Don't go into a Level 4 in your Maelstrom; you will get blown up if you do. Trust me -- I shouldn't even have mine right now, and I wouldn't if not for a very lucky shot against a scrambling Frigate.

Find something else to do. If you are mostly combat trained I recommend finding an Incursion fleet to run with.

your best bet it to avoid the non-spawn based missions (i.e. missions where you have 20-30 ships already there).

The assault
Vengeance
World's Collide
Mordus Headhunters

Are examples of what to avoid if you ship is not... up to par. The main reason being that the old mission triggers are not the same, and you basically get full room aggro as soon as you warp in. They are still doable, but much more difficult, and way more of a chance of getting you ship popped.

The spawn based missions (where there are triggers that spawn new mobs) have not changed much, if at all, in terms of difficulty.

When in doubt, try a three. To be safe, try a few.

I do every level 4 in my mach, permaruns with 1200dps omnitank and an AB. no issues what so ever dont know what the crying is all about.

Oh I would love to see a fit of that Mach. And your implants. And linky boost.
No, I'm seriously asking because Mach is not known for its tank, 1200dps gank sure but tank?

yes me too, what is your fit

i have three that I can't decide how to use

(no, really, and I almost fitted these trimark II's)

http://i.imgur.com/yKbvD.png

I KNOW I KNOW... it's NOT an abaddon

I thought better of nerfing machs into abaddons and went out and got some abaddons

or better yet tell us where you mission, we'll come look for ourselves.

HG Crystals, 6% damage implants, maxed out Tengu OGB.

I have nothing to ask, not even the full cost of the setup (inc OGB and implants).

1200 dps tank is nothing my partner had 1600 stable tank in a napoc. i warped into second pocket in worlds collide an took normal aggro 4 bs 2 frigs the moment she warped in she got full pocket aggro an died with in 20 seconds. no way to escape. lucky i got away as the whole pocket reset when she poped.

she had complex em an themal armor hardners an complex armor rep ah 150k effective hp vs shancha / 1600 tank all was active an she popped around 20 seconds.

i looged at the logs and it was 37 seconds start to pop not to worry anyway ships not the problem its just anoying that 2 people cant do WC lol

i looged at the logs and it was 37 seconds start to pop not to worry anyway ships not the problem its just anoying that 2 people cant do WC lol

My main solo lvl 4s in a Maelstrom

Tech 2 tank of about ~440dps can be adjusted to mission specific hardners for higher tank
Tech 2 AB for range control
Tech 1 1400 MM Scout Arty (I only have 360k skill points in guns right now)
Tech 1 Drones (500k skill points)

I use Fusion and Phased Plasma for BC and BS shots
I used Depleted Uranium and Titanium for Cruiser and Frigates (Better tracking with this ammo)

Don't launch drones until everything is on you and then go for frigates first just to make sure you cannot be tackled or webbed.

Pick off the frigates with arty if they are outside of drone range otherwise go for cruisers and BS so as to lower DPS actually hitting you as fast as possible. Generally speaking killing the BS first can be bad since they trigger additional spawns.

Set orbit to max range and keep at range to optimal for Fusion rounds. (example 85k orbit and 26k keep at range)


Now I am not saying this may be the fastest way or the best, but it works. My attack skills suck overall, though my defense is pretty good.

If I can solo with these skills, then you certianly can if you have 19m in combat skills.