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Brady Hunt
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.01.15 05:07:00 -
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I've recently run into a little bit of a road block. I'm a very new player and wanted to focus on mission running early until I made enough isk to try pvp. My main focus was to increase standings with an npc corp to gain access to their level 4 research agents. I chose Carthum Conglomerate and got up to their level 3 agents pretty quickly. Now, I'm having a hard time completing a number of level 3 missions. I'm doing my research on Eve Survival and fitting mission specific hardeners, but I seem to be having trouble tanking the more difficult missions no matter how I fit my ship.
As I'm very low in SP (http://eveboard.com/pilot/Brady_Hunt), I can't fit any Tech 2 modules yet so I'm using the highest meta level items I can afford on my Harbinger. I'm using very basic PvE fits with single rep, mission specific hardeners, AB, beams with faction radio/ultraviolet/multifreq, etc. No matter how I change up my fittings though, I just can't complete level 3 missions efficiently and I don't really know how to proceed. Should I go back to running level 2 missions until I can get my SP up?
You might have noticed from my character sheet that I remapped to Perc/Will recently. That was a bit of a mistake due to frustration. I couldn't do anything during a mission last night and decided to come up with a skill plan to get to Tech 2 modules asap and remapped to Perc/Will. I have 2 remaps available so I may revert back to a more balanced attribute set.
Basically, I'm just looking for a bit of direction right now since I can't figure out what I should do. |
Brady Hunt
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.01.15 06:30:00 -
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Ok, thanks guys. Sounds good. What are the big advantages of T2 rep modules aside from increased rep per cycle and maybe easier fitting? I was looking at the T2 reps compared to mine and I saw that each cycle reps 32hp more with the T2 (320 vs 288). That didn't seem like that much of an improvement, but I may be missing something.
Thanks for the help!  |
Brady Hunt
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.01.15 06:46:00 -
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met worst wrote:Brady Hunt wrote:Ok, thanks guys. Sounds good. What are the big advantages of T2 rep modules aside from increased rep per cycle and maybe easier fitting? I was looking at the T2 reps compared to mine and I saw that each cycle reps 32hp more with the T2 (320 vs 288). That didn't seem like that much of an improvement, but I may be missing something. Thanks for the help! It's the combination of rep speed, amount AND the efficacy of hardeners. A myriad of skills need to be combined to provide for the level of dmg you can sustain. Being better at killing quickly is, IMHO, the better defense. Train up your gunnery (dps and tracking) skills as a priority. btw: The eve-survival.org site tells you what damage to expect so you can switch hardeners for the specific dmg you can expect as well as which ammo to use. No missioner should ignore the advice offered on that site.
Thanks met. I actually do use eve survival to check damage types, but my armor just melts away really quickly. In the latest missions I did (New Frontier and Spy Stash), I equipped Kin and Therm hardeners, but my rep just couldn't keep up with all the damage coming in. I guess my skills are just too low at the moment so I'll take the advice in this thread and train up and be selective with my missions or go down to level 2's altogether.
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Brady Hunt
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.01.15 06:54:00 -
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Anya Ohaya wrote:I'm surprised you can't run L3, easily, in a T1 fit battlecruiser, even with low skills. I used to run L3 in a very badly fit (looking back) Myrmidon.
Try not to trigger extra waves, and use long range weapons / stay out of range.
Hey Anya, quick question about triggers. In a mission I recently ran, I saw that one of the ships was a trigger so I planned on killing it last. As soon as it targeted me though, a new wave came in. Does the trigger ship call in a new wave as soon as it aggros? I was under the impression that I needed to kill it for a new wave to come in. |
Brady Hunt
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.01.15 09:38:00 -
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Thanks for all the replies, everyone. I've been looking at RvB lately so I'll probably jump in with them to get into pvp. I'll take a look at the Drake if I decide I'll be running missions regularly. Appreciate all the advice. |
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