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Jenn aSide Smokin Aces. 10771	Posted - 2015.04.20 14:19:55 - [1] - Quote People really are bad at PVE in this game, even though tbh it's mostly a joke. It's funny watching someone lose a capital ship or spending 5 bil on a battleship when the things can be killed by cruiser sized ships (and it doesn't matter how many spawn if none of them can catch you. People are making the same mistakes they make with all new PVe content, trying to use brute force (and brute tank) on things that require finesse lol. Guy in the video uses a Cerb, I use a Tengu which is actually not quite as good, but that alt can't use a Cerb yet.
Jenn aSide Smokin Aces. 10771	Posted - 2015.04.20 14:24:08 - [2] - Quote Dangeresque Too wrote: I've seen a few threadnaughts about Seekers and Drifters and Jove, but those are all lore this and theory that, I couldn't find a definitive source of information and facts about them that hasn't been outdated by someone figuring out how to solo them in a Cerb. Same guy with the Cerb has a video of soloing with a Rattlesnake I think. I did replicate his Cerb fit with a Tengu, but with less missile range. Edit: here it is.
Jenn aSide Smokin Aces. 10771	Posted - 2015.04.20 14:30:20 - [3] - Quote Luna Arindale wrote: Jenn aSide wrote: People really are bad at PVE in this game, even though tbh it's mostly a joke. It's funny watching someone lose a capital ship or spending 5 bil on a battleship when the things can be killed by cruiser sized ships (and it doesn't matter how many spawn if none of them can catch you. People are making the same mistakes they make with all new PVe content, trying to use brute force (and brute tank) on things that require finesse lol. Guy in the video uses a Cerb, I use a Tengu which is actually not quite as good, but that alt can't use a Cerb yet. The doomsday hits out to 400km now if I recall. That tactic is no longer valid. I've also seen the drifters escalate to four maximum, and they dropped that on a POS. Along with several wings of circadian seekers. It was quite entertaining the first time it happened. I killed one while avoiding another with a Tengu last night near Hek (edit there was another ship on grid so that might have helped). Still works, hell, the Seekers are more of a concern. I'm hording the drops for after summer when they should be worth something. Edit: and I haven't tried it, but a buddy of mine swears ECM works on the things (or at least did till a few days ago), like they do on Burners. Will experiment this week, if they changed their ECM vulnerabilty perhaps they haven't done it with damps. Or neuts.
Jenn aSide Smokin Aces. 10771	Posted - 2015.04.20 14:35:52 - [4] - Quote Luna Arindale wrote: Jenn aSide wrote: Luna Arindale wrote: Jenn aSide wrote: People really are bad at PVE in this game, even though tbh it's mostly a joke. It's funny watching someone lose a capital ship or spending 5 bil on a battleship when the things can be killed by cruiser sized ships (and it doesn't matter how many spawn if none of them can catch you. People are making the same mistakes they make with all new PVe content, trying to use brute force (and brute tank) on things that require finesse lol. Guy in the video uses a Cerb, I use a Tengu which is actually not quite as good, but that alt can't use a Cerb yet. The doomsday hits out to 400km now if I recall. That tactic is no longer valid. I've also seen the drifters escalate to four maximum, and they dropped that on a POS. Along with several wings of circadian seekers. It was quite entertaining the first time it happened. I killed one while avoiding another with a Tengu last night near Hek. Still works. I'm hording the drops for after summer when they should be worth something. Odd this article says they should hit out to 400 with the death cannon Blap Editited my post, another ship did come on to grid, but I didn't seem him pop so who knows. More experimenting forth coming.
Jenn aSide Smokin Aces. 10771	Posted - 2015.04.20 15:49:18 - [5] - Quote Dangeresque Too wrote: Jenn aSide wrote: Dangeresque Too wrote: I've seen a few threadnaughts about Seekers and Drifters and Jove, but those are all lore this and theory that, I couldn't find a definitive source of information and facts about them that hasn't been outdated by someone figuring out how to solo them in a Cerb. Same guy with the Cerb has a video of soloing with a Rattlesnake I think (not idea how much he spent on it though, he did not share his fit. I did replicate his Cerb fit with a Tengu, but with less missile range. Edit: here it is.. Still, Tengu or Cerb is best. Yeah, he convo'd me and told me his fit was 5b and he wasn't using implants to help. There were a lot of haters out there telling him it was fake, so I kindly posted the fit I had done up a while ago but didn't want to use because it is cost prohibitive until you bag 200-300 drifters by yourself before you break even. Though he pulled his video as public so now you can't see it anymore. :( So at less than 3b you can do this: [Rattlesnake, max buffer] Caldari Navy Power Diagnostic System Caldari Navy Power Diagnostic System Caldari Navy Power Diagnostic System Caldari Navy Power Diagnostic System Caldari Navy Power Diagnostic System Caldari Navy Power Diagnostic System Pithum A-Type Adaptive Invulnerability Field Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Pithum A-Type Adaptive Invulnerability Field Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Pith X-Type EM Ward Field Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Inferno Fury Heavy Missile Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Inferno Fury Heavy Missile Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Inferno Fury Heavy Missile Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Inferno Fury Heavy Missile Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher II, Inferno Fury Heavy Missile [empty high slot] Large Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer II Large Core Defense Field Extender II Large Core Defense Field Extender II Gecko x1 Federation Navy Garde x2 Republic Fleet Berserker x2 But good luck getting your drones to connect on something that is going 3.5km/s. And as long as you are using links, you just overheat the hardeners when you are about to take the DD and presto. Though this fit can't tank any more than normal dps from a single drifter so my guess is he has to run when he gets aggro'd by more than one. Another thing I have yet to test, is how they handle neutral logi... with neutral logi a snake would be able to solo as many drifters as it wanted to deal with. Let me know how it goes with logi, as soon as Im able later today I'm gonna see if non-ecm ewar/CapWar does anything. I'm also wondering is a nicely timed MJD from a BC or BS would help, since Drifters telegraph their punched with that Lux Contor graphic. As for the loot, it won't stay the same value wise, if drifter become the only source of loot needed to build new things coming after June, the values wills sky rocket, which is why I'm stockpiling antikythrea thingys as much as possible.

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