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Rapturea
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Posted - 2003.06.29 08:40:00 -
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At first glance the thorax looks very sub-par , and i never thought i would be flyign one myself. earlier today i got blown up due to the field not loading til its too late bug, there happened to be a thorax avialible at the station i ussed, so i decided to give it a try. after mounting 3 250mm gauss guns, and 2 light ion anode's to pop those silly soldiers, it was surprisingly good. witht the hybrid mod the thorax gives the mounted damage was around 5.3x for the gauss guns, thats pretty impressive for a hybrid, once the good hybrid damage mods because more avialible the damage will be very good. another thing thats worth the train time is the heavy drones. those things shredd up npc targets very quickly, i havent tried them agianst PC's yet but at the very least they are a good distraction.
Only thing i would ask for the thorax to get is 50 more grid and posibly another non-turret highslot to add an auto targeter to shoot down missles. in closing, you did a fairly good job with his ship ccp, when you take ALL the stats into consideration, addign either of those things would be great for the missle defence department, because currently nothing can really be done without sacrificing a turret, which is hard to do. anyone else have any constructive suggestions about little perks tot he ships stats? please post, thanks.
Edited by: Rapturea on 29/06/2003 08:40:22
When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear. -jack handy |
Rapturea
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Posted - 2003.06.29 08:40:00 -
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At first glance the thorax looks very sub-par , and i never thought i would be flyign one myself. earlier today i got blown up due to the field not loading til its too late bug, there happened to be a thorax avialible at the station i ussed, so i decided to give it a try. after mounting 3 250mm gauss guns, and 2 light ion anode's to pop those silly soldiers, it was surprisingly good. witht the hybrid mod the thorax gives the mounted damage was around 5.3x for the gauss guns, thats pretty impressive for a hybrid, once the good hybrid damage mods because more avialible the damage will be very good. another thing thats worth the train time is the heavy drones. those things shredd up npc targets very quickly, i havent tried them agianst PC's yet but at the very least they are a good distraction.
Only thing i would ask for the thorax to get is 50 more grid and posibly another non-turret highslot to add an auto targeter to shoot down missles. in closing, you did a fairly good job with his ship ccp, when you take ALL the stats into consideration, addign either of those things would be great for the missle defence department, because currently nothing can really be done without sacrificing a turret, which is hard to do. anyone else have any constructive suggestions about little perks tot he ships stats? please post, thanks.
Edited by: Rapturea on 29/06/2003 08:40:22
When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear. -jack handy |
Vegeta
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Posted - 2003.06.29 11:44:00 -
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coolest looking cruiser around
2005.04.25 16:40:42 combat Your 1400mm Howitzer Artillery II perfectly strikes LawrenceNewton [WARAG], wrecking for 2706.9 damage.
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Vegeta
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Posted - 2003.06.29 11:44:00 -
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coolest looking cruiser around
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SavageRabbit
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Posted - 2003.06.29 13:03:00 -
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Don't forget the 2000m3 drone bay. Although often overlooked drones DO make a difference, and that massive drone bay lets you carry a nice assortment with the potential for a a lot of versatility.
You want to have the best mining cruiser in the galaxy. Wack 5 decent mining lasers on the Thorax and put as many Elite/Advanced/Harvesters as you can handle in the drone bay and you'll ravage those husks like nothing.
Want to solo mine the Empire 0.0s (yet to try non-Empire 0.0s so can't confirm this), put a few Heavy drones there (to compliment your 5 turret capabilities) and see the NPCs fall.
Can't decide whether to go firepower or mining - no need! You've got enough room for 20 of each!
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SavageRabbit
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Posted - 2003.06.29 13:03:00 -
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Don't forget the 2000m3 drone bay. Although often overlooked drones DO make a difference, and that massive drone bay lets you carry a nice assortment with the potential for a a lot of versatility.
You want to have the best mining cruiser in the galaxy. Wack 5 decent mining lasers on the Thorax and put as many Elite/Advanced/Harvesters as you can handle in the drone bay and you'll ravage those husks like nothing.
Want to solo mine the Empire 0.0s (yet to try non-Empire 0.0s so can't confirm this), put a few Heavy drones there (to compliment your 5 turret capabilities) and see the NPCs fall.
Can't decide whether to go firepower or mining - no need! You've got enough room for 20 of each!
