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Cpl Puni5hment
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Posted - 2007.07.03 14:37:00 -
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What is the best Battleship for lvl 3's (Outside the Caldari race)? I run lvl 4's all day long in my CNR but like always I get bored of it and was thinking of farming lvl 3's with a new ship. I can fly all Battleships and can use all weapons, I hear the Geddon for lvl 3's is nice.
I need suggestions on Anti-Caldari Battleship ideas for lvl 3 missions. What about a Hyperion? |
Rude Bwoy
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Posted - 2007.07.03 14:44:00 -
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just buy a drake Who's the rudest of them all! |
Cpl Puni5hment
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Posted - 2007.07.03 14:52:00 -
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Originally by: Rude Bwoy just buy a drake
Seen it... Done it... NEXT!
I need suggestions on Anti-Caldari Battleship ideas for lvl 3 missions. What about a Hyperion?
How did I know someone wouldn't be able to follow instructions...
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Mikal Drey
Angels and Demons
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:01:00 -
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hey hey
Tempest : Dual 425mm's and Heavy Missiles 100mn AB Light Drones
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Rafein
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:20:00 -
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Probably a Domi. Lage guns struggle to hit small targets, and there are no BS, just frigs/cruisers. So a Domi, with T2 drones, should cruise, since it gives it's damage bonus to all types of drones, small, medium, or large.
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Enduros
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:29:00 -
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Machariel
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Vasiliyan
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:31:00 -
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Machariel: cruise around the deadspace at 700m/sec, ripping everything up with ACs!
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Toria Nynys
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:40:00 -
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Battleship isn't a good fit for L3s. But if you gotta, yeah, Domi is your best bet, followed by a phoon. The domi is just a slightly slower, worse handling, better armored Myrmidon with a bigger drone bay after all. And the phoon is a cross between a Raven and a Domi.
One LAR and 2 hardeners should do you for the tank, fill the other 4 slots with tracking and magstabs or gyros. Fit six large rails or 4 1200mm + 4 cruise on the phoon, a bunch of target painters, AB and a cap charger and go nuts. Just don't forget to bring a jitaload of medium drones, they'll get shot down a lot.
You could also fit a gankgeddon for sansha/bloods/drones/Amarr and a pest for Angels/Guristas/Serpentis. A domi or phoon will rip through all races anti-rat missions though.
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Cpl Puni5hment
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:40:00 -
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Originally by: Enduros Machariel
Though a good idea, I dont see myself purchasing a multi-million isk ship for lvl 3's :)
Tempest is also a nice choice but Im sick of using missiles.
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Cpl Puni5hment
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:46:00 -
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Edited by: Cpl Puni5hment on 03/07/2007 15:45:37
Originally by: Toria Nynys You could also fit a gankgeddon for sansha/bloods/drones/Amarr and a pest for Angels/Guristas/Serpentis. A domi or phoon will rip through all races anti-rat missions though.
Another suggestion for a Gankgeddon. I run Caldari missions, is this still possible (Guristas Missions)? Never heard of a 'Pest' setup for the Geddon though.
The Domi is a nice Drone ship but seems very.. boring i guess you could say. And the fact that the Domi is one of the ugliest ships out there :P
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Firecrak
Umbra Congregatio Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:59:00 -
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You need some glasses or something if you think a Domi is the ugliest ship in Eve....*cough* Caldari *cough. Anyway, for a challenge, do it in a Vexor. Its not a BS, but it is a funky ship
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Leandro Salazar
The Blackguard Wolves
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Posted - 2007.07.03 16:01:00 -
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Edited by: Leandro Salazar on 03/07/2007 16:03:08 The only battleship that will do lvl3s better than a Drake is a Domi imho. Load up on Omnidirectional tracking links and sentry drone damage/drone optimal rigs, add a sensor booster, a few railguns and a drone control range thingy along with a mild tank and some magstabs in the lows, and you will totally pwn L3s with Gardes/Wardens. This works especially well against the EW-heavy enemies like Guristas and Serpentis.
Other than the Domi, you really dont want to be flying a BS in L3s. They do worse than BCs. If you wanna do L3s in style and not efficiently, I would recommend faction cruisers. Probably the most interesting ships you could use. I once had a Gila and it was kinda neat, I am guessing the Navy Vexor would be fun too.
