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Ilya Murametz	Posted - 2006.03.22 23:36:00 - [31] Originally by: Agent Kenshin You think its really that silly of a mining ship. It can field 15 mining drone 2s or harvestors. If you have the skills and drone control links. But 10 if you have carrier 5. It has teh ability to fit warfare mods which means it can use the mining forman links... Starting to see the picture. Its the closest thing CCP has given us to a capital sized mining platform. Carriers are logistic ships and fleet support ships. There is no denying that. But you can support a fleet of miners just as well as a fleet of combat ships. Its not a good solo mining ship but it will provide a nasty defense for mining ops. As well as gang bonus for fitting the mining forman links. Even though only the ice link is out AFAIK. Believe his question reffered to mining in a carrier alone, and the later reply by someone else refered to using 9 techII mining drones. Is mining in carrier alone silly HELL YA. can you use a SUPPORT ship to SUPPORT a mining operation.. well uhmm yea, Do quite often myself actually. But that wasn't the question.
Serendipity007	Posted - 2006.03.23 20:38:00 - [32] When referring to a mining operation, I implied that I had at least one person with me, as that person has the Cyno Field for me to jump to. I could have 1 barge and 1 hauler in the hangar bay. Friend ejects out of cyno ship and goes into barge starts mining. Can gets full, gets out hauler and fills hauler up. Continues to mine until Corp bay is full. Friend gets back into cyno ship (probably a covops or similar) and starts making the trip back. Hauler and Barge get packed into ship bay. A third person back at HQ opens cyno field, and the carrier jumps back home. Now that I analyze the data, this setup wouldn't profit unless you were able to mine something really rare, such as Mercoxit or Bistot. Mercoxit can't be mined by drones to my knowledge, and one barge full, one hauler full, and one corp bay full of ore wouldn't yield that much mins. Perhaps ninja mining with a Carrier isn't a good idea. A Titan however... Another question: Could you fit a small POS in a Carrier? Does the corp bay, and hangar bay with 1 or 2 haulers with the parts have enough room to carry a small POS? Thanks for answering my questions. However, nobody mentioned trying to eject a shuttle/frig from the hangar bay just before a carrier explodes, then trying to make your way to the shuttle/frig to escape. Has anyone tried this? ___________________________________________________ "I'm an engineer, not a miracle worker!" - Scotty, Star Trek: The Original Series
Caldorous	Posted - 2006.03.23 21:46:00 - [33] I was thinking about protecting my corp mates from pirates when mining in a low sec system... ----------------------------- I know where is the ISD naughty secret
Astrum Ludus	Posted - 2006.03.23 22:10:00 - [34] I'd lose it in a level III mission. I bet ya.
Jenny Spitfire	Posted - 2006.03.23 22:23:00 - [35] Mine Arkanor... ---------------- RecruitMe@NOINT!
Berrik Radhok	Posted - 2006.03.23 22:25:00 - [36] If I had a carrier, I'd fit it with deadspace armor tanking mods, get a few friends to remote boost me, fill my highs with nos, and gate camp all day long. Signature file size and dimensions to big, please keep it under 400x120 and 24000 bytes - Petwraith
Stab Wound	Posted - 2006.03.23 23:11:00 - [37] Originally by: Serendipity007 However, nobody mentioned trying to eject a shuttle/frig from the hangar bay just before a carrier explodes, then trying to make your way to the shuttle/frig to escape. Has anyone tried this? you get a 30 second "stepping out to find a bush" timer after you eject from a ship (atleast i think that's the message you get ). So untill that time is up you cant board a new ship. Ejecting from it before it explodes, is 99% of the time a bad idea (in any ship), because, what if the enemies spot you doing it and manage to all stop firing... free carrier? :P It's possible to pull such a thing, you can directly choose board ship on the empty shuttle just before your main ship explodes and the attackers will never have the reaction time to stop firing, but i just dont see the use. I think you shouldnt worry about what happens if you get your carrier blown up, but worry about how to not get it blown up in the first place. ;p
Golan Trevize	Posted - 2006.03.23 23:45:00 - [38] I do have a Carrier and i badly want to kill people with it. The Gallente ideals of Freedom, Liberty and Equality will be met by the Amarr realities of Lasers, Armor and Battleships.
