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AIDSth3STDeath
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Posted - 2010.08.29 20:05:00 -
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Hello,
Ive recently come into some isk and have the skills to fly a chimera, and Im looking for some input on how those of you who do use your chimera. Some of my current ideas are:
1. Level 5 Missions
2. Lowsec/nullsec POS support
3. Support for a small pvp gang
4. Dps/logistic in a large cap fight
5. Support for battleships siegeing a tower
Any other suggestions? Of course, my fitting will vary depending on what I use it for. For those of you who will respond with the annoying "If you dont know how to fit a carrier, you shouldn't fly one" post, for the record, I DO know how to fit one.
Thanks!
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Felix Esperium
Lysergic Distortions Research and Development
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Posted - 2010.08.29 20:09:00 -
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moving stuff
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Matarella
Metalworks
Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2010.08.29 20:22:00 -
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cosmic anomalies in 0.0. havens and sanctums. have it at a pos and assing 15 fighters to your alt.
you will **** everything so quickly and make 30+ mil ISK per 20 min
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BuckStrider
Fleem Co
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Posted - 2010.08.29 20:48:00 -
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As of now, mine is collecting dust. (WTS Chimera)
When I did live out in null sec you couldn't beat it for logistics. It's great when you can just pack up all your stuff and ships and GTFO in one jump
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Thorian Baalnorn
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Posted - 2010.08.29 20:51:00 -
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 Originally by: Matarella
assing 15 fighters to your alt.
If only that were possible. You can only assign the number of fighters the target can control. So 5 fighters. but fighters make a nice dps bonus. though it is a pain to assign them for ratting tbh, as they warp with you hence they sometimes get agro and thus popped if your not careful. Its not like you can reel them in until you get agro.
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OP: carriers are the most useful of the caps. As you pointed out they can be used for a varity of task and perform all decently well. They are good at ratting/anoms as well and are excellent for hauling your stuff around. And they can do all this by changing a few fittings around if that even needs to be done.
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AIDSth3STDeath
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Posted - 2010.08.29 21:45:00 -
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Buckstrider, if youre interested in selling your chimera contact Robert Gerrard in game.
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Elapidae
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Posted - 2010.08.29 21:47:00 -
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My nid is a station ornament and sometimes a jump capable hauler.
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King Rothgar
Amarrian Retribution
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Posted - 2010.08.29 21:50:00 -
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Level 5 missions, small gang pvp, solo pvp. Yes, I have solo kills with my carriers.
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AIDSth3STDeath
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Posted - 2010.08.29 21:51:00 -
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How common is it to see a carrier blown up in a lowsec system while missioning?
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Ong
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Posted - 2010.08.29 22:14:00 -
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Originally by: AIDSth3STDeath
How common is it to see a carrier blown up in a lowsec system while missioning?
Very.
Caps may be pretty common these days but you will still see people scramble to ***** onto their killmails when they are reported tackled in intel channels.
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Merin Ryskin
Peregrine Industries
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Posted - 2010.08.29 22:26:00 -
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In order of frequency, my Chimera is used for:
1) Hauling stuff. This is the vast majority of its use, and the main reason why I bought one. The ability to quickly haul a full set of ships/ammo/etc anywhere I need them was worth every bit of the carrier's (large) price tag. And that usefulness only increases when, like me, you're -10 and can't just fly your PvP ships through highsec to your destination.
Multiply this by 100x if you're in a corp/alliance with a long logistics chain, you'll probably spend more time jumping stuff in from market systems than anything else.
2) Small gang support. Not so much since I got bored and joined the militia (no offense to the few skilled players in the Caldari militia, but most of you suck too much to even consider risking a carrier), but it was fun and effective when I was flying with a pirate corp. Of course with the extra effort involved in setting up carrier support (limited jump range, need a cyno alt in gang, etc) and need to avoid getting predictable and counter-hot-dropped, you'd better have some sub-capital ships available to fly most of the time.