Thank you SkyFlyer!
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Toria Nynys
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.07.03 17:02:00 -
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FWIW, I've been setting some speed records grinding L3s in my CNR. The range is better than the Drake, my RoF is better with cruises than heavies (that could be due to my crappy small ship skills though), etc etc.
However, I don't use a standard L4 setup to do this. My L3 blitzing setup goes like this:
7x arby cruise launchers, 1x drone link AB II, booster II, SBA, 1x hardener, 2 target painters 4x bcu IIs, 1x overdrive 3xCCC 7x hammerhead Is (or valk IIs)
The ship goes a hair over 400 m/sec, can laugh off the L3 damage, and one-volleys most cruisers. Brings down the occasional HAC about 3x as fast as my 2 BCU Drake. Drones clean up the small fry.
I use 2x painters to alternate painting cruisers. One painter's cycle time is far longer than my RoF. All blitzable L3 targets are in range, so many missions I warp in, alpha strike the target, and get out.
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Solariian Lytebringer
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Posted - 2007.07.03 17:22:00 -
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Originally by: Cpl Puni5hment Though a good idea, I dont see myself purchasing a multi-million isk ship for lvl 3's :)
Then why are you looking for a battleship? And do you know of any ships in eve that don't cost more than 1 million isk?
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Jei'son Bladesmith
Bladesmith Mining and Development Consortium
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Posted - 2007.07.03 17:23:00 -
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Originally by: Cpl Puni5hment
Originally by: Enduros Machariel
Though a good idea, I dont see myself purchasing a multi-million isk ship for lvl 3's :)
But but but...its....so.....cooooool.
I'd go with a drone spamming Domi (better yet a Myrmidon - it tanks like a BS and is more mobile and doesnt carry the nickname Forehead Fortress) simply because BS-class guns (and since you said your tired of missiles) can have difficulty with smaller targets at close range (sniping at long range is a fragfest tho, i do so love instapopping frigs with my 1400mms hehe)
I also had fun with a sniperphoon - hefty tank plus a batch of 1200mms and a rack of drone control links, then drop a set of sentry drones ☼☼☼ Don't even THINK about it rookie...I have all my capacitor and more hit points than you can POSSIBLY imagine. ☼☼☼
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Leandro Salazar
The Blackguard Wolves
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Posted - 2007.07.03 17:30:00 -
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Okay I guess a cruise CNR can maybe beat the sentry domi on L3s. Though for best effect you'd fit rigor rigs and use 2 sensor boosters instead of target painters. Without SBs, you spend more time locking stuff that killing stuff ;)
The beauty of the sentry Domi is that it even kills stuff you don't have locked (hence the usefulness vs. Serps and Guristas, even though the EW in L3s is not nearly as bad as in L4s)
Thank you SkyFlyer!
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Toria Nynys
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.07.03 18:30:00 -
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An excellent point. Although the locking isn't that bad in practice -- I queue up 6 tarets, and six more as soon as one dies. I can keep the pipeline pretty full that way.
The initial lock time is the worst part, and you need that even to sic drones on something. Thinking about packing 3x sentry drones instead of my current drones as well.
I'll ditch the SBA and replace the hardener with an invuln field and try the sensor booster. I'm not re-rigging my CNR for level 3s, I'm not THAT bad. =)
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Bleys Vontagen
Gallente Phoenix Logistics Industries
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Posted - 2007.07.03 19:00:00 -
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Originally by: Cpl Puni5hment What is the best Battleship for lvl 3's (Outside the Caldari race)? I run lvl 4's all day long in my CNR but like always I get bored of it and was thinking of farming lvl 3's with a new ship. I can fly all Battleships and can use all weapons, I hear the Geddon for lvl 3's is nice.
I need suggestions on Anti-Caldari Battleship ideas for lvl 3 missions. What about a Hyperion?
I use a Hyperion on Level IVs. Good ship. If I had better gunnery skills, it'd be a great ship. :) Too much time spent in a Domi, though.
I have a couple of corp mates that fly Apocs in Level IVs. They really like it.
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