Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2009.07.27 22:32:00 -
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Edited by: Dirk Magnum on 27/07/2009 22:33:43
First things first since the rest of the post is pretty long: you don't have to kill any battleships to get the sec back that you need. You only need to get it back to -1.9 in order to access 1.0 systems again, and you can still access 0.9- systems now. Take a swing through whatever low sec is nearby and kill a single cruiser or battlecruiser, move to the next system, and repeat. You can do this with a frigate or cruiser easily, even with a two month old character.
Taking on an NPC battleship in a frigate will be a severe pain for a two month old character, assuming the tank can even be broken. You should keep to the Rupture.
Beating NPC battleships in a cruiser is about three things (that are true in all PvE.) NPCs of a given faction are very predictable and practically uniform in the damage type they put out and the damage type they're weak against. Newer players may not realize the formula for optimal PvE. So:
1. deal the damage they're most susceptible to
2. tank the damage they deal
3. avoid the ones with good tracking
Point three is why Caldari missile ships are such good PvE machines. Range is largely irrelevant to missiles in a PvE scenario so they can sit under their targets traversal or outside of their optimal as it suits them. Autocannon Rupture will be stuck at close range, which means you'll have to figure out which battleships can't track you there. There are generally only two variations of battleships in low sec, the 500 and 650k bounty type (although I've seen 800k in 0.1 systems.) At least with Blood Raiders the 650k spawn is only effective at engaging distant targets, so for that one you just have to sit close and it won't hit you. I don't know how it works for other factions though, since I used BRs when I was getting my sec back up. Consult Grismar's NPC guide to find out what damage the local rats do and what damage they're weak against (usually it's the same thing.) Load ammo accordingly.
http://eve.grismar.net/rats/index.php
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