Complex Potential
Soliders Of Eve
The Church.
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Posted - 2008.01.16 09:08:00 -
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Edited by: Complex Potential on 16/01/2008 09:14:38
 Originally by: Joe Starbreaker
Let's try asking the question in a different way:
I found from practice that four frigates (with 2 or 3 day old characters) can effectively do L2 missions. However, they are going to lose at least one ship a fair portion of the time. As FC (well, SC, to be honest) what can I bring to the fight to reduce the chances of my newbs getting nuked? Should I fit a ship for pure tanking and run in first? If so, what ship and how to fit it?
Once we answer that question, then, tell me how would you change the picture for L3 missions?
A lot of people have answered this thread without actually looking at what the OP has been asking for; a low cost, T1 frig solution that can do L3 missions.
As with most things in this game, it's not about how YOU fit your ship, but the overall strategy that will win the day. My advice would be to insist on everyone flying armour tanking frigates and insist that they each have:
1. A small REMOTE armor repairor
2. Close range guns
3. A small/micro cap booster
4. A 1MN Afterburner
5. (A web) - Not essential but at least one of you should have one.
6. Mission specific resistance enhancer(s)
7. Small armor repairor
Tactics are basically you set your orbit distances to 1km and move around the rats in a pack. This should let you bring down the bigger rats in L3 missions. Try to use your own armor repairors as much as possible, but if one person is struggling to tank they can BROADCAST 'Need Armor' and everyone can lock and rep them, keeping them alive.
The cap boosters will be needed to keep your cap levels up in the most difficult circumstances, but with good organisation you shouldn't lose anyone.
Skills for this are fairly basic. The remote repping skill doesn't take long. I would recommend that everyone gets their targeting skill to Level 2 at least so you can lock corp mates when they need assistance.
The beauty of this strategy is that the more ships you have, the more damage you can take 
Last thing, keep close together, cos those remote reppers are your main strength and they only have a range of a few KM.
Have fun
CP
EDIT: I know that rats do not 'primary' people so keep in mind that sometimes 2 people at once may broadcast need armor (although not often). It is a good idea to discuss who reps who in such a situation before going into the mission. Otherwise, it's down to your leadership and quick thinking to delegate.
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