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Rednaxela Nilkcam
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Posted - 2005.08.12 10:46:00 -
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Hi, long time player here but something has always confused me --
I've never been able to establish what types of damage NPC's (and players for that matter) are hitting me with.
Other than consulting a Database for the types of ship I am facing is there anyway to check in game as to what types of damage I should be set-up for..I.e. EW, Explosive etc etc.
Cheers for any info all :)
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Rednaxela Nilkcam
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Posted - 2005.08.12 10:54:00 -
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Or.... :)
Is it simply Caldari rats such as Guristas deal for Kenetic and Thermal or Amarr rats deal EW and Thermal ?
Im guessing it's never been that simple :/
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James Lyrus
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Posted - 2005.08.12 10:59:00 -
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Actually rat types are pretty static in their loadouts.
Guristas use rails and blasters (Kin/Therm and kinetic missiles
Serpentis use rails and blasters (Kin/Therm) and thermal missiles
Blood raiders use lasers (EM/Thermal)
As a rule of thumb, each NPC type use stereotypical weaponry for the ship class. The only exceptions that immediately spring to mind are the 'mercenary commanders' and friends who use lasers in caracals.
Oh, and angels use every damage type, which is a bit of a bugger for tanking it.
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Azooka
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Posted - 2005.08.12 11:10:00 -
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Is this correct then?
serpentis: kin/therm
blood raiders: em/therm
angel: em/expl/kin/therm
mercenary: em/therm
domination: em/expl/kin/therm
guristas: kin/therm
sansha: em/therm
caldari: em/expl/kin/therm
gallente: em/exlp/kin/therm
Can someone confirm if these damage types are correct for each NPC ?
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LUKEC
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Posted - 2005.08.12 11:13:00 -
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in short:
gurista & CN: tank 2x kin, 1x th hardener
serpentis & GN : 2x th, 1x kin (might be some changes here, since hybrids do more kin. dmg atm)
Blood and amarr navy: 2x em, 1x th
sansha: 2x em, 1x th, 1x kin ... those cruise missiles are pain(at least on armor)
angels: i advise shield tank, 1 hardener for each dmg type. And yes, they are pain. Only good thing is that they tend to come close, so you don't have to go far for loot :)
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Akaviri
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Posted - 2005.08.12 11:21:00 -
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 Originally by: James Lyrus
Serpentis use rails and blasters (Kin/Therm) and thermal missiles
Did they change that recently? I haven't had much of an opportunity to play in the past two months, but I recall Serpentis ships firing kinetic missles.
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Rex Martell
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Posted - 2005.08.12 11:34:00 -
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Also a tip each NPC rat types highest damage type is their lowest resist.
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babylonstew
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Posted - 2005.08.12 11:35:00 -
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also mercs fire kinectic missiles and torps to
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Nekhad Jormuzzar
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Posted - 2005.08.12 12:03:00 -
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Originally by: Akaviri
Originally by: James Lyrus
Serpentis use rails and blasters (Kin/Therm) and thermal missiles
Did they change that recently? I haven't had much of an opportunity to play in the past two months, but I recall Serpentis ships firing kinetic missles.
They still fire kinetic missiles AFAIK.
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Rednaxela Nilkcam
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Posted - 2005.08.12 12:29:00 -
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Wow, great respone.
Thanks to all replys.
Eve has the damned best bunch of players out there :)
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Tul 'Kas
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Posted - 2005.08.12 13:37:00 -
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Originally by: LUKEC
angels: i advise shield tank, 1 hardener for each dmg type. And yes, they are pain. Only good thing is that they tend to come close, so you don't have to go far for loot :)
Sure, if you've got 5-6 midslots you can devote to a shield tank. Easy for a Raven or Scorpion, though Scorp will take awhile to break some tanks. Tempest can pull it off, but only at long-range in my experience. Dominix has the slots to go either way, don't fly one but I'd probably armor-tank it as drones work better short-range. Successfully armor-tanking angels is just a matter of extra hardeners, 2 exp 2 kin 2 therm and a large rep will last a very long time.
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quarlos
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Posted - 2005.08.12 18:20:00 -
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You could also check out eve-i.com's object explorer.
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Lord Morkoth
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Posted - 2005.08.12 19:33:00 -
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i hate how "1337" the angels are, all dmg types 
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Rednaxela Nilkcam
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Posted - 2005.08.13 13:59:00 -
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Thanks again, the object explorer is very nice as well :)
Does this work in-game I wonder ?
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