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Draconia Blackheart
Disciples of the Underverse
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Posted - 2006.11.29 10:46:00 -
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Edited by: Draconia Blackheart on 29/11/2006 10:48:17
Gotten from Level 2 Agent at Augnais
The Blockade
Mission briefing
Pirates have set up a blockade near a hidden stargate in Augnais, and are swarming over any passersby, which are mostly merchants and civilians. Pirates tend to create these temporary blockades at ill-defended stargates, usually ones which have been set up by civilians and are not guarded by our forces. But we still have an obligation to protect the citizens of Algintal. Therefore I want you, to fly to the stargate and eliminate the illegal blockade.
Overview and Objectives
The following objectives must be completed to finish the mission:
Objective
Eliminate the leader of the pirates blockading the stargate. You will be informed when he has been dispatched, his demise should disperse the pirate gang eventually.:
Rewards
The following rewards and bonuses will be yours if you complete this mission:
36000 Isk Base
31000 Bonus
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Whats ridiculous about it??
Within 2 Minutes over 100 ships show up, if you warp out to repair, when you come back another 50 have shown, soon you have 4 'pages' of full overview of ships. And some of these are larger ships.
Luckilly I only lost 0.1 standing for telling the agent ot stick it.. All this for 67K ISK?...Now THAT's risk vs reward..RIGHT! 
You can flame me now like you always do (like I care)..just a warning to others
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Hex'Caliber
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.11.29 10:51:00 -
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You should try doing the level 4 version. I had to drop it too, I was damped down so much I couldn't lock on to a bs at 4km's. The reward was about the same too.
SISI testing ôDonÆt forget to start the log server before the client; the logs are needed for bug reports when something goes wrong.ö
Regards HexCaliber
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MMXMMX
Caldari
Resurrection
R i s e
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Posted - 2006.11.29 11:05:00 -
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Edited by: MMXMMX on 29/11/2006 11:05:49
Maiby i go back to level 3 mission a few days and forget about level 4 and let u guys find it all out lol
Sounds realy scarry all this new **** .
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Brutus Anazazi
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Posted - 2006.11.29 11:11:00 -
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That was Exactly the same Mission i tried using a Bellicose. A Cruiser for a Lvl 2 Mission is more than enough, right!
Jea, right!
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death dealew
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Posted - 2006.11.29 11:20:00 -
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This mission is prety easy, you just gotta kill the npc's b4 the next wave comes which is doable even ith low sp. Just make sure u do the mission as soon as u accept it rather than waiting several min.
The bounty on the lvl 4 one is nice. 15-18mill
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Hex'Caliber
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.11.29 11:49:00 -
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The serpentis level four version is not doable atm due to excessive damping by npc's. The first wave is np, I can lock on at about 12km's in my mega, but the second wave reduced my lock range down to 2 km's. Even when webbing cruisers with an X5 web, it was **** near impossible to keep inside 2 km's not to mention the effect the transversal had on my large blasters at such close range.
Couple this with the distance between all the targets and it just became stupid trying to chase down each and every target to 2km's in a BS. Even with the hp increase 70% resists and two X t2 lar's I couldnÆt keep up with the dps in the time it was taking to chase down each of the targets.
SISI testing ôDonÆt forget to start the log server before the client; the logs are needed for bug reports when something goes wrong.ö
Regards HexCaliber
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Miss Overlord
Gallente
Ferrum Pugnus
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Posted - 2006.11.29 12:13:00 -
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i can see this mission being rejected quite a bit in the next week or so
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Zrakor
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Posted - 2006.11.29 12:46:00 -
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Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
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Lubomir Penev
Gallente
Dark Nexxus
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Posted - 2006.11.29 12:59:00 -
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 Originally by: Draconia Blackheart
Luckilly I only lost 0.1 standing for telling the agent ot stick it.. All this for 67K ISK?...Now THAT's risk vs reward..RIGHT!
You can flame me now like you always do (like I care)..just a warning to others
As each time a new mission is introduced, the reward is very low and is balanced each downtime based on the time people take to complete it. So if it is hard, reward will increase.
