Major Trant
Not Another One Man Corporation
Stainwagon.
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Posted - 2011.11.14 14:42:00 -
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I run two account. This character is my PvP char and currently is in NPC null sec. My second account has a mission runner carebear in the first slot with some industrial and trading skills, he lives in high sec.
Both accounts have a second character on them, each have a minion character with some basic skills. Thus I log Major Trant on in null sec and dual box to use the minion character from my other account to scout, haul, cyno and other tasks with. Then I log on to my mission character and use the minion character from Major Trant's account to haul, salvage etc.
For example I jumped Major Trant into a system yesterday and discovered 10 Fighters on scan. I went and picked up a Cheetah and scanned them down. They were sitting outside a red POS (Player Owned Station), but no reds were in system. I brought minion along in a hauler and while Trant speed tanked the POS guns, minion warped in and hauled off the fighters, it took 3 trips cause they each take 5000 m3 of cargo space, but 15 minutes later I was around 180M isk richer.
Later that day I found a True Sansha Cruiser in a belt. Trant using a slow Drake, took him and his bodyguards down at 60Km range, trouble is you have to pop the important guy first cause they sometimes warp off, but the moment he pops, like a big red flag, "True Sansha Medium Commander Wreak" appears on everyone's onboard scanner. Minion to the rescue, flying a Slasher he warps in and nicks the loot before anyone else arrived to chase me off (or give me a hand). Another 90M Isk bagged. I had a good day yesterday.
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In order to dual box you need two accounts. You also need two accounts if your motivation is the second skill queue and the desire to specialize into different areas. But minion characters with low skill points are really useful additions. All my minions have less than 900K SP which means that I never have to upgrade their clones and I can just abandon them, to save my main characters when things go wrong. But that is enough for them to fly every T1 Frigate and T1 Destroyer, a Noctis (L3), a hauler (obviously a Bestower), use a Prototype Cloaking device, Salvager (L4) and lite a cyno.
I wouldn't advise trying to dual box with two main characters. I lost a CNR that way once. |