3) "Solo" ganking. Probably not the smartest thing to do with a carrier, but hey, sometimes boredom wins over common sense. Or, in the case of Joe Phoenix, it's just much more amusing to go for overkill with a carrier. Word of advice: if you're going to station camp while waiting for a fleet to get organized, carry some cheap T1 drones. Sentry guns and fighters are not a good combination.
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Mona X
Caldari
C0VEN
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Posted - 2010.08.29 22:52:00 -
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Hauling my fat ass, because flying more than 10 jumps is unbearable, and jump clones are too inconvenient.
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux
War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.08.29 23:35:00 -
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Edited by: Liang Nuren on 29/08/2010 23:35:51
Originally by: Merin Ryskin
Edited by: Merin Ryskin on 29/08/2010 22:27:50
In order of frequency, my Chimera is used for:
1) Hauling stuff. This is the vast majority of its use, and the main reason why I bought one. The ability to quickly haul a full set of ships/ammo/etc anywhere I need them (and without losing rigs or insurance) was worth every bit of the carrier's (large) price tag. And that usefulness only increases when, like me, you're -10 and can't just fly your PvP ships through highsec to your destination.
Multiply this by 100x if you're in a corp/alliance with a long logistics chain, you'll probably spend more time jumping stuff in from market systems than anything else.
2) Small gang support. Not since I got bored and joined the militia (no offense to the few skilled players in the Caldari militia, but most of you suck too much to even consider risking a carrier), but it was fun and effective when I was flying with a pirate corp. Of course with the extra effort involved in setting up carrier support (limited jump range, need a cyno alt in gang, etc) and need to avoid getting predictable and counter-hot-dropped, you'd better have some sub-capital ships available to fly most of the time.
3) "Solo" ganking. Probably not the smartest thing to do with a carrier, but hey, sometimes boredom wins over common sense. Or, in the case of Joe Phoenix, it's just much more amusing to go for overkill with a carrier. Word of advice: if you're going to station camp while waiting for a fleet to get organized, carry some cheap T1 drones. Sentry guns and fighters are not a good combination.
^^ That. Good post Merin. :)
-Liang
Ed: Also, lol at the militia comment.
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Luna Cii
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Posted - 2010.08.29 23:59:00 -
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I used to think flying a carrier would be cool, but now I'm mostly a guy with a truck when the alliance moves systems.
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kiwi face
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Posted - 2010.08.30 00:11:00 -
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triage tbh
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Elsa Nietzsche
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Posted - 2010.08.30 00:21:00 -
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need a bumper sticker for carriers
"yes this is my carrier, no i will not help you haul your stuff"
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AIDSth3STDeath
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Posted - 2010.08.30 01:37:00 -
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Are fighters probable?
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Ramizod
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Posted - 2010.08.30 03:24:00 -
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Edited by: Ramizod on 30/08/2010 03:25:06
Yes they are probable. I had mine assigned to a corp mate once and forgot and went into triage mode. Fighters warped off in every direction. Grabbed a scan boat to find them. 
Oh yeah dont forget Chimera POS rep king.
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AusTerror
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Posted - 2010.08.30 03:48:00 -
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Correct me if I am wrong. But I don't remember being able to deploy drones/fighters when my carrier is IN a POS shield.
Carriers can be fun. They are a big fat slow target though. I've done a bunch of stuff with my Nids. Lvl 5 missions I have tried but could not get through the gates at the beginning of the mission.
The most useful and fun stuff has been fleet ops. Both small and large. With 10 fighters (or more) to assign, thats two fleet members with extra DPS. Thats PvP and PvE in null sec space. Don't forget there are other intersting drone types to use. EW drones, repping drones.
Carriers are not hard to kill though. Yes I've lost a carrier.
Have fun with your carrier though!
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Diomidis
Amarr
Mythos Corp
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.30 12:20:00 -
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Originally by: AusTerror
Correct me if I am wrong. But I don't remember being able to deploy drones/fighters when my carrier is IN a POS shield.
Yeah, you have to be "just outside" the POS and you can do it tho...