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Lidana
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Posted - 2006.11.29 13:07:00 -
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OOh, that could make smartbombing 'intresting'
Look ma, iv'e smarted bombed that whole wave. Oh my, flee, all their friends have come to have.
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Though it has to be said we want more missions like that, solve the logic puzzle or pay with unexpected waves (things like if will 3 webbers while there is still a commander alive he calls in an entire squad of new webbers to replace them etc.)
Drayath
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Shinshi Casoyako
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Posted - 2006.11.29 14:04:00 -
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Originally by: Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
For those who might not get the hint, the key of doing this mission is to leave atleast 1 of every ship type alive until there are only singles left. Than shoot them from top down, BS first, than cruiser, than battlecruiser, than assault/inty, than frigate. When a wave spawns when you kill a said ship than you know you must leave those alive at the last time.
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Hotice
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Posted - 2006.11.29 14:49:00 -
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I did a lvl 4 one earlier and I love it! Just train up a better ship with good weapn skill then you will love it too. Money in the bag I tell ya. Just remember npc ships got different speed. So kill the ships bettewn two groups will give you some breathing time to kill the closest group. If you can handle it, bm the location then warp out. I like the new mission code. A bit shocking at start but once you know what is going to happen, it is all for good fun. I will bring a few friends into such missions in the future. Nothing better than watching 3-5 zealots poping ships as they spawn.
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Tribunal
FIRMA
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2006.11.29 16:27:00 -
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I can confirm it's not timed based, nor is the dampening that hard to counter for the Serps. It's a very nice mission.
"We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by." - Will Rogers |
Diana Merris
Minmatar
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Posted - 2006.11.29 16:27:00 -
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One would assume that its killing the scramblers that spawns new waves since you can't be killed if you're not scrambled.
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Grimpak
Gallente
Celestial Horizon Corp.
Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.11.29 16:33:00 -
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Edited by: Grimpak on 29/11/2006 16:33:56
lvl4 blockade is ****in' scary.
'nuff said.
edit: oh and please, remove some of the nebula.
they drop the framerate by allot.
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Originally by: Tiuwaz
for caldari perception weapons that hit up to 100km are short range weapons 
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Hex'Caliber
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.11.29 16:38:00 -
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Edited by: Hex''Caliber on 29/11/2006 16:45:52
Originally by: Hotice
I did a lvl 4 one earlier and I love it! Just train up a better ship with good weapn skill then you will love it too. Money in the bag I tell ya. Just remember npc ships got different speed. So kill the ships bettewn two groups will give you some breathing time to kill the closest group. If you can handle it, bm the location then warp out. I like the new mission code. A bit shocking at start but once you know what is going to happen, it is all for good fun. I will bring a few friends into such missions in the future. Nothing better than watching 3-5 zealots poping ships as they spawn.
In the level 4 version I did there are 3 spawns in the second wave with at least 80km's between each and all three pop as the last ship of the first wave is destroyed and they all aggroed as soon as they spawned. It was the massive sensor damping spam from the serpentis which caused the problems I had, there were around 15-20 cruisers and all were constantly using dampers. Having your shipÆs targeting range cut to 2km's, with targets ending up spread out all over the place is going to cause anyone problems, regardless of sp investment and what ship they choose to fly. The average distance between ships in each group ended up at around 20km's once I got in range to engage any group. I ended up trying it in a Taranis, but tbh it became more trouble than it was worth at this point, bearing in mind the mission I had, had a 40 minute time limit for the bonus.
If I were to group with friends, I wouldn't waste my time doing missions, I would head off to a high level plex somewhere, where every member of the group can benefit, and the rewards justify the need for extra firepower. With the constant nerfing to mission loot and drop rates, mission rewards are a waste of time if you are not doing them solo.
SISI testing ôDonÆt forget to start the log server before the client; the logs are needed for bug reports when something goes wrong.ö
Regards HexCaliber
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Jogun
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Posted - 2006.11.29 18:38:00 -
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Edited by: Jogun on 29/11/2006 18:40:48
I tried the lvl 3 flavor last night and lost my BC. The third time I warped back I was being pounded so hard and fast that I was dead before I could align.
