in something you are not afraid of losing
ISD Atomic Dove Lieutenant Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department |
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Cara Forelli
Green Skull LLC
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Posted - 2014.08.01 04:53:00 -
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ISD Atomic Dove wrote:Confirming that i have once used a smartbomb in highsec to amusing result.
Would recommend trying once in something you are not afraid of losing New players should be aware that it is not only possible to lose your ship with smart bombs in highsec, but also quite a lot of security status all at once. www.ensignyooch.wordpress.com
New player with questions? Just want to chat? Join my public channel in game:-áHouse Forelli |
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Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
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Posted - 2014.08.01 10:04:00 -
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Cara Forelli wrote:ISD Atomic Dove wrote:Confirming that i have once used a smartbomb in highsec to amusing result.
Would recommend trying once in something you are not afraid of losing New players should be aware that it is not only possible to lose your ship with smart bombs in highsec, but also quite a lot of security status all at once.
Confirming this. Heard of someone getting tricked into going to -8 sec status - highsec illegal - when ten pods warped on top of them while they were smart bombing. Boom. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=346564 - a proposal to overhaul the Logistics skill https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. www.minerbumping.com - ganking miners and causing chaos |
Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.08.01 10:29:00 -
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ISD Atomic Dove wrote:Ralph King-Griffin wrote:Baneken wrote:frankly none because to kill 5 drones you need to target those 5 drones first, you're better off in killing their owner first and scooping up those drones later.
edit: to kill drones fit a smart bomb. Don't fit a smart bomb in high sec, it will end in a hilarious explosion. Only ignore one or two t1 light drones , anymore than that they're well worth killing. always kill the drones, warrior 2's work well for this. Confirming that i have once used a smartbomb in highsec to amusing result. Would recommend trying once in something you are not afraid of losing preferably on jita undock, just to stimulate some peoples' adrenaline glands.
"I don't troll, I just give overly blunt responses that annoy people who are wrong but don't want to admit it. It's not my fault that people have sensitive feelings" -MXZF |
Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
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Posted - 2014.08.01 10:33:00 -
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Client doesn't let you set one off there. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=346564 - a proposal to overhaul the Logistics skill https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. www.minerbumping.com - ganking miners and causing chaos |
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