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Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:06:00 -
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Alright so here's the deal: I've recently gotten my hands on a Tornado dirty cheap (I would make money should it explode). I'm currently working on my Large Projectile Turrets skill. The plan is to probably get into a Vargur/Mach, with a standard Minmatar Battleship to bridge the gap. At one point my Large Turret Skill will probably best my Medium Turret, so I figured I might take the Tornado for a spin for Lv3 missions (can't do Lv4's yet, need to grind a whole new Corp as my current one doesn't have Lv4 agents...apparently).
Anybody got a plausible fit? As long as you use your speed to make the little ships come at you at a straight line you ought to be able to pop them... no? Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
7456
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:10:00 -
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The Tornado, like all the R3 BCs, is superbly unsuited for missions. Sell it and buy a Hurricane instead. GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
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Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:12:00 -
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Got a Hurricane, but it is not as hot as my Tornado.
Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill. Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
Caldari is how America is in reality. |

Gorki Andropov
Kerensky Initiatives
906
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:16:00 -
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Fit guns, fit tank, fit speed mod. Not that hard for you to try yourself, really. |

Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:17:00 -
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Gorki Andropov wrote:Fit guns, fit tank, fit speed mod. Not that hard for you to try yourself, really.
Real useful post there, mate. Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
Caldari is how America is in reality. |

Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
7456
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:31:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Got a Hurricane, but it is not as hot as my Tornado.
Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill. It's hotter than a Tornado for doing missions, that's for sure GÇö with or without large turret skills.
The tier-3 BCs are meant to shoot battleships and explode if something shoots back (and deal poorly with frigates); L3 missions involve things shooting back and no battleships (but lots of frigates). GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
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Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:38:00 -
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What if you use the Dual Auto-cannons? For Large Turrets, they have respectable tracking. And you most likely would only need one or two hits to decimate a Frigate? Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
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Aedan Vals
FREE GATES HUN Reloaded
0
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:41:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill.
Turret skills build on each other, so if you want to use T2 large projectile turrets you must learn the T2 medium ones with specialization lvl4.
So the only way you can actually have better large gun skills than medium is that you learn the large spec to lvl5 which takes as long as a lvl5 battleship skill so not likely you will train it soon.
edit: listen to others, the hurri just simply better especially to lvl3s where the medium guns are better |

Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:44:00 -
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Really? Good thing my Small Turret skill is the best of the bunch then, as I assume I need them for Medium Specialization? Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
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HeWhoLikesGuns
SmokingGuns Corp
0
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:45:00 -
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ive not seen a l3 for quite some time, but no drones on the tornado means no flying alone. it is surely possible to avoid the tacklers for a while but sooner or later you will die. i also predict it to be a pain in the ass to fly because constantly having to keep your distance also means less dmg on an autocannon fit.
but for the missions where you can warp in at range and snipe everything (arty fit) it possibly is a good choice. |
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Crellion
Parental Control
22
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Posted - 2012.05.29 09:45:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:What if you use the Dual Auto-cannons? For Large Turrets, they have respectable tracking. And you most likely would only need one or two hits to decimate a Frigate?
There is no sane fit that will work well. If you must use it then you will have to conjure a half arsed armor tank (still good enough for lvl3s) to have all those mids free for webs(2) and painters(2) to allow your autocannons to track close orbitting frigs reliably. At which point I fear you might prefer a Hurricane as previously suggested. If the Nado had 5 light drones like the Talon does it would be a different ball game as you would be fitting passive shiled tank damage mods and enhancers to make a killer missioner relying on the drones to do the npc inties in.
Alternatively (and you ll thank me for this) sell the Nado and buy a Cane or a Phoon. The latter has lots of drones and missles and your beloved L projectiles if you must have them. |

Gorki Andropov
Kerensky Initiatives
907
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Posted - 2012.05.29 10:02:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Gorki Andropov wrote:Fit guns, fit tank, fit speed mod. Not that hard for you to try yourself, really. Real useful post there, mate.
You expect us to do your work for you? Get out
e: If you'd at least suggested a fit in your OP, that would've gone down a lot better; as it stands, it just looks like you wanted to be spoonfed. |

