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Reaver Babe
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Posted - 2009.01.05 18:26:00 -
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I've been noticing that since QR, Ishtars have been depending on sentry drones vs. heavy drones more and more, and with great success I've seen Bouncer IIs from an Ishtar kill an untanked blackbird in two volleys.
Does this mean that the Ishtar's main role has shifted toward more of a sniper? It's mostly all I've been seeing lately. Ishtars hanging out at 100km off the engagement, deploying sentry drones, and just tearing chunks of shields/armor off of stuff.
Reason I'm wondering is because with Heavy Assault ships IV and only 300 m3 drone bay space, I think I'm gonna start flying around with a drone bay that looks like this:
5x Bouncer II
5x Hammerhead II
5x Vespa EC-600
5x Warrior II
5x Medium Armor Maintenance Bot
I don't see a whole lot of a need for heavy drones if I plan on functioning mainly as a sniper, since the only things that can cover the distance to get to me would be able to speed-tank heavies anyway.
Opinions?
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Murina
Gallente
The Scope
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Posted - 2009.01.05 18:28:00 -
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Depending on the engagement sentries are a better option due to instant dmg instead of travel time.
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Xori Ruscuv
Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.01.05 18:32:00 -
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Edited by: Xori Ruscuv on 05/01/2009 18:32:45
Well, do the math. Sentries do less damage.
The difference is per engagement.
Are you 20-45k from your target? You're probably better off using sentries.
Are you 5k from your target? You're probably better off using heavies.
Is your target smartbombing? You're better off MWDing away from it and dropping sentries.
Sentries are also stupidly expensive to lose :p
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Wesley Baird
BURN EDEN
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Posted - 2009.01.05 18:52:00 -
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Check out sentry tracking since QR it has been massively nerfed making sentries not nearly as great as they once were.
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Leandro Salazar
Better Dead Then Smeg
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Posted - 2009.01.05 19:01:00 -
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 Originally by: Wesley Baird
Check out sentry tracking since QR it has been massively nerfed making sentries not nearly as great as they once were.
I dunno about yours, but my sentry drones still have exactly the same tracking they always did... And still hit exactly as they always did too.
Personally, I prefer to use sentry drones these days because more and more punks seem to fly around with smartbombs...
And if you are reading this, you have arrived at the signature without noticing...
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Wesley Baird
BURN EDEN
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Posted - 2009.01.05 20:29:00 -
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Originally by: Leandro Salazar
Originally by: Wesley Baird
Check out sentry tracking since QR it has been massively nerfed making sentries not nearly as great as they once were.
I dunno about yours, but my sentry drones still have exactly the same tracking they always did... And still hit exactly as they always did too.
Personally, I prefer to use sentry drones these days because more and more punks seem to fly around with smartbombs...
They may have been un-nerfed since the patch, as immediately after the patch their tracking was nerfed by over 90% (which wasnt in the notes)...Im not in game to see if there was a silent fix to their silent nerf...but I hope you are right.
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Etho Demerzel
Gallente
Holy Clan of the Cone
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Posted - 2009.01.05 20:49:00 -
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Originally by: Wesley Baird
Originally by: Leandro Salazar
Originally by: Wesley Baird
Check out sentry tracking since QR it has been massively nerfed making sentries not nearly as great as they once were.
I dunno about yours, but my sentry drones still have exactly the same tracking they always did... And still hit exactly as they always did too.
Personally, I prefer to use sentry drones these days because more and more punks seem to fly around with smartbombs...
They may have been un-nerfed since the patch, as immediately after the patch their tracking was nerfed by over 90% (which wasnt in the notes)...Im not in game to see if there was a silent fix to their silent nerf...but I hope you are right.
If what you said happened it was undone. I just checked and the stats pre and after QR are exactly the same.
Gardes II in specific have very good tracking, about the same of mega pulses II with multifreq.
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Captator
Universal Securities
Pirate Coalition
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Posted - 2009.01.05 21:24:00 -
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Originally by: Xori Ruscuv
Edited by: Xori Ruscuv on 05/01/2009 18:36:53
Well, do the math. Sentries do less damage. You'll find yourself using one or the other depending on the engagement though.
Are you 20-45k from your target? You're probably better off using sentries.
Are you 5k from your target? You're probably better off using heavies.
Is your target smartbombing? You're better off MWDing away from it and dropping sentries.
Sentries are also stupidly expensive to lose :p
sentries out dps heavies with the sentry damage rigs afaik
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Arous Drephius
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.01.05 21:41:00 -
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Originally by: Captator
sentries out dps heavies with the sentry damage rigs afaik
This. They also don't have to fly to their target.
= win
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