Xioden Acap
Lightspeed Enterprises
Burning Horizons
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Posted - 2008.04.17 19:58:00 -
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 Originally by: TheBigDog
Anyway, can some one point me in the right direction to answer the folloing questions in the most minute detail:
Going to give this a shot here to the best of my ability, http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/ship_rorqual.php is also a good reference for some things.
1) What are the minimum desired skills to make a Rorqual usable the way it is meant to be used?Skills to get into the ship aside... You'll want Industrial Reconfiguration I (Requires Mass Production V->Advanced Mass Production V) in order to use the industrial core which will allow you to run the assembly lines to compress ore. To do the ore compression you need the skills for each of the blueprints (Specific ore processing skill to level IV). Gravitron Physics IV for the capital tractor beams (Engineering V and Science V). Other than that cargo expanders and/or tanking gear. Drone skills can always be helpful too. It isn't necessary, to use it for ore compression, but it can provide a massive bonus to mining while the industrial core is activated, and it can also fit the mining command links. Ability to use a cloak could also be considered needed.
2) For that matter...what are ALL the uses it does have and what is the absolute BEST use for it? It's typically used to compress ore on mining ops and give extra bonus on top of leadership skills. It is also commonly used as a miniature jump freighter (it can carry about 175km^3). Those will typically be the best as anything else might be considered out of the scope of general-use as there isn't anything stopping you from doing anything with it.
3) How do you operate it and what is needed to do so? (BPO's?)When the industrial core is activated, you simply run the jobs in a manner similar to any regular manufacturing job.
4) Is it worth the investment in time and isk?The ore compression definitely can be worth it out in 0.0/lowsec. Beats running a freighter and/or many industrials around. Bonus wise, if you have more than 3 or 4 miners, a maxed out bonus starts to increase the yield significantly. For a single player, for hauling purposes/refining after mining it can be useful, but the fact it can't get into high-sec space makes it a bit less useful for a single person.
5) How much will it cost and where do I get one when I choose to?Players build them, they are contracts for the at about 1.8 Billion isk.
6) What minimum support does it need? (POS? Station?) Cyno pilots to move around from system to system (can't use stargates). It gets stuck for 5 minutes when the industrial core is activated, so doing compression inside of pos is always a big plus.
7) What are the positives and negatives that are involved in owning/operating one? See above/below
8) Since I use 3 accts to mine (pvp acct to tank and 2 miners), does it make sense to have one of the miners train for it (they are about 40 days closer then my PVP toon), or have the pvp toon train for it so the other 2 can mine while he flys it.Rorqual gives about 37% Bonus to yield with max skills. So bonus wise its not worth having a miner in one. It could be worth the pvp pilot going for it, but just training for a hulk will still provide better yields. So unless you need to haul/compress its probably not worth it unless you will typically have some buddies mining with you.
9) Anything else you can think of that is relevent.
That covers most of the basics I think so if I left anything out just ask for further clearification. |