Alberik
Eusebius Corporation
6
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Posted - 2012.05.29 10:10:00 -
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I was flying some L4 with an oracle lately, so i see no point it should not be possible to do the same with a tornado. of course there are some drawbacks, you can only do missions where you can control the range, warping in to close to tacklers or spider drones will ruin your day.
also a 1400mm-tornado doesnt do as much dps as a tachyon-oracle but as you will be shooting small targets you guns will overkill most of the time so not really a problem here
[Oracle, Sniper] Heat Sink II Heat Sink II Heat Sink II Tracking Enhancer II Tracking Enhancer II Tracking Enhancer II
Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I Sensor Booster II, Targeting Range Script Sensor Booster II, Targeting Range Script
Tachyon Beam Laser II, Multifrequency L Tachyon Beam Laser II, Multifrequency L Tachyon Beam Laser II, Multifrequency L Tachyon Beam Laser II, Multifrequency L Tachyon Beam Laser II, Multifrequency L Tachyon Beam Laser II, Multifrequency L Tachyon Beam Laser II, Multifrequency L Tachyon Beam Laser II, Multifrequency L
Medium Auxiliary Thrusters I Medium Polycarbon Engine Housing I Medium Polycarbon Engine Housing I
a similar fitting for a tornado would be something like this, but i have only tried with the oracle
[Tornado, Sniper] Gyrostabilizer II Gyrostabilizer II Gyrostabilizer II Tracking Enhancer II
Sensor Booster II, Targeting Range Script Sensor Booster II, Targeting Range Script Tracking Computer II Tracking Computer II Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I
1200mm Artillery Cannon II, EMP L 1200mm Artillery Cannon II, EMP L 1200mm Artillery Cannon II, EMP L 1200mm Artillery Cannon II, EMP L 1200mm Artillery Cannon II, EMP L 1200mm Artillery Cannon II, EMP L 1200mm Artillery Cannon II, EMP L 1200mm Artillery Cannon II, EMP L
Medium Polycarbon Engine Housing I Medium Polycarbon Engine Housing I Medium Auxiliary Thrusters I
pro tornado is speed, better falloff, better cap stability pro oracle is damage, better optimal, no ammo consumption (except faction/t2)
as i said above, you cant do every mission with it - if you dont know what you are facing, dont do it with such ships.
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Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 10:25:00 -
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Gorki Andropov wrote:Tor Gungnir wrote:Gorki Andropov wrote:Fit guns, fit tank, fit speed mod. Not that hard for you to try yourself, really. Real useful post there, mate. You expect us to do your work for you? Get out e: If you'd at least suggested a fit in your OP, that would've gone down a lot better; as it stands, it just looks like you wanted to be spoonfed.
What are you even doing in the Ship & Modules sub-forum, dickwad? Requesting fits is commonplace here.  Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
Caldari is how America is in reality. |

Tub Chil
Heretic University Heretic Nation
22
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Posted - 2012.05.29 10:46:00 -
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It will be pain in the ass to shoot frigates, especially when you have low/average turret skills (I assume you have) so yeah, go for a cane
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Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 10:50:00 -
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Tub Chil wrote:It will be pain in the ass to shoot frigates, especially when you have low/average turret skills (I assume you have) so yeah, go for a cane
The support Gunnery skills are pretty good actually. Since they apply to all Turrets, I decided to train them first. It is the main Medium and Large Turret skills that are somewhat lackluster. Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
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Marc Callan
Interstellar Steel Templis Dragonaors
2
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Posted - 2012.05.29 11:26:00 -
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If you're going to take a Tornado into a L3 mission space, bring escorts in frigates and cruisers.
Seriously. One rat frigate webbing and/or scramming you will ruin your day, and even with the smallest autocannons and lots of tracking boosts, it's too easy for the rats to get under your guns if you get a close-range spawn. Never forget that you're basically flying a high-speed beer can. Okay, it's a beer can with a Maelstrom's broadside, so you can one-shot a rat battlecruiser if you've got the proper firing geometry and the right weapons, but god help you when those smaller ships get to close range. |

Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 11:51:00 -
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Marc Callan wrote:If you're going to take a Tornado into a L3 mission space, bring escorts in frigates and cruisers.
Seriously. One rat frigate webbing and/or scramming you will ruin your day, and even with the smallest autocannons and lots of tracking boosts, it's too easy for the rats to get under your guns if you get a close-range spawn. Never forget that you're basically flying a high-speed beer can. Okay, it's a beer can with a Maelstrom's broadside, so you can one-shot a rat battlecruiser if you've got the proper firing geometry and the right weapons, but god help you when those smaller ships get to close range.
I never ever do missions without looking 'em up on EVE-survival these days. They usually mention web/scrambles so you can take 'em out right quick. Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
Caldari is how America is in reality. |

