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Night Doc
Orekaria
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Posted - 2007.11.06 23:21:00 -
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I did it yesterday after lots of studies and forums reads. As I havenŠt found a good thread about how to solo this room, this is my experience:
When you wap in:
When you warp in, you are at 40-75km from the npcs-sentrys (1 sentry at 20km). This are all of them: link. I think you will find something close to that.
All of them will aggro you as you warp in (some people report being aggroed only by sentrys)
Tips:
Sentrys hit hard and long range
NPCs hit hard but at very short range (about 16km)
How to do it:
- Prepare your ship to tank up to 1000dps. You will need T2, T2 and more T2 and maybe some faction. See the report in the link above to select the hardeners
- Prepare your ship to deal as much Explosive damage as you can. I fit Artis or ACs with nuclear or fusion. See the report in the link above...
- Enter and run. When you enter the room turn back, AB and run while you tank the sentrys fire (head to a sideral so you are ready to warp)
- Kill Webifiers ASAP. The first you must kill are the two web Angel Webifier frigates (some drones will easily kill them)
- Fit Afterburner with long range weapons (Artis, Rails) (beams?, donŠt know how are you going to feed the cap...)
- Spammer: remember that Gist Seraphim spams 5 BSs more. So leave it for when you are ready.
- Crapy skills/fit?. If you have crapy skills/fit you will have to go at least twice. Fit long range weapons, enter and run. Focus on sentrys and kill as much sentrys as you can before warping. The 2nd time you enter, npcs would be where they went before you leave, so you may run in the opposite direction: toward sentrys. Kill them all. With no sentrys, you should have no problems to clean up the room if you keep the BSs out of their range (18km).
I did it with an Abaddon rigged with 3xNano Pump, T2 resis (2xEx, 1xKi, 1xTh, 1DC) 1xLARII and 1xfactionLAR. I started with Artis and, as I had to warp out because didnŠt fitted the AB, finished with ACs to deal more dmg.
Another interesting resource: replay by Ian Novarider
Have you solo it? how it was? ship? fitting? strategy?
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KISOGOKU
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Posted - 2007.11.06 23:42:00 -
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CNR 7 * CN cruise launchers 1* Amarr navy heavy nos
Gist C-type X-large /shield booster/Pith exp hardener(%59.xx )
2 * Cn incul /1x DB cap recharger
2 * DB PDU 3*CN BCu
3*CCC
with this setup i dont need move ,i can sit and tank nothing special but i have BS 5/rapid lauch 5/cruise 5 and %5 ROf implant installed
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Big Al
The Aftermath
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Posted - 2007.11.07 00:24:00 -
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Linkage (VLC player)
This is how I solo it in a Nighthawk.
Everything agros once you shoot sentries, or if you get close to/shoot the structures with the neat loot.
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Zo5o
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Posted - 2007.11.07 01:59:00 -
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Kill the cruise batteries first. This reduces thermal dps to nearly 0. At this point you're dealing with roughly 800 exp dps, 200 em dps, and 200 therm dps, 50 km away or farther if you kill the cruise batteries quickly. Tank accordingly, and at this point you may wish to turn away from the oncoming swarm to keep your distance from them.
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Ogdru Jahad
Amarr
War Dawgs
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Posted - 2007.11.07 06:13:00 -
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Absolution.
6x t2 heavy beams II's
Domi web, cap rechargers on the left overs,
2x Corpum MAR, Corpum ENAM x2, Corpum Thermic Membran, 2x faction cpr's
CCC II
ANP II
it will tank the entire room perma if you keep moving.
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Shardrael
Caldari
AWE Corporation
Intrepid Crossing
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Posted - 2007.11.07 07:45:00 -
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tried it for the first time last week in a t2 fitted nighthawk, had no problems just a couple warp outs
used faction ammo for the bonus room as that helped me clear more faster so I had less warp outs.
btw I got full room agro every time without doing anything
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Slayton Ford
Stimulus
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Posted - 2007.11.07 08:40:00 -
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 Originally by: Zo5o
Kill the cruise batteries first. This reduces thermal dps to nearly 0. At this point you're dealing with roughly 800 exp dps, 200 em dps, and 200 therm dps, 50 km away or farther if you kill the cruise batteries quickly. Tank accordingly, and at this point you may wish to turn away from the oncoming swarm to keep your distance from them.
For a Raven, this is the key. Use Cruise missles (not torps) and pop the 3 cruise towers first. Each missle hits for 1200 unresited. from there its a matter of just heavy clearing (frigs>BCs>BS>HACs)
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Loc Maythan
Gallente
AlfaCorp
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Posted - 2007.11.07 10:04:00 -
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In a Domi:
High: nothing special - a few bits used in the first 5 rooms for aggro/frigates/drone range - drone link augmentors are of some use in bonus room.
