Shgoratchx
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Posted - 2008.06.19 22:23:00 -
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 Originally by: Sir Ibex
Edited by: Sir Ibex on 18/06/2008 16:20:52
Edited by: Sir Ibex on 18/06/2008 16:17:47
I can tell you from personal experience, that a Drake is absolutely NO GOOD for running level 4 missions. Is it possible? Sure. Is it reasonable? Hell no. No one in their right mind should be using a Drake for level 4 missions. I speak from experience on this one.
I have a T2 fitted Drake with a "proper" setup according to these forums and many others.
All T2 launchers, rat specific T2 hardeners, and 2 LSE's. 2x Beta reactor control shield power relays and two BCSII's in lows. 5x T2 hobgoblins, and 1x small tractor beam. Oh, and 3 shield rigs too...
Let me tell you that this setup absolutely doesn't cut it. Not even close. Everyone says how great the Drake's tank is, and it probably is, for a BC... But when 5x BS is shooting you, these shields just don't hold. Mind you, my shield skills are at level IV, not V. But if they were at V, I'd probably be flying a better ship by then. The cap also runs out fairly quickly. This would not be a problem is the Drake would be able to take down BC's and BS's in any reasonable amount of time, but when it takes 10min or more on average to take down a BS, and the cap lasts for only 20-25min(40min at best with staggering hardeners) this is just not enough to clear a room with 7-8 BS's! I am assuming people have somewhat better results with faction missiles, but why would you want to waste your money on those when you can use it toward fitting a Raven?
You'd be better off blazing through level 3's with that Drake, and you'd make more money doing so, than by doing L4s. Drake is great for taking anything out fairly quickly up to cruisers. Anything bigger takes too long to kill. Maybe some people have somewhat better results with all relevant cap/cpu/tank skills at Level V, but if you got your skills that high, why are you still flying a Drake?
I am 3 days of training away from a Raven, and I'm angry with people who told me to stick with the Drake for L4's, because I wasted months getting some Drake related skills to level V when I could have had a fully fitted T2 Raven by now. Then again, maybe I should thank those people, because real experience is the best teacher. I found out time and time again, that when someone tells me not to do something it just doesn't work. (aside from life threatening things that is) When I do it anyway, and something bad happens, that is when I REALLY learn not to ever do it again. lol
So if you don't believe me, by all means, keep training that Drake, then take it to level 4's and have fun "learning the hard way". ;)
I can semi-afk L4's in my Drake. Mind you, my main has maxed-out his shield skills, so that obviously helps a lot. My shields tank almost anything thats thrown at me.
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This would not be a problem is the Drake would be able to take down BC's and BS's in any reasonable amount of time, but when it takes 10min or more on average to take down a BS, and the cap lasts for only 20-25min(40min at best with staggering hardeners) this is just not enough to clear a room with 7-8 BS's! I am assuming people have somewhat better results with faction missiles, but why would you want to waste your money on those when you can use it toward fitting a Raven?
I switched over to using T2 Hams after training Heavy Assault Missile Specialization to level 5, and plugged in a HAM implant.... I can take down a 800K BS in less than 4 minutes. Cruisers and BC's take about 30 seconds.
I personally wouldn't go back to using a Raven as I like the security of an (almost) unbreakable shield tank. I also won't go back to using faction ammo. T2 Hams are underrated imho (but you do need to specialze in them to make them viable).
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