Gibbo3771
AQUILA INC Verge of Collapse
105
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:02:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Got a Hurricane, but it is not as hot as my Tornado.
Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill.
Large Projectile Turret 4 does not mean it is more useful than Medium Projectile Turret 3 mate.
You have much more to learn
Everytime you dont like my comments/posts the terrorists win and your a disgrace to your country. |

Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:11:00 -
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Gibbo3771 wrote:Tor Gungnir wrote:Got a Hurricane, but it is not as hot as my Tornado.
Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill. Large Projectile Turret 4 does not mean it is more useful than Medium Projectile Turret 3 mate. You have much more to learn
Since my intentions are to move on up to a Battleship, I'd say it is more useful. Of course, I mean that in this scenario only, not in general. Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
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Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
138
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:12:00 -
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i once tried to get the tornado to work with one medium or small gun. iirc the best case scenario was that you would deal ~40dps to obiting figates which is half as much as a set of light drones. i never tried it myself though so feel free to go for it. |

Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
7461
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:16:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Since my intentions are to move on up to a Battleship, I'd say it is more useful. Of course, I mean that in this scenario only, not in general. In this scenario GÇö running L3s GÇö Medium Projectile III will indeed be more useful than Large Projectile IV.
Battleships (and their weapons) are not particularly useful for lower-level missions.
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
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Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:20:00 -
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Daniel Plain wrote:i once tried to get the tornado to work with one medium or small gun. iirc the best case scenario was that you would deal ~40dps to obiting figates which is half as much as a set of light drones. i never tried it myself though so feel free to go for it.
Err. Wouldn't dream of it. Unless you have bonuses to Drones, I wouldn't fit any ship with Turrets it doesn't get bonuses for... Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
Caldari is how America is in reality. |

Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
139
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:29:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Daniel Plain wrote:i once tried to get the tornado to work with one medium or small gun. iirc the best case scenario was that you would deal ~40dps to obiting figates which is half as much as a set of light drones. i never tried it myself though so feel free to go for it. Err. Wouldn't dream of it. Unless you have bonuses to Drones, I wouldn't fit any ship with Turrets it doesn't get bonuses for... ...unless you desperately wanted the ship to work in a situation it is not really suited for. see it like this: you sacrifice ~15% of the tornado's overabundant dps for the safety of being able to warp out at any given time. |

Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:32:00 -
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Daniel Plain wrote:Tor Gungnir wrote:Daniel Plain wrote:i once tried to get the tornado to work with one medium or small gun. iirc the best case scenario was that you would deal ~40dps to obiting figates which is half as much as a set of light drones. i never tried it myself though so feel free to go for it. Err. Wouldn't dream of it. Unless you have bonuses to Drones, I wouldn't fit any ship with Turrets it doesn't get bonuses for... ...unless you desperately wanted the ship to work in a situation it is not really suited for. see it like this: you sacrifice ~15% of the tornado's overabundant dps for the safety of being able to warp out at any given time.
You also lose a lot of range from losing the Optimal bonus+using smaller guns. Also, why wouldn't Large Turrets work if you use the ones with the best tracking? From my experience you can just use "Keep at Range" on a blob of NPC ships and they will follow you in a nice orderly line, allowing you to hit them easily. The Tornado has enough speed for that to happen...? Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
Caldari is how America is in reality. |

Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
7461
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:41:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Also, why wouldn't Large Turrets work if you use the ones with the best tracking? Because GÇ£bestGÇ¥ doesn't equate to GÇ£an order of magnitude betterGÇ¥, which is what you want if you want to deal with small ships effectively with large weapons.
You can kind of make them passable, but you have to sacrifice so much in doing so that you end up with a ship that's horribly inferior to pretty much all available alternatives.
This isn't a game where bigger is better. The best matched is better. The best match for small and medium targets is light drones and medium guns. The Tornado has neither. The best match for missions is a decent sustained tank. The Tornado doesn't have that either. Being able to fly a Tornado means you're already able to fly a vastly more suitable ship with vastly more suitable equipment. The R3 BCs are not suitable for L3s (or L4s for that matter); the R2 BCs are. You can fly an R3 because think it's fun, but it will never be good at it. GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
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Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
112
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Posted - 2012.05.29 12:45:00 -
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No tank? People claim to be able to fly Lv3s in Cruisers effectively. The Tornado is essentially a Cruiser hull with Battleship weapons, innit? Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
7465
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Posted - 2012.05.29 13:15:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:No tank? People claim to be able to fly Lv3s in Cruisers effectively. The Tornado is essentially a Cruiser hull with Battleship weapons, innit? Yes, but to make those battleship weapons work against much smaller targets, you have to sacrifice that tank to speed up the weapons (or slow down the enemies), so you start out on the wrong foot by bringing the wrong tools for the job.
GǪnot to mention that the cruisers in question will either have tanking bonuses or will have some other nifty trick up their sleeve that lets them project a bigger tank without sacrificing damage output. GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
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Seishi Maru
doMAL S.A.
15
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Posted - 2012.05.29 13:38:00 -
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Lets be CLEAR> you WILL LOOSE tornados in level3. You will not loose hurricanes unless you make somethign very very stupid. Simple as that! You wil get tackled on several level 3 missiosn where firgates spanw ad 4 km from you and tornado can do NOTHING against them!
No ammount of believing of wishful thinking will change that. Now.. if you want to losoe shipos.. please disregards all our correct suggestions.. and go do the not very smart thing. |