Mid: 5 cap recharger II
Low: 2 exp/1 kin/1 therm core x-type hardeners, 1 a-type eanm, 1 LAR II, 1 corpus x-type LAR
Rigs: 3 CCC
Drones: 5 warden, 5 berserker II
1) Warp in with full tank running - will run indefinitely
2) Wait for full aggro - almost immediate
3) Use wardens to take out towers and batteries
4) Move towards retirement home at a leisurely pace, while using berserkers to take out the rest of the bad guys - leave Seraphim until last
5) Destroy Seraphim, then reinforcements (5 drone friendly BS), then retirement home - shooting retirement home before Seraphim will prevent reinforcements.
6) Destroy battlestation, if you can be bothered
No warping out required, armour stays above 70%
Loc.
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Jason Edwards
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Posted - 2007.11.07 10:56:00 -
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Originally by: Loc Maythan
Edited by: Loc Maythan on 07/11/2007 10:10:21
In a Domi:
High: nothing special - a few bits used in the first 5 rooms for aggro/frigates/drone range - drone link augmentors are of some use in bonus room.
Mid: 5 cap recharger II
Low: 2 exp/1 kin/1 therm core x-type hardeners, 1 centum a-type eanm, 1 LAR II, 1 corpus x-type LAR
Rigs: 3 CCC
Drones: 5 warden, 5 berserker II
Resists: 73/88/83/83
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No warping out required, armour stays above 70%
So lets see the cost to this...
4 core x-type hardeners... roughly 300mil each I do believe. Not ingane atm to check. So there's 1.2bil in hardeners. The eanm is roughly 750mil. So you're up to about 2bil. Than the x-type lar... another bil.
If you spend 3 billion on a tank. You should be afforded the ability to tank in there. Just as a carrier with a 2billion isk tank should.
Very nice though.
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Producer Drone
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Posted - 2007.11.07 12:05:00 -
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i "love" those fitting recommendations involving several billions of isk;(
here a relatively cheap (isk/SPs) Dominix fitting:
Highs: 2 Heavy Nos, 2 Drone Link Augmentor
Meds: 5 T2 Cap Recharger (or 1 AB if good Cap/Navigation-Skills are available)
Lows: 2 Faction LAR (900 HP/cycle), 2 T2/Faction Explosive Hardener, 2 T2/Faction EANM and 1 1600mm Rolled Tungsten (yes a plate!)
Rigs: 2 rep-amount, 1 CCC or 1 rep-duration
1. destroy the cruise missiles batteries with Wardens
2. destroy the tower sentries III (they always hit for good damage)
3. start moving away from enemy ships while aligning to a planet or station und kill the elite frigs with Berserkers
4. if the BCs are not to far away - kill them (they hit as hard as the HACS or Malakims but die very fast)
5. kill some close range BS, all towers and at the end the Gist Seraphim
6. kill the reinforcements and structures
This setup has relatively low resistances and a plate as buffer. For some people this stage can be very laggy and a plates gives time to react.
It works with average drone skills but the better the drone skills the more you can relax;).
A high SP-Char should be able to finish this stage without warping out ... a les SP-Char will need 1 or 2 warp outs.
Hint: the elite frigs never scrambled me
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VLAD DRACU
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2007.11.07 13:16:00 -
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raven
torps (standard bane), drone link
1 large sb, 1 sba, 1 kin field, 1 expl, 1 heat, 1 invu
3 pdu, 2 bcu
2 ccc II, 1 core defence op solidifier
all above faction where applicable, perma boost.
all relevant skills (CPU, powergrid, capacitor, BS etc) to 5
implants: 5% for cpu and rof
t2 drones, 4 med, 1 heavy
in the above configuration this bonus room seems pretty easy
yes i have to get away; if the 2nd wave comes and i stay, i have to jump. otherwise no big deal.
at first i start running, then take down some sentries and have the drones deal with the scramers/webber then i focus on the battleships. when bs's are down i stop and get back, deal with 2nd wave, let the drones do the remaining part of the job, waste some volleys on the battlestation and the rest is history...
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Loc Maythan
Gallente
AlfaCorp
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Posted - 2007.11.07 13:35:00 -
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Originally by: Jason Edwards
If you spend 3 billion on a tank. You should be afforded the ability to tank in there. Just as a carrier with a 2billion isk tank should.
Very nice though.
I should point out that I have been using the above setup for about 8 months now, and prices have increased greatly since then. The hardeners were 200m each, the a-type was 300m, and the x-type LAR was 500m. But yes, still an expensive setup - not much change from 2 billion.
