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GBBUTT
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Posted - 2005.03.11 02:57:00 -
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I was looking in the ships set up sticky but couldnt find one.
Ive been messing arround with Caracal lately because of the sheer damage it can deal out with heavies and im only a noob. So far ive come up with two setups, a tackler and a NPC setup.
Tackler
High 4 Heavy standard 1 Med NOS
Mid 1 10MN Tech2 Ab 1 25km WCS 1 Med Webbifier 1 Cap recharger
Low 1 Med Armour rep 1 400mm Tungsten
Now im just a noob but i did manage to get a stabber kill with this setup on my own. I would of made it back to station to repair if his mates hadnt blobed me.
NPC
High 5 Named Heavie launchers (2 EM, 2 Explosive, 1 Widow)
Mid 1 10MN T2 Ab 1 Race specific shield hardeners 1 Multi Shield hardener Named 1 Med Shield booster
low 1 Co proc 1 RCU
Now aslong as i dont go under 0.2 space ive had no problems killing the rats, havent done any missions yet. 0.1 space has given me a run for its money but im still a n00b.
Has anyone got better setups?
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Voltron
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Posted - 2005.03.11 03:00:00 -
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i used to hunt in 0.0 with this setup......mind you they were all blood's and i would pick my battles.
Hi 5 heavys
med 10mn mwd cap recharge cap battery shield boost med
lo i honestly don't remember what i had here, try pdu's or maybe some ballistic controls.
I would warp in at 60km and stay at my max missile range using my mwd sparingly, i would also always stay aligned to a warpable object in case things got rough
Volt
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Justin Cody
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Posted - 2005.03.20 15:25:00 -
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Here's my current gank setup...of course the trick is to always pick your battles. :)
HIGH 2 Limos Heavy 1 Malkuth heavy 2 standard heavy
MED 10MN tech II AB Prototype Sensor Booster J5b Pased Prototype warp inhibitor tech II med shield booster
LOW Ballistic Control Medium armor repairer (for after the battle) (leave offline if necessary)
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Marcus Alkhaar
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Posted - 2005.03.21 13:16:00 -
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OMG!
Lvl 3 mission setup:
High: 5x Heavy Missile Launcher (Arbalest ofcourse)
Mid: 10MN AB II Medium Shield Booster II (Maybe I should get a Larg, but it works out for me) Kin Hardener (named) Thermal Hardener (named)
Low: 2x Cap relay (I know, I know, lesser shield boost... but it makes your shield booster last for a bit longer :D, If you got some good CPU skills get 2 Pxower Diagnostic System)
Could do any lvl 3 mission.... EM/Thermal for Silence of the Informant... freaking drones with lasers hit me HARD
Guristas Extravaganza... have not tried it with my Caracal... I will probaly be able to make it... but who want to use like 3 hours on that mission if you could ask someone for help and do it in 1 hour....
Besides, if you make enough lvl 3 missions you may be able to get a Faction Caracal 6 / 5 / 4 setup, I really want to test it someday
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Honking Walrus
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Posted - 2005.03.30 08:57:00 -
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Hey Guys, Noob question here. How can you get 5 launchers on a cara when there are only 3 launcher hardports and 2 turret ports? Food gunky ex-smoking vodka drinking magic playing halo loving forever dying eve flying xbox ruling super hauling n00b! |
fras
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Posted - 2005.03.30 09:05:00 -
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Originally by: Honking Walrus Hey Guys, Noob question here. How can you get 5 launchers on a cara when there are only 3 launcher hardports and 2 turret ports?
It has 5 launcher, 2 turret & 5 high slots. So any mix within those boundries works ok.
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TDA Shadow
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Posted - 2005.03.30 09:12:00 -
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Originally by: Honking Walrus Hey Guys, Noob question here. How can you get 5 launchers on a cara when there are only 3 launcher hardports and 2 turret ports?
Just use ducktape and tape two launchers onto one mountpoint. easy :)
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Honking Walrus
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Posted - 2005.03.30 09:47:00 -
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Quote: Just use ducktape and tape two launchers onto one mountpoint. easy :)
Just as I though, however I seem to be lacking the lvl 5 ducktape skill and the lvl 4 bodget skills lol.
Thanks for the answer so quickly, I should really look at specs more closely.
Honking Walrus Food gunky ex-smoking vodka drinking magic playing halo loving forever dying eve flying xbox ruling super hauling n00b! |
Spuki
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Posted - 2005.03.30 10:09:00 -
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I used
High: 5x Malkuth Heavy Missile Launchers
Med: 1x 10mn MWD 1x Large Clarity Ward Shield Booster 1x Kin Hardener 1x Tm Hardener
Low: 1x Ballistic Control 1x Coprozessor
Of course this doesnt work for deadspace, but thats what my raven is for.
