Bugsy VanHalen
Society of lost Souls
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Posted - 2012.09.14 14:16:00 -
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A low sec research POS you will want a large if you can swing it. Dreads can jump into low sec which makes POS bashing small and medium towers far less boring.
In high sec a small caldari can run 3 labs which will take a few characters to make full use of. Had a small research POS in high sec for almost 2 years without a single war dec. very safe as high sec POS bashing, even small towers is tedious at best.
In low sec anything smaller than a large POS is a big risk, unless you don't keep any assets in the POS. ME/PE research out of a station corp hanger for example. Than if the POS gets popped you just throw up another. fit what ever labs you can make use of and fill the rest with hardeners and ECM. Not much point in guns unless you have POS gunners to man them.
Setting up a POS in low or null is a completely different ball game than high sec.
In High sec they can not attack without first war decing you and waiting 24hrs. And then they need either a good size fleet, or a lot of time to take down even a small tower. Defenses can be left offline until a war dec is received, saving CPU and PG for labs and such. Chances are during the minimum 24 hours between war dec and attack anything of value was moved out so no juicy loot.
In Low sec or Null anyone can attack any POS without warning. Defenses need to be online 23/7 and the attackers can bring caps. a few dreads can make fast work of even a large POS.
That being said however, POS bashing is still boring, and having dreads in siege mode in low sec is a big risk for little reward. unless you make your self a target or choose the wrong system to set up in you have a very good chance of being left alone. I know some players with on man/multi account corps that have run POSes in low sec for over a year without losing a single POS.
You basically have two choices. Keep the POS to a bare minimum of what you need and don't keep any assets in it. Stront is your biggest friend. If it gets attacked they need to come back at possibly an inconvenient time to finish the job. And if it does get popped you lose minimal invest. Just throw up a replacement.
other option is as others have suggested a dickstar. Large POS with as much hardeners and ECM as possible. This makes the POS a real pain and time consuming to attack. Hardeners can drastically increase your EHP and ECM will cause them to keep losing target lock dropping their DPS. There is not much point in a medium dickstar as they are still easier to take down than a completely undefended large POS.
Basically in low or null if someone wants your POS gone, no matter how you fit it, it will be gone. your best defense is location and not pissing off the locals. Even a small POS in a back water system where you have a decent relationship with the local pirates can last for years, while at the same time the most expensive dickstar can be taken down within 24 hours of it being anchored if someone doesn't want it there. Find a quite system with low PVP activity and you should be good to go. Personally I prefer the low cost approach as an expensive dickstar can look like a loot pinata to many pirates. "What is so valuable in this POS to warrant such an expensive defense" |