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Gun Kata
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Posted - 2003.06.29 20:15:00 -
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Sorry to be lame but what hybrid mod are you talking about??
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Gun Kata
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Posted - 2003.06.29 20:15:00 -
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Sorry to be lame but what hybrid mod are you talking about??
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Vacuole
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Posted - 2003.06.29 21:05:00 -
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Gallente cruiser skill gives 5% turret damage bonus per level.
But I thought only 10 drones could be used at once.... ?
Edited by: Vacuole on 29/06/2003 21:05:53
Edited by: Vacuole on 29/06/2003 21:10:28
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Vacuole
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Posted - 2003.06.29 21:05:00 -
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Gallente cruiser skill gives 5% turret damage bonus per level.
But I thought only 10 drones could be used at once.... ?
Edited by: Vacuole on 29/06/2003 21:05:53
Edited by: Vacuole on 29/06/2003 21:10:28
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Derran
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Posted - 2003.06.29 21:10:00 -
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You are right. Only 10 drones could be controlled at once if you got your skills that high. But you'd never get a Thorax to hold 10 heavy drones. You'd need 2500 drone bay. I mix in some hammerheads. Still a good drone but just requires megacyte to build.
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Derran
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Posted - 2003.06.29 21:10:00 -
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You are right. Only 10 drones could be controlled at once if you got your skills that high. But you'd never get a Thorax to hold 10 heavy drones. You'd need 2500 drone bay. I mix in some hammerheads. Still a good drone but just requires megacyte to build.
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cyberpir8
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Posted - 2003.07.01 02:16:00 -
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until ccp fixes the launch all drones... the thorax is the worst level 3 cruiser imo.
we need that feature! By not putting that in, they're discriminating against the Gallente. lol j/k
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cyberpir8
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Posted - 2003.07.01 02:16:00 -
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until ccp fixes the launch all drones... the thorax is the worst level 3 cruiser imo.
we need that feature! By not putting that in, they're discriminating against the Gallente. lol j/k
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ClawHammer III
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Posted - 2003.07.01 04:34:00 -
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Yeah, drone control is patheticly clunky ATM but the Thorax is still a good ship. Even more so sence it is getting 25 more powergrid in the next patch :)
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ClawHammer III
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Posted - 2003.07.01 04:34:00 -
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Yeah, drone control is patheticly clunky ATM but the Thorax is still a good ship. Even more so sence it is getting 25 more powergrid in the next patch :)
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Endureth
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Posted - 2003.07.01 07:55:00 -
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With the next patch, the Thorax is getting +25 powergrid and 200 m3 more drone capacity. Don't know if it's set in stone but that is the way it is on chaos right now.
The Vexor is also getting +50 powergrid, which is an unexpected gift because that was already a nice ship, now it's going to be a beast.
-E
Edited by: Endureth on 01/07/2003 07:55:41
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Endureth
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Posted - 2003.07.01 07:55:00 -
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With the next patch, the Thorax is getting +25 powergrid and 200 m3 more drone capacity. Don't know if it's set in stone but that is the way it is on chaos right now.
The Vexor is also getting +50 powergrid, which is an unexpected gift because that was already a nice ship, now it's going to be a beast.
-E
Edited by: Endureth on 01/07/2003 07:55:41
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Will McBlack
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Posted - 2003.07.01 09:11:00 -
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Stupid question maybe, but with an autotargetter you can apparently target incoming missiles... how do you shoot them down? can you just use your blasters or rails to shoot them? I never succeeded into targetting these buggers let alone destroy them ... or does this only apply to the heavier missiles/torpedoes?
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Will McBlack
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Posted - 2003.07.01 09:11:00 -
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Stupid question maybe, but with an autotargetter you can apparently target incoming missiles... how do you shoot them down? can you just use your blasters or rails to shoot them? I never succeeded into targetting these buggers let alone destroy them ... or does this only apply to the heavier missiles/torpedoes?
