Selene Dukat
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Posted - 2007.12.25 11:25:00 -
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Hi, I have some more questions for veterans. I'm a kind of person that likes to get a feel for the "big picture" as part of understanding new environments, like this game.
So I've been studiously reading as a good player should, and playing of course. I'm starting to find some love for certain ships and I have some questions about their possible roles.
I feel that I am gravitating toward a career as a solider, but not a pirate. Here are some of my questions:
1) Nemesis frigate - covert ops. Sounds very neat, and I enjoy long range surprise stuff. What are some of the roles for which I could use this ship? Can you do any solo missions with a stealth ship that fires cruise missles? What about like this scenario: could I accompany corporation miners, stealth at range and provide some protection from pirates? Would that work or just get me and my protectee blown out of the sky? Any nemisis pilots - how do you use your ship?
2) Thorax Cruiser / or Tech II equivalent - to me, this one seems to be a solid, versitle early career ship for a new player like me to do some low to mid range missions and work on my skills. But once I advance a little bit, what kinds of roles can a Thorax cruiser fill? How do you play the game with yours? Is it all group based pvp? Solo pvp? Are they good for defense of transports or industrial work? Thoughts?
3) Megathron Battleship - I have done a lot of reading on this, since this is one of the main ships I would ultimately like to fly. It seems that there are two very opposite approaches: one is the long range sniper type ship, the other is the tanking type. I'm pretty torn on which way I would prefer to go. What kinds of situations do battleships find themselves in? Are the tough enough and versatile enough to go out on their own? Is it all about group / gang play? If so, what is my role? How hard is it to keep a battleship from being destroyed? By that I mean, is it kind of a big "event" for a good player to lose a ship like this, or is it something I should count on happening regularly as just part of the game?
(I know not to fly what I can't afford to lose. I wouldn't be taking a battleship anywhere until I had plenty of ISK and possibly a loaded out second ship in storage.)
Any thoughts, as detailed as you want, would be greatly appreciated!
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