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Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
2194
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Posted - 2014.12.15 14:56:36 -
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for the tutorial missions (aka career agents), light missiles are a lot more comfortable than guns. the reason lies mostly in the fact that you don't need to do *a lot* of damage to kill the red crosses in the missions. missiles typically have better range than guns (although guns can catch up a little with better skills), but have less total damage.
to give an extreme example, a blaster catalyst will throw out up to 700dps, but its engagement range is only around 2km. in contrast, a talwar will barely go past 250 dps, but with an engagement range of up to 50 km.
also, as has been mentioned above, there is the tracking/explosion stats issue. if your target is too close, too small and orbiting too fast, your guns will start missing it. this also holds if you yourself are orbiting too close or too fast (google 'eve tracking mechanics' if you want to see the exact math). missiles have a similar problem, but it only kicks in when you are shooting really small and really fast targets (usually other players) or using missiles that are meant for bigger targets (cruise missiles on a frigate for example).
I should buy an Ishtar.
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Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
2194
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Posted - 2014.12.15 15:02:06 -
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Jenni Bashaw wrote:I know bigger is not always better, but I think I want to set an eventual goal of flying a carrier. Commanding an army of drones just seems like a fun idea. Kind of like my mastermind on city of heroes or boned acer on daoc.
anyone know of any guides for people thinking of going that route?
just train all the skills under 'drones' and fly gallente ships with drone bonuses (such as the algos). your drones also have optimal ranges and tracking but that will only become relevant once you can use sentries.
I should buy an Ishtar.
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Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
2194
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Posted - 2014.12.15 15:27:02 -
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Jenni Bashaw wrote:Just looked up the Gallerie drone ships... blech couldn't they at least look like a ship, not like some strange shaped squash or something. The ships are just fugly.
they do tend to look like potatoes, but still better than most caldari ships. then again, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, or so they say...
I should buy an Ishtar.
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Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
2194
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Posted - 2014.12.15 15:37:40 -
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the myrmidon is a nice small scale pvp ship, but very difficult to fly. for missions, the navy vexor is a better choice because it has higher drone bandwidth.
I should buy an Ishtar.
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