Of course carriers can tank even better, but try as I might, I can't get one through the accelerator gates to the bonus room ;-)
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Loc Maythan
Gallente
AlfaCorp
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Posted - 2007.11.07 13:50:00 -
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Originally by: Producer Drone
i "love" those fitting recommendations involving several billions of isk;(
The OP didn't specify an isk/SP 'budget', only an interest in how other people approach the room.
Like it or lump it, that's the setup I use - with variation to hardeners and drones for other missions - and it has paid for itself many times over in time saved not having to warp out, or deal with groups separately. Missions are also much less stressful, and I am therefore less likely to drop dead from a heart-attack ... always a good thing to avoid ;-)
Loc.
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Zekran
Caldari
Refugee LLC.
Dread Sovereign
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Posted - 2007.11.07 17:06:00 -
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How do you get the key to go through the last gate? I have not been able to go through this gate on the last 2 level 3 extravaganza missions I have gotten, and it's frustrating! Any info would be appreciated!
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Joshua Deakin
Gallente
The Phalanx Expeditionary Conglomerate
Blue Sky Consortium
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Posted - 2007.11.07 17:16:00 -
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Here's something a bit different. Fitted for permatank. It was able to handle the bonus room before it got nerfed with trigger spawns. You can just sit there and soak the dmg.
Dominix
High: 1*augmentor, rest whatever
Med: 2*DG Invul, 2*X-type amps, Gist X-type X-L booster
Low: 6*T2 capacitor flux, T2 damage control
rigs: CCC T1, 2* core defence operational solidifier T1
Add crystal implants and it becomes even more sillier.
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Joshua Deakin
Gallente
The Phalanx Expeditionary Conglomerate
Blue Sky Consortium
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Posted - 2007.11.07 17:17:00 -
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Originally by: Zekran
How do you get the key to go through the last gate? I have not been able to go through this gate on the last 2 level 3 extravaganza missions I have gotten, and it's frustrating! Any info would be appreciated!
You need an Angel Diamond tag. It's reusable. Market price around 10mil. The extra room is worth it (you should down the structures).
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Zekran
Caldari
Refugee LLC.
Dread Sovereign
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Posted - 2007.11.07 18:02:00 -
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Originally by: Joshua Deakin
Originally by: Zekran
How do you get the key to go through the last gate? I have not been able to go through this gate on the last 2 level 3 extravaganza missions I have gotten, and it's frustrating! Any info would be appreciated!
You need an Angel Diamond tag. It's reusable. Market price around 10mil. The extra room is worth it (you should down the structures).
Thanks a ton, is there a key of similar value/useability for each extravaganza mission? I will search the market when I get home from work. Again, thanks a ton.
-Zekran
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KISOGOKU
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Posted - 2007.11.07 18:48:00 -
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Angel Palladium Tag for lvl 3 ,angel diamond tag for lvl 4 version
Originally by: Zekran
Thanks a ton, is there a key of similar value/useability for each extravaganza mission?
-Zekran
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Andrue
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.11.08 08:11:00 -
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It depends on the ship, though. My corp mate(s) in their CNR take out the cruise launchers first. In my NH I find it's the HACs which are the pain. I turn round on entry and start moving away to try and keep distance while picking the HACs off. If there are webifiers I might take a pot shot at them but usually just launch my drones. Once the HACs have gone I'll take out the nearest BS then turn around and fly back in.
Tbh I don't actually have to fly away in my NH..I think it can probably tank the lot anyway but I've always been careful (never lost a ship in a mission in over 3.5 years of playing) and running away for a while costs me nothing.
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[Brackley, UK]
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Andrue
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.11.08 08:11:00 -
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Originally by: Big Al
Linkage (VLC player)
This is how I solo it in a Nighthawk.
Everything agros once you shoot sentries, or if you get close to/shoot the structures with the neat loot.
Huh? Everything aggroes on entry anyway.
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[Brackley, UK]
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Andrue
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.11.08 08:13:00 -
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Originally by: Shardrael
tried it for the first time last week in a t2 fitted nighthawk, had no problems just a couple warp outs
Um..."just a couple warp outs". That means you couldn't handle it.
Warping out of a mission is not a strategy, it's a failure.
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(Battle hardened industrialist)
[Brackley, UK]
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LeMoose
Viper Squad
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.11.08 10:30:00 -
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bonus room is easy now compared to when we didnt have pirate impants and rigs
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Night Doc
Orekaria
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Posted - 2007.11.08 12:53:00 -
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As I was reading I had some ohhhs and some clarividence.
Oh, that video is amasing. You enter and run... but to npcs!. I did save a video. You will not like to see (well, is good for adrenaline though) how my armor changes in 20% amounts.
