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Adliger Krieger
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Posted - 2005.03.14 18:46:00 -
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Has anyone encountered the mission 'Rogue Drone Harassment' Lvl 4 deadspace mission.
The first part u need to destroy about 30 drones - no problem. The next part contains 4 drones.
U need to kill the 2 closer drones 1 at a time and warp out and then come back with your shields and armor refreshed.
The last 2 drones are called 'Supreme Drone Parasite' and I have found that they are impossible to kill with only 1 BS no matter what the setup.
My Raven with 6 torpedoe tubes could only get 1 down to 1/2 armor before getting killed eventually (with shield or armor tank it makes no difference). I lost 3 Ravens making the attempt.
Went back with an APOC and was getting 260 hits against drone shields then the hits against armor dropped to 10-20.
This mission that pays 1m isk would take 4 BS's from the way I see it. There is no warning from the agent that u may need friends to help u with the mission.
This mission needs to be looked at by the devs. I like a hard mission but this is ridiculus.
Any comments.
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Nerissa
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Posted - 2005.03.14 18:54:00 -
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Thermal and Kinetic tanking,
send your torpedoes off in a string and not bursting them in groups of 6, takes me a full bay of torps in each launcher to kill one, but quite possible.
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Kaylona Tso
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Posted - 2005.03.14 19:05:00 -
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Its doable solo in an apoc with much skill under your belt. Should be even doable in a raven.
Most lvl 4 deadspaces actually are by defacto group missions its just the DEVS didn't realize half of eve if not more are billionaires w/ lots of good loot to plow them down solo.
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Mallik Hendrake
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Posted - 2005.03.14 19:19:00 -
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You need range. One of the parasites starts 60km or so from you; get 70km away and he won't hardly hit you.
Also, I solo this in my raven pretty regularly; it's pretty easy really. Takes 12 or 13 salvos of torpedos to kill one.
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Taco Perez
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Posted - 2005.03.14 20:43:00 -
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I do that mission in a dom. Just tank thermal *2 and kinetic and you're golden.
For what it's worth. I lure the distant drone to the warp in point. I then warp away and go back through to web it and drone it to death. Get within 10km and they can't track very well...
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Lardarz B'stard
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Posted - 2005.03.14 20:44:00 -
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i tank 2 thermal, 1 kinetic and use launchers set to 4 bane and 2 mjolnir torps.
Dies very quickly.
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Zlen
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Posted - 2005.03.14 21:06:00 -
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It's actually quite easy in a Raven.
I use 1 kinetic, 1 thermal resist.
6 Siege, use a combo of Juggs and Bane.
2 720 mm scouts and they pop in just under
one load of torps. 
Even 2 or 3 of them, and there great loot
droppers :)
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Joshua Foiritain
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Posted - 2005.03.14 21:10:00 -
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Edited by: Joshua Foiritain on 14/03/2005 21:12:49
Edited by: Joshua Foiritain on 14/03/2005 21:11:40
6x Siege with Juggers
2x Nothing
1x XL C5-L
1x Shield Boost amp
2x Thermal Hardner
1x Kinetic Hardner
1x Cap II recharger
3x PDU I
2x Ballistic mod
All standard market items apart from the shield booster.
Spam torps in a big line while flying towards a planet. Range between you and drones doesnt really matter, tanking them is fairly easy with this setup.
Though their optimal is 40km, so the further you are away from that the better.
Once the launcher empty out one drone goes poof and the other one will be no threat whatso ever 
Its a really easy mission compared to some of the others ive had.
Not to mention the bad ass minerals they leave behind 
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Odin Tahmorrex
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Posted - 2005.03.14 21:12:00 -
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You don't NEED range. Or a raven lol. They do have 77.5% resistant armor across the board, so hitting them with different damage types doesn't do a whole lotta good. As for you having two left at the end... I think you aggro'd the entire Deadspace group at once. You should only have to fight 1 Supreme drone at a time. When you warp in, just target 1 little drone close to you, it's cluster will target you back, and you can jsut take it out. Oh, and don't target the sentries either :) Again, it will bring the entire lot down on you :)
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Ruffio Sepico
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Posted - 2005.03.14 21:12:00 -
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Edited by: Ruffio Sepico on 14/03/2005 21:15:58
 Originally by: Adliger Krieger
Has anyone encountered the mission 'Rogue Drone Harassment' Lvl 4 deadspace mission.
