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Asperoth
Caldari
Unwakeable Nightmare
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Posted - 2007.04.04 20:57:00 -
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I just started up an alt who's destined to be my dread pilot some months down the road.
I am still relatively new to the game just having returned after having played only a few months when I first started last year.
If you had your choice, which Dread would you fly and why? I am looking for some insight into their various strengths and weaknesses and also to get a feel if there is one Dread out there that is the overwhelming favorite.
I still have some time to think it over as I'll be training learning skills and basics for some weeks yet. Just hoping to avoid months of wasted training by picking one races Dread to train while another might have been a better choice.
Any input would be appreciated.
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Asperoth
Caldari
Unwakeable Nightmare
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Posted - 2007.04.04 23:04:00 -
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 Originally by: Donna Divine
They're all good, altho the Minmatar dread takes longest to trian for and thus would be least suited. "Some months" isn't going to cut it anyway, you're going to need a year or two to get a good dread char up and running.
Gallente: great damage output, dependent on having acces to lots of ammo, good defense against lower numbers of smaller attackers by way of drones.
Amarr: tanks well, no/little ammo (great pro for dreads when used away from home)
Caldari: Nice for use against BS that take a peek outside the pos shields :p or in combination with webby+painty friends, needs ammo too.
Thanks! That gives me something to work with.
I have another question related to dreads. In looking over the stats for the Caldari dread, I noticed that it can fit 1 turret and 3 launchers. I am familiar with the capital ship sized weapon turrets. What launchers would one typically use on a dread?
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Asperoth
Caldari
Unwakeable Nightmare
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Posted - 2007.04.05 05:51:00 -
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Originally by: Washell Olivaw
You do know that:
* Dreads are restricted to 0.4 and lower?
* Have a specialized function (taking down POSes)?
* Can't use normal jumpgates? Thus must use their own jumpdrive which:
* Requires fuel, mine yourself or buy
* Requires someone else to setup a cyno field
The good news is that they're working on missions for capital ships, including dreads.
Thank you everyone for all the information and advice. It's been invaluable.
About the points quoted above, I was aware. Dread's are very specialized. I've actually made Eve my new home after 3 years of DaoC and building up a great guild there. I hope to do the same here and my new future Dread pilot is just one of several alts I recently started. I have specific purposes in mind for all of them.
I was simply hoping to avoid making some rookie mistakes that would cost me months of valuable training time. The community here is wonderful and quite a change from what I used to in my last game. The input I received in this thread is a perfect example.
Thanks again everyone.
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