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Posted - 2006.04.06 10:35:00 -
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 Originally by: Farwinter
Hi all. It's that time of month again. I'm at the point where I'm considering switching over from the now too easy level 2 missions in my Stabber/Rupture to level 3 missions in a Cyclone.
Any comments on the cheap and cheerful setup below?
High
5 x 220 Autocannons
2 x Heavy launchers
1 x NOS
Med
Large shield booster
Large shield extender
Stasis Webifier
10 MN Afterburner
Invulnerability Field or Race/Mission specific hardener
Low
2 x Power Diagnostics
2 x Gyrostabiliser
some comments. i seldom use AC, not because they arent good, but because they use too much amno, so i usually prefer artilleries. another thing. cyclone has a nice boost bonus, so you will want to repair more than you get damaged, so better get rid of the extender a fit either a shield boost amplifier or another hardener.
my current setup for levels 3 and 4
High Slots
5 x 720 Artilleries
3 x Heayv Launchers (level 4 missions)
2 x Assault Launchers + 1 tractor beam (level 3 missions)
Medium Slots
1 x Large Shield Booster
1 x Shield boos Amplifier (coupled with the cyclone bonus, it is very nice) / or 1 x 10mn AB for easier missions
1 x nammed web
2 x hardeners ( hard level 3)
1 x hardener + 1 named target painter ( easy level 3)
3 x hardeners and no web for harder level 4 missions
Low Slots
1 x nammed damage control
2 x gyros + 1 bcu (level 3 missions)
3 x pdu (level 4 missions)
3 x valkiries
2 x warriors
Of course, i can not do all level 4 missions, but i can do at least 7 or 8 of them, and because i have a level 3 and a level 4 agent on the same station, i can always have a nice mission to do.
Yesterday i did gone berserk level 4. on the last spawn, i got a domination saint (8.250.000 isks on bounty) and i had no problem doing all the mission with artilleries. when i had only the domination rat alive, i refitted to autocannons. well, in fact i refitted to thermal resistance, but i also changed autocannons just to kill it faster. i also switched the boost amplifier for a 10mn AB to close the distance to the rat faster. i was orbiting him at 2km hitting him with the 425mm, the heavies and the valkiries, and he could only hit me with torps, cause he was unable to track me with his large guns.
so for now, i havent got firepower issues with the cyclone for level 4 missions, only that some of them require much more tanking than i am able to get
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