This mission is major ouch time if not done correctly 
edit for spelling...
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Grey Area
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.11.29 18:51:00 -
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Originally by: Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
Sorry, but this is just NOT good. This is EXACTLY the sort of information that should appear in the patch notes...you want people to go out and fly your new missions, but by not giving them this information in advance you are penalising EXACTLY those people. All it needed was;
Missions;
* Destruction of certain NPCs on missions may intitiate new spawns. Be careful out there.
Seriously, how hard can it be? But of course, I suppose a mission runner losing a ship doesn't matter that much. After all we don't PVP, so we don't contribute anything to the game...
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Zhing Yu
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.11.29 19:22:00 -
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Originally by: Grey Area
Originally by: Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
Sorry, but this is just NOT good. This is EXACTLY the sort of information that should appear in the patch notes...you want people to go out and fly your new missions, but by not giving them this information in advance you are penalising EXACTLY those people. All it needed was;
Missions;
* Destruction of certain NPCs on missions may intitiate new spawns. Be careful out there.
*snip*
Thing is, it was mentioned vaguely in the patch notes:
Originally by: Patch Notes
Triggers & Events
A trigger and event system has been created which allow the addition of more flavor to the deadspace system. Players will be capable of triggering events such as: smartbomb effects, NPC spawns, NPC healing etc...
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Xarvos
Amarr
Rampage Eternal
Ka-Tet
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Posted - 2006.11.29 19:50:00 -
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I just love lvl4 Blockade mission  atleast against blood raiders
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Let's have some fun shall we ?
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Megadon
Caldari
Deathshead Inc.
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Posted - 2006.11.29 21:42:00 -
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OoOoh this mission is just C A R N A G E on a massive scale.
Tons of fun.
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Farrellus Cameron
Sturmgrenadier Inc
R i s e
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Posted - 2006.11.29 22:14:00 -
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I did the lvl 2 blockade mission last night and it didn't spawn as many ships as you describe. There was about four waves of reinforcements that came in. The only thing I know I did in specific was I killed the frigate rats before the cruiser rats. It was a little tedious, but not as bad as it sounds like it happened for you.
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memento
Minmatar
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Posted - 2006.11.29 23:56:00 -
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This mission has to be bugged...
I just did the blood raider mission lvl4, so far all easy but you have about 40 minutes time to finish the mission to get bonus reward and I finished this mission after 3 1/2 hours and rougly 4000 cruise missiles less. This mission is simply not doable in time. Reward: Awesome 160k reward + (not achievable) 190k bonus reward. 4 hours of missioning for 799lp... I¦m impressed!
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Admiral Keyes
Minmatar
Ooops Inc.
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Posted - 2006.11.30 00:15:00 -
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Edited by: Admiral Keyes on 30/11/2006 00:15:42
Originally by: memento
This mission has to be bugged...
I just did the blood raider mission lvl4, so far all easy but you have about 40 minutes time to finish the mission to get bonus reward and I finished this mission after 3 1/2 hours and rougly 4000 cruise missiles less. This mission is simply not doable in time. Reward: Awesome 160k reward + (not achievable) 190k bonus reward. 4 hours of missioning for 799lp... I¦m impressed!
Because im kind, ill quote something that is posted above that maybe you should have read before whining about the rewards and time limit.
Originally by: Lubomir Penev
As each time a new mission is introduced, the reward is very low and is balanced each downtime based on the time people take to complete it. So if it is hard, reward will increase.
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Draconia Blackheart
Disciples of the Underverse
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Posted - 2006.11.30 00:32:00 -
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Originally by: Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
They why did this show up while I was at dock repairing damage (in green type in local chat, sent by EVE) ** The blockade has been strengthened by nearby pirates **
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Grey Area
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.11.30 00:45:00 -
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Edited by: Grey Area on 30/11/2006 00:46:11
Originally by: Draconia Blackheart
Originally by: Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
They why did this show up while I was at dock repairing damage (in green type in local chat, sent by EVE) ** The blockade has been strengthened by nearby pirates **
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Well, I'm reaching, but there's a whole new griefing opportunity with the combination of these new "shoot a certain NPC to create a new spawn" mission and the scanning system...
