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Lana Torrin
Minmatar Republic Military Skool
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Posted - 2009.08.26 08:47:00 -
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OK the subject has nothing to do with my post, I just like the song...
Hi C&P!!
I'm after some advice. I'm fast approaching a decision on where to push my training. I open EFT and load up fits for ships I currently use and when I look at the skills they are all 4's and 5's.. So my question is, do I step up to the next ship class (which would be BSs) where im going to suck for a while, or do I get all those 4's (ok, and the odd 3) all to 5's..
Cruisers are FUN ships for me. Small enough that I don't get primaried but they do enough damage that I usually make people which I had been primaried.. I still have a couple of the T2 cruisers I'm not very good in (Logistics 3 does not make for a good Logi pilot) but they tent to be the ones im not that interested in anyway.
When the corp gos out roaming I usually either take an Arazu for probing and pointing (yay!) a phobos for pointing and the lols of whole gangs not being able to kill me (yay!) or a newt domi (booooooo). Now obviously you can tell from that I don't mind being the scout, or bait.. And my drone skills don't completely suck (I'd fly an Ishtar but I just cant fit one!) but domis make me look fat, and they suck, and I hate them.. There I said it...
Having said that... I'm going to have to step up one day so I can have my dream Kronos PvP lol ship..
Oh.. The other option is to cross train.. That would make me Gal/Mini spec.. So a new weapons system.. Some shield tanking skills.. Mmmmm... ACs....
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Lord Windu
Amarr
Twilight Federation
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Posted - 2009.08.26 09:10:00 -
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It's all down to personal preference but I would stick to one race and specialise in it. If you want to get into a Kronos then go ahead and train in that direction. As long as your support skills are up to scratch already then there isn't anything really stopping you.
P.S. The song is awesome.
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Yakov Draken
Minmatar
Tides Of War
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Posted - 2009.08.26 09:35:00 -
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My Gallente corpmates (I'm heavily Minmatar specced) tend to go to Mega for low sec pirating without maxing on BC or cruiser skills. Note we are more into busting gate camps than gate camping and like our armor tanking RR gangs. This means having pilots capable of flying a high damage BS is pretty important.
I dunno how you guys fly but in our gangs the Mega is serious pwnage. An Abaddon or Typhoon can compare but the Typhoon requires 2x plus SP's. For pimpage go to the Navy Mega not the Kronos with its' crappy sensor strength imo.
Obviously the Arazu and HIC are great for camping gates. The Vexor and Thorax do fine for cruisers - my favourite T1 cruisers are the Rupture, Vexor and Arbitrator with the Thorax close by. I'm just finishing Gallente cruiser 5 for the Ishtar and I think it is a truly awesome ship.
For a long term BC our Gallente pilots have tended to crosstrain for the Hurricane. The way we fly Hurricanes seriously outperform all the other BC's but the Harbringer and the Hurricanes' speed and capless weapons are the clincher. I know everyone says capless weapons don't matter but living in neut land they do.
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Thanatomania
Fourty-2
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Posted - 2009.08.26 11:24:00 -
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Edited by: Thanatomania on 26/08/2009 11:24:54
train the fits for bs's first, then bs skill itself to fly the ship. an empty hull is worthless.
ninja edit, i agree, the song is a good one
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Kaya Valda
Caldari
Neo Spartans
Laconian Syndicate
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Posted - 2009.08.26 11:29:00 -
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So are you going to take the advice or just say 'F*** you I won't do what you tell me'?
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Swalesey
Prosperity Through Violence
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Posted - 2009.08.26 11:52:00 -
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I Like minmatar cruiser size ships.
training for a hurricane is good if you got armour skills. gotta love that damn ship my favourate bc in game tbh. minmatar's rubbish tank wise,need to train both some ships need a shield tank. Can usualy get away with armour tank on most of em though.
rifter
wolf
rupture woot! :P
hurricane
If you used to flying blasters, autocannons will be easy for you. jump in scram go! web go! orbit close unleash hell. rinse repeat ^.^
Tough choice though. I went amarr for the bs cos I just like them over the minmatar ones and amarr capitals pwn the best so amarr bs 5 is not to be sniffed at. Depends how much you want to jump up though I guess. good call on cruisers, most fun in game.
tl,dr
minmatar for cross train cruisers.
amarr for crosstrain bs
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Lana Torrin
Minmatar Republic Military Skool
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Posted - 2009.08.26 12:10:00 -
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Edited by: Lana Torrin on 26/08/2009 12:14:04
 Originally by: Kaya Valda
So are you going to take the advice or just say 'F*** you I won't do what you tell me'?
Damn it, you got in before me!
But seriously this is honestly keeping me up at nights.. OK, not all night, but a good 30 mins before I go to sleep...
Edit cos I can: I'm honestly surprised my corp hasn't bagged me out on our boards yet.. I've already asked them like 5 times... Megas I like the look of.. I may go for that.. I already have the large blaster and rail spec books some place... Oh, and a clone with lg-slaves...
