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Devros
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Posted - 2008.01.17 19:27:00 -
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Hi all,
Came back to game after being gone several years. Would like to train for a HAC, but bored with caldari ships. How good is the Ishtar? I realize it depends on skills and am willing to train up my drone skills etc, if it is a decent ship for missions, pvp, etc. Currently have bout 5.5mil sp but mostly in fittings, missiles, sheilds. So before I make a plunge to learn everything needed to fly the Ishtar, would like to know if it's worth it? Any thoughts and advice would be appreciated.
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Requiescat
True Foundation
Sex Panthers
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Posted - 2008.01.17 19:28:00 -
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in before nanoishtar
Victory - Honor = Loss |
Liang Nuren
The Avalon Foundation
Knights Of Syndicate
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Posted - 2008.01.17 20:05:00 -
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You should consider the Sacrilege or Cerberus if your skills are in missiles and shields. The Ishtar is ok, but faces all the standard penalties that come with drone boats (such as destroyable DPS).
Otherwise, its fine.
-Liang
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 Originally by: "QProQ"
When they said to put 'stabs on your 'cane, they meant GYROSTABS!
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Deathhawk
Absolute Destruction
Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2008.01.17 21:30:00 -
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yes ishtar is good..
I ROCK - DH
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Mr Ignitious
Gallente
Kingpins
Dark Taboo
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Posted - 2008.01.17 22:01:00 -
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i fly the ishtar almost 80% of the time, for everything. for pve i've solo'd every level 4 i've come across thus far, but you need hull upgrades 5. you can go nuts and try to shield tank it too i suppose, i personally wouldn't though. for pvp it can be nano'd fairly well as transversal doesn't affect your dps, although you do have to watch your little babies. you can also try to tank it normally, it still works decently. it can be a tight fit, but you say you have good fitting skills so it shouldn't be too bad.
to get you started my mission fit is
High
125 mm railgun I with antimatter to get some aggro
Med
t2 AB, 3 cap recharger t2's, and a t2 medium cap battery (this DOES give you peak cap regen)
Lows
two t2 medium armor reps, t2 cap relay, two t2 rat specific hardeners
rigs
CCC and aux nano pump
trallalal you're on your way to rolling over missions and it all runs 24/7. if you get bored, you can throw on two tractor beams and two salvagers 
you can swap out modules to go pvp with it as the rigs are still useful IMO
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Major Stallion
Dragons Of Redemption
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2008.01.17 22:12:00 -
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Originally by: Requiescat
in before nanoishtar
bahhhh damn you
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Grytok
moon7empler
Ev0ke
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Posted - 2008.01.17 22:24:00 -
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Ishtar is a very decent ship and has extreme versatilty.
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CCP gave us shiny new graphics. Too bad they removed Anti Aliasing for me :\ |
Acoco Osiris
Gallente
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Posted - 2008.01.17 22:39:00 -
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It's a pretty solid ship. It's tank will be a little bit iffy on L4 missions, but small sig radius should help. In PvP, the nano-Ishtar's considered a good ship, though a bit vulnerable to people shooting the drones.
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To amuse you, here is my Retriever ever since its first Trinity deployment. RIP.
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Redd Lenses
Murder-Death-Kill
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Posted - 2008.01.17 22:48:00 -
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Originally by: Deathhawk
yes ishtar is god..
fixed it for you
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TimMc
Gallente
Vidar Fierd
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2008.01.17 23:12:00 -
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Originally by: Redd Lenses
Originally by: Deathhawk
yes ishtar is god..
fixed it for you
Actually, ishtar is the goddess of War and sex.
Originally by: Liang Nuren
You should consider the Sacrilege or Cerberus if your skills are in missiles and shields. The Ishtar is ok, but faces all the standard penalties that come with drone boats (such as destroyable DPS).
Otherwise, its fine.
-Liang
qft, sacrilege would be less of an SP investment compared to moving from caldari shield missile spec to gallente armour drone spec
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nihlanth
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Posted - 2008.01.17 23:55:00 -
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Dont get the Ishtar....it looks too much like a Vexor and...its paint job is all silvery blue which amplifies any EM damage done to it. SO! Don't get it, it's the worst ship in the universe.
:p
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Redd Lenses
Murder-Death-Kill
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Posted - 2008.01.18 00:13:00 -
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Originally by: TimMc
Originally by: Redd Lenses
Originally by: Deathhawk
yes ishtar is god..
fixed it for you
Actually, ishtar is the goddess of War and sex.
Originally by: Liang Nuren
You should consider the Sacrilege or Cerberus if your skills are in missiles and shields. The Ishtar is ok, but faces all the standard penalties that come with drone boats (such as destroyable DPS).
Otherwise, its fine.
-Liang
qft, sacrilege would be less of an SP investment compared to moving from caldari shield missile spec to gallente armour drone spec
True, the sacrilege is really nice. When I was flying it on the test server on armageddon day it was able to solo any single nano ship except an ishtar fitted with a web and even then it was close. On the real server I fly primarily a nano-ishtar and it is very effective, if not expensive to fly as you lose ogre II after ogre II.
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Dreadpilot Roberts
Viper Squad
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2008.01.18 12:51:00 -
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Originally by: Redd Lenses
Originally by: Deathhawk
yes ishtar is god..
fixed it for you
/signed
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Tyfuz
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Posted - 2008.01.18 13:40:00 -
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Its a great ship, the ship i use most of the time in 0.0. You can fit a huge tank since you dont need any grid for guns... If the drones die, you deploy new.
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Kruel
Beyond Divinity Inc
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Posted - 2008.01.18 17:02:00 -
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Originally by: Redd Lenses
True, the sacrilege is really nice. When I was flying it on the test server on armageddon day it was able to solo any single nano ship except an ishtar fitted with a web and even then it was close. On the real server I fly primarily a nano-ishtar and it is very effective, if not expensive to fly as you lose ogre II after ogre II.
I fly both Ishtar and Sac, and I probably lose more isk from spamming navy HAMs than I do losing Ogre IIs. I like the nanoSac for small engagements/1v1, tankSac for gate camping, and Ishtar for large engagements.
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