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Riho
Gallente
Magnificent Beavers
The 0rphanage
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Posted - 2010.08.30 15:24:00 -
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my maxed out carrier pilot alt (carrier 5, fighters 5, cap reps 5, cap remote reps 5... etc etc) uses her thanatos for super hauling... yeap... the 2 years she had the ship... thats what she has done.
yey...
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Zahira Wrath
Amarr
Dominion Strategic
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Posted - 2010.08.30 17:35:00 -
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For me:
1. Hauling.
-Moving corp / alliance / my ships, to 0.0 and back.
-Moving POS fuel from empire.
-Moving Ammo / Equipment to 0.0.
-Moving POS mods to and from empire.
2. (Rarely ... like once) Logistics
-Helped expedite a emergency pull out of 0.0 for my corp by sitting at a key alliance cyno array and used my cap trans to quickly fill of the other capitals that were moving stuff out of 0.0. Worked awesome in that regard tbh.
But yeah, you mostly haul. 
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AIDSth3STDeath
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Posted - 2010.08.30 19:33:00 -
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Originally by: Zahira Wrath
But yeah, you mostly haul.
I might actually be ok with this, considering the chimera looks so ****ing sexy 
But on a side note, I probably won't be doing much with it in nullsec, and really don't have that much to haul around lowsec either. For the most part it will be used for the occasional level 5 mission, as well as supporting fleet pvp ops, or taking down/defending towers. If im not mistaken, carriers fit this role quite well right?
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux
War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.08.30 20:18:00 -
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Originally by: AIDSth3STDeath
as well as supporting fleet pvp ops, or taking down/defending towers. If im not mistaken, carriers fit this role quite well right?
Carriers in PVP are little more than supercarrier bait, even in low sec.
-Liang
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Chris Bailey
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Posted - 2010.08.30 21:14:00 -
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Originally by: BuckStrider
As of now, mine is collecting dust. (WTS Chimera)
When I did live out in null sec you couldn't beat it for logistics. It's great when you can just pack up all your stuff and ships and GTFO in one jump
550mill
Contract me and ill accept tomorrow
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AIDSth3STDeath
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Posted - 2010.08.31 03:04:00 -
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Originally by: Liang Nuren
Carriers in PVP are little more than supercarrier bait, even in low sec.
-Liang
Are there really that many supercarriers in lowsec? 
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux
War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.08.31 03:08:00 -
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Originally by: AIDSth3STDeath
Originally by: Liang Nuren
Carriers in PVP are little more than supercarrier bait, even in low sec.
-Liang
Are there really that many supercarriers in lowsec?
yes
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Gram Hellfire
Priory Of The Lemon
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.31 05:50:00 -
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bringing subcaps for road trips
anoms
repping sov structures/stations/poses
evacing
fleet pewpew
dying in H-W miserably
picking up space-ladies.
basically my favorite ship in the game.
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Petra Katell
Pator Tech School
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Posted - 2010.08.31 05:56:00 -
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Hauling stuff, repping the falcon that just cynoed me in and repping my alt that just bit off more that he can chew.
Beyond that, triage'ing at a gate and making everyone you're fighting mad.
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Merin Ryskin
Peregrine Industries
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Posted - 2010.08.31 06:46:00 -
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Originally by: Liang Nuren
Originally by: AIDSth3STDeath
as well as supporting fleet pvp ops, or taking down/defending towers. If im not mistaken, carriers fit this role quite well right?
Carriers in PVP are little more than supercarrier bait, even in low sec.
-Liang
The secret is not to get predictable enough that anyone sets up a supercapital trap. If you only bring your carrier into PvP occasionally, at random times, and (optionally) in random regions, who is going to have a supercapital fleet on standby 23/7 with enough support that they aren't worried about being counter-hotdropped? Do it right, and by the time anyone is aware that there is a carrier to gank, your carrier is already safely back in station with a cargo hold full of loot.
As with everything else in lowsec, the rule is "gank and GTFO".
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