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Bentguru
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Posted - 2003.07.01 20:18:00 -
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will once the missle is targeted just shoot it with a turret. If it hits bye bye missle
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Bentguru
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Posted - 2003.07.01 20:18:00 -
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will once the missle is targeted just shoot it with a turret. If it hits bye bye missle
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MAALaR
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Posted - 2003.07.01 22:46:00 -
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I've been using the thorax for quite some time now. Its an excellent ship if you know how to equip it. Without much fancy *junk* on it i can still get a 7.5 dmg mod on 250mm Gauss (+ skills of course) As for heavy drones, Wasps will rip through PC or NPC hull/armor amazingly. Currently you can fit 8 Heavies on a thorax. 7.5 dmg mod on a hybrid without much fancy work isnt too shaby, now after this patch when that horrible stacking for every other type of weapon is brought down to size the Thorax will be a very noticed ship for its hybrid capabilities, as well as the other Gallente line of ships (Dominix and so forth).
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MAALaR
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Posted - 2003.07.01 22:46:00 -
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I've been using the thorax for quite some time now. Its an excellent ship if you know how to equip it. Without much fancy *junk* on it i can still get a 7.5 dmg mod on 250mm Gauss (+ skills of course) As for heavy drones, Wasps will rip through PC or NPC hull/armor amazingly. Currently you can fit 8 Heavies on a thorax. 7.5 dmg mod on a hybrid without much fancy work isnt too shaby, now after this patch when that horrible stacking for every other type of weapon is brought down to size the Thorax will be a very noticed ship for its hybrid capabilities, as well as the other Gallente line of ships (Dominix and so forth).
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Seraph Warbird
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Posted - 2003.07.02 02:57:00 -
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I love seeing all this positive reinforcement for the Thorax. I sure do love my cruiser. If you can get 3 250mm rails on this baby you are bound to do some serious damage. Seeing anyone fly this cruiser deserves attention and respect because some people tend to underestimate it (poor fools). The Thorax has scared off "highway robbers" who thought they could threaten me with thier BlackBirds and Celestuses. I would hate to be the one attacked by a fleet of these babies. :)
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Seraph Warbird
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Posted - 2003.07.02 02:57:00 -
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I love seeing all this positive reinforcement for the Thorax. I sure do love my cruiser. If you can get 3 250mm rails on this baby you are bound to do some serious damage. Seeing anyone fly this cruiser deserves attention and respect because some people tend to underestimate it (poor fools). The Thorax has scared off "highway robbers" who thought they could threaten me with thier BlackBirds and Celestuses. I would hate to be the one attacked by a fleet of these babies. :)
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CrazzlY
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Posted - 2003.07.02 04:02:00 -
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"Seeing anyone fly this cruiser deserves attention and respect because some people tend to underestimate it (poor fools)."
Nice written my friend. =)
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CrazzlY
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Posted - 2003.07.02 04:02:00 -
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"Seeing anyone fly this cruiser deserves attention and respect because some people tend to underestimate it (poor fools)."
Nice written my friend. =)
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Emiranda
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Posted - 2003.07.02 05:22:00 -
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I agree with the Thorax being a competent ship. This is mainly because I am a Drone person and with a Thorax this is made a lot easier than the other cruisers around. Having eight heavy drones around while mining is certainly a must in some of the lower security sections in the empires. However drones are no match against battleships in the non empire systems so stick to what it can do namely safely mine (except for pc pirates) in empire space.
For combat duty I put in two 250mm carbide railguns and one dual 150mm carbide for the extra storage. Then I put in two smartbombs for knocking out missiles. Be careful to send your drones away to the oncoming target before you use those or you might loose them to friendly fire. Eight heavy drones take down an arch engraver in 40-60 seconds with level 3 heavy drones operation using wasps only. Using you guns as well will also significantly reduce the time needed to kill an high level pirate.
The Thorax is for those that need flexibility and extensibility. It is not the super cruiser of the universe nor is it very well suited in lower security ratings for mining since it has such a insignificant cargo hold.
Speed can be a problem too. Thoraxes seem to be rather slow and tend to take a long time to turn even at ship command level four.
Using a Thorax to the full in a mining op will make a indy driver of medium level go insane since the Thorax will fill his hull in no time.
I timed it using eight harvester equivalent drones and five XeCl Mining lasers using mining skill 4 will mine about 30x8 + 70x5 ~ 520 ore cargo space a minute. (It seems that the mining drone operation does nothing to increase mining speed of drones or increase its cargo)
There is no ship of cruiser type or lower that can mine this fast.
Emiranda.