I scan and find you (takes about 2 minutes with the new system) I warp into your mission, shoot the rat that creates the new spawn, bookmark something before I go, then I warp out.
Chaos ensues behind me. Your ship gets blown up. I warp back to the deadspace gate. When it disappears (because you've cancelled the now-undoable mission) I warp to the bookmark I made, and loot your can.
High sec piracy, and no Concord involvement. Yay!
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Draconia Blackheart
Disciples of the Underverse
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Posted - 2006.11.30 00:47:00 -
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To be honest I couldn't care less about mission difficulty or 'challange' just another to add to the list of 'Refuse when givin'.
I only do missions for faction rating due to the RIDICULOUS one you have to have for an Empire POS. So as along as my agent rating allows me to do the RIDICULOUS 16 Missions you have to do to get a teeny little jump in faction rating..thats the way it is.
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Vasiliyan
PAX Interstellar Services
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2006.11.30 01:18:00 -
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I did the level 3 version earlier in a sniperdomi - easy but time-consuming. I'm sure these NPCs are tougher than the usual mission rats.
Draconia: there are various people who already have the standings who can help you set up a high-sec POS for a very reasonable fee...
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Sylper Illysten
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Posted - 2006.11.30 01:19:00 -
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I got the level 3 version last night 90LP, 56K ISK and 60K ISk bonus, warped into the mission at 50Km's and EVERYTHING aggroed me, no drones out, didn't even target anything, and I didn't even get a chance to count how many ships were there (lots of BC and some BS I think. If you want a misison this hard fine (well actually not fine, not even remotely fine) but at least make the rewards equal the difficulty. Personally this mission needs work, not all mission runners have maxed out skills and pimped out ships, we casual mission runners hand over our money just like anyone else.
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Haydrian
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Posted - 2006.11.30 02:09:00 -
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Edited by: Haydrian on 30/11/2006 02:11:34
Edited by: Haydrian on 30/11/2006 02:10:07
just finished a level 2 version in my domi with t2 drones. made 12M ISK just from bounties.   i'm pretty happy with it as is.
edit: looting is currently a pain in the ass!
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Dahak2150
HellBrothers Industries
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Posted - 2006.11.30 03:15:00 -
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That's it, I'm finally training smarties.
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Maxtor X
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Posted - 2006.11.30 04:25:00 -
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Originally by: Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
Well thanks, you must be the one I should thank for almost losing my 3 bil mission runner. You must be thinking I run missions for fun.
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Graill
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Posted - 2006.11.30 04:45:00 -
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Originally by: Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
i have "tried" to finish several of the new level 4 missions. you guys have alot of "detuning" to do. |
Hockston Axe
Amarr
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Posted - 2006.11.30 07:16:00 -
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Ok, this mission is insane. I just did the level 3 variant vs Guristas in my Apoc, I had to warp out twice to get more cap boosters, and twice because I was perma-jammed by the **** Dire Wreckers. 67 Cap Booster 800Æs laterà I finished the mission in two hours, and it took another hour to loot and salvage everything! I got exactly 1 decent loot drop, a Hypnos Multispectral and 45 salvage comps.
At least itÆs open space, I just love sitting and waiting for the literally 20 minutes it takes to fly through deadspace pockets if you have to warp out in the last one.
Also, was I just really unlucky to have it be 3 jumps away from my station, or is this one of those ones that is usually not in your home system? Even with warp to 0 (thank god) it still takes a long time for a BS to traverse a few systems.
Other than that it rocks, but **** is it nuts.
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KaptnSparrow
Caldari
Foundation
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2006.11.30 08:31:00 -
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i don't know whats the matter,
i got this mission (Level III, Guristas) and tried it first with a harpy, not doable and warped out
so I got a drake and it worked very well, needed to warp out once and adjust my setup. But afterwards hell of fun. I actually was challenged by this mission and not bored to death.
so give me more of this, I'm loving it. Ok the rewards where kinda crappy, but the bounty made up for it!
i was used to be ceo and now I have nothing to say, this is so relaxing :) |
Caligulus
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Posted - 2006.11.30 08:46:00 -
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So does anyone actually "know" the trick to completing this mission? Is it kill the rats in hierarchal order (frigs -> Battleships)? Or is it "time based"/wave? Or is it a combination of the 2?
