Elroy Cruise
N.A.G.A Corporation
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Posted - 2006.09.02 07:32:00 -
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Mission/Complexes setup.
Lows:
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1x T2 Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
2x T2 Hardeners (depending on rat's flavor)
1x Damage Mod (internal Force Field Array I)
1x Cap Pwer Relay
1x T2 Large Armor Repairer
1x T2 Medium Armor Repairer (A) / T2 Large Armor Repairer (B)
Mids:
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1x Heavy Capacitor Booster (named or not, used in manual mode)
2x (T2 or named) Cap Rechargers
1x Omnidirectional Tracking Link
1x T2 Target Painter
Highs (A):
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2x Drone Link Augmentators (80+ km control range)
3x Named Large Ion Blasters (Lead to Tungsten)
1x Named large Nos (lacks skills for T2)
Highs (B):
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2x Drone Link Augmentators (80+ km control range)
4x T2 Heavy Pulse lasers or T2 250's
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The only difference between both setups, except for high-slots, is the second repairer downgraded to Medium when using large blasters, to save cap and grid.
The cap booster is barely ever used but is a nice safety net in case something goes wrong (lag spike, unexpected respawn in complexes, unlucky drones, gangmate CTD'ing etc).
Using a medium Armor Repairer helps maintain a healthy cap reserve while spending only two mids on cap rechargers, and soaks enough damage over time to sustain the tank 50-70% of the time in a mission with little assitance from the LARP2 nor waste of bulky Cap Booster Charges.
Large blasters have good enough tracking to waste NPC tacklers, especially combined with the target painter, and if big ships come close enough to reach blaster range, they also are within NOS range to feed the blasters.
When fitting medium guns, Pulses are the handy choice (good tracking, good damage types against most rats, and no ammo worries), and can be replaced by rails depending on the rats at hand.
Droonies:
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6-8x Heavy Combat Drones
5x Medium / 5-6x Small Drones (for anti-frig if jammed) [25-50 M¦]
3x Heavy Webbie Drones (+Painter and Heavies/Sentries for special occasions)
1-3x Sentries (depending on rats)
1-3x Medium Armor Maintenance drones (depending on sentries)
0-2x Medium Shield Maintenance drones (depending on sentries)
This setup ensures versatility and enough redundance to not have to dock and crawl back through 3+ DS pockets at 160 m/s, without compromising with firepower.
A loot/ammo mule is recommended when using blasters/rails (alt with hauler and tractor beams works just fine).
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