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Crazy Tasty
Beyond Divinity Inc Beyond Virginity
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Posted - 2009.10.03 16:25:00 -
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This is my first write-up, so bare with me. So there we all are, hanging about Tama lowsec, doing dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), when one of our guys pipes up that he has a carrier a couple jumps out, just chilling, off celetestial with no tower around it. Being the enterprising group we are, we send a couple cov ops to probe him. No, it couldnÆt be a SS could it, as you might have inferred from the title. HeÆs sitting on the gate to a wormhole.
Smells like shenanigans. Funny how excellent obvious bait can look like exquisitely obvious stupidity sometimes. So by now we have our gang together ready to jump in, slow night so all we got was 5 BS 4 BC and a couple HAC/Recons, we send 2 BCs initially, one jumps through the wormhole with a cov ops to check for shenanigans, the other points and sits on the outside. Carrier jumps through the wormhole, sweet, it didnÆt pop, but it is giving us the stink eye, other side is clear and we get the point. Gang rolls in, we leave half on the outside due to the stability of the wormhole, the rest provide forced virtual sodamy.
Things are going well, he pops out heavy drones on a Vega, which just orbits. We had brought a Falcon with a full rack of jammers thatÆs keeping him jammed. 2 of his boys in bombers jump in and warp off. One comes back and tried to launch a bomb then got deaded, the other swaps to a falcon and tries to jam. After a couple of predictable warp-ins its toast. Carrier is holding steady at low-mid armor, we make the call for the rest of our ships. Wormhole screams "Too Boo-coo", then runs off to find a fire. Armor is starting to drop now, but Wormy Carrier Boy has started to catch on, Falcon misses a jam every so often, he gets lock and sends a fat wad of Oger 2Æs after him. We RR for a bit, then have him warp off. Rinse repeat for a while. Carrier is slowly dropping, slight hull bleed now, he obviously has it fit well, dual rep tank and cap recharge setup. Falcon is back in, ôAh ****!ö the drones hadnÆt swapped targets this time, he gets insta locked by 9 Ogre 2Æs as he lands and poofed. Ok, no big deal, we still got this. Carrier is at about 95% hull now, let just finish this.
Thus it begins: The First Annual Run of the Wormy Carrier Pi±ata. Pod warps into the Carrier, ôWhats he doing?ö öThe Carrier just pooped a Flycatcherö. It promptly goes poof. Pod comes back, out comes another flycatcher, it goes ka-boom. Pod comes back, out comes an Onyx, it has a fire applied to it. ôHow many ships he got in thereö, pod comes back, a Rook falls out, tries to jam us, and gets alphaÆd. Pod comes back again, Domi falls out. ô****, Domi primary, donÆt let the carrier rep itö ôDomi has RR guys, drop it quickö. Awesome, carrier is now at + armor abnd 60% hull as the Domi drops.
ôGuys, how we doing on cap and ammo, we good?ö ôI need some 800Æsö ôAnyone got large projectileö ôYa, I need med projectileö ô****, everyone inventory now, what we got?ö. Round of ammo and cap trading goes on, not looking good. Carrier pops fighters, nice, we only have a couple RR ships so fighters get called, they drop fairly quick. Cov ops has been looking for a way out. ôGot another wormholeö ôNice, find a way out manö ô****, it goes to another wormhole, IÆm gonna petition CCP is this keeps upö, 3 consecutive wormholes later we fine a way out. ôGot it guys, going out nowö ôWhat we looking at?ö ôAre you ****ing kidding me!ö, 39 jumps, shortest route, back to Ona. Badass.
------ // This is by design. When a ship jumps through a gate, it clears all aggression. // - BH ******** Pew on gate, if it gets hot, jump through and Ctrl-Q. Game mechanic endorsed by CCP. |
Crazy Tasty
Beyond Divinity Inc Beyond Virginity
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Posted - 2009.10.03 16:33:00 -
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Have to wait 5 min for the rest. Love it.