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Jarmon Karlentis
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Posted - 2005.03.30 12:40:00 -
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5x Arbalest Heavy Launchers 1x10mn MWD, 1xMed Shield Booster, 1xThermal hardener, 1x Passive Kinetic Hardener 1xPowerDiagnostic2, 1xBCU
Works fine for me ratting in 0.0, I have taken spawns of 5 or more cruiser rats without taking armour damage, just keep my distance, not tried it PvP though, too yellow.
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Rexthor Hammerfists
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Posted - 2005.03.30 14:57:00 -
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some of u guys must b stupid rich, the cara is damn fragile and a throwaway ship - fit it like u want, but dont fit named or t2 things on it.
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Jarmon Karlentis
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Posted - 2005.03.30 15:03:00 -
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Originally by: Rexthor Hammerfists some of u guys must b stupid rich, the cara is damn fragile and a throwaway ship - fit it like u want, but dont fit named or t2 things on it.
Yes the Caracal is fragile, and should be treated as such, but no reason not to fit decent fittings to it to get the best performance, same as I use decent equipment on my Moa.
Like I said in my previous post, I regularly hit cruiser spawns of 5 or more, yes it takes time, yes I have to be careful, but it's a hell of a lot more fun than just sitting there in a raven and doing the same.
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Justin Cody
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Posted - 2005.03.30 20:30:00 -
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Yeah you should fit what you want, but never more than you can afford to lose. If you can't kit it out again within 24 hours of losing it, then you probably shouldn't own it to begin with. But thats just my opinion, though I am not referring to super rare faction loot. ========================
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Aram Gishno
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Posted - 2005.03.30 20:56:00 -
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any setup that allows for speed (you don't want to get too close to those pesky cruiser rats) and lot's of missiles does fine, do remember that range is life, and thus cap is life.
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DJTheBaron
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Posted - 2005.03.30 21:06:00 -
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i have an intresting lv3 mission setup, i have been able to complete eveyr single lv3 mission in a mere carcal pre and post shiva
5 launchers, t2 10mn ab, cap battery, 2 cap rechargers, medium t2 arm rep and small t2 arm rep
granted you have veyr low armour to begin with and get worried during eveyr fight but the nstural resiatances and infinie tank + ab = win if used tactfully __________________________________________________
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Famine Aligher'ri
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Posted - 2005.03.30 21:13:00 -
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For the love of god quit using your med slots for usless crap for npc hunting. If you're hunting for cruisers in 0.1-0.4 space LEAVE A SPOT OPEN FOR A WEBBER.
You leave your whole defense with a crippling weakness due to not being able to protect yourself from orbiting frigates who out velocity your heavy missiles.
So take the advice, decide on what you can do without for your NPC setups and put a webber on board. If I gank another Caracal without a webber i'm going to puke.
Famine Aligher'ri, of The Aligher'ri -The Frig- |
Kaylona Tso
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Posted - 2005.03.31 00:04:00 -
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Originally by: Rexthor Hammerfists some of u guys must b stupid rich, the cara is damn fragile and a throwaway ship - fit it like u want, but dont fit named or t2 things on it.
??? caracal pwnz j00 w/ tech3h t00! -----
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DJTheBaron
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Posted - 2005.03.31 02:14:00 -
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well i ahve cruiser 5, and move away fomr frigs with a t2 ab, when when webbed i can kill all frigs using missiles or light drones __________________________________________________
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Justin Cody
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Posted - 2005.04.03 05:10:00 -
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The caracal is one of the best tech I cruisers in existance when used correctly. The only problem it can have is with capacitor capacity. But with maxed out cap skills a person should be fine in most engagements. I find that the ability to do all types of damage and select the best payload is extremely helpful. A good thing to use to supplement it itbomb when swarmed by a rax's drones. ================
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Cecil Montague
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Posted - 2005.04.03 09:19:00 -
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Apart from a shield booster everything on a caracal should do one of two things. Make you go faster or make your opponent go slower. If you can't keep a target at least 45km away then run for it. Do that and you can take any npc within empire space.
Caracals have trouble with PvP though as range fighting with missiles against someone who know's their stuff is hard. But trying to get close against another cruiser in a caracal is almost always suicide because it's made of wood and canvas.
