Nazzarus
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Posted - 2010.01.07 20:40:00 -
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Got the same mission, here's what I went through.
Picked it up, fitted my armor tank for expected caldari dmg with missles. Also took long range and short range dmg, expecting anything.
Made the 23 jumps to get there, fairly safe run, the mission system was a little hostile but i made it through ok.
Warped to location, and check my sensors. Holy crap, 3 battleships? I'm in a friggin Brutix doing level 3 missions. Why am I fighting these??
Ok so i maneuver around, trying to find a decent approach where i can nuke away with my max target range of 60km, no luck they spot me and blow my shield and armor out of the water. also, a vampire battery pops out and eats my active tank. Great.
Make a couple runs, decide i need to rethink.. make 25 jumps back to my stash and buy a few more goodies to long range and passsive tank. Also get a bud to come help out in a Battleship (caldari navy raven).
make the long trek back out, refitting with this difficult mission in mind. we tinker around with tactics and manage to destroy both vamp batteries. great, things are going smooth. We try a bait run with the raven, shield tanking all the way. All of a sudden a npc frigate pops out, and the raven is warp scrambled.
Kabloom. 500 mil gone.
Oh crap, he limps back home in a shuttle. I feel terrible cause it's not even his mission. I figure, maybe I can do some damage now that we've got those vamp batteries down. I take another run out.. Kabloom bye bye brutix.
For those that care, I've got 2.5mil Skillpoints, most of which are drones, learning, and science.
I understand this is a tough game, it's not supposed to be carebear easy. But this mission is beyond the difficulty level it's being offered at. The responses being given by others quoting the staff, along with the experimental nature WITH NO WARNING GIVEN for new people, really makes me doubt this is the game for me, despite enjoying the full complexity of it.
CCP, you really need to reconsider how this is being done, I'm new, and don't fully grasp the nuances of the atmosphere here, but I daresay recompensation for all the people who are getting suckered into a suicide mission designed for advanced players far beyond the levels it's being offered at.. level 3 faction mission this is not.
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