Andre Ricard
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Posted - 2005.06.24 04:53:00 -
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Well, a few corpmates and I just got about 20 million ISK in cruiser shot out from under us by this lovely fellow. Let me explain:
I was flying my shiny new Blaster-rax with 3 Heavy Neutrons, 2 Light Neutrons (for frigate work), 10NM AB, Small Shield Boost I (more for after-battle shield recharge convienience than for any actual tanking), 3 Reactor Control Is (for all the gun power, I was actually over a bit), a +24ish overdrive, and a Medium Armor Repair. Also six drones, 3 Berzerkers, 3 Praetor, since I can only control 6 right now. My corpmates were in a Comorant, a Celestis, and a Vexor, all loaded for long range.
We went after the Level 4 Serp Phi-Outpost in Seyllin. The first area was easy; especially once I got in range and started preaching the virtue of liberty with heavy particle cannons, even the Elder Thoraxes didn't last too long. The guy in the Comorant was eating frigates like they were potato chips. We were rocking the house.
Then we get in there with the damned Megathron.
He was 70-odd out, so we had plenty of time to clear up his listless Elder Thorax buddy. Then we went for the thorat with the big tub. We got our faces rocked.
It started out well enough. We were cutting through the shields, and we didn't seem to be taking a hell of a lot of damage... then it got the range, and the guy in the Vexor started losing massive chunks of health. Before long, he was gone, then the Celestis, then me. The Comorant warped out just in time.
First, does that thing warp jam? We weren't able to warp out once it targeted us. Secondly, yes, I know, as tackle I should have sucked it up, lost the shield booster, and put a pair of anti-Gallente ECM jammers on there. If it can't target, it can't kill. (I need to TRAIN ECM, but that isn't too difficult.)
Third, though... even if I had jammed it to hell and back, I'm not sure it was killable. We sliced through the shields easy enough, like I said, but when we got to the armor it was like a brick wall. I didn't see my guns - my BIG guns - doing more than 30 damage, and the guy in the Comorant was reporting 5 damage a shot. I think it was regenerating, too... does that thing have kinetic and thermal armor hardeners or something? It seemed like four ships, three of them cruisers and one of them averaging 80-90 damage a shot with the big guns, should have been able to take out that Mega, with difficulty. It's armor was built like a brick wall, though.
Thoughts?
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