Edited by: Emiranda on 02/07/2003 10:25:41
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Emiranda
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Posted - 2003.07.02 05:22:00 -
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I agree with the Thorax being a competent ship. This is mainly because I am a Drone person and with a Thorax this is made a lot easier than the other cruisers around. Having eight heavy drones around while mining is certainly a must in some of the lower security sections in the empires. However drones are no match against battleships in the non empire systems so stick to what it can do namely safely mine (except for pc pirates) in empire space.
For combat duty I put in two 250mm carbide railguns and one dual 150mm carbide for the extra storage. Then I put in two smartbombs for knocking out missiles. Be careful to send your drones away to the oncoming target before you use those or you might loose them to friendly fire. Eight heavy drones take down an arch engraver in 40-60 seconds with level 3 heavy drones operation using wasps only. Using you guns as well will also significantly reduce the time needed to kill an high level pirate.
The Thorax is for those that need flexibility and extensibility. It is not the super cruiser of the universe nor is it very well suited in lower security ratings for mining since it has such a insignificant cargo hold.
Speed can be a problem too. Thoraxes seem to be rather slow and tend to take a long time to turn even at ship command level four.
Using a Thorax to the full in a mining op will make a indy driver of medium level go insane since the Thorax will fill his hull in no time.
I timed it using eight harvester equivalent drones and five XeCl Mining lasers using mining skill 4 will mine about 30x8 + 70x5 ~ 520 ore cargo space a minute. (It seems that the mining drone operation does nothing to increase mining speed of drones or increase its cargo)
There is no ship of cruiser type or lower that can mine this fast.
Emiranda.
Edited by: Emiranda on 02/07/2003 10:25:41
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Seraph Warbird
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Posted - 2003.07.02 17:22:00 -
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I agree with you about the mining thing except the Thorax dosen't have a big cargo hold so you must jettison or transfer the ore into another container frequently. Also if you are mining with mining drones and have weapons on, I doubt nobody wants to try to seal your ore.
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Seraph Warbird
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Posted - 2003.07.02 17:22:00 -
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I agree with you about the mining thing except the Thorax dosen't have a big cargo hold so you must jettison or transfer the ore into another container frequently. Also if you are mining with mining drones and have weapons on, I doubt nobody wants to try to seal your ore.
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Lartfor
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Posted - 2003.07.02 19:27:00 -
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Well i am currently working on getting a thorax. I am curiouse as to what is the best or one of the best weapon load outs on it (hybrid). And what other items i would need to fit the weapons on it.
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Lartfor
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Posted - 2003.07.02 19:27:00 -
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Well i am currently working on getting a thorax. I am curiouse as to what is the best or one of the best weapon load outs on it (hybrid). And what other items i would need to fit the weapons on it.
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Helen Ripley
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Posted - 2003.07.02 19:28:00 -
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Sorry to have to disagree with everybody, but i just think that the thorax's lack of missle capabilities are always going to put it at a severe disadvantage and here why:
1. Inability to launch defender missles. When you get to the outer rim systems the pirates will come in batches of three/four heavy-missle weilding cruisers. Without the defenders to take them down your going to be either always scurrying to target and shoot the hoard of missles coming your way, or constantly trying to time your plasma bombs to destroy them. Either of which takes too much attention away from the pirates themselves. Defenders Missles are a must.
2. Cost of drones. Some think drones are a good, if not better, alternative to missles because like missles you have the ability to attack targets at distanct without coming into the targets weapon range. I don't think this is true because drones are easily shot down and lost and are much more expensive to replace than missles are. For example, a corp member of mine uses drones for defense while he mining, but when he uses them the NPC pirates will often destry one or two of his drones. He then has to go back and buy some replacements and like ten times the price that it would have cost them if he had just fired some missles. Simply put, drones are too expensive to be losing all the time, missles are cheaper.
Sorry, but i think an effective cruiser just has to have missle offensive/defensive capabilities. I mean, they obivously put them on the all the battleships because of how important they are. The thorax just doesn't hold up.
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Helen Ripley
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Posted - 2003.07.02 19:28:00 -
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Sorry to have to disagree with everybody, but i just think that the thorax's lack of missle capabilities are always going to put it at a severe disadvantage and here why:
1. Inability to launch defender missles. When you get to the outer rim systems the pirates will come in batches of three/four heavy-missle weilding cruisers. Without the defenders to take them down your going to be either always scurrying to target and shoot the hoard of missles coming your way, or constantly trying to time your plasma bombs to destroy them. Either of which takes too much attention away from the pirates themselves. Defenders Missles are a must.