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Syrias
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Posted - 2006.11.30 09:10:00 -
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i dunno about anyone else but i actually appreciate not being spoon fed information about missions before i do them especailly the new missions. this is a GAME!!! so you have to PLAY it, in the older missions you could sit there and read the newspaper,, looking up only to target and activate your weps. NOW there is a reason to be concentrating (as you bloody well should be) when fighting!
also i notice that lots of people come on here who are obviously sporting very expensive ships etc and lots of SP
however it is nice now taht newer players no get missions where they HAVE to gang up and indeed by the sounds of it for the level 4 ones where experienced players HAVE to gang up to get the missions done, there is no longer a boring grind to get to lvl 3 agents and start making decent money and getting a decent challenge!
my 2 cents 
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solidshot
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2006.11.30 10:42:00 -
[38]
Originally by: Draconia Blackheart
Edited by: Draconia Blackheart on 29/11/2006 10:48:17
Gotten from Level 2 Agent at Augnais
The Blockade
Mission briefing
Pirates have set up a blockade near a hidden stargate in Augnais, and are swarming over any passersby, which are mostly merchants and civilians. Pirates tend to create these temporary blockades at ill-defended stargates, usually ones which have been set up by civilians and are not guarded by our forces. But we still have an obligation to protect the citizens of Algintal. Therefore I want you, to fly to the stargate and eliminate the illegal blockade.
Overview and Objectives
The following objectives must be completed to finish the mission:
Objective
Eliminate the leader of the pirates blockading the stargate. You will be informed when he has been dispatched, his demise should disperse the pirate gang eventually.:
Rewards
The following rewards and bonuses will be yours if you complete this mission:
36000 Isk Base
31000 Bonus
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Whats ridiculous about it??
Within 2 Minutes over 100 ships show up, if you warp out to repair, when you come back another 50 have shown, soon you have 4 'pages' of full overview of ships. And some of these are larger ships.
Luckilly I only lost 0.1 standing for telling the agent ot stick it.. All this for 67K ISK?...Now THAT's risk vs reward..RIGHT!
You can flame me now like you always do (like I care)..just a warning to others
tried the lvl 2 version my self yesterday and it is way harder than it used to be, in a ruppie with t2 hardners and rep i still had to warp out several times and at the end repair 50% or my hull
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Lockheed19
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Posted - 2006.11.30 11:25:00 -
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Originally by: Syrias
i dunno about anyone else but i actually appreciate not being spoon fed information about missions before i do them especailly the new missions. this is a GAME!!! so you have to PLAY it, in the older missions you could sit there and read the newspaper,, looking up only to target and activate your weps. NOW there is a reason to be concentrating (as you bloody well should be) when fighting!
Hear hear!
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Ordo Lucius
Buy Loyal Approval
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Posted - 2006.11.30 12:13:00 -
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Edited by: Ordo Lucius on 30/11/2006 12:14:59
LOL! I did "The Blockade" last night and i gotta say... omgwtf? Ive never seen/fought so many rats in my entire life (in eve at least)... My, situational tactic was this, to fly away from the spawns, while my 5 med drones killed the rats one by one. I left the cruisers alone till the end tho, dont actually know why, i think i was thinking "the frigs will catch up to me, the cruisers wont... kill the big threat first"
Turns out that was the best idea, as the next wave hit after you had taken out a certain cruiser... :D
Oh, and i was in a thorax, (imo) the best mission cruiser ever, it lets you improvise :D
The reward for that mission was kinda crappy tho...
EDIT - Ordo didnt warp out once
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Flitz Farseeker
Gallente
Eve guardians
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Posted - 2006.11.30 13:01:00 -
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Tried level 3 one this morning. After several waves I had to abandon it because I ran out of ammo!
Also, by the third wave of reinforcements, I was running late for work. 
Was making about 250K per BC, and there were a lot of them, so the mission reward is peanuts by comparison
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Nikla Uthaan
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.11.30 13:11:00 -
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Woo, a mission *besides* enemies abound 5/5 to give me a run for my money.