Izziee
University of Izziee
52
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Posted - 2012.05.29 17:10:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Got a Hurricane, but it is not as hot as my Tornado.
Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill.
You have so much to learn.
Bigger does NOT equal better, and in fact by doing level 3's the only thing large turrets will do is slow you down to a grinding halt.
L3's = close spawns Small ships fast ships Enough damage to break a small tank
Guess what large guns fail with? Guess what ship has a small tank?
Large guns will be able to deal with smaller ships, especially projectiles, but not at close range.
My maelstrom is over 1000 DPS, yet I wouldn't take it to a level 3 (sure, would tank it more than fine) I'd take, yup, you guessed it, a hurricane. |
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Boomhaur
81
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Posted - 2012.05.29 19:49:00 -
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Sell that Tornado and buy the hurricane or even a Cyclone if you want, both will do it better by a LOT. Though out of the 3 hurricane will be the top dog. And others have already stated the reason why, listen to them they know what their talking about. Bigger gun's don't equal better it means it has more DPS under SPECIFIC circumstances, and shooting smaller targets at what is usally close range is not one of them.
And if you wanted fun in lv3's buy a Jaguar or Wolf, it's more than doable to do lv3's in them. I know I have done it before, I accidently started doing lv3's in my Jaguar thinking they were lv2's one day, didn't notice till hours latter when I finally glanced at my agents level. Is it the most effective way to go about it, no but it is more fun. Welcome to Eve. Everyone here is an Evil Sick Sadistic Bastard who is out to get you. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either trying to scam you or use you. |

Kobea Thris
Inquisition FiS Division
0
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Posted - 2012.05.29 20:39:00 -
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I haven't used a Tornado for Level 3's, but I do regularly use a Talos for them, and rarely use the drones (Duo of Death is the only one where they are needed because of the spider drones) using the fit below:
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Nanofiber Internal Structure II Tracking Enhancer II Tracking Enhancer II
Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Sensor Booster II, Targeting Range Script
425mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Lead Charge L 425mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Lead Charge L 425mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Lead Charge L 425mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Lead Charge L 425mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Lead Charge L 425mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Lead Charge L 425mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Lead Charge L 425mm Prototype Gauss Gun, Lead Charge L
Medium Hybrid Locus Coordinator I Medium Polycarbon Engine Housing I Medium Polycarbon Engine Housing I
Hobgoblin II x5
You should be able to do basically the same thing on a Tornado with Artillery and some Tracking computers in the Mids (and possibly an ACR or implant for the grid). You basically have enough speed and agility to get away from anything in a 3 except for spider drones, even if you come it at less than your ideal range. Nothing can hit you once you get to 100km, and you will 1 shot everything as it all comes straight at you. Never orbit as you will start missing, just use keep at range, pay attention to where spawns are coming from, and manually change directions of you get surrounded (fly up if you need to for example). There are a few missions with web towers with a stupid long range, but if you kill those quickly, you should be fine. |

Kaikka Carel
White syndicate Wormholes Holders
54
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Posted - 2012.05.30 02:44:00 -
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So have you exploded yet?
I'd suggest a capstable 10mn mwd but I'm not sure you can outrun mwding npc frigs. However if you can then it means you can use even L-size weapon as there will be no transversal. |

Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
115
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Posted - 2012.05.30 07:27:00 -
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Izziee wrote:Tor Gungnir wrote:Got a Hurricane, but it is not as hot as my Tornado.
Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill. You have so much to learn. Bigger does NOT equal better, and in fact by doing level 3's the only thing large turrets will do is slow you down to a grinding halt. L3's = close spawns Small ships fast ships Enough damage to break a small tank Guess what large guns fail with? Guess what ship has a small tank? Large guns will be able to deal with smaller ships, especially projectiles, but not at close range. My maelstrom is over 1000 DPS, yet I wouldn't take it to a level 3 (sure, would tank it more than fine) I'd take, yup, you guessed it, a hurricane.
*sigh*
At least read my opening post before responding. I'm not inclined to use Large Turrets because they are "better" but because I am training for a Battleship. So instead of just rolling my thumbs I thought I might as do some Lv3 missions until I can comfortably fly a Battleship and do Lv4s. A Tornado would take advantage of all the skills I plan to train, mainly Gunnery and Engineering (Shield-based skills).
Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
Caldari is how America is in reality. |

Marc Callan
Interstellar Steel Templis Dragonaors
2
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Posted - 2012.05.30 09:37:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Izziee wrote:Tor Gungnir wrote:Got a Hurricane, but it is not as hot as my Tornado.
Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill. You have so much to learn. Bigger does NOT equal better, and in fact by doing level 3's the only thing large turrets will do is slow you down to a grinding halt. L3's = close spawns Small ships fast ships Enough damage to break a small tank Guess what large guns fail with? Guess what ship has a small tank? Large guns will be able to deal with smaller ships, especially projectiles, but not at close range. My maelstrom is over 1000 DPS, yet I wouldn't take it to a level 3 (sure, would tank it more than fine) I'd take, yup, you guessed it, a hurricane. *sigh* At least read my opening post before responding. I'm not inclined to use Large Turrets because they are "better" but because I am training for a Battleship. So instead of just rolling my thumbs I thought I might as do some Lv3 missions until I can comfortably fly a Battleship and do Lv4s. A Tornado would take advantage of all the skills I plan to train, mainly Gunnery and Engineering (Shield-based skills).
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Hannibal Ord
Fer-De-Lance
74
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Posted - 2012.05.30 11:35:00 -
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This is a really stupid idea.
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Tor Gungnir
Agenda Industries
117
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Posted - 2012.05.30 11:55:00 -
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What can you do? Dare to be stupid. Gallente is what America believes itself to be.
Caldari is how America is in reality. |

Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
499
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Posted - 2012.05.30 16:47:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:What if you use the Dual Auto-cannons? For Large Turrets, they have respectable tracking. And you most likely would only need one or two hits to decimate a Frigate?
One thing that hasn't been brought up here yet (not sure why; this isn't that arcane) is that there's a difference between the pure tracking number attached to a turret (.04968 for dual 650s and .0432 for 800s as compared to .1056 for 425s) and their effective tracking. Effective tracking has to take in to account not just the tracking speed but also the signature of the gun (400 for both large ACs and 125 for the medium). The ratio between target sig and gun sig effectively modifies tracking for target sigs under gun sig (but not target sigs larger than gun sig). So for most purposes, you actually have to divide large turret tracking by 400/125 = 3.2 to compare it effectively to medium turret tracking.
So that .04968 for the dual 650s? Now we're looking at .0155 if we normalize for comparison to 425s, or ~15% of the effective tracking of 425s. And that's why oversized turrets are a bad idea when you know you're fighting smaller targets. |

Rond Dorlezahn
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
24
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Posted - 2012.05.30 17:57:00 -
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Using a Nado for L3s is silly and pointless. Also, you should be training T2 skills, not sprinting for Battleships.  |

