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Chakarr
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Posted - 2010.06.01 12:16:00 -
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Edited by: Chakarr on 01/06/2010 12:16:59 I got this yesterday from a minmatar storyline agent after grinding level 3's...
Just flew there in my Jag and was quite a shock seeing battleships in the first room, so flew back and got my Varg, first room was no problem killed all the frigs and dessies first which triggered more saints to spawn, I only use a T2 tank (2 invuls, XL T2 booster, T2 shield amp, max cap skills + 1 ccc rig) but it handled all the aggro just fine.
Second room I mistakenly all popped frigs and cruisers first ignoring the BS, triggered all the spawns and had 12x BS aggro including a domi saint, had to warp out once and nearly hit armour several times, running the RF AB mitigated a lot of torp dps but it was still very *heavy*.
Roughly 25 mil in bounties, +5 WP implant, gas cloud harvester, a tag, a few meta 4 guns and launchers, a ton of salvage, some faction ammo and a domination scram for my troubles, oh and only lost one T2 med drone...I want to do it again
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Shikabane Hime
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Posted - 2010.06.01 12:28:00 -
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Need some info about this mission, i fly a cnr
7 X CN Cruise launchers 2 X invul 1 x Photon 1 X X-Large Shield Booster II 1 X Shield Boost Amp II X Cap Recharger II
Can i tank this mission with this fit ? Doesnt seem like i can do it considering everyone who soloed somehow faced alot of problems.
Thinking of looking for a tanker to do it with me, rattlesnake or drake would work fight? And also what are the triggers in the second room ? The frigs or the BS?
Info on how to do it safely is appreciated.
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Trebor Whettam
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Posted - 2010.06.01 13:03:00 -
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I ran the mission with two ships (CNR + Gila) and experienced no target switching nor drone aggro. The CNR was equipped to RR the Gila, but that turned out to be unneeded, because the second spawn aggroed the CNR. With split damage and lots of my own DPS, tanking was pretty easy. I'm guessing this would be tougher to solo than the AE Bonus Room, but not undoable. It's tough for me to really say, though, because the split aggro makes it difficult to get a feel for how much dps was incoming.
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Shave Well
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Posted - 2010.06.01 13:24:00 -
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Edited by: Shave Well on 01/06/2010 13:26:07
Originally by: Shikabane Hime Need some info about this mission, i fly a cnr
7 X CN Cruise launchers 2 X invul 1 x Photon 1 X X-Large Shield Booster II 1 X Shield Boost Amp II X Cap Recharger II
Can i tank this mission with this fit ?
No, you won't. Cherubins and probably the Domination do EM damage and they hit hard Explo and Kin also. I think 2x Invulns are not enough imo. Did it twice already, solo and without warping out with: 1x Explo 1x Kin 2xInvulns (all T2).
I think i put wrong information in my post before this one: 1 of the cruisers (there are only 3)after being killed triggers a new spawn. 1 of the frigs also triggers a new spawn. I don't think that any of BSes triggers a new spawn. So if you can tank the initial spawn just kill the BSes and go down from there...
Cheers
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Natalie Caladan
Royal Amarr Institute
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Posted - 2010.06.01 15:18:00 -
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As a fairly weak L3 mission runner (1.3M SP) I got this storyline mission .. needless to say that I think the game is a little bugged as it's more of a L4 mission. I still cleared the 1st room (after 1 hour) but could just warp out with 50% hull left when I entered the 2nd ..
Weird ..
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Mr Kidd
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Posted - 2010.06.01 16:07:00 -
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Originally by: Isley Stargazer Mission isn't hard to solo, if you are able to do lvl4 missions, on the other hand the one I completed was a mission of my friend who was doing L1 missions in a rifter :D.
First pocket is easy, second was tough, had to warp out my Maelstrom couple of times and that was it.
I've had it confirmed by a GM that this is indeed a L5 storyline mission, I would not categorize it as a soloable l4 mission without some heavy skills.....a lot of us don't have those.
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SabotNoob
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Posted - 2010.06.01 16:45:00 -
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I got offered this mission while slaving L1's to get to a good L3 agent. I was in the middle of an L1 when this one came up, and thought no problem, I'll take care of it right now in my Coercer.