Seriously, if you dont want the mish, I'll have it, I play this game for fun and a challenge, not grinding isk.
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One word,, emo,,,
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Monty Tomasi
Phoenix Wing
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Posted - 2006.11.30 13:48:00 -
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Edited by: Monty Tomasi on 30/11/2006 13:48:10
Fly away from the rats and let the smaller ships catch you first. Destroy the little ones and then let the bigger ones catch up. After destroying them the next wave of ships will come in some distance away (depending on how far you've moved off the starting point).
Repeat the same for each wave and you string 'em out and pick 'em off. Simple.
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Doragee
Minmatar
Unknown Society
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Posted - 2006.11.30 19:31:00 -
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Did just tested the Blockade (Angels) on SiSi, after reading all these posts:
Easy mission w. a Gist Raven, low LP/Rewards because of the "new tables", no chance even getting near the bonus.
Just don't shoot the highest bountys 1st as they seemed to be the triggers to the next wave...(Malakims im my case)!!!! 
Other than that: Just sit there w. the permatank running, shoot missiles & enjoy the high bountys (app. 15-17,5mio in a 0,6). 
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Cynic Tool
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Posted - 2006.11.30 19:44:00 -
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I find that the turret tracking disruption on the LVL 4 is most annoying in a zealot. Makes it take so long to do.
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Lex Mejishen
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Posted - 2006.11.30 19:46:00 -
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I loaded up revelations and got this mission first thing from my level II agent (163K + 139K bonus; 235 LP). I completed it in my Tristan. Took out the frigates first from distance, then dove in, webified, orbited and blasted away cruisers; Rinse repeat for next wave, except in third wave there were several target jamming frigates so I had to get in under their ECM falloff first. Was not a hard mission but took time. With the reward and ship bounties, I found it to be pretty good income. So many wrecks though...
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Nicholai Pestot
Gallente
Havoc Inc
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Posted - 2006.12.01 10:52:00 -
[47]
Originally by: Maxtor X
Originally by: Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
Well thanks, you must be the one I should thank for almost losing my 3 bil mission runner. You must be thinking I run missions for fun.
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Aydn
Minmatar
Standard Ore
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Posted - 2006.12.01 14:19:00 -
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I did the lvl 2 mission with no problem. Yes it did take a while and I burned through a lot of ammo but I did not have to warp out once. It takes some thought and planning but it can be done. I think it's well worth the money as I racked up a lot of bounties on top of the reward and bonus money (my only complaint would be the woefully low % of loot to be found amongst all those wrecks when I was all said and done). I was in a rupture, with lots of armor hardners and a medium armor repairer, along with 4 drones. 3 720mm howitzers and two heavy missile launchers. Long mission but well able to be completed if you do it right.
I want to thank CCP for a whole new look and different feel on a mission and I'm glad my agent gave it to me so soon.
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Feng Schui
Minmatar
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2006.12.01 14:51:00 -
[49]
FoF Missles and Drones ftw?
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LUKEC
Destructive Influence
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2006.12.01 17:05:00 -
[50]
/emote is using moros in siege mode...
unless if it's in deadspace
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The BoB model is bad for business. Incidently the BoB model is more suited for a game such as WoW where as the ASCN model more suited for Eve.
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Commander Hansen
FATAL REVELATIONS
Lotka Volterra
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Posted - 2006.12.01 18:59:00 -
[51]
hehe I'm doing the lvl4 mission out in 0.0, shooting at DED battleships. No fun at all I tell you
Shot the cruisers and webifier battery, had to bail out, came back, plan was to take one bs at the time. well, with 60% resistance all over I barely scratched the paint! And the damage they do together is scary to say the least.
Gonna bring two friends later today I recon
Hansen
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Shadarle
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Posted - 2006.12.01 21:04:00 -
[52]
"If you want a misison this hard fine (well actually not fine, not even remotely fine) but at least make the rewards equal the difficulty."
For the love of God, can't people understand that all missions start off at the lowest possible rate. Then as people run them and turn the mission in/deny the mission the mission goes up in value. If enough take a long time/don't turn it in, the alloted bonus time reaches 6 hours... which means it is as hard as they come.
