Plato Forko
Forko Nanorobotics
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Posted - 2014.11.10 22:07:18 -
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most of these ideas would get rocked by a worm. kite ships will die if the worm decides to stop, because then your ship will stop as well, and the drones will eat you before you even realize that you're stopped. if you intend to outrun the drones by orbiting, you're limited to fragile ships with light missiles, and it still won't be as fast as you need it to be without links or overheating.
so after eliminating fast frigs, what are we left with, daredevil? here's the problem with that:
1) the worm can potentially do any type of damage while the DD is limited to kinetic/thermal.
2) Worms start out with a 4% resistance buff per level, so the odds are good that it can tank a DD for longer than a DD can survive being hit in its resist hole. Even with Warrior drones, each drone can potentially do over 350 damage per volley, so two of them are hitting you with 700 damage every four seconds.
Basically, you're taking a major risk with the odds against you if you're trying to engage a Worm in a DD. The more DPS you try to shoehorn onto the DD, the less tank you'll have, so diminishing returns will be hit pretty quick.
Let's not even get started on the dual MASB Breacher. The resist profile is garbage, and the Worm will breeze right through both reppers going overheated with Blue Pill (I have the lossmail to prove it) if the pilot is smart enough to deploy Acolytes or Hobgoblins.
Jamming them might work, but it would be pretty difficult to keep your cool and wait for your ship to lock each drone (sloooow) while they're overwhelming you with insane volleys. I don't think I would choose to rely on this.
I'm going to say there is no single counter to the Worm in a novice simply because the average resists are not good enough. It doesn't matter how much EHP you have or how much DPS you can tank on average/on paper if the Worm can hit you right in your biggest resist hole with drones that can hit you with more than the equivalent of an artillery volley ever four seconds.
There's nothin' like skating away from a fight with the hull on fire, some mods burned out and a cargohold full of loot.
See my terribad blog for stories.
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Plato Forko
Forko Nanorobotics
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Posted - 2014.11.11 20:31:18 -
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what's funny? if i'm way off i wouldn't mind knowing why, i'm just theorycrafting on the worst-case scenario
There's nothin' like skating away from a fight with the hull on fire, some mods burned out and a cargohold full of loot.
See my terribad blog for stories.
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Plato Forko
Forko Nanorobotics
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Posted - 2014.11.19 18:46:03 -
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oh i did not know, show me how to do it please, i can wait for the killmail.
There's nothin' like skating away from a fight with the hull on fire, some mods burned out and a cargohold full of loot.
See my terribad blog for stories.
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