2. Cost of drones. Some think drones are a good, if not better, alternative to missles because like missles you have the ability to attack targets at distanct without coming into the targets weapon range. I don't think this is true because drones are easily shot down and lost and are much more expensive to replace than missles are. For example, a corp member of mine uses drones for defense while he mining, but when he uses them the NPC pirates will often destry one or two of his drones. He then has to go back and buy some replacements and like ten times the price that it would have cost them if he had just fired some missles. Simply put, drones are too expensive to be losing all the time, missles are cheaper.
Sorry, but i think an effective cruiser just has to have missle offensive/defensive capabilities. I mean, they obivously put them on the all the battleships because of how important they are. The thorax just doesn't hold up.
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Harmor
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Posted - 2003.07.02 20:19:00 -
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The Thorax's inability for missle turrets is does make combat against missle using enemies difficult.
Granted, having a smart bomb to destroy missles near you works, but takes alot more energy than say using Defender missles.
If there was either an expendable drone (say 10m3-25m3 that would have a chance to intercept incoming missiles that would be kewl...maybe a heavy drone version that would orbit your ship and knock down missles - or heck, just add a command to the existing attack drones to attack missles when they are within 2000m.
Now that Cruiser/Torpedoes do like 450 damage...well shooting down those missles is something that will become a priority.
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Harmor
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Posted - 2003.07.02 20:19:00 -
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The Thorax's inability for missle turrets is does make combat against missle using enemies difficult.
Granted, having a smart bomb to destroy missles near you works, but takes alot more energy than say using Defender missles.
If there was either an expendable drone (say 10m3-25m3 that would have a chance to intercept incoming missiles that would be kewl...maybe a heavy drone version that would orbit your ship and knock down missles - or heck, just add a command to the existing attack drones to attack missles when they are within 2000m.
Now that Cruiser/Torpedoes do like 450 damage...well shooting down those missles is something that will become a priority.
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Captian Jhon
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Posted - 2003.07.03 04:13:00 -
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I just bought a throax and i don't no what to equip it wit....i have 2 650mm, a heavy beam and a medium focused laser and that all adds up to about 11 dmg mod.....is that really good or do i need to invest in something else....and where do u find more advanced mining lasers and drones???????
The BS isn't the one to be afraid of, The attitude of the pilot looking at you through the window and thumb on the fire button is what u should be afraid of....
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Captian Jhon
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Posted - 2003.07.03 04:13:00 -
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I just bought a throax and i don't no what to equip it wit....i have 2 650mm, a heavy beam and a medium focused laser and that all adds up to about 11 dmg mod.....is that really good or do i need to invest in something else....and where do u find more advanced mining lasers and drones???????
The BS isn't the one to be afraid of, The attitude of the pilot looking at you through the window and thumb on the fire button is what u should be afraid of....
Welcome To....Hell |
Emiranda
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Posted - 2003.07.03 05:18:00 -
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Helen: Losing drones is something you have to live with. Get a bp copy of a drone and make them yourself. Is a lot less expensive and wasps for instance do not require zydrine nor megacyte. I can mine enough minerals for ten in under 30 minutes so I do not see the point in them being that expensive. It is all a matter of perception.
Ever since I started using heavy drones I have not yet lost a drones while mining in empire space. The tactic is to let the pirates target you first before you sent the drones out.
I must agree that not being able to use missiles tempers the use of Thoraxes in long range heavy combat duty. But again this makes the Thorax not an incompetent or substandard cruiser. The Thorax is merely a very all-round cruiser (except for missiles). Mining can be done with it easily. Drop the ore near you and pick it up later with your Indy. Make sure that you are mining in less populated areas or someone might get the idea of taking away some of you hard lasered or droned ore. Get good, and I mean good bookmarks and you are zipping through major zipcodes of roidfields in no time. I have bookmarks that will let me instantly dock my ships on arrival and when I get back to my cargo container I usually have to wait only 20 seconds for me to reach the container. Most time is spent using warp nowadays.
My suggestion is be prepared. Pick out the cruiser most suited to you and select the proper gear, learn the right skills and have fun with it, if a ship does not suite you then leave it be pick out one that is more to your liking.
Emiranda.
