ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
Late Night Alliance
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Posted - 2013.09.02 23:00:00 -
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Celthon Drakken wrote:Would the FC need to have something other than a Mining Ship, to provide better support -- or would the bonuses from skills such as Siege Warfare & Armored Warfare apply regardless of the ship the FC uses?
To provide basic bonuses (to armor, shields, speed, agility, etc) a person needs to be in the squad commander position. It doesn't need to be the FC, just whoever has the best skills.
Certain ships however will boost specific bonuses significantly. As mentioned above, the Orca is the mining fleet ship of choice as it can provide not only hauler support, but also Mining and/or Warfare Link bonuses too. People in ships like this should be the Squad Commander position.
Celthon Drakken wrote:The Mining Foreman/Director skills increase yield of the Mining, but would it not be useful to have someone in "bodyguard" status to help if pirates attack? If so, what sort of ship & skill pkg. would be recommended? If it is a suicide type attack, would the "bodyguard" ship/pilot effectively be useless because it would be over before he/she could attack/defend?
I'm going to assume you are mining in high-sec.
You don't need a bodyguard in the traditional sense (big and lots of guns). Frankly, they won't be fast enough. What you need is something like a destroyer or cruiser with the ability to lock extremely fast and deal very high volley damage to remove [at least one of] the ganker from field as soon as they go "blinky" (if they are not already). Artillery-fit Thrashers and Ruptures with lots of Sensor Boosters are good for this.
Alternatively, you can get someone with a remote repair module (like a shield transporter) to effectively negate some of the DPS dealt to the barges during a suicide attack... putting the odds of survival more in the miner's favor.
However, the best way to keep your fleet secure from a suicide gank is to tank up your ships (by fitting lots of raw HP and resistances, not shield boosters***). Barges like the Procurer excel at doing this. And Armor/Siege Warfare links will further enhance your defenses (which the Orca helps with). The trade off is that you won't mine as much/fast.
*** suicide ganks operate on the tactic of dealing as much damage in as small a time frame as possible. It's rare for a shield booster or armor repper to complete it's cycle and negate enough incoming damage to make any difference. Thus, fit for maximum HP.
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