Warp in with my Coercer, omfg get the hell out of here now.
Come back in my Armageddon, lasts about 30 seconds before getting down to 50% armor, omfg get the hell out of here now.
The corp I'm wanting to join lends a helping hand and sends a drake, raven, paladin, and some other uber variation of a Brutix (I think) and helps me complete it. In the middle of that mess my Armageddon gets into hull damage and catches fire.
I got: -An uber implant selling for 95 million but I end up selling for 108 million. -Another uber implant that's on the market right now for about 65 million. This one was in one of the loots! Check every wreck for it! -Some crazy bounty amounts. -A repair bill for 10 million for the burning geddon. ____________________
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suckitdonks
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Posted - 2010.06.01 16:54:00 -
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Well.. i just filed a petition.. hopefully I'll atleast get my Gila back. It cost me alot to get a second and fit it up after losing the one in this mission. With how new to the game that I am the ship and fittings for the one that I lost was about 200-250mil.. so I spent roughly 400-500mil total for both. Which screwed me over alot since I was saving for better stuff and a plex(even though I sold 2 plex's to get the money in the first place, but thats beside the point)
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Philip Richardson
Depthstrike Industries G a l a c t i c Industries
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Posted - 2010.06.01 17:48:00 -
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Edited by: Philip Richardson on 01/06/2010 17:54:38 Got this mission today on one of my alts doing level 2 missions for Caldari Navy. It is NOT restricted to any one faction.
Going to hang on to it since I can get reinforcements in to take it down.
If this is by design (level 4/5 difficulty in the level 1/2 rotation), the person who decided it's by design probably needs a good Nerf Vulcan unload on them. - I blame stompy for any confusion I might have caused. |
Contralto
GCHQ
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Posted - 2010.06.01 18:01:00 -
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Originally by: Philip Richardson Edited by: Philip Richardson on 01/06/2010 17:54:38 Got this mission today on one of my alts doing level 2 missions for Caldari Navy. It is NOT restricted to any one faction.
Going to hang on to it since I can get reinforcements in to take it down.
If this is by design (level 4/5 difficulty in the level 1/2 rotation), the person who decided it's by design probably needs a good Nerf Vulcan unload on them.
Take your gang in and enjoy yourself, you will learn a lot and be rewarded. The mission yields over 200 mill in total, plenty even for a large gang to share.
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SabotNoob
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Posted - 2010.06.01 19:16:00 -
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Been reading the other posts in this thread and folks have made mention of warp scrambling frigates. We jumped in and out at least 5 times and never ran into any of them. It must vary from person to person?
Is this why people have been losing so many ships? By being scrambled (warp)? ____________________
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Contralto
GCHQ
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Posted - 2010.06.01 19:22:00 -
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Originally by: SabotNoob Been reading the other posts in this thread and folks have made mention of warp scrambling frigates. We jumped in and out at least 5 times and never ran into any of them. It must vary from person to person?
Is this why people have been losing so many ships? By being scrambled (warp)?
I have done it 6 times now and had webbers and scramblers in the second room each time.
They are Elite frigs and hard to kill for lo skill T1 weapons. I was stuck for ages with my T2 Hammers, long after all the BS and cruisers were down. switching to Warriors on subsequent missions did the trick.
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Badmin
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Posted - 2010.06.01 19:26:00 -
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Great job CCP with this one. Lots of junior and senior mission runners alike are glad for the additional injection of +5's into the market and a mission thats actually (very much) worth running.
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SabotNoob
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Posted - 2010.06.01 20:12:00 -
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Originally by: Badmin Great job CCP with this one. Lots of junior and senior mission runners alike are glad for the additional injection of +5's into the market and a mission thats actually (very much) worth running.
LOL, this is true, about the increased influx of +5 implants into the market. I got mine from this mish on Saturday I think and saw that I could sell it for 95 million right away. Instead, I placed a sell order at 112 million. I slowly brought it down to match or beat other sellers and eventually sold at 108 million.
Question: I got the +5 social implant. Did everyone get those or did everyone get a mix of all different types? ____________________
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GavinCapacitor
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Posted - 2010.06.01 20:59:00 -
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So everyone is saying what they ran it with. The people asking what gives this mission have not been answered.