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anthonieak
Gallente
SuX ltd.
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Posted - 2006.12.02 00:16:00 -
[53]
I did this mission too lvl 3 it too be asuprise mission. No way got 3 spawnns 21 centurions and arch predators, did not even see a leader. This mission now goes in garbarge bin.
AK
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PhamNuwen
Caldari
Bungee Jumper
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Posted - 2006.12.02 11:03:00 -
[54]
Nice Mission :)
Maybe a little bit hard for Newbies.
But no problem with Cerberus.
More such mission - and randomize the missions (number of waves, NPCs, triggers).
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K'naa
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Posted - 2006.12.02 11:37:00 -
[55]
I've been running lvl 2 missions for a few weeks and just started on lvl 3 but tbh they're a bit hairy in my Thorax and I can't fly BC yet so I decided to go back to lvl 2.
Ooh.. a new mission "The Blockade". Low reward so it must be easy! I didn't read the details properly and didn't check here first so of course I got omg.wtf.pwned by the third of fourth wave. 
So I went back with a shiny new Thorax and spawned another couple of waves and lost that ship too 
I finally realise that killing the gang leaders without killing the others first is what triggers the next spawn
Then I spent half the night clearing up dozens and dozens of rats with lots of warping out and tweaking my setup
I lost two ships and lots of fittings, but collected tons of bounties so I ended up about 4mil down
I learned a lot about fitting my Thorax and tactically taking out some ships with guns and drones while avoiding aggro from others.
All in all a great mission
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Red5x5
Caldari
NGRU Phoenix
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Posted - 2007.09.19 10:38:00 -
[56]
I wasnt that hard with a T2 fitted Apoc and a Drake. Jut look there is always a mob with a name none of the other ships has and dont kill it.
If you have good tanks and some buddys this is a nice mission to farm till your sick of it. and have a salvager ready too.
This was for a Lvl 3 agent I'm sure the lvl 4 is sick.
I liked this mission. =)
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Dahak2150
Chaos Monkeys
Monkey Religion
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Posted - 2007.09.19 10:41:00 -
[57]
Welcome to nine months ago Red.
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Originally by: "Cyberus"
cause its has no sence anyway your brains is simply wont accept that anyway.
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Serious Rikk
KarWal Corporation
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.19 12:07:00 -
[58]
This mission is a walk if you do it right. I do the angels LV4 one in my raven with no warpouts and bag about 30mil in bounties and ****loads of good loot.
How?
I warp in first with a fast ship - I use an Atron with 2x BHM Overdrive and a 1Mn MWD. You need to be be able to clear 4km/s otherwise the stasis tower will web you down to hittable speed.
First thing I do is create 4 bookmarks at 150km either side/end of the gate. Back to base, hop in the raven and warp to bookmark 1. Target ships, destroy. I find the trigger for wave 2 is ususally a BS to they are last. As soon as they start getting within their hitting range warp to the next bookmark (don't go opposite as you will land 300k away). Target. start shooting. Rinse. Repeat.
I salvage with a nano mammoth with 10mn ABII because the wrecks are spread out quite a bit. Takes about 1.5 - 2 hours max.
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Noble Scumbag
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Jmanis Catharg
Caldari
DB Ops Wing
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Posted - 2007.09.19 12:39:00 -
[59]
Bang! You all died from breathing too much 9-months old oxygen!
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Dr Scot
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Posted - 2007.09.19 13:00:00 -
[60]
Originally by: Jmanis Catharg
Bang! You all died from breathing too much 9-months old oxygen!
one could really hope the original poster was around to remove the "new" from subject
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Songbird
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Posted - 2007.09.20 00:10:00 -
[61]
uhm I don't know what game you're running the missions in but I don't think there's 15 mil bounty off a level 2. Can't be Anyway - I ran the level 4 one and it wasn't anything more special. Actually was kinda boring had to watch TV while doing it.
Are you sure you put hardeners on your ships? (BTW a little tip: if you do get jammed a lot might be a good idea to use some drones ;) , and if you're dampened just get in close )
P.S. I have 12m skill points though so maybe I'm it's my superior skills that make it so easy.
