Ituralde
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2006.09.15 20:08:00 -
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The best way to fight a vagabond is to fit a hard tank and hard hitting weapons. Of all the Heavy Assault Cruisers, the Vaga is relatively easy to tank against in a Battleship, so if you can hold out against it and put a Nos or 2 on it then 9 times out of 10 it will be forced to run away so your guns don't tear it a second *******. Also, note that the Vagabond has a relatively Low sensor strength (14) and that 3 multispecs will certainly keep it jammed, and once jammed will also likely warp away. You generally don't want to waste your time chasing down a Vagabond if you are Solo, there are not many solo vessels ingame that can Web, Tank, scram, and shoot well enough to reliably take down a Vagabond before it runs away.
In a group, set up a fast-lock armor-tanked tackler with at least 2x web. Good quality named stasis webifiers are easy to afford and well worth the full investment. Hit it with the webs first as it probably is not thinking immediately about running away, you should be able to have other ships in the group lay their scram points on before the pilot has a chance to warp out. The ideal ship for this tackler role is the Huginn or Rapier, as they can both web out far and paint up the target so other ships with scrambler points (namely battleships) can lock it up quickly and hit it despite the relatively low signature radius. If your Huginn or Rapier pilot is particularly wealthy and has faction webifiers, then the Vagabond has next to 0 chance of escape if your other group members can lock it and scram it in time. In a group of 8 (roughly average small group unit) if you count out your fast tackler to have the 2xWebs and 1 20km point of scram, and 4 more in the group to also have 1 20km point of scram, you should relatively easily be able to keep the Vagabond from getting out. By the time it realizes it is caught by the Huginn/Rapier/other mystery fast locker, it should be too late. Once locked down, it will die quickly and anticlimactically.
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