1.) Is this mission specific to a given faction (if so which faction)?
2.) Is this mission specific to a certain mission level (if so which one)?
Thank you for your time.
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Chakarr
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Posted - 2010.06.01 21:13:00 -
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Read the thread dude, lots of people have stated level and faction, as I said in my post I got it from a minny agent after running level 3s, others have mentioned getting it from level 1s & 2s and Caldari and SOE have been mentioned...
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Von Kapiche
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.06.01 22:47:00 -
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*sulks at Materials for Warp Prep once more...*
Hope this stays as a random L4 storyline at least.
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GavinCapacitor
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Posted - 2010.06.01 22:48:00 -
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Originally by: Chakarr Read the thread dude, lots of people have stated level and faction, as I said in my post I got it from a minny agent after running level 3s, others have mentioned getting it from level 1s & 2s and Caldari and SOE have been mentioned...
I am more specifically wondering if anyone has gotten this from doing lvl 4's (do i need to change agents to get this mission). And while caldari have been mentioned, I do not think anyone has mentioned the corps for caldari ( I run CPF ).
You should try being less condescending next time, and use the [roll] emote less. But I won't hold my breath.
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Contralto
GCHQ
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Posted - 2010.06.01 23:04:00 -
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I just got materials for war prep from a sisters lvl 4 agent :(
Locals are still getting the "party" from lvl 1 missions so I am not sure if lvl 4's are giving it.
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Serinas Setzuni
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Posted - 2010.06.01 23:14:00 -
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Over the last few days, I've done this mission roughly 4 times. Seems to pop up at least once a day somewhere among all the people I know.
It's been given to people as young as 8 days old and seems to cost people ships the first time they try it if they are not used to high dps + warp scrambles. No matter what level they were doing, the mission is always the same.
The solution for us has been to send in a high resist passive Drake to get all the aggro, followed shortly after the full pocket spawns by an Osprey to remote shield rep the drake (3x medium shield reps staggered a couple seconds to assist the passive tank's regen) and then bring in a raven or two to deal damage. Occasionally, we've had a ship change it's target, which keeps the Osprey on it's toes, but once the battleships start going down, the dps becomes a lot more manageable. First rule of thumb is to kill the frigates ASAP. If you see one of the cruisers target paint or web, it's next, but work on the battleships as soon as you can to reduce their damage (Especially Overlord Whatshisname) |
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Ophelia Ursus
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Posted - 2010.06.01 23:31:00 -
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Stealth advert for L5s and lowsec missioning, c/c?
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Shikabane Hime
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Posted - 2010.06.02 01:46:00 -
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I have a friend thats going to do it with me using a fully tanked passive drake. Now the problem lies with room 2. How much dps is the initial wave giving out? I heard some ppl here saying shoot the frigs and cruisers first but there are some that say the frigs and cruisers are the triggers. Would'nt that spawn even more battleships?
Also what is the real bounty of this mission, some say its close to 200m some say its closer to 40m. My version is the angel cartel version and i got it while doing L4 missions for CN. My strategy for the second room would be the drake goes in to tank everything while we kill the BS.
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Caleidascope
Minmatar Republic Military School
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Posted - 2010.06.02 01:53:00 -
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Originally by: Shikabane Hime I have a friend thats going to do it with me using a fully tanked passive drake. Now the problem lies with room 2. How much dps is the initial wave giving out? I heard some ppl here saying shoot the frigs and cruisers first but there are some that say the frigs and cruisers are the triggers. Would'nt that spawn even more battleships?
Also what is the real bounty of this mission, some say its close to 200m some say its closer to 40m. My version is the angel cartel version and i got it while doing L4 missions for CN. My strategy for the second room would be the drake goes in to tank everything while we kill the BS.
The bounty? About 30 mil isk.
The total reward, after selling all the implants and hardwire, 200+ mil isk.
I ran the second room with a drake for partner, the drake had some trouble, so let the drake assign targets and you in a ship fitted for offense kill those targets.
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Casiella Truza
Ecliptic Rift New Eden Research.
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Posted - 2010.06.02 03:09:00 -
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Originally by: Ophelia Ursus Stealth advert for L5s and lowsec missioning, c/c?
Unless you're like me and got it in nullsec.