Izziee
University of Izziee
57
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Posted - 2012.06.01 21:28:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:Izziee wrote:Tor Gungnir wrote:Got a Hurricane, but it is not as hot as my Tornado.
Plus, as mentioned my Large Turret skill will soon beat my Medium Turret skill. You have so much to learn. Bigger does NOT equal better, and in fact by doing level 3's the only thing large turrets will do is slow you down to a grinding halt. L3's = close spawns Small ships fast ships Enough damage to break a small tank Guess what large guns fail with? Guess what ship has a small tank? Large guns will be able to deal with smaller ships, especially projectiles, but not at close range. My maelstrom is over 1000 DPS, yet I wouldn't take it to a level 3 (sure, would tank it more than fine) I'd take, yup, you guessed it, a hurricane. *sigh* At least read my opening post before responding. I'm not inclined to use Large Turrets because they are "better" but because I am training for a Battleship. So instead of just rolling my thumbs I thought I might as do some Lv3 missions until I can comfortably fly a Battleship and do Lv4s. A Tornado would take advantage of all the skills I plan to train, mainly Gunnery and Engineering (Shield-based skills).
you know what?
GO AHEAD, use your super duper tornado, you apparently know better than every single person here, go on, run along into your L3's, after, take them into the L4's too, I'm sure you can think of all these great arguments on how it's going to be so great, I mean after all, no one obviously has never tried it before, no no. Please, do take it in there, I really think it would be a great idea.
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Linda Shadowborn
Dark Steel Industries
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Posted - 2012.06.02 18:16:00 -
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Tor Gungnir wrote:
At least read my opening post before responding. I'm not inclined to use Large Turrets because they are "better" but because I am training for a Battleship. So instead of just rolling my thumbs I thought I might as do some Lv3 missions until I can comfortably fly a Battleship and do Lv4s. A Tornado would take advantage of all the skills I plan to train, mainly Gunnery and Engineering (Shield-based skills).
see a hurricane uses.. gunnery skills, engineering, shields.. etc.
the ONLY skill the hurricane doesnt use is the large projectile gun skill. and since you probably what have that at one level higher then medium it isnt like you are comparing gunnery vs missiles or something the difference is null as far as the upside for the tornado.
ALL the skills you want for your tornado (bar one) is used by the hurricane too. So why are you so dead set on using the tornado?? Everyone tells you it is far worse then a hurricane for lvl 3 (well for missions period) and you keep saying. but my skills! your skills actually would work better with the hurricane since you dont have to compensate for the terrible shortcommings the tornado has in missions (such as the tracking issue explained above, lack of drones and the.. questionable tank).
But but.. cruisers can tank lvl 4.. well that is a truth with modification. SOME cruisers can, mostly by speed and sig tanking and having nice resist bonus on top. Yes if you are really skilled and know what you are doing you can tank many lvl 4 in a frig, but again it is kinda very specialized fits and missions and you need to know exactly what the hell you are doing.
Bigger isnt better, it isnt in real life.. sorry guys.. it isnt here.. only in wow and some other games. It is better to pick the right size for the job and use the right technique to get the job done then try and just use brute force and plow through it.
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Flakey Foont
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Posted - 2012.06.02 19:22:00 -
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Give it a shot and let us know how it went. |

Whiteknight03
Trilon Industries and Exploration
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Posted - 2012.06.02 20:28:00 -
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Waiting for lossmail . . .
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Salome Musashi
Aura of Darkness Nulli Secunda
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Posted - 2012.06.03 03:25:00 -
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Fun thread, reminds me of the time I tried to run lvl 4's in a railgun Rokh. It took me about an hour to figure out not to use L guns on missions. Hopefully the OP will figure it out sooner, since a Tornado's tank won't last nearly as long as a Rokh's.  |

IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
3
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Posted - 2012.06.03 04:38:00 -
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Seishi Maru wrote:Lets be CLEAR> you WILL LOOSE tornados in level3. You will not loose hurricanes unless you make somethign very very stupid. Simple as that! You wil get tackled on several level 3 missiosn where firgates spanw ad 4 km from you and tornado can do NOTHING against them!
No ammount of believing of wishful thinking will change that. Now.. if you want to losoe shipos.. please disregards all our correct suggestions.. and go do the not very smart thing.
No matter how many people tell a person something won't work if they have their mind set on it they won't listen. I tried to convince someone that an armor tanked heavy missile launcher Raven was a bad idea but of course he didn't listen.
When they lose a ship or two they figure it out. Sometimes the best way to learn is the hard way :-) |

Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.06.03 04:54:00 -
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how is this thread still going? jesus... FINE:
[Tornado, lolgun]
Gyrostabilizer II Gyrostabilizer II Gyrostabilizer II Tracking Enhancer II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II Adaptive Invulnerability Field II Pithi C-Type Small Shield Booster Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I Tracking Computer II, Optimal Range Script
800mm Repeating Artillery II, Fusion L 800mm Repeating Artillery II, Fusion L 800mm Repeating Artillery II, Fusion L 800mm Repeating Artillery II, Fusion L 800mm Repeating Artillery II, Fusion L 800mm Repeating Artillery II, Fusion L Dual 180mm AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M Dual 180mm AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
Medium Projectile Ambit Extension II Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
fly this. it's under 200mil and it will deal with tacklers. your general strat is to rangetank and dpstank like a baws, hence the mwd. |
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