So at this point weÆre about 1.5 hours into this, we decide to call it and try a ransom. Falcon was lost, so he can freely target, lost an Abba to RL, down to 4 BS, 4BC and a couple support and all non-Amarr are almost out of ammo, carrier has started repping armor to about 3/4. I pop up convo. Idle chit chat for a bit, offer 1b, he says no, damn, its almost like heÆs holding us for ransom now. 800m then? Nah, says all the good stuff we already got and heÆs having fun fighting. Damn. Alright, alt is on the way, all 39 jumps of it, full of ammo and cap 800Æs. We know we canÆt break him with that we have, so we start working drones, for the next 45+ min weÆre shooting everything he pops out, finished off maybe 20 or so fighters, probably 75+ heavy drones of various flavors, and medium + lights beyond count. Cov ops has been looking for another way, find another hole, just 10 jumps out now, awesome, except the blockade runner is half way to the first one now.
About another 20 min or so, weÆve broken down to telling jokes in local now with occasional harassment from the half flight of light drones he has left. Blockade runner shows, we all re-arm. Now with everyone rocking out with the ****s out, he drops fairly quick. It was like a mini-orgasm when that last bit of hull went, except no one had a hard on and it was 2 hours late. Popped out one last ship, a Helios, maybe that was hit get-away car, didnÆt work. Of course he didnÆt want to ransom the pod, and the loot was vanilla. Pop what we canÆt carry and roll. ôHey, where is that close wormhole?ö ôYa, lets goö. Close wormhole is gone now. Shake a fist at CCP and get ready for 30+ jumps back. Luckily the first 6 or so are Lowsec, so we can at least take a break. Funny thing is a gank plated BC and BS can make it fine all the way through with just faction navy after you.
TL:DR, wormholes suck balls. 3 hour epic carrier fight and 60 jumps to get ammo to finish him made this the worst kill IÆve ever gotten.
Kills ------ // This is by design. When a ship jumps through a gate, it clears all aggression. // - BH ******** Pew on gate, if it gets hot, jump through and Ctrl-Q. Game mechanic endorsed by CCP. |
Doktor Feeelgoood
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Posted - 2009.10.03 16:45:00 -
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You poor, poor thing.
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Doctor Cal'torien
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Posted - 2009.10.03 16:53:00 -
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Originally by: Crazy Tasty
TL:DR, wormholes suck balls. 3 hour epic carrier fight and 60 jumps to get ammo to finish him made this the worst kill IÆve ever gotten.
made a damn good story though XD
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oodin
Beyond Divinity Inc Beyond Virginity
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Posted - 2009.10.03 17:18:00 -
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"Too Boo-coo" awesome writeup
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Villwrath
Beyond Divinity Inc Beyond Virginity
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Posted - 2009.10.03 17:18:00 -
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Sounds epic, wish I had been there.
Nah... not really.
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Lord Windu
Echelon Warfare Unit
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Posted - 2009.10.03 18:36:00 -
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At least you folks stuck it out and got the kills, bet the carrier pilot was laughing his **** off though. ------
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Molly Milli0ns
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Posted - 2009.10.03 19:44:00 -
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I lol'd
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Kortec
Minmatar The Inf1dels
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Posted - 2009.10.03 20:04:00 -
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Nice Kill Guy's...
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FU22
Noir. Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2009.10.03 20:06:00 -
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funny story
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Kevin Spacey1
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Posted - 2009.10.03 20:30:00 -
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You lads are heroes. <3
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Awesome Possum
Imperium Signal Corps
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Posted - 2009.10.03 20:34:00 -
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Quote: Wormhole screams "Too Boo-coo", then runs off to find a fire.
Next time bring along some alabama black snakes. ♥
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Sidephex
Genos Occidere
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Posted - 2009.10.03 20:52:00 -
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tbh, this sounds like an epic fight like it should be. just a good fight where the outcome is kinda unknown. the wormhole part sucks - i agree. but it kinda sounds like it was worth it.
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Captain Pompous
Is Right Even When He's Wrong So Deal With It
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Posted - 2009.10.03 21:57:00 -
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I'VE GOT BALLS OF STEEL
B-B-B-BALLS OF STEEL ---
I was going to run for CSM but life waylaid me :( |
Captain Pompous
Is Right Even When He's Wrong So Deal With It
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Posted - 2009.10.03 21:58:00 -
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Originally by: Crazy Tasty Have to wait 5 min for the rest. Love it.