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thingsnstuff
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Posted - 2010.06.02 03:35:00 -
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I've gotten this damn mission twice now and unfortunately no one seems interested in helping me run it.
The best I can muster is a drake with around 1100 shield tank and 200 dps. I'm guessing that this is too low for the mission, yeah?
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evilabandon
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Posted - 2010.06.02 03:45:00 -
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OMG i have aleady give up 2 the search party(2/2) but i i received another the search party(2/2) again i am a new player ,does anyone can help me ,we can share the rich bonus
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Caleidascope
Minmatar Republic Military School
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Posted - 2010.06.02 04:04:00 -
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Originally by: thingsnstuff I've gotten this damn mission twice now and unfortunately no one seems interested in helping me run it.
The best I can muster is a drake with around 1100 shield tank and 200 dps. I'm guessing that this is too low for the mission, yeah?
Sign up to channel HelpMyMission (no s on the end).
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Emisune
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.06.02 04:31:00 -
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Edited by: Emisune on 02/06/2010 04:33:08 I can confirm that this mission is given by at the least SoE, Brutor Tribe, Ishukone and Minmatar Mining Corp. It seems to be fairly random, and available to anyone at any level.
I've now run it 10 times in my Drake (9, solo). I've lost a total of 3 HobIIs because I wasn't paying attention. 8 newbies are enjoying their +5 payday. I got one for myself, and had one taken off me by a GM.
I also suspect that there are no triggers in this mission. It is my distinct impression that the spawns are entirely time-based. The first room is easy enough, and the "trick" to the second room is keeping your range. As soon as you warp in, turn directly away from the packs and run for all you're worth. It's highly likely that at some point ships will start tethering back to the warpin (or their original positions), but by then you should have a significant number of BSs down (it goes without saying all the scram/web frigs should be dead - also worth noting, these are the SECOND group of elite frigs. The first 4 haven't scrammed or webbed me any time I've attempted this). Then it's just a matter of heading back and picking the BSs off one by one. Another thing possibly worth noting - Overlord Sgnard can probably do close to 1km/sec. You will in all likelyhood have to kill him relatively quickly to keep down incoming damage (normally, I kill the first BS I see, then I kill Sgnard, while using my drones to take out frigs).
I've linked the Drake setup I'm using before. It tanks approx 710dps vs Angel damage profile. It's got 58km range with Scourge Fury missiles. Of the 10 times I've attempted this, only 3 have been even slightly challenging (2 where people had jumped into room 2 beforehand and left the whole room on the warpin, one where I cut corners too quickly and had to warp out, of course all the BSs were sitting on warpin when I got back). In this situation, I've killed all web/scram frigates and as many other small ships as I could, then jumped in with my assault frigate (Hawk, running AB and T2 small booster) to pull them away from warpin.
Now that I've got all that info out of the way: In all likelyhood, this mission will be fixed in 1.01. So, you've got a few hours left.
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Zindela
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Posted - 2010.06.02 05:53:00 -
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It seems to me that the spwans are time based as well. I have been farming 2 instances of this mission over the last few days, because the bonus timed reward was crap. With my group, we have a Golem tanking, and blowing everything nearby up, and a Tengu blowing stuff up. We've had several variances in the bounty on Sgnard in the end, 2x of 11.6m, 1x of about 7m, and 1x of 9.3m. 3 of the kills of him have been crap, just 1000 arch angels ammo, and a bunch of meta 1 junk, but the 4th run overall was a 11.6m bounty, and a Domination Warp Disruptor.
The Tengu focuses all of the frigs down as soon as it hits the grid, however the Golem has never been webbed or scrammed even by the frigs that get in close. It is a tough mission, the Golem is tanked with A-type hardeners, and a CN XLSB, and still has to warp out due to cap issues. Sgnard is VERY fast, and can apply VERY high DPS at close range.
Great mission I hope they don't 'fix' it in 1.01 -------------------
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thingsnstuff
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Posted - 2010.06.02 05:59:00 -
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Originally by: Emisune Now that I've got all that info out of the way: In all likelyhood, this mission will be fixed in 1.01. So, you've got a few hours left.
Just had someone help me do the mission, but I still have one more that I haven't accepted yet. Will the patch remove/disable the mission or can I take my merry time? :s
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