Sab Sab Five
Purging Maelstrom
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Posted - 2013.01.26 04:34:00 -
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heh adapt. U see this alot as advice, but its not bad advice given how long it can take the devs to change stuff around. Seems to me in the year i have played that the Devs at CCP lack the ability to "focus fire" their issues like many other companies, preferring to solve many issues with small sweeping patches that affect everything, hehe.
however, that being said, they did give the BS's the micro jump drive, which is a neat little way to get away from the mission rats, and as they give chase, your transversal to them makes the caldari sentry drone just melt them as they approach, with a minimum of damage to your drones.
I have lost a few lights and some gallente sentry drones when frigates got too close to me, usually due to carelessness, or laziness on my part.
I will agree, however, that for now... the old drone kiting methods are getting hit hard (especially the heavies and mediums, which have a long transit time where they are vulnerable because of their angle of attack, until they begin the up close orbits).
i look for better resists on t2 drones in future, and a better interface. Also using the midslot that increases speed might help to get them to target faster.
hotkeys and an agile ship also help out a bit, worth looking into. Since i use sentries, i hotkey "return to bay" and usually just orbit my sentries. Unless i am webbed by frigates i can usually get em reeled in in time to keep them from getting too destroyed (that is sentries, which have much better shields and armor than other drones).
Sometimes, if the frigates get in too close to fast, it behooves me to ignore them for a bit, till my sentries are done with the bigger fish that will destroy my smalls and mediums if i take them out to destroy the frigates before the others falling at me. |
Sab Sab Five
Purging Maelstrom
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Posted - 2013.01.26 04:40:00 -
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well, if we are being honest, wouldnt the whole rat fleet run like hell, warp out, anytime my navy BS showed up??
why stick around at all? it was always kinda weird that NPCs would ignore my drones and attack my super armored Domi |