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Mac Qingyun
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.26 19:01:00 -
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I'm fairly new still, and have been flying and training Gallente initially. Drones are fun, and I've flown a Vexor, Myrmidon, and Dominix now, but keep wondering the same thing:
Should I fit my highs with only one or two rails (for aggro at distance) and the rest blasters, or all rails?
I commonly find myself in the situation where ships will close in and orbit much closer than my rails can hit. I could abandon some low slots to improve tracking, but not sure that's going to help enough to be worth losing some of the armor tanking / cap recharge.
Instead, I could switch to blasters and continue damaging ships that close that fast (IE: Damsel In Distress Lvl 4, the battleships close and orbit closer than 6km).
Also, I hear the "way to go" is autocannons ... I'm planning on training those once I'm a little more solid on more of the core stuff, so this will eventually be moot, I suppose. |
Mac Qingyun
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.26 19:47:00 -
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Thanks all for the replies! |
Mac Qingyun
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.26 22:06:00 -
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Derath Ellecon wrote:As far as Damsel LVL4, I stop warp and then warp my Domi at 75km. Then just blast everything out of the sky with sentries. Nothing gets within 20km and they die fast that way.
Curious /how/ to do this. I've heard others say similar things, and I'm training up T2 sentries, so it's an appealing idea.
But the only option I see on warp is "warp to location" ... how do you warp to 75km /away/ from the location? I could see warping in, placing a bookmark, then warping out, then warping to the bookmark, but not if there's nothing to place the bookmark on, and that's a lot of warping and may mess with spawn times as well.
So ... 'splain please? :) |
Mac Qingyun
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.27 16:56:00 -
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mama guru wrote:You can generate a bookmark where your ship is at. you dont need a wreck/structure to target for it.
Just open your bookmarks and click generate bookmark, it can even be done in warp to create safespots.
I know I can make a bookmark where my ship /is/, but the question is how to make a bookmark somewhere else. Derath said he would "warp my Domi at 75km". The warp-in point to many missions is sub-25km with no structures out 50km further away. So how would one warp in further away than the warp-in beacon ...
Especially on something like Damsel where it's in a pocket, and bookmarks (I think) don't work there.
I've heard other people talking about warping in to missions further away than the original beacon, which would be great for a sniper ship, but don't see how it can be done. |
Mac Qingyun
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.27 16:56:00 -
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Onictus wrote:Could have sworn Damsel was one that let you select range.
Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't recall seeing /any/ mission that's let me select the range I want to warp in to ... especially in a pocket.
I'll keep my eyes open, though.
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Mac Qingyun
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.27 18:12:00 -
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Derath Ellecon wrote:For some missions this works
First initiate warp to the location. The stop your ship before you actually start warping. Then you will get the option to warp at a distance of your choosing
Got it. I'll give that a shot.
But this will only work on non-gated warps, I would think.
Anyway, good tip! |
Mac Qingyun
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.28 05:30:00 -
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Hya Bam wrote:One thing that hasn't been said yet, though, is that any gun can aggro at any distance. So if you wanted to, you could fit all blasters and still be able to grab aggro at railgun ranges.
/That/, I had no idea of. Good piece of info! |
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