"There is no such thing as an effective segment of totality." - Bruce Lee |
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Ante
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Posted - 2005.04.04 00:59:00 -
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Edited by: Ante on 04/04/2005 01:02:12 Caracal is one of my fav ships
High
5 malkuth
Mid
Large Shield Booster II Med Shield Extender II Cap recharger II Cap recharger II
Low
Cap power relay (named or otherwise) Ballistic mod
I use this setup w/scourge since the caracal only gives bonus' with kinetic damage missiles. EDIT: Gives me 1919 shield hp. Use this for NPC have no idea how it would go in PVP.
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Fjellu
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Posted - 2005.04.04 07:47:00 -
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I have only done missions while I still used a Caracal. Here is my setup from bach when:
5X Arbalest heavy launcher
Domination 10 MN MWD or Domination 10 MN Afterburner Large Dread Guristas Shield Booster Cap recharger II Eutetic I Capacitor Charge Array
Dread Guristas Ballistic Control System Domination Ballistic Control System _________________________________________________
This gives nice speed, awesome shield boost and damage and decent cap recharge
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HoIIy Smoke
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Posted - 2005.04.07 15:22:00 -
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Found this setup to be very usefull.....am still getting my skills up so have used named for now in some places where tech 2 would be better.
high : 5 X limos med : Named AB, Tech 2 Lrg Shield Ext, Named Webber, Named Med shield booster Low : Overdrive (for now) and Named Cpu(for now) once cpu skills slightly higher will change cpu for Pwr Diag system. or ballistic control.
This setup really works for me and soaks up loads of dmg....and can get those pesky fast frigs/drones.
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Aegis Osiris
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Posted - 2005.04.07 16:11:00 -
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I've used this setup to good effect. Note, you'll want to have a supply depot nearby.
Hi: 5 x heavy launcher (named, whatever)
Mid: Medium shield booster 2 2 shield hardners (by NPC type) Medium cap booster (named) with 800 charges (can fit 1)
Low: PDU Ballistic Control
The 800's, while they do eat up cargo space, essentially recharge nearly your whole cap. So long as they last, you can run the shield booster on auto. I've survived NPC BS's while being in their optimal range. Survived ok in PvP tests as well. Not fast, but good damage and survivability.
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The Breezy
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Posted - 2005.04.09 18:46:00 -
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this is what i use. you dont have to be rich and its not so bad of a setup if your dont have like 11 mil skills.
high: 5x heavy launchers ( i use thunderbolt, havok, widowmaker, and 2 scourge) even tho you get a 10% bonus for scourge i tend not to use all 5 as scourge missiles. usually only pros know what they are going to be fighting against and so this is basically just a ballanced setup for any fight
med: 10mn afterburner medium shield booster 2x cap rechargers
low: power diagnostics system capacitor flux coil
if you want to exchange anything for anything do whatever. this setup uses mostly all of my cpu and about half my power. it gives my cap a max of 835 with a recharge rate of only 150 seconds. i like this alot since i can run my 10mn afterburner and my shield booster constantly for quite some time without worry.
i hope this helps alot of people out.
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upsideup
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Posted - 2005.04.09 19:34:00 -
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Originally by: Fjellu I have only done missions while I still used a Caracal. Here is my setup from bach when:
5X Arbalest heavy launcher
Domination 10 MN MWD or Domination 10 MN Afterburner Large Dread Guristas Shield Booster Cap recharger II Eutetic I Capacitor Charge Array
Dread Guristas Ballistic Control System Domination Ballistic Control System _________________________________________________
This gives nice speed, awesome shield boost and damage and decent cap recharge
Got Billions?
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Alyaria
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Posted - 2005.04.18 20:29:00 -
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Does anyone have a good PvP setup for the caracel. We just got war dec on us - and I dont have the skills to fly a ferox yet. Thanks.
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marioman
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Posted - 2005.04.19 00:00:00 -
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For NPCs on lvl 3 missions i used to use: Non-DS 5x Arb heavies 1 Y-T8 10mn MWD 1 Med Ohm Cap battery, 2 cap rechargers 1 cap relay, 1 BCS
DS 5x arbs 1 10mn AB II, or Y-S8 if u cant use tech 2 1 med shield booster II 1 shield boost amp 1 cap recharger 1 nano, 1 BCS
As for the guy who commented on the Navy Caracal, it flat out kills lvl 3s for deadspace i get 3480 shields :D oh and its faster than a Cerberus, over 1800m/s with 10mn MWD II, and over 700m/s with 10mn AB II
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Alexi Borizkova
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Posted - 2005.04.19 00:35:00 -
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It's interestign to see some of these setups, I thought I was one of the only people that used a capacitor power relay with a shield tanking setup.
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Will Basthard
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Posted - 2005.04.19 02:10:00 -
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5 Malkuth Heavy
1 10MN II, Alumn Sensor booster, Med SB II, SB amp
2 Ballistics
scourge missiles
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