Serendipity007	Posted - 2006.03.23 23:56:00 - [39] Originally by: Stab Wound Originally by: Serendipity007 However, nobody mentioned trying to eject a shuttle/frig from the hangar bay just before a carrier explodes, then trying to make your way to the shuttle/frig to escape. Has anyone tried this? you get a 30 second "stepping out to find a bush" timer after you eject from a ship (atleast i think that's the message you get ). So untill that time is up you cant board a new ship. Ejecting from it before it explodes, is 99% of the time a bad idea (in any ship), because, what if the enemies spot you doing it and manage to all stop firing... free carrier? :P It's possible to pull such a thing, you can directly choose board ship on the empty shuttle just before your main ship explodes and the attackers will never have the reaction time to stop firing, but i just dont see the use. I think you shouldnt worry about what happens if you get your carrier blown up, but worry about how to not get it blown up in the first place. ;p Indeed! I don't intend to get my Carrier blown up, but just in case, I want an option for a speedy getaway. Or even drop an Inty/HAC/BC and continue fighting (BS won't fit, yet). ___________________________________________________ "I'm an engineer, not a miracle worker!" - Scotty, Star Trek: The Original Series
Aversin	Posted - 2006.03.24 01:21:00 - [40] Edited by: Aversin on 24/03/2006 01:21:04 oops double post Originally by: Razner Cerizo They will never quit. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Aversin	Posted - 2006.03.24 01:21:00 - [41] Originally by: Stephra Parle Originally by: Jon Hawkes I imagine they could field a wicked number of Tech II Mining Drones.... I think I hate you! laugh but I KNOW someone who plans on doing this :) Originally by: Razner Cerizo They will never quit. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Konietzko	Posted - 2006.03.24 01:40:00 - [42] I would park it outside of an outpost and send waves of fighters after sniping harpies. [botox bandits : pirates]
Sum DumHo	Posted - 2006.03.24 10:37:00 - [43] Edited by: Sum DumHo on 24/03/2006 10:40:13 I'd put the scariest kill you dead setup ever Hi slots 1 prototype cloaking device 4x micro (explosive) smartbombs mids 3x basic tracking computers 1 100000000000mn ab lows 7x ballistic controls Drone bay As many harvesters as I can load Park it 145 km off the Torrinos Gate in ECP-8R and make some PvPer's day (oh and insure it at the bronze payout)
Aba Tor	Posted - 2006.03.24 12:20:00 - [44] I would sell it :) ... A wise man never plays TAG with a RINO
Koori	Posted - 2006.03.24 12:52:00 - [45] Originally by: Konietzko I would park it outside of an outpost and send waves of fighters after sniping harpies. fighters are bad for killing frigs :( ------------------------------------------- Sig stolen again :(
Slink Grinsdikild	Posted - 2006.03.24 13:00:00 - [46] Repackage and escrow it
Ishana	Posted - 2006.03.24 13:24:00 - [47] I would use it to farry POS fuel and supplies from empire to 0.0 (which is what it's mostly used for atm btw...) Fighter drones are nice and all, but meh... _________________________________________________________
Butter Dog	Posted - 2006.03.24 13:35:00 - [48] Originally by: Konietzko I would park it outside of an outpost and send waves of fighters after sniping harpies. :p Actually, carriers are really good for defending home systems against raiding parties. If you just get something like a frigate with 4 sensor boosters, and orbit the gate at 100km with 5 fighters from a Carrier parked in a safespot/POS... when when a hostile comes in simply instalock, assign the fighters, and warp to an SS. If the target is a cruiser or larger, their only choice is to leave the system or call in friends to try and kill the fighters before they die themselves. Doesnt work so well against large groups, but its a superb tactic to deter casual hostiles in larger ships. ------------------ The ISS Navy is recruiting. See this thread for further details. www.eve-iss.com
Voculus	Posted - 2006.03.28 09:18:00 - [49] Quote: If you had a Carrier, what would you do with it? Kill gate-campers.
Sillyclone	Posted - 2006.03.28 09:22:00 - [50] Sell it. I done and never will have the skills to pilot it.

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