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Volar Kang
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.18 16:36:00 -
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On boring days when I am station trading or doing research, I undock in a good mining system and offer to boost people for a few million isk each. I keep the Orca right next to the station and I can dock in the drop of a hat if I am attacked. Its not much but it does add a bit of income. Ice miners really love this and I have rented myself out to starting indy corps and provided boosts for their fleets in the past.
The boost alone covered my cost of the Orca since I mined a lot in the past. I also like to use it for transport runs. It is not as slow as a freighter and you can fit a really strong tank to it if you sacrifice the cargo rigs. I just keep less than a billion in it and I'm all set.
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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
3282
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Posted - 2014.03.18 20:45:00 -
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Never lost an Orca. Been around 5 years, and the first 2.75 years of that was in w-space.
My Orca pilot has probed himself through w-space (early collapse) with level 4 skills, which isn't a lot of fun to do.
The Orca is a great general-purpose hauler. |
Qalix
Long Jump.
174
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Posted - 2014.03.18 21:00:00 -
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Mobile mission runner platform. |
Lar Tadaruwa
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2014.05.13 16:09:00 -
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Still haven't bought my first Orca but have a pilot that can fly one. |
Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2878
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Posted - 2014.05.15 02:12:00 -
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Bad Bobby wrote:
As a result, moving things like high-value blueprints has changed from an AFK AP in an Orca to a manual warping journey in a BR (or some esoteric/extreme alternative). As a person who works with high value shipments very frequently, that has resulted in a significant drop in quality of life for me. Still, the old mechanics were poor and I come from the HTFU, adapt & overcome, all change is good school of thought so now the days of the old Orca are no more a thing to me than they days of fitting two MWDs to one hauler.
I'm interested to hear that you use a BR to move high value blueprints. As someone that pisses people off too much to maintain a highsec POS, I move BPOs around lowsec quite a bit, and I've always used an interceptor (travel fit) for medium value ones and would use the same ship but with proper scouting if I were to be moving high value ones. Or alternately a brick-tanked Proteus if I had backup.
Set the universe on fire - then sell the survivors ash.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content.
If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |
Lar Tadaruwa
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.05.15 02:19:00 -
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Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Bad Bobby wrote:
As a result, moving things like high-value blueprints has changed from an AFK AP in an Orca to a manual warping journey in a BR (or some esoteric/extreme alternative). As a person who works with high value shipments very frequently, that has resulted in a significant drop in quality of life for me. Still, the old mechanics were poor and I come from the HTFU, adapt & overcome, all change is good school of thought so now the days of the old Orca are no more a thing to me than they days of fitting two MWDs to one hauler.
I'm interested to hear that you use a BR to move high value blueprints. As someone that pisses people off too much to maintain a highsec POS, I move BPOs around lowsec quite a bit, and I've always used an interceptor (travel fit) for medium value ones and would use the same ship but with proper scouting if I were to be moving high value ones. Or alternately a brick-tanked Proteus if I had backup.
TY, being a BR, soon Blop pilot, fleet, I may find this info of the highest value (to me). |
Walton Street
The KAOS Holdings Group
0
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Posted - 2014.05.15 17:07:00 -
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The great thing about Orcas is that there is no one best use for them. They're very versatile. I'd argue that they're the most versatile ship in the game, and probably the best single ship for a small corp to have.
1. Mining support (especially with the upcoming barge changes)
2. Hauling medium volumes (not quite a freighter, but much faster)
3. Hauling rigged ships (my main combat pilot flies mostly frigates, so this is very handy)
4. Mission support (fit like a mini-carrier with a cap transfer or remote rep, let drones loose, tractor in wrecks)
5. Bait (hero tank anyone?)
As a member of a very small corp, I wouldn't use one outside of hisec simply because I don't have enough support to offset the risk. But an Orca sitting at a losec POS offering mining bonuses to miners pulling in higher-end minerals? Yeah, I could see that being profitable. |
Gabriel Z
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
43
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Posted - 2014.05.15 18:16:00 -
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they make great coffee tables |
The Greenmachine Greenmachine
Green's Bicycle Shop
96
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Posted - 2014.05.15 19:12:00 -
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Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:I use one of mine to scoop the other Orca wreckages, contents and salvage after a suicide gank   Screenshot
why would you block out the system name when you can see it in the overview? |
Lar Tadaruwa
State War Academy
Caldari State
6
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Posted - 2014.05.15 19:17:00 -
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The Greenmachine Greenmachine wrote:Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:I use one of mine to scoop the other Orca wreckages, contents and salvage after a suicide gank Screenshot why would you block out the system name when you can see it in the overview?
I do this too.
And the reason is:
for all the marbles, he forgot. |
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Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2891
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Posted - 2014.05.16 00:33:00 -
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Lar Tadaruwa wrote:Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Bad Bobby wrote:
As a result, moving things like high-value blueprints has changed from an AFK AP in an Orca to a manual warping journey in a BR (or some esoteric/extreme alternative). As a person who works with high value shipments very frequently, that has resulted in a significant drop in quality of life for me. Still, the old mechanics were poor and I come from the HTFU, adapt & overcome, all change is good school of thought so now the days of the old Orca are no more a thing to me than they days of fitting two MWDs to one hauler.
I'm interested to hear that you use a BR to move high value blueprints. As someone that pisses people off too much to maintain a highsec POS, I move BPOs around lowsec quite a bit, and I've always used an interceptor (travel fit) for medium value ones and would use the same ship but with proper scouting if I were to be moving high value ones. Or alternately a brick-tanked Proteus if I had backup. TY, being a BR, soon Blop pilot, fleet, I may find this info of the highest value (to me).
Heh, feel free. I don't mess around when carrying even half a billion ISK in cargo and will not be easy to catch.
Back on the Orca though - I feel their best use is to provide hilarious lossmails. Some of the Orca lossmails I see in the minerbumping channel are just ridiculous.
Set the universe on fire - then sell the survivors ash.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content.
If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |
Zol Interbottom
Theft and Taxes
313
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Posted - 2014.05.16 02:19:00 -
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Fill it with catalysts and rent out your service to suicide gankers.
"If you're quitting for the 3rd time you clearly ain't quitting" - Chribba |
Lar Tadaruwa
State War Academy
Caldari State
42
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Posted - 2014.07.04 01:14:00 -
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Zol Interbottom wrote:Fill it with catalysts and rent out your service to suicide gankers.
Do you mean to rent the catalysts in the Orca bay to suicide gankers to destroy Freighter or other ships with them?
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