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Heffy
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Posted - 2006.04.07 14:07:00 -
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In your opinion what is the fastest lvl 2 mission runner in cruiser form? Assuming I have the skills to use whatever. Including looting the drops...
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Zafon
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Posted - 2006.04.07 14:17:00 -
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Caracal?
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Heffy
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Posted - 2006.04.07 14:56:00 -
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Sorry, forgot to specify - these are 100% kill missions.
My thoughts were a Caracal as well, all light missile launchers for hitting frigates.
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Mimsy
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Posted - 2006.04.07 14:58:00 -
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I use a Caracal, and although the killing is quite quick, the loot collection afterward is so-so, even with max navigation, max acceleration control, and max evasive maneuvering. Although I haven't flown them, I'd think either a Vexor or an Arbitrator may be better provided you have the drone skills. You could then populate the highs with a couple of small tractor beams. -----
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe All mimsy were the borogoves And the mome raths outgrabe |
Heffy
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Posted - 2006.04.07 15:32:00 -
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Yeah, true. I certainly have the drone skills to do it. What do you think kills the lvl 2 frigates quicker, 5 tech 2 lights or 5 tech 2 mediums?
course..the vexor could keep a full rack of both, I think.
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Mimsy
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Posted - 2006.04.07 15:42:00 -
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Well, my main carries a rack of five T2 Hobgoblins and five T2 Hammerheads when flying his Apoc for Level 3 Missions. In general, I think five mediums will take out Level 2 frigs faster since I've never noticed an NPC inty in a Level 2 mission. -----
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe All mimsy were the borogoves And the mome raths outgrabe |
Pang Grohl
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Posted - 2006.04.07 16:37:00 -
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Edited by: Pang Grohl on 07/04/2006 16:38:21 I'm flying a Thorax & on non-deadspace missions the MWD makes loot collection go much quicker. I've noticed that light drones are killing faster than medium drone since most of the frigates I've run into are MWD equiped. A webber sped up the kills vs those frigates.
edit: I must be lucky cause I've run in to intys on about 1/3 of the level 2 missions I've run. Forum: A place where ideas come to prove their worth. Portraits rock!
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Iagen
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Posted - 2006.04.07 17:39:00 -
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Vexor with good drone skills can clean a lvl 2 very very fast. 1 drone control unit and some tractors in your highs, a tank, an AB, let the drones go kill you just loot and win.
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Jinx Barker
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Posted - 2006.04.08 01:34:00 -
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Not sure about cruiser, but once you skill up, if you havent already, train for the ceptor.
I have pimped my ALT to over 8.0 Navy standing running 2x L2 Agents, took about 6 days. He was in the pod, so the rats respawn, and I just orbited the pod and poped the rats.
Anyway, in my Crow took me on average of 30 seconds for a short mission, to 4-5 Minutes for a longish one like Blockade, to about 10 minutes for multiple warp-points mission.
The longest important mission, a double-agent, took me about 15 Minutes to pop all the rats.
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Reinala
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Posted - 2006.04.09 11:43:00 -
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Stabber
I don't know what it will be like when there is no skills... I was in Rupture that time, but now I'm with 3-4 lvl in most important skills and here I have 800 m/s (AB T2) cruiser with deadly anti-frigate setup and ok tank (med rep + damage control).
One of the most "speed up looting" things you can do - switching to close combat. Takes some courage and practice, especialy with armor tanking, but after that...
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Niques Leutre
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Posted - 2006.04.09 16:50:00 -
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Edited by: Niques Leutre on 09/04/2006 16:51:34 I'd have to agree with the Vexor. I've tried half a douzen cruisers for level 2s and drone carriers are simply the best.
Drones will give you a high DPS boost, but still leave your ship itself free to mount plenty of big guns.
Also, you don't have to worry about really slow targeting times vs drones. Infact you don't need to worry about targeting at all, since drones (with decent skills) kill frigates about as fast as a Caracal with full assault launchers once you factor in the ship drone bonus.
Of course, you're free to mount more weapons on to speed things up, but my level 2 mission running Vexor kills ships so fast that I've had to mount four tractor beams instead of guns. My drones pop frigates so fast that I spend more time tractoring then I do killing. ___________________________________
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