The first part u need to destroy about 30 drones - no problem. The next part contains 4 drones.
U need to kill the 2 closer drones 1 at a time and warp out and then come back with your shields and armor refreshed.
The last 2 drones are called 'Supreme Drone Parasite' and I have found that they are impossible to kill with only 1 BS no matter what the setup.
My Raven with 6 torpedoe tubes could only get 1 down to 1/2 armor before getting killed eventually (with shield or armor tank it makes no difference). I lost 3 Ravens making the attempt.
Went back with an APOC and was getting 260 hits against drone shields then the hits against armor dropped to 10-20.
This mission that pays 1m isk would take 4 BS's from the way I see it. There is no warning from the agent that u may need friends to help u with the mission.
This mission needs to be looked at by the devs. I like a hard mission but this is ridiculus.
Any comments.
Ill do this mission without worries in a Raven, tanked for kinetic and thermal, just one hardner of each. Use an xl sb in addition.
It got 20% ressistance to Thermal to shields, and 77.5% ressistance to everything on armor. They attack at 64km range.
You sometimes get lucky when you warp in and have one close and other at range, or real unlucky and both close. Just gain some distance to one while kill the other, it just require a lot of dmg.
They are dead slow, so you can outrun them in a bs without any burner at all.
Its a risky mission though, if you do something wrong its easy to end up screwed over.
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Ruffio Sepico
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Posted - 2005.03.14 21:29:00 -
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Originally by: Odin Tahmorrex
You don't NEED range. Or a raven lol. They do have 77.5% resistant armor across the board, so hitting them with different damage types doesn't do a whole lotta good. As for you having two left at the end... I think you aggro'd the entire Deadspace group at once. You should only have to fight 1 Supreme drone at a time. When you warp in, just target 1 little drone close to you, it's cluster will target you back, and you can jsut take it out. Oh, and don't target the sentries either :) Again, it will bring the entire lot down on you :)
-o.
You are right, you dont need a raven, you dont need a special type of ammo either. I just stick to Thermal as I dont want to switch ammo all the time, and its quite ok ammo to use. However, 2 supremes most of the times agro on you both. When I warp in I just wait to see whoever attack me first, but most of the time all of them light up and start fire. Its all about luck I guess.
There isn't any sentries in the "Rouge drone harrasment" mission. The sentries in the "Infested ruins" mission, got a dmg modifer of 3x and hurt a bit if you dont take them down, but its ok, because only one mob of drones does agro on you out of it, and they approach you very slowly.
As for some other missions, fire on the sentries might get whole spawn to agro on you at same time, which is bad imho ;-)
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Mjolnir
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Posted - 2005.03.14 22:53:00 -
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Ive done this mission solo in the raven. It is possible to go though it without running away you just gotta have a good tanking setup. Everyone else is right with the damage tho just stick with termal and just keep pounding on them. IMO the only thing that would help killing them quicker is skills. Strong skills in your weapon of choice will make a big diffrence to damage delt, as well as strong skills in engineering feilds will allow you to pack more useful modules into your ship.
I do an armor tank on this and it works perfectly
6 seige
1 100mn ab2
4 cap recharger 1s
1 xlarge armor repair ( or is it larger i forget)
1 med armor repair 2
3 reactor control units
Just begin to move away as quick as possible, hopefuly alinging yourself to warp just in case. Take out the first two smaller drones, reload all launchers and then stagger out your torps so its a continous stream. Should be able to take out one with 1 1/2 volleys. rinse and repeat.
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Strick 9
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Posted - 2005.03.14 23:27:00 -
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Ive soloed those with Apoc and raven key word Drones dude drones Apoc for that mission 6x mega pulse with multis 2x siege with infernos mixed heavy drones 2 therm 2 explosive 2 em mids I run 4x cap II's lows 2x large accomidated repairs 2knetic hards 1x thermal 2x cap power relays u can run both repairs and hards and maintain 50% cap when tanking two you have to get some didstance on them jab them with microwaves till their shield is gone then launch drones you will notice the armor dies fairly quick then once you get into the armor aways move in close and switch to multis and sic drones on the other till you kill the one then move in 15km or so and hammer that one :)
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whejl
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Posted - 2005.03.14 23:28:00 -
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Edited by: whejl on 14/03/2005 23:32:21
me does it fine, sometimes I will have to warp out with one of them still alive sometimes not.
