Would replacing codebreakre with omnidriectional and focusing exclusively on combat sites be worth it? 38km optimal on guardes is very sweet

This will obviously mean lower prices for the stuff due to more people

I have a question tho. Lets say I was ratting and perfectly aligned. How much time do I have from when someone appears to when they can start the lock?

Tbh, the best i could do was a semi expensive legion, who had a hard time under neuts :(

a speed tanked Zealot and the Legion would be your best options unfortunately, with the Sacrilege being close behind (although limited by ammo). a speed-tanked Sac would have an amazing tank against Angels and would do decent dps with HAM's.

Blood Raider plexes are a ***** because of the neuts if youre going the Zealot/Legion route, you're best off doing C3's (something the Ishtar cant do well).

sorry i couldnt be of more help.

10/10 plexes cannot be soloed; as much as it hurts, you have to walk away when you find one (or try to sell the bookmark to someone who trusts you).

I have a question tho. Lets say I was ratting and perfectly aligned. How much time do I have from when someone appears to when they can start the lock?

When I see them they are coming out of warp. I am wondering if this speed is the same or is faster with high warp speed setups (I assumed that was max not speed at start or finish)

And the time if someone decloaks on me. I figured if he has MWD on at that point I have a mere second or two but how much do I really have?

I don't know if someone else said this but you got some of the game mechanics wrong.
Never warp off and log if you just interacted with a bubble. 15 minutes of lovely aggression - they will probe you and kill you.

I don't know if someone else said this but you got some of the game mechanics wrong.
Never warp off and log if you just interacted with a bubble. 15 minutes of lovely aggression - they will probe you and kill you.

Incorrect. There are a number of 10/10 which can be soloed, but most of them require a well fitted marauder or faction BS, and those are neither cheap nor very sneaky. A noteable exception is the 10/10 Serpentis plex, which can be soloed in a tengu or an ishtar without a problem.

An important note about decloaking enemies: Stealth bombers are the only ship which can warp to you cloaked and then lock you down in a second after decloaking. Their tank is miserable, but with the right setup they can still hold you down long enough for their buddies to arrive. So watch out for those. If a bomber gets a tackle on you and then you see local going up, donGÇÖt bother setting light drones on it GÇô get the ECMs out and try to jam it.

QFT. If you get shot at or you try to warp inside a bubble, you start an aggro timer GÇô 15 minutes. You log off before those 15 minutes expire, your ship stays in space for another 15.

Also, unless they have recently changed timers GÇô your ship stays in space for 2 min. after you log off, not 1. Gate cloak drops after 30 sec. not 60.

Ninja Plexing in Guristas space is fun and extremely profitable. And you get the added bonus of sticking it to those meddlesome Goonies.

Don't forget to use expensive implants to make your active tanked 2000 ehp Ishtar plow through those plexes even faster.

Very nice guide, thanks! Would this be possible in a Vagabond? The Vaga is the only HAC I can pilot, currently, and I have pretty good skills for it. Any suggestions on fit?

the reason HAC's are ideal is they can sig-speed tank a lot of incoming DPS. Your best bet would actually be the Muninn, but DPS will suck. the main issue with all three ships, however, is that you'll have to aggro the ENTIRE plex because of your poor range. Loki would do well because tank would be good, but you'll end up in an expensive loss mail sooner or later.

for now, i would recommend low sec until you know what you're doing 110%, have alts, and can comfortably use the Loki.

very interesting. i'd have to test this to see if 1) you get more tank out of it, and 2) if the mwd-cloak trick is possible. the only advantage i can think of is getting more speed tank out of it, but tbh im not sure if it would make a difference for the really tough plexes anyways. you can either a) **** the plex, or b) get raped by it if solo....i havent run into something in between. in addition, after the patch, you'll be going 400m/s slower compared to the mwd.

nonetheless, something like this?

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