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Mashashige
Minmatar
Eternal Perseverance
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Posted - 2009.08.26 13:07:00 -
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Originally by: Swalesey
Stuff
I was gonna explain how stupid you are to you, but it would just be a waste of time. Please stop poasting.
As for my top favorite troll - I would suggest cross training amarr - you automatically get a ****ing awesome curse. Also, arbis, harbingers, and devoters are not half bad for lowsec pirating. However, decently fitted megas (look for ken plantes fit on BC) are some of the best solo bs's in the game, and making your domi's even more annoying is always fun for extracting tears (yay tears). Plus you get the fringe bonus of training towards a moros (lol gatecamping/stationcamping), a a thanatos (lol undock carrier).
Having said that, I'm more of a max/min type of person, so I personally would just max out the skills that you use frequently now (recon to 5!!, drones, etc) - being able to point from 80k with a faction point is no laughing matter :P
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GoGo Rens
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Posted - 2009.08.26 13:18:00 -
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id say max out your cruiser and BC skills. then go to hacs and command ships.
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Poreuomai
Minmatar
Mirkur Draug'Tyr
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2009.08.26 13:25:00 -
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Originally by: Lana Torrin
Mmmmm... ACs....
Cruiser sized ACs totally rock and roll ! 
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Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
R.E.P.O.
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Posted - 2009.08.26 13:26:00 -
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Training all my armor comp skills to L5 was one of the best things I've done. For frigates and cruisers where fitting is tight, the adaptive nano plates are pretty much free (the non energized resistive plates). It allowed me to go big on guns/rep/nos or whatever and then dump the low resource nano plating (and sometimes specific damage types) in the lows and still have a respectable tank. I'm not a 'train everything to L5' gal, but I was pleased with the results of training the armor comps to 5.
Serendipity
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Lana Torrin
Minmatar Republic Military Skool
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Posted - 2009.08.26 13:43:00 -
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Originally by: GoGo Rens
id say max out your cruiser and BC skills. then go to hacs and command ships.
Already got HACs and HICs.. 'BC Skills' is mostly the cruiser ones right? I mean they fit the same guns and use the same mods.. So I have them pretty good. I have BC 3, so not so good.. I was thinking of command ship but I get the Eos which I'm told isn't that great and the Astarte which I have had anything from 'best ship ever' to 'meh'... All for a few months of training (Leadership skills suck)
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Dawts
Interstellar Brotherhood of Gravediggers
Privateer Alliance
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Posted - 2009.08.26 14:01:00 -
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Lazerz bro, go lazerz.
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Lana Torrin
Minmatar Republic Military Skool
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Posted - 2009.08.26 14:15:00 -
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Originally by: Dawts
Lazerz bro, go lazerz.
No.. Just no..
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Zed Jackelope
Insert Obscure Latin Name
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Posted - 2009.08.26 15:30:00 -
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I'd say stay on the path, get your 3/4s to 5s, oh and start your shield tank skills. That extra buffer before the **** meets the plate is good stuff.
Oh, and train to fit that ishtar while you're at it :p
Now I just have to take my own advice :)
Originally by: Awesome Possum
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Sanguis Fluibant
Amarr
The Guiding Greg Social and Best Friend Club
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Posted - 2009.08.26 15:33:00 -
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f**k you i wont do what you tell me
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Lord Windu
Amarr
Twilight Federation
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Posted - 2009.08.26 15:44:00 -
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Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses.
OMG I can't get this song out of my head now, at least I'm not humming mmm mmm mmm mmm any more.
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Fossil Wolf
omen.
Gay4Life
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Posted - 2009.08.26 15:56:00 -
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train curse, its like a sexy domi
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Zed Jackelope
Insert Obscure Latin Name
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Posted - 2009.08.26 16:25:00 -
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oh yeah, i can't stand rage.
Originally by: Awesome Possum
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Kva Plexcha
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Posted - 2009.08.26 16:49:00 -
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Lana, My main has Gall BS V, Large Hybrid Turrets V, Large Rail Spec IV.
These take a long time. I think I have something like 6.8 mil sp in Gunnery, and my highest DPS with 7 425 Rail II's are around 600, although the volley is something like 2700. Pops frigs in one volley and cruisers in 2-3. This is on a Hyper, not a Mega. You are looking at probably 3+ months to train to those levels, and most of my Gunnery support skills are IV's and V's.
Just checking, I have 6.1 m sp in Gunnery;
Some Relevant skills:
Gunnery V
Large Hybrid Turret V
Motion Prediction V
Rapid Firing V
Sharpshooter V
Surgical Strike IV
Controlled Bursts IV
Large Rail Spec IV
Large Blaster Spec IV
Weapon Upgrades IV
Hope this info helps
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Soporo
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.08.26 19:55:00 -
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It was annoying but I never regretted taking BC to 5, it's definately worth it. Not to mention it goes with my (long term) plan of flying and properly fitting every races BC's and Command Ships. WHy not train for every races HAC if you like Cruisers?
