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Bourgeoisvio
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Posted - 2007.08.20 11:45:00 -
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So I took a damsel in distress mission, save her from Krull, from a level 2 -11 agent. Pay is 65k/65k.
I'm flying a Thrasher destroyer (artillery setup). Not the greatest ship, but consider I've pulled off missions with double the payout in a destroyer I didn't think anything of it.
Warp in, start picking off Krull's henchmen until it's finally just me and him. Start firing on Krull and OH MY GOD a dozen elite mercenary fighters warp in and destroy my ship in about 7 seconds.
Maybe I did it wrong. Buy another destroyer, load up with longer ranged artillery, warp in 30k away from the ships. I still get crippled within seconds and am immediately forced to warp out.
Try again. Figure maybe I can just swipe the damsel from the pleasure hub and warp off. MWD to the hub in 3 seconds, find that I cannot open the cargo, and warp off before I'm crippled again.
Didn't have enough cash to get an assault frigate so I ended up cancelling the mission and taking the standing hit.
What the heck? A mission of that level and that payoff should not be that tough. I haven't had nearly as much trouble with missions of double the payoff. Those elite mercenary fighters were only worth 10k each, shouldn't have been a problem for my destroyer that's taken down 180k pirate battlecruisers before.
Combing the forum, I found 3 year old posts describing this missions as exceedingly difficult. So is it just me? Is there some secret trick to this?
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PuJu
Caldari Privateers
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Posted - 2007.08.20 11:49:00 -
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Not sure if this is intended or not but with this particular mission if you kill his henchmen then the pleasure hug before you attack Kruul in any way then those reinforcements do not spawn.
I however prefer to have these guys spawn as im a loot/salvage junkie!
Hope that helps
PuJu
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Tailhook
Caldari
Hotchies
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Posted - 2007.08.20 11:55:00 -
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 Originally by: Bourgeoisvio
Combing the forum, I found 3 year old posts describing this missions as exceedingly difficult. So is it just me? Is there some secret trick to this?
Yes, make a bookmark in there and warp out straight away, now warp back at a safe distance.
The DPS is still pretty heavy, but this way you can avoid a lot of it.
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FT Diomedes
Gallente
Ductus Exemplo
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Posted - 2007.08.20 13:50:00 -
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You could also stop flying the Flying Coffin in Level 2 missions. I love my destroyers, but they are not the best ships for Level 2 missions. Use a cruiser and the mission will become very easy.
I used to rat in low sec with a Rifter or a Thrasher, because it's lots of fun to kill 195k BCs with a small ship (and fun to get some pew pew in from time to time). But those ships don't do nearly as well in Level 2 missions as they do in ratting. For missions, you need some sort of a tank, and destroyers are all about gank.
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Divideby0
Gallente
Amalgamated Industries
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Posted - 2007.08.20 17:01:00 -
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Just shooting that wussy, Kruul, causes the reinforcements. The earlier comment about bookmarking and warping out/back at a distance is the way to go.
This is one mission that is fun to warp in the middle in a myrmidon and just let the drones go crazy.
Get a better agent/connections and it will seem worth it. I usually get 1/2 mil for this
Who is the bigger carebear: The miner who braves lowsec on his own, or the "PvPer" who attacks an unarmed ship?
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Vonstilton
theFragment
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Posted - 2007.08.21 11:41:00 -
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Cant beat a medium smartbomb on that mission
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Weeka
Amarr
Imperial Shipment
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Posted - 2007.08.21 17:04:00 -
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You are told to save the damsel, not to slack around .. warp in, kill that pleasure hub, take the missie and get back.
Because that's possible the payout is *rather* low
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L0st S0ul
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.08.22 15:55:00 -
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Not sure but I know I had trouble with the lvl 3 version.
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pandymen
Caldari
Red Dwarf Mining Corporation
space weaponry and trade
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Posted - 2007.08.22 16:19:00 -
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By the time you are doing the level 3, I hope you are flying a battlecruiser. Treat it the same as the lvl II....simply warp in, kill the hub of pleasure, take the chick, and leave.
A battlecruiser tank can easily survive long enough (about 20 seconds) to do this.
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L0st S0ul
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.08.22 16:40:00 -
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I use a drake, kill everything, bookmark a wreck, return in a destroyer salvager and clean up.
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