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Kerfira
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Posted - 2007.09.20 09:28:00 -
[62]
Quickly, summon a priest to send this thread back from whence it came....
Necro...
Originally by: CCP Wrangler
EVE isn't designed to just look like a cold, dark and harsh world, it's designed to be a cold, dark and harsh world.
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Kuronaga
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Posted - 2007.09.23 14:47:00 -
[63]
Originally by: CCP Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
I hope you'll forgive me if I sound a little bit offensive here?
That is the most absolutely ******** way to program a new wave of enemies i've ever heard of in my life.
"gee, lets just have a random frigate spawn a whole new set of enemies." What is that!? And what if this unlucky individual pops that specific enemy the first time unaware of which ship it was only to have to tank double the amount he was just tanking suddenly? and then on the next kill gets it AGAIN? now he's tanking three times the normal amount?
now ive seen these missions and its absolutely ridiculous how you've got them set up. Time based would be bad enough, but at least you've got a warning about it usually. This other stuff on the other hand is ridiculous. With just a few badly placed shots you could end up getting yourself killed whereas normally you could tank the mission just fine.
it's like you're encouraging the player pilots to get themselves killed.
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Nabar Phargal
Gallente
Anqara Expeditions
The OSS
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Posted - 2007.09.23 16:13:00 -
[64]
Originally by: Kuronaga
Originally by: CCP Zrakor
Note: The entity spawns in The Blockade missions are not time based. More waves spawn as you destroy certain npcs. You will have to figure out which npcs yourselves :).
I hope you'll forgive me if I sound a little bit offensive here?
That is the most absolutely ******** way to program a new wave of enemies i've ever heard of in my life.
"gee, lets just have a random frigate spawn a whole new set of enemies." What is that!? And what if this unlucky individual pops that specific enemy the first time unaware of which ship it was only to have to tank double the amount he was just tanking suddenly? and then on the next kill gets it AGAIN? now he's tanking three times the normal amount?
now ive seen these missions and its absolutely ridiculous how you've got them set up. Time based would be bad enough, but at least you've got a warning about it usually. This other stuff on the other hand is ridiculous. With just a few badly placed shots you could end up getting yourself killed whereas normally you could tank the mission just fine.
it's like you're encouraging the player pilots to get themselves killed.
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your nine month coma.
A) It's never a random ship. It's always the same ship. Somebody has done the mission before you and can probably tell you what the triggers are if you ask. If you can't find any information, either accept the risk or don't take the mission.
B) Time based wasn't better.
C) Try mining in 1.0 systems. I think you'll be safe from any nasty shooting there.
Now I must find a chainsaw and take off my head since I must be a zombie for making a serious reply in a necro thread. At least I didn't bring it back from beyond the first page |
fuze
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Posted - 2007.09.24 12:12:00 -
[65]
Don't know what the fuss is all about.
Did this one lvl 4 the other day and it was quite doable. |
pandymen
Caldari
Red Dwarf Mining Corporation
space weaponry and trade
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Posted - 2007.09.24 16:25:00 -
[66]
BRAINSSS!!!
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Lebowske
Nosferatu Security Foundation
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Posted - 2007.09.24 17:11:00 -
[67]
NECRO
... oh god the smell ...
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Stacey Stabs
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Posted - 2007.10.23 05:10:00 -
[68]
This mission sucks!
Everything agroed the moment i warped in, so i had to warp out..
When i warped back in even more had spawned so i got nuked by a massive lagwave, got stuck on a frikkin merchant quarter and lagged so bad i couldnt even find a distant spot to warp out towards....
Lost my Drake for some crap loot and no reward..
On the bright side,.. the 38 mill insurance pay was just what i needed to buy a raven ^^
But yh, next time i wont accept this one.
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Allestin Villimar
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Posted - 2007.10.23 05:25:00 -
[69]
If you lost in a drake you'll lose the raven even faster.
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ISD Rauth Kivaro
ISD STAR
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Posted - 2007.10.23 05:28:00 -
[70]
*puts a stake in the heart of the thread*
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