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sooperkool
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Posted - 2009.08.26 21:44:00 -
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train your drone skills up. ishtar is win.
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Artemis Rose
Sileo In Pacis
The Space P0lice
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Posted - 2009.08.26 21:51:00 -
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You seem like you'd make a capable Hulk pilot
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JordanParey
Minmatar
Suddenly Ninjas
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Posted - 2009.08.26 22:49:00 -
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thought this thread was gonna have a story about a funny kill.
Thread does not deliver.
/RRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaGGGGGGGGGGGGGgggEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeee
(against the machine)
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Tortugan
F9X
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Posted - 2009.08.27 00:02:00 -
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Post your phobos fit Lana- I need a good excuse to train Gal cruiser V :3
:D
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Swalesey
Prosperity Through Violence
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Posted - 2009.08.27 00:26:00 -
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Originally by: Mashashige
Originally by: Swalesey
Stuff
I was gonna explain how stupid you are to you, but it would just be a waste of time. Please stop poasting.
As for my top favorite troll - I would suggest cross training amarr - you automatically get a ****ing awesome curse. Also, arbis, harbingers, and devoters are not half bad for lowsec pirating. However, decently fitted megas (look for ken plantes fit on BC) are some of the best solo bs's in the game, and making your domi's even more annoying is always fun for extracting tears (yay tears). Plus you get the fringe bonus of training towards a moros (lol gatecamping/stationcamping), a a thanatos (lol undock carrier).
Having said that, I'm more of a max/min type of person, so I personally would just max out the skills that you use frequently now (recon to 5!!, drones, etc) - being able to point from 80k with a faction point is no laughing matter :P
Does this mean we're friends now? Do you like Ugly betty? I like that programme to. we should convo each other [in game]
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Mashashige
Minmatar
Eternal Perseverance
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Posted - 2009.08.27 00:31:00 -
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Originally by: Swalesey
Originally by: Mashashige
Originally by: Swalesey
Stuff
I was gonna explain how stupid you are to you, but it would just be a waste of time. Please stop poasting.
As for my top favorite troll - I would suggest cross training amarr - you automatically get a ****ing awesome curse. Also, arbis, harbingers, and devoters are not half bad for lowsec pirating. However, decently fitted megas (look for ken plantes fit on BC) are some of the best solo bs's in the game, and making your domi's even more annoying is always fun for extracting tears (yay tears). Plus you get the fringe bonus of training towards a moros (lol gatecamping/stationcamping), a a thanatos (lol undock carrier).
Having said that, I'm more of a max/min type of person, so I personally would just max out the skills that you use frequently now (recon to 5!!, drones, etc) - being able to point from 80k with a faction point is no laughing matter :P
Does this mean we're friends now? Do you like Ugly betty? I like that programme to. we should convo each other [in game]
Soz, I'm more of a gilmore girls guy myself. The deep and emotional dialogue between the mother and daughter is both touching and meaningful, and teaching me a little about life with each episode. Also, Rory is HAAAWWWTTTT.
Also, I had sexual intercourse with your mom [ingame].
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Stuart Price
Caldari
The Black Rabbits
The Gurlstas Associates
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Posted - 2009.08.27 00:38:00 -
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BC to 5.
One of the best decisions I ever made and not just because it opened up Command Ships.
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Lana Torrin
Minmatar Republic Military Skool
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Posted - 2009.08.27 00:55:00 -
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Originally by: Tortugan
Post your phobos fit Lana- I need a good excuse to train Gal cruiser V :3
Well.. If you insist... Just remember im not posting this to brag.. Its a gate camping fleet fit. I'm waiting to see what the T2 Medium Trimarks price turns out to be before I decide on popping the T1's and loading in better ones.
[Phobos, HIC1]
Damage Control II
Armor Explosive Hardener II
Corpum C-Type Medium Armor Repairer
Amarr Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
Amarr Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Medium Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 400
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution
10MN Afterburner II
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Electron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Warp Disruption Field Generator I, Focused Warp Disruption
Warp Disruption Field Generator I, Focused Warp Disruption
Trimark Armor Pump I
Trimark Armor Pump I
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Swalesey
Prosperity Through Violence
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Posted - 2009.08.27 08:37:00 -
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Originally by: Mashashige
Soz, I'm more of a gilmore girls guy myself. The deep and emotional dialogue between the mother and daughter is both touching and meaningful, and teaching me a little about life with each episode. Also, Rory is HAAAWWWTTTT.
Also, I had sexual intercourse with your mom [ingame].
Do they do that joke on glamour girls to? or did you look it up on www.jokes-from-1991.*** ?
I'm starting to like your style though dude. Can I join your guild?
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