Originally by: Adliger Krieger
I lost 3 Ravens making the attempt.
..and keeps trying. Add some more ballistic controls and a shield booster or something. Or even train a skill or two..
Or you could warp out when it looks bad.
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whejl
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Posted - 2005.03.14 23:31:00 -
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Originally by: Odin Tahmorrex
You should only have to fight 1 Supreme drone at a time.
The lvl4 version have 2 of them + 2 smaller drones in the 2nd part.
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Droidster
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Posted - 2005.03.15 00:45:00 -
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What is the point of spreading out your torps in a steady stream instead of firing them all at once in a salvo?
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throbbinnoggin
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Posted - 2005.03.15 01:44:00 -
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Edited by: throbbinnoggin on 15/03/2005 03:59:22
Originally by: Ruffio Seico
It got 20% ressistance to Thermal to shields, and 77.5% resistance to everything on armor.
I have found that the armor resists on the drone parasites have been revised. In experimenting with different types of torps on my apoc, i have hit with the following numbers: mjolner(em)=108=80% resist, bane(exp)=270=50% resist. i havent tried with juggernauts(kin) yet, but have with inferno(therm). i just don't remember if it was high hundreds or low 200's, nor do i have screenshots of those hits. at my current torp lvl4 i hit structure for 540 damage w/o damage mods hence my calculation of resistance.
http://throbbinnoggin.100free.com/screenshots/droneparaem.jpg
http://throbbinnoggin.100free.com/screenshots/droneparaexp.jpg
http://throbbinnoggin.100free.com/screenshots/droneparastruct.jpg
the point being, if youre having probs taking him out w/ a raven, you might want to start off with a couple of volleys of em to down its shields, then switch to explosive. also use explosive drones.
the dilema here is i find if carrying only 1 type of missle, i prefer to have infernos as i find thermal damage best suited overall to dealing with all the other drones.
Originally by: Droidster
What is the point of spreading out your torps in a steady stream instead of firing them all at once in a salvo?
It's really not important for npc, but for pvp it helps keep smartbomb equiped ships from being able to nullify your offense with one well timed shot.
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Sorja
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Posted - 2005.03.15 04:36:00 -
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Of course, when people yell on the boards that you can fly a Raven with 800,000 skillpoints, there are always fools to believe them... and spread the rumor further untill it becomes what happened to you.
You are obviously not skilled enough to fly a BS.
Maybe with 850,000 SPs ? 
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Mjolnir
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Posted - 2005.03.15 05:18:00 -
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Originally by: Droidster
What is the point of spreading out your torps in a steady stream instead of firing them all at once in a salvo?
Also helps because the drone armor tanks pretty fast. So the amount of time between reloads and the next volley is less chance he can armor repair
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Bubba1977
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Posted - 2005.03.15 07:49:00 -
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Wonder if an assault frig could take out a supreme drone parasite.
hmmm...
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Sammira
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Posted - 2005.03.15 10:39:00 -
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Originally by: Adliger Krieger
Has anyone encountered the mission 'Rogue Drone Harassment' Lvl 4 deadspace mission.
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This mission needs to be looked at by the devs. I like a hard mission but this is ridiculus.
Any comments.
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First of all, no lvl 4 mission is impossible to do solo. I've only had help once in my first ever lvl 4 as i wasn't sure what to expect. I've solo'd every other once since then.
As with any lvl 4 mission, if you go in and keep an eye on your cap and sheilds and be ready to warp out if things are getting nasty, you should not be loosing a single ship, let alone 3.
Personally I've only done the 'Rogue Drone Harassment' one once, and i think i was taken down to ~50% sheilds because I ran out of cap thanks to over zealous usage of the XL booster and forgetting to turn it off. *chuckles* Took out everything and back in plenty of time for the bonus. No I don't have uber skills, only lvl 3 Caldari BS and lvl 4 Torps though I will admit I have good subsiduary skills.
People have put in good set-ups in this thread, but i might add, the SDP has a very poor tracking ability on it's guns, so if you get in close it will not be able to hit you. Now i understand your hesitation in getting in close with one of these, but at 500m orbit you won't get hit by one of the SDP's and tanking the second one is easy.
Though I must say, to be blunt, if you're finding the mission hard that you lost 3 ravens, I suggest getting someone to help you in a gang or turn down the offer next time.
