ForeverKnight
Caldari
Thundercats
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.07 16:47:00 -
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Edited by: ForeverKnight on 07/05/2007 16:46:27
Hitting small ships with AC's is very skill dependent. Just for starters, you should have Motion Prediction and Trajectory Analysis up to 4. After you have that, go for Navigation skills. The more agile you are in a Minmatar ship, the better your guns can hit while you maneuver around with manual controls. (For frigate sized ships a good strategy is to MWD or AB within 10km, then web and turn so that you fly directly away from them while firing, and this is agility dependent.) That being said, most heavier minmatar ships have drone bays capable of at least fitting 5 light drones, so training drones 5 and drone interfacing 3/4 will make your life much easier, use your heavier guns to shoot down large targets, and use drones to take down frigs. Failing that, 90% web + 220mm Vulcan AC == one very dead frigate, just don't try to orbit.
I fly around in a Hurricane and have no difficulty at all hitting frigate sized NPC's in 0.0 without a webber, but mostly I use light drones for that.
Another thing that you might be doing wrong is orbiting. With Medium AC, don't orbit frigates, and even cruisers, just hit the approach button to minimize transversal. For battleships, orbit at around optimal to avoid their guns.
Oh and in reply to the Arty/AC, use Artillery for missions, because you can't MWD in deadspace good strategy for Arty is to draw aggro, then AB away from the ships as needed to keep them at the edge of your optimal. Kill the fast frigates first, then work on the cruisers. For 0.0 ratting, use Autocannons, get in close to the large ships and orbit and pound away at them. (Use Phased Plasma ammo for Sanshas/Blood/Guristas/Serpentis, and EMP for Angels)
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ForeverKnight
Caldari
Thundercats
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.07 21:52:00 -
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 Originally by: Goewyn Ravenclaw
Wouldn't use EMP on Angels, personally found it better to use fusion. Prefer a little more range and it's pretty effective. For ex, AC maelstrom ate a Gist Malakim in under a minute earlier today :)
I goofed, Fusion is more effective vs angels.
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