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Emiranda
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Posted - 2003.07.03 05:18:00 -
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Helen: Losing drones is something you have to live with. Get a bp copy of a drone and make them yourself. Is a lot less expensive and wasps for instance do not require zydrine nor megacyte. I can mine enough minerals for ten in under 30 minutes so I do not see the point in them being that expensive. It is all a matter of perception.
Ever since I started using heavy drones I have not yet lost a drones while mining in empire space. The tactic is to let the pirates target you first before you sent the drones out.
I must agree that not being able to use missiles tempers the use of Thoraxes in long range heavy combat duty. But again this makes the Thorax not an incompetent or substandard cruiser. The Thorax is merely a very all-round cruiser (except for missiles). Mining can be done with it easily. Drop the ore near you and pick it up later with your Indy. Make sure that you are mining in less populated areas or someone might get the idea of taking away some of you hard lasered or droned ore. Get good, and I mean good bookmarks and you are zipping through major zipcodes of roidfields in no time. I have bookmarks that will let me instantly dock my ships on arrival and when I get back to my cargo container I usually have to wait only 20 seconds for me to reach the container. Most time is spent using warp nowadays.
My suggestion is be prepared. Pick out the cruiser most suited to you and select the proper gear, learn the right skills and have fun with it, if a ship does not suite you then leave it be pick out one that is more to your liking.
Emiranda.
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Calisarius
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Posted - 2003.07.03 12:31:00 -
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Well.. I use a Thorax with 4 250mm gauss guns and 8 heavy combat drones.
With that armanent there is very little in the NPC area that can last more than a few seconds.
With the extrene range 250mm rails can give you with the right skills you can safely attack from range almost all NPC ships without taking a scratch. Missiles still pose a minor porblem against the heavy missile cruisers, but with the patch and reduced cap use of hybrids i'm fairly certain my med shield booster will be more than a match for most missile volleys.
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Calisarius
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Posted - 2003.07.03 12:31:00 -
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Well.. I use a Thorax with 4 250mm gauss guns and 8 heavy combat drones.
With that armanent there is very little in the NPC area that can last more than a few seconds.
With the extrene range 250mm rails can give you with the right skills you can safely attack from range almost all NPC ships without taking a scratch. Missiles still pose a minor porblem against the heavy missile cruisers, but with the patch and reduced cap use of hybrids i'm fairly certain my med shield booster will be more than a match for most missile volleys.
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Lartfor
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Posted - 2003.07.03 13:04:00 -
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How can your powergrid handle 4 250mm guass? dont those take 300 grid and the ship has a maximum of 675 or something like that
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Lartfor
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Posted - 2003.07.03 13:04:00 -
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How can your powergrid handle 4 250mm guass? dont those take 300 grid and the ship has a maximum of 675 or something like that
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Calisarius
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Posted - 2003.07.03 13:22:00 -
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675MW base
lv4 engineering(+20%) = 810MW.
5 Reactor Control 1s(+10% each) = 1304.5MW
Leaves you with about 100 MW powergrid to play with after fitting guns.
*note* seems 250mm power grid is being decreased to 280MW and the thorax is going up to 700MW... so with lv5 engineering you "should" be able to fit 5 250mms
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Calisarius
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Posted - 2003.07.03 13:22:00 -
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675MW base
lv4 engineering(+20%) = 810MW.
5 Reactor Control 1s(+10% each) = 1304.5MW
Leaves you with about 100 MW powergrid to play with after fitting guns.
*note* seems 250mm power grid is being decreased to 280MW and the thorax is going up to 700MW... so with lv5 engineering you "should" be able to fit 5 250mms
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Helen Ripley
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Posted - 2003.07.03 14:03:00 -
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Calisarius:
Yes I agree with you that your med shield booster will be able to handle light missles, but be careful, the heavy missles and cruise missles will overwhelm your shield quite quickly. For example, I was scouting out a 0.0 for some cronite and bistot near the fringes of the galaxy in Serpentis Territory when I came upon some missle cruisers. One hit from the missles took out my ENTIRE shields and HALF my armor of the frigate I was in. And that was before the patch. Now that the patch is here the missle damage has been upgraded even MORE. So still, i think that you'ld be better with a missle capable buddy along side with you if your cruising in a Thorax.
And Emiranda, yeah, I agree Thoraxes are the best mining cruisers, but i would take a better combat cruiser over a good mining cruiser any day.