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Isamu Kongousuta
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Posted - 2005.03.15 12:33:00 -
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Edited by: Isamu Kongousuta on 15/03/2005 14:38:44
Originally by: Odin Tahmorrex
You don't NEED range. Or a raven lol. They do have 77.5% resistant armor across the board, so hitting them with different damage types doesn't do a whole lotta good. As for you having two left at the end... I think you aggro'd the entire Deadspace group at once. You should only have to fight 1 Supreme drone at a time. When you warp in, just target 1 little drone close to you, it's cluster will target you back, and you can jsut take it out. Oh, and don't target the sentries either :) Again, it will bring the entire lot down on you :)
-o.
I've done this mission many times now and found out juggernouts do more damage then other types and yes on the armor, this shouldnot be right i know but they sure do.
at the second stage i just kill the 2 small ones first then take distance with a afterburner .
but with descent skills and the right setup you can tank both supreme drones in a raven
my loadout :
6 x siege launcher
1 kinetic 1 thermal shield harderner 1 large T2 shield booster 1 shield boost amplifier 1 sensor booster and a afterburner.
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Calio
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Posted - 2005.03.15 14:30:00 -
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Originally by: Isamu KongousutaI've done this mission many times now and found out juggernouts do more damage then other types and yes on the armor, this shouldnot be right i know but they sure do.[/quote
I agree. The juggs work best for me also. Can take an SDP down with less than a full load from the 6 siege launchers(14 salvos does it easily - with torp 4 skill). Don't understand why this should be so, but it is. My best guess is that it may be the Caldari kinetic damage bonus on the armor, since resists are same across the board and the extra damage may be a big factor in breaking the armor tank.
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Pollie
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Posted - 2005.03.15 14:45:00 -
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And as a matter of interest, this mission pays over 15mill ISK if you get good mineral drops to refine
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Isamu Kongousuta
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Posted - 2005.03.15 14:49:00 -
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Originally by: Pollie
And as a matter of interest, this mission pays over 15mill ISK if you get good mineral drops to refine
call me lazy  but i just hate looting in a bs with a afterburner so i leave those cans alone .
i like the mission for the 4000 to 5000 loyalty points i get for it
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SkyHawKer
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Posted - 2005.03.15 15:15:00 -
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:o i soloed a supreme drone parasite in raven it was so easy i didn't even get one hit at me :P
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X'Alor
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Posted - 2005.03.15 16:37:00 -
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this whole mission is a cake walk compared to the jump in point of the "silence the informant" lvl 4 mission.
if your loosing 3 ravens to this mission, don't bother with the informant. you'll never get thru the first stage jump in point.
Solo'ed silence last night and it was quite a thrill.
Only had to warp out once on that jump in this time. \0/ I'll get thru that solo without warp out yet.
Also, The parasites like to shoot you around 50 to 60km
their optimal is around 60ish and they like to try to get there. Had one bugger smack me for a wrecking shot with hardners running and did 418 damage at like 57km.
ouchie, hope that don't happen often.
Anyways, as much as you guys might not like this idea. Approach the parasite drone. Close the gap. Especially with raven, dive bomb that bugger. The parasite's guns begin to fail as you get closer. your farther from his optimal so the less damage he does and if you can get right next to him with a couple smartbombs you can toast him.
yes smart bombs inbetween your missle vollies really screws with that damn drone.
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Dirtball
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Posted - 2005.03.15 18:25:00 -
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Edited by: Dirtball on 15/03/2005 18:25:53
raven
xlarge c5l, shield amp, 2 thermal hardners and 2 kinetic harders
5 cap relays (bite me I didn't have any power diags)
thermal torps (might have been juggernauts though, but I think it was inferno) and it was rather easy, or at least it wasn't noticably difficult.
Originally by: Pollie
And as a matter of interest, this mission pays over 15mill ISK if you get good mineral drops to refine
yeah to the tune of like 2000 zydrine and 360 megacyte or something.
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Foomanshoe
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Posted - 2005.03.16 00:50:00 -
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Maybe you should get some friends and do it in a group.
Sheesh, people complain about L4 missions being solo'able, and then they ask why they cant solo it.
FFS Adliger, its not ment to be solo'd. Stop warping out, get 2 friends, and split the isk!
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Insanicus
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Posted - 2005.03.16 04:32:00 -
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i did this mission in a typhoon. a single supreme parasite shouldn't even be hard in a raven.
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