Corwain
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.02.15 03:40:00 -
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 Originally by: kill0rbunny
A cheap fitted drake is totally cost-effective at gatecamps.
This guy wants to kill something, gate camping is much easier as beltpiracy, as you don't spend hours searching for targets, and your enemys are not well experienced belthunters, that just want to shoot something.
Who other than a total nublet or a guy who knows exactly what to do jumps to any belt nowadays anyway?
I also disagree, but not with kublai. Both those types of players are fun to fight for different reasons. The newbies for the easy and sometimes expensive explosions (2x Expanded Cargohold IIs recovered today!) Gatecamps are 10x more boring than waiting for someone to enter a belt and are no fun at all. You get just as good, if not better loot from belters and if you know how to use scanner (its not hard) you'll know where they are 15-30 secs after they've arrived in a belt. Gates are F1-F8 and you don't learn crap about PVP, belts take a much deeper knowledge of the game and can be much more fun and challenging. Fighting at gates is fun, camping em defiantly not.
Start off with easily replacable ships and you'll be fine. First thing is to learn to use the scanner and safespots. Don't engage unless the matchup is favorable or you don't mind losing your ship in a learning experience. Don't try to PvP with any Caldari ship in a class lower than a battlecruiser (snake implanted Crow is the exception).
Better yet, fly Gallente or Minmatar. The Arbitrator and Maller are awesome too if set up correctly. Basically anything but Caldari, use those ships to make your PvPing ISK.
IMO the best ship for belt piracy right now is the Myrmidon. Has best of everything, as much NOS suckage as an Amarr recon with Recon 4, cap injected, MWD and a web. You can scram and still have a slot left for ECM or sensor boosting. Dual rep tank is icing on the cake. I'd recommend 4x T2 Heavies and 5x Warrior IIs so you can chase off the pesky inties and also deal near BS class damage. Use T2 everywhere possible.
Only T1 ship in your class or lower to avoid is the Drake, and only because you'll never break its tank if it's set up properly. Takes a gank megathron to do it, if that. (personal Tranq experience talking here, not theoretical setups. NERF RIGS! JK ;-)
Anyways, my 2 ISK
-Corwain
Pirate alt: Janus Duo
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