Heh, only you mere mortals have to wait. Us Captains get special treatment ---
I was going to run for CSM but life waylaid me :( |
N'tek alar
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.10.04 02:43:00 -
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Originally by: Captain Pompous
Originally by: Crazy Tasty Have to wait 5 min for the rest. Love it.
Heh, only you mere mortals have to wait. Us Captains get special treatment
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N'tek alar
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.10.04 02:43:00 -
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Originally by: Captain Pompous
Originally by: Crazy Tasty Have to wait 5 min for the rest. Love it.
Heh, only you mere mortals have to wait. Us Captains get special treatment
yeah right >_> ------------------------- I'm not shirtless damnit! |
Taross
Caldari People with Guns Initiative Associates
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Posted - 2009.10.04 02:53:00 -
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Awesome writeup, grats on the hard-earned carrier kil, thanks for the story. Your signature exceeds the maximum allowed dimensions of 400x120 pixels and filesize of 24000 bytes -Sahwoolo Etoophie |
Skraeling Shortbus
Caldari Beyond Divinity Inc Beyond Virginity
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Posted - 2009.10.04 06:50:00 -
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It was literally 3hrs of there is no ****ing way we are gonna pull this off.... then we did :)
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Rock urSocksoff
The Hull Miners Union Gentlemen's Club
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Posted - 2009.10.04 07:02:00 -
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test
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PMolkenthin
League Of Shadows.
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Posted - 2009.10.04 07:40:00 -
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Originally by: Crazy Tasty Carrier jumps through the wormhole, sweet
This is possible?
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Steve Celeste
Caldari Overdogs
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Posted - 2009.10.04 09:30:00 -
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Cool story, bro.
Glad you found another way to run from our fleets.
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Elric Tvar
Beyond Divinity Inc Beyond Virginity
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Posted - 2009.10.04 09:41:00 -
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He forgot to mention the supply ships started the 29 jump through highsec to the target and they find a wh that come out only 10 jumps from the house. I was listening on comms and im telling you it was damn near the funniest thing i ever heard. Should have recorded it. Anyways GJ at sticking at the job on hand.
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Lana's Alt
Minmatar Pator Tech School
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Posted - 2009.10.04 11:28:00 -
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Protip for wormhole ganking.. Bring a packed lunch.. (and by that I mean a blockade runner with ammo and boosters)
Istvaan Shogaatsu: As with most such situations the answer is simple: rob them first. |
Fumen
Gallente Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2009.10.04 14:05:00 -
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You, sir, spin an impressive yarn. Wall o' text is much better read when it flows and is interesting. 10/10!!
Originally by: Lana's Alt Protip for wormhole ganking.. Bring a packed lunch.. (and by that I mean a blockade runner with ammo and boosters)
Captain Obvious to the rescue? Then again, there are those that can't see the obvious even after the fact, so I guess carry on....
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Muad' Dib
Gallente Beyond Divinity Inc Beyond Virginity
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Posted - 2009.10.04 14:25:00 -
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I wouldn't bet against everyone training Amarr after this one. :) --- I smack just for myself.
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Marko Riva
Adamant Inc.
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Posted - 2009.10.04 14:34:00 -
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Does the OP have a newsletter?
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Krimu
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Posted - 2009.10.04 15:55:00 -
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Great read, excellent first write-up.
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Sir Carnage
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Posted - 2009.10.05 06:34:00 -
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Great Read, props on the kill. I do disagree with you about wormholes. It really just depends whether or not you live in wh space.
As a resident of wh space, I find the ability to trap your adversary and split them off from support a huge boon. The absence of a local makes it very difficult to determine how many players you could be facing once you are trapped. It takes baiting to another level really. At the same time it's harder for us to know where we are in the Eve-verse and to know if anyone is intruding on our space. Really keeps things interesting.
You'll never see an entire wh based corp out and about because we always have to keep atleast one player with scanning skills in the wh. We can also get stuck outside of the wh unaware and have to wait for someone inside it to scan down the new wh for us. It really makes the entire Eve experience more interesting for some of us.
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Forranz
The R.I.T.U.A.L Corp Twilight Federation
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Posted - 2009.10.05 09:08:00 -
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Woulda been really funny if he self-destructed.
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