One of them is a very simple one: being damage aprox 17%EM, 11%Th, 19%Ki, 54%Ex; natural shield tank ships (or high-end renegaded dominix  ) are much easier to fit for this mission.
I think we would appreciate to hear also about any Minnatar. Anyone there?
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Liisa
Absolutely No Retreat
The Red Skull
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Posted - 2007.11.08 16:18:00 -
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Doable with the following:
Maelstrom (all t2 mods):
8x 1400mm
XL-SB, SBA (t1, can't use t2), explosive, kinetic, invul actives, tracking computer
3 gyros, co-proc, pdu
rigs: 3x CCC (t1)
Idea: kill the cruise missile towers first to get rid of the 500 damage they do per missile. After that the stage becomes manageable. You have to run away for a bit to keep the range on the close range battleships and primary webifier frigs. After that you simply work targets by range.
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Weeka
Amarr
Imperial Shipment
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Posted - 2007.11.08 16:29:00 -
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Originally by: Night Doc
Have you solo it? how it was? ship? fitting? strategy?
Nighthawk warps in, set orbit 500m on retirement thing, start shooting whatever - never had any problem whatsoever... according to EFT my defense value is 750ish.
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Night Doc
Orekaria
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Posted - 2007.11.08 21:39:00 -
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Liisa, firstly thanks. It's said Mini pilots are the best in EVE, and your fitting is just amazing. CanŠt beleave you survive with that.
Weeka, well I did write dmg received by a BS with >400mm signature radius. With Nighthawk being 285m2 you should need about 1000dps * 285m2/400m2 = 712dps (well, its not really that simple, but should be quite aprox). If you get 750dps tanking with EFT (considering you selected a personalized damage profile for angel extravaganza) should be enought (as you experience it is).
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Fuazzole
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Posted - 2007.11.09 00:11:00 -
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Done in a Rokh,
XL booster, no amp, 2 invuls, 2 PDU
ABing diagonaly forward to get u in AM range of the sentrys (70km) and keeping you far from the trash, they only hurt at closer range's.
Must get droning the frigs as soon as it's safe to launch them.
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Liisa
Absolutely No Retreat
The Red Skull
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Posted - 2007.11.09 03:01:00 -
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Originally by: Night Doc
Liisa, firstly thanks. It's said Mini pilots are the best in EVE, and your fitting is just amazing. CanŠt beleave you survive with that.
Weeka, well I did write dmg received by a BS with >400mm signature radius. With Nighthawk being 285m2 you should need about 1000dps * 285m2/400m2 = 712dps (well, its not really that simple, but should be quite aprox). If you get 750dps tanking with EFT (considering you selected a personalized damage profile for angel extravaganza) should be enought (as you experience it is).
Well, it is all in the flying. Kill the cruise missile bats first, frigates second while they bore straight in on you. Then keep range and blow the rest by range closest to furthest. It is tight, I admit it with cap juggling at 33% and such. And you have to know what you are doing, no dallying or forum whoring. It is all in the way you fly the ship and, to be honest, I can't stand missiles as they take forever to get to the target and it just simply annoys me when I waste missiles or don't send enough on their way.
To be honest I now do it in a fleet tempest with 1.5bil in faction gear and my shields never drop below 99%.
6x RF 1400s, 2x Arby Cruise
gist a-type large SB, SBA, DG expl, kin, invul, TC II
3x RF Gyro, DCU II, fitting mods to shoehorn it all in.
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Aerandir Telrunya
Gallente
Bears Inc
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Posted - 2007.11.10 22:15:00 -
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Passive tanking Ishtar (ship name must be 'easy mode'  ):
Highs (whatever, nos(?) if your cap skills arn't all they should be)
Mids x1 T2 invul and the rest LSE II's
Lows SPR II's
Rigs x2 CDFP's
Shields never dropped below 54%
Kinna sad really, I was expecting harder :-(
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Jason Edwards
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Posted - 2007.11.12 22:58:00 -
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I think the key to solo tanking this bonus area is a shield tank pretty much. Or very good tech 2 res like the arb. I can't see this happening otherwise. So guess what I did... I went and priced out myself a new domi and went in. Killed all the warp scramblers to beginwith. However due to my flying away I quickly got out of my targeting range of the turrets and those cruise turrets reallly hurt.
So basically in and out 2 more times after the first bail. Eventually i get myself into position to take out the remaining turrets before my tank looked about to break. When I broke it to only 1 cruise turret left. My tank was solid for sure. I finished off the last cruise and my tank was pure tankage.
So I officially solo'd the bonus room armor tanking in a dominix. WOOOOOT.
The result was a lovely Domination Platinum Tag. *SIGH*
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