Bugsy VanHalen
Society of lost Souls
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Posted - 2013.01.10 15:04:00 -
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Nox Frigaton wrote:I've outfitted many ships, including a destroyer with 8 level 2 energy beams and barely broke 150 (coercer). glad that's funny to you though.
It's a drake, outfitted with 7 limos heavy launchers with scourge missiles and two BCS Is (standard, not named).
4 light drones.
Well there is your problem. It is not your DPS per say. Level 2 missions are not meant to be done with battlecruisers. the medium guns, or in your case, heavy missiles have trouble hitting the small fast targets. Level 2 missions should not be run in anything bigger than a cruiser. They are actually balanced for destroyers. Level 3 missions is when you should be getting into a battlecruiser. But you must have your support skills up. Being able to fit the launchers does you know good if you do not have the support skills for them to apply damage.
Not that a drake can not do these missions. You should certainly have zero issues with tank. Try fitting a full rack of rapid light missile launchers. light missiles hit small targets much harder than heavy missiles. Small targets, like the NPC's you get in level 2 missions, are much easier to kill with light missiles than with heavy missiles.
You should get Missile Launcher Operation (MLO) to 4 now, and to 5 ASAP if you do not already have it.
missile support skills you need to train and their prerequsite MLO level include;
Guided missile precision - MLO 5
Missile bombardment - MLO 1
Missile projection - MLO 3
rapid launch - MLO 2
Target navigation prediction - MLO 2
warhead upgrades - MLO 4
To fly a drake well, you should have all of these to at least 4. but even having them to 2-3 will make a huge difference over not having them at all. These skills require increasingly high levels of missile launcher operation before you can inject them. Guided missile precision, the skill that allows you to hit smaller targets with larger missiles requires missile launcher operation 5 before you can even start training it. Without it you will not do much damage to frigates with heavy missiles.
Missiles are great for PVE, but without training ALL the support skills you will find the low damage application very frustrating.Get the prerequsites to at least 4 and you should be able to fly even most level 4 missions with your drake. Although it may be a little slow.
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