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Kharon
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Posted - 2007.11.25 12:11:00 -
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Could someone clarify how to deal with drones. I did some calculations myself and figured that one smartbomb against drones seems totally useless, because it takes ages to kill single one.
Is this so? And how many smartbombs do you need to take out several drones (normal and T2), in lets say 30 seconds or so, that your shields still hold? Lets assume you're flying a cruiser or a frigate, so tanking is not a good option. Lets also assume that you are not participating on DPS, but purely want to keep yourself alive and functional.
Also, are there any other options to deal with drones? Missiles?
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Gawain Hill
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Posted - 2007.11.25 12:15:00 -
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ok in a cruiser or frig it's best to shoot them a T2 med smart bomb i think will take out a T2 small drone in one go but i can't remember i know 2 large T2 smart bombs will make a drone pilot get rid of all his drones and keep them in his hanger
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Satura
Mucho Dolor
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Posted - 2007.11.25 12:16:00 -
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In a frig or cruiser you will better shoot them with yout guns. Just forget about smartbombs on those ships. |
Temitten
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Posted - 2007.11.25 12:33:00 -
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Small smartbombs work, I've successfully used one regular t1 doing kinetic damage to take out a 5 hammerhead Is before they could kill me (using a punisher). I assume t2 sb's work good enough to handle t2 drones, but I don't know.
That being said, you are probably better off shooting them with your guns anyway.
Also, in most cases you do damage to all drones, time to kill 1 drone = (almost) time to kill 5 drones.
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NoNah
Tenth Legion Holdings
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Posted - 2007.11.25 15:15:00 -
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Missiles work great, guns work great. Smartbombs have issues right now due to their relatively low volley damage per drone, however with the redeployment nerf, they will be slightly more effective and the psychological warfare involved might play a bigger role than accounted for. Droneboats are not fond of seeing lots of red marks in their UI, especially not if they appear on all drones, no matter their magnitude.
But I'd like to ask you to slow down and consider what you're asking. "How do I nullify the majority of damage output of hostile ships in 30 seconds or less?".. Care to answer the same question regarding missiles?
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Kharon
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Posted - 2007.11.25 21:54:00 -
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So you would suggest guns and missiles before smartbombs against drones? I think it would be small launchers against drones, but what kind of guns and how many of them to kill 4-5 drones with decent speed?
Ogre II would have about 2500 hp against kinetic dmg. With 1x kinetic SB T2 its about 15 DPS, so 167 seconds to kill it. With 3x it would be about one minute. With standard missiles, even T2 and max skills, it would be less DPS (short EFT analysis). But, would the drone actually die faster with missiles for some reason that I totally miss?
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Belefette
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Posted - 2007.11.25 21:59:00 -
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If your worry too much about the drones youll miss out the fact that it might take longer to kill the drones than actually kill the one controlling them, depending on the situation. |
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