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Helen Ripley
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Posted - 2003.07.03 14:03:00 -
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Calisarius:
Yes I agree with you that your med shield booster will be able to handle light missles, but be careful, the heavy missles and cruise missles will overwhelm your shield quite quickly. For example, I was scouting out a 0.0 for some cronite and bistot near the fringes of the galaxy in Serpentis Territory when I came upon some missle cruisers. One hit from the missles took out my ENTIRE shields and HALF my armor of the frigate I was in. And that was before the patch. Now that the patch is here the missle damage has been upgraded even MORE. So still, i think that you'ld be better with a missle capable buddy along side with you if your cruising in a Thorax.
And Emiranda, yeah, I agree Thoraxes are the best mining cruisers, but i would take a better combat cruiser over a good mining cruiser any day.
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Posted - 2003.07.03 23:36:00 -
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Soon i will buy a maller since im a laser freak, but i will always keep my thorax for mining in high security sectors.
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Posted - 2003.07.03 23:36:00 -
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Soon i will buy a maller since im a laser freak, but i will always keep my thorax for mining in high security sectors.
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Posted - 2005.11.23 13:00:00 -
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yea, its a great ship, but not after RMR.
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Testy Mctest
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Posted - 2005.11.23 13:02:00 -
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You just dug up a 28 month old thread to say that? :P
And it's still a good ship after RMR.
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Posted - 2005.11.23 13:02:00 -
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 Originally by: CB Cyrix
yea, its a great ship, but not after RMR.
look at the dates, u woke up the dead
its an old thred :P
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Mordax Ibrium
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Posted - 2005.11.23 13:09:00 -
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hahahaha gold
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Corvus Anderran
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Posted - 2005.11.23 13:15:00 -
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Lol at this thread. "Thorax sucks because it can't fit defenders." 
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Testy Mctest
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Posted - 2005.11.23 13:18:00 -
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I liked "needs another slot for an autotargetter so it can shoot down missiles".
ftw.
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Alghoul
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Posted - 2005.11.23 14:16:00 -
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LOL...haha..
Thorax>BS
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Kollgorholl
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Posted - 2005.11.23 14:34:00 -
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lol, good thing i read the thread right to the end before posting i saw the post about the 200m3 extra drone bay in the next patch and was like WTF!!!!
thankfully that was two years ago so no need to panic
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Stan Smith
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Posted - 2005.11.23 20:26:00 -
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I think it should have a launcher hard point so you can put on an assault launcher with the tried and true defender missile, or a heavy launcher for when frigs get too close
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Dimitri Forgroth
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Posted - 2005.11.23 20:46:00 -
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Personally i liked the all low slots reactor control, and 5 250mm rails.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2005.11.23 21:42:00 -
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FORUM NECROMANCY! LOCKEH!
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Finix Jaeger
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Posted - 2005.11.23 22:03:00 -
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Quick, lock the doors before they escape!!
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Posted - 2005.11.23 22:15:00 -
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I love reading old threads and laughing at how dumb the people in them sound compared to these days
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Mimiru
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Posted - 2005.11.23 22:40:00 -
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I get the same feeling reading recent threads. 
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Uchikage
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Posted - 2005.11.24 12:19:00 -
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Originally by: CB Cyrix
yea, its a great ship, but not after RMR.
Necro love is bad, mmkay?
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Posted - 2005.11.24 12:42:00 -
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Cyrix, not only was that a very naughty act of necromancy, but also completely pointless - because even if the characters you are talking to are still in the game and around to read your reply, they wouldn't at the time of writing have known what RMR is becaise it hadn't even been thought up yet.
-omg-
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CB Cyrix
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Posted - 2005.11.24 12:48:00 -
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Originally by: hired goon
Cyrix, not only was that a very naughty act of necromancy, but also completely pointless - because even if the characters you are talking to are still in the game and around to read your reply, they wouldn't at the time of writing have known what RMR is becaise it hadn't even been thought up yet.
You gotta love it :)
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Posted - 2005.11.24 13:49:00 -
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Originally by: hired goon
Cyrix, not only was that a very naughty act of necromancy, but also completely pointless - because even if the characters you are talking to are still in the game and around to read your reply, they wouldn't at the time of writing have known what RMR is becaise it hadn't even been thought up yet.
I think we can safely assume he was joking 
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