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Carl Kowalski
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.11.21 10:24:27 -
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Hi!
This weekend I encountered some rats in a belt, which jammed me. Without being able to target anything, I am not able to shoot. As a Caldari, I assume that I can fight these rats with autotargeting missiles. But since, as an alpha clone, I cannot learn to use these missiles, how can I fight ships using ECM on me?
Fly safe!
Looking for assignment: have missiles, will travel ...
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Carl Kowalski
State War Academy
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2016.11.21 11:34:55 -
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I've tried to wait out the jam, but the rats didn't miss a cycle.
Drones are tricky: when I launch them, after I've been targeted, I can't send them to fight (lock missing), when I start them early, they might get target by the rats. I've got the feeling, that drones, even when set to agressive, only start fighting on their own, when they see someone targeting me. When I launch them after I was targeted and jammed, they keep idling. Is drone agression supposed to work like this?
I will try ECCM the next time. I hope the boost to targeting strength will work.
But seriously: every other faction can fight their pirates just fine. Why is it so complicated to do simple ratting in high sec with Caldari?
Looking for assignment: have missiles, will travel ...
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Carl Kowalski
State War Academy
Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2016.11.21 15:53:37 -
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Many thanks for all the helpful hints!
In this summary, I will group the answers accoording to their usefulness for my fellow Caldari Alpha pilots:
Useful:
- do not rat in Gurista space
- bring a friend
- when jammed, warp out and reenter to break lock (make bookmark if necessary)
- launch drones BEFORE being targeted (Caldari Alpha pilots can use only unbonused drones)
- equip sensor booster with ECCM skript (to be tested)
- kill rat while out of ECM range (possible for frigates/destroyers? ECM module for PC has range > 25 km; range of NPC module?)
Not usable:
- training sensor compensation skills (not for alpha clone)
- using auto targeting missiles (not for alpha clone)
- using target breaker (not for alpha clone)
Looking for assignment: have missiles, will travel ...
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Carl Kowalski
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.11.22 08:49:47 -
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@Special1 K: Thanks! Added to list.
Looking for assignment: have missiles, will travel ...
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