Calladen Nimitz
Caldari
Sovereign Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.06.21 14:31:00 -
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Edited by: Calladen Nimitz on 21/06/2007 14:30:43
This entire patch is very concerning for Empire POS owners for multiple reasons.
- All guns and weapons moved outside the shield where they can be destroyed.
- EW is "nerfed" and lock times are outrageous (see THIS THREAD for details).
- Empire owners can't direct weapons fire from POS like lowsec owners can even on declared war enemies.
- With the low EW ships like interceptors and shuttles that are superfast can warp around and drain the ammo out of a POS weapons system before the big ships move in and face no opposition.
As far as I see it this is a big nerf on Empire POS owners and beefing up defenses is about the only way to go. I'd been using the setup below but I'm looking for suggestions now on how to improve it. It's in a .5+ system so no Dreads but I need to worry about regular fleets now. The way the guns shot out from the shield there are four definite "batteries" around the tower as thats how I had originially laid them out inside the shield.
TOWER INFO
1 Large Amarr Control Tower
1 Photon Scattering Array
1 Heat Dissipation Array
1 Ballistic Deflection Array
1 Explosion Dampening Array
BATTERY #1
1 Large Beam Laser Battery
3 Medium Railgun Battery
1 Medium Artilery Battery
1 Small Pulse Battery
1 Cruise Missile Battery
1 Stasis Webifier Battery
BATTERY #2
1 Large Railgun Battery
1 Medium Beam Laser Battery
1 Small Autocannon Battery
1 Cruise Missile Battery
1 Warp Scrambling Battery
BATTERY #3
1 Large Beam Laser Battery
1 Medium Artillery Battery
1 Small Pulse Laser Battery
1 Cruise Missile Launcher
1 Stasis Webifier Battery
BATTERY #4
1 Large Railgun Battery
1 Medium Beam Laser Battery
1 Small Autocannon Battery
1 Cruise Missile Battery
1 Warp Scrambler Battery
POWER USAGE
4,937,500 of 5,000,000 Powergrid
5,410 of 5,000 CPU
If I offlined all the labs and the hangar array I'd have 4,240 CPU and 1,012,500 Powergrid for additional backup weapons (anchored but not online).
BACKUP WEAPONS (anchored not online)
1 Photon Scattering Array (150,000power/500cpu)
1 Heat Dissipation Array (150,000power/500cpu)
1 Ballistic Deflection Array (150,000power/500cpu)
1 Explosion Dampening Array (150,000power/500cpu)
2 Small Pulse Laser Battery (155,500power/0cpu)
2 Cruise Missile Battery (80,000power/80cpu)
My war plan would just be to packup the labs and hangar and park them in the nearby station as except for those items most stuff isn't really expensive. I'd like to think a big defense setup like this could at least hurt someone if they decided to wardec me. I know nothing lasts forever against a determined enemy though. Still it would be nice if I could direct the fire of my turrets against a war enemy so at least I'd have a fighting chance.
A couple changes I can see myself making is going to more lasers (eliminate ammo and that shuttle exploit deal) and a few other things. If anyone has suggestions let me know all my towers are basically setup like this already but Id make good changes to ensure longevity.
The though of sitting inside the shield watching shuttles and intys race around using up my ammo while all I can do is sit there would be enough to make me seriously question even playing Eve anymore. Allow us the chance to defend our POS with controlled weapons against declared war enemies.
I am going to run a few tests with this setup (and super-tanked apocs) to see how it does. Last time I did this I was vaporized almost immediatley. I'll take fraps this time and should be fun seeing how long I can hold out.
Calladen 
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