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Selena Sellion
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Posted - 2006.01.26 23:51:00 -
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I was seeing these ships go for billions on escrow. Are they all just trophys?
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Deja Thoris
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Posted - 2006.01.27 00:21:00 -
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Lots of people use them.
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Nukeitall
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Posted - 2006.01.27 00:27:00 -
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Yeah, missions are the primary outlet of their usage.
Which isn't to say that they are not seen in other venues.
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Nocturnal Avenger
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Posted - 2006.01.27 01:04:00 -
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Originally by: Selena Sellion I was seeing these ships go for billions on escrow. Are they all just trophys?
Since I was (am) low on skills, I bought a machariel, so I could finish level 3 missions faster than in a tempest. The underlying goal was to solo all level 4 missions. I am nearly there now.
Definitely not "just" a trophy.
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Valea Silpha
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Posted - 2006.01.27 01:10:00 -
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If you know what your doing, missions aren't too much of a risk, especially in a mighty faction BS. Wish i could afford a machariel to make my lvl 4s easier
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Spartan III
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Posted - 2006.01.27 02:31:00 -
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Yes, it is VERY common to see faction BSs for missions. Mostly the Caldari Navy Raven. ******************** Join Public Channel "Christian Public Access" for great fellowship and fun |
Kurtz
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Posted - 2006.01.27 03:44:00 -
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I have been using a Machariel almost exclusively on L4's the past 6 months. I am not especially Caldari focused, but if I were, I would likely be using a Rattlesnake.
I have a Fleet Tempest but its capabilities just don't outweigh the amount of effort it took to obtain, to risk losing it. So, I take it for strolls around empire and that is about it.
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Selena Selliton
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Posted - 2006.01.27 12:56:00 -
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Id love to see these ships. Where do people see them in action?
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Rod Blaine
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Posted - 2006.01.27 13:10:00 -
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Oh, these are used widely.
Some of us even use them in pvp quite oftenly. Checksome killboards and you'll see plenty cropping up in fights.
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lee kemp
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Posted - 2006.01.27 21:55:00 -
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i used to use a Rattlesnake until the lag monster took it off me
Now i use a cerberus (id never use a faction bs again)
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Ditchdoctor
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Posted - 2006.01.27 22:37:00 -
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I used a Vindicator for lvl4 missions and loved it. Great tank and good firepower as well. Why bother buying the ship if it will never be used.
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Termy
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Posted - 2006.01.27 23:54:00 -
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Originally by: Ditchdoctor I used a Vindicator for lvl4 missions and loved it. Great tank and good firepower as well. Why bother buying the ship if it will never be used.
hehe, bet u have to fit MWD+AB for deadspace missions ----------- Not Blue = Shoot It
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Batar Fireheart
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Posted - 2006.01.28 00:57:00 -
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i use my machariel primarily for level 4 missions.. the thing is a mission monster.
"MAY YOUR WALLET BE FULL OF ISK AND YOUR CANNONS BLESSED"
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chuckus
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Posted - 2006.01.28 04:30:00 -
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Navy Apoc FTW
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Franken Slammer
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Posted - 2006.01.29 06:51:00 -
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i've had my rattlesnake for, hmm, at least 3 months. morlty lvl3ing at high speed, but also lvl4ing with 6 pdu2's, 4 t2 hardeners, xl t2 booster, a booster amp, 6 cruise and 2 heavy noss - tanks like a *****, and over 16k of shields in that setup when gang skills come in - the passive recharge has kept me alive once or twice when i bit off the whole stage :) A great ship. Working for a CNR right now. |
Tamala
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Posted - 2006.01.29 07:04:00 -
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I'd just like to take my hat off to all those willing to risk faction ships in PvP. Nothing sadder than seeing some carebear with a hangar full of dusty faction ships.
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Rawthorm
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Posted - 2006.01.29 12:17:00 -
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I've always used my faction ships in everything I do. Thats from mission running in both high and low sec, to pvp in 0.0. (Nothing quite like sitting cloaked in a CNR as the enemy pass within meters of decloaking you after you've ahnialated some of their buddies )
They have cone down in price alot tho. Still respect is due to people who fly them in combat but its not the same as taking 8 billion isk into combat back in the day when that number ment something lol. I think the only big balls left to claim belong to Entity. He has the only Federal Issue Mega in existance and that would be a gem to see in PvP, tho as hes a collector I think its something we will never see happen.
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Leandro Salazar
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Posted - 2006.01.29 13:27:00 -
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I recently acquired a Machariel to ease my lvl4 missions too. It is too nice a ship to just have it rot in hangar. At the same time though it is far too valuable for me to risk it in lowsec, so I found myself doing lvl2 missions with it to work up standing for lvl4 access in a new corp coz my old one had no decent lvl4 agents in safe space... (Running a Stabber through lvl1s with a storyline agent from my corp in the sams system now though coz that is faster standing gain)
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inSpirAcy
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Posted - 2006.01.29 14:21:00 -
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Edited by: inSpirAcy on 29/01/2006 14:22:12 While I've yet to acquire my first faction ship (navy apoc ftw!), I'd treat it the same as my other ships. Don't buy what you won't use, and don't fly what you can't afford to lose.
There's no point in having it sitting in a hangar, and NPC missioning is an ideal use for it. I wouldn't take one into PVP without having some serious capital in my pocket, because I would fully expect to lose it there. That's not to say it isn't worth flying into battle with it - far from it, it's a fantastic thing to do - but it changes the financial conditions under which I'd fly one.
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drillerkiller2004
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Posted - 2006.01.29 14:54:00 -
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You can't finish lvl 3 missions but you can afford a machariel? Hmmm.
Just use an assault frig, they **** their way through lvl 3's
I can't afford those faction ships....only got 100m
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Hellspawn01
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Posted - 2006.01.29 15:24:00 -
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I use 3x faction ships for lvl4s atm depending on mission. Vindicator with blaster setup for open space multi-wave missions, nightmare for the tank and rattlesnake for drone missions. Gotta love them. ------ BlogÖ WTS Core-X kinetic hardener |
Abyss Jack
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Posted - 2006.01.29 17:23:00 -
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Edited by: Abyss Jack on 29/01/2006 17:25:50 Edited by: Abyss Jack on 29/01/2006 17:23:53 i do missions in lowsec, so i won't use a Faction ship. I can't allow some1 collect a killmail of this baby ...."yarrr i blow up a navy raven... harhar yarr.." you know what i mean?
btw its not a problem risk them against npcs... but its aproblem run in a trap or gatecamp...
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