Slithereen
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Posted - 2005.07.10 02:02:00 -
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Very much so.
For solo money earning, you can do missions with an AF or with an inty. The missile nerf makes it hard for an NPC cruiser or battleship to hit you even with missiles. Unless you got webbed and their turrets are trained on you. Inties are even more viable now after the patch due to "sig tanking". Signature tanking literally reduces the damage done against you by turrets and missiles.
At the same time, small missiles are not affected by the patch. Just after the patch, using inty l4 skills, I am doing 118 dmg off my Bloodclaws from my Crow when people are whining hitting targets for 30 to 50 damage with a torpedo. I expect my damage and effectivity to rise when I get the new missile skills.
Using fast ships, deadspace L3 missions can be cleared in a relatively quick time. I often do it with nothing more than an inty with AB2 or Cold Gas. Using an AB, you retain the inty's naturally low sig radius, which helps in sig tanking. Naturally I also have high navigation skills and speed implants in my head. L3 missions cannot make as much money as as L4 missions, but if you have a fast turnover on the missions, and get to collect and sell named loot in the market, you can still make millions and have a ball doing it.
For L4 missions, you can sell out your services as a support ship for clearing NPC frigates off your companions.
About a month or two ago I hanged up my battleships even before the patch came, and went with inties, assaults and heavy asssaults. The HACs I reserve for those situations where a T2 frigate simply cannot do the job. I am more than rich enough not to depend on L4 missions anymore and I don't have ambitions to earn another big fat ship like a dreadnaught. To tell you the truth, living with frigs is a blast, you really enjoy the speed, the pace, and the action.
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