EVE!

[KaOTiK]

You put some gank in your lows?

Yeah, looking at it now 2 1600's, 2 navy EANM, DCU2, 2 navy heat sinks for the lows

 

[TheVrolok]

Yeah, looking at it now 2 1600's, 2 navy EANM, DCU2, 2 navy heat sinks for the lows

That would be it then. My lows are alllllll tank. My Bhaalgorn usually only comes out for as cap support. DC2/4 plates/2 DB EANMs. 302k ehp with HGs, but I won't put HGs in now.. seems like getting pops out has been buggy since the last patch.

 

[KaOTiK]

Yup that explains it, cause when I do your lows I'm at 336k

 

[TheVrolok]

Yup that explains it, cause when I do your lows I'm at 336k

Really? EFT says with my lows, skills, and HG slaves I'm at 302k. You using the 5% armor, etc. implants too?

 

[KaOTiK]

Really? EFT says with my lows, skills, and HG slaves I'm at 302k. You using the 5% armor, etc. implants too?

No not using that implant. My leadership skills making up the difference.

 

[TheVrolok]

No not using that implant. My leadership skills making up the difference.

Ahhh.. I didn't add in my command skills. Yeah, with leadership I'm getting 343 with mindlink in without links. Can get pretty tanky with a legion/damnation in fleet. Yum. All that tank on such a massive neuting platform with still decent damage.

 

[KaOTiK]

Yeah, I normally fly a damnation in fleet stuff, I love that ship.

 

[ichy]

I had a long, frustrating evening trying to kill things and failing. I was about to go to bed when I stumbled on this guy:

http://diplomaticdisruption.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10259820

I also discovered a kill from several days ago that I didn't realize I had made.

http://diplomaticdisruption.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10259813

This was the guy I referenced in my earlier post about a fight that I thought had ended in a draw because I was perma-jammed and he couldn't break my tank. Looks like the fight actually ended because my drones killed his ECM ship!

 

[Martimus]

I had a long, frustrating evening trying to kill things and failing. I was about to go to bed when I stumbled on this guy:

http://diplomaticdisruption.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10259820

I also discovered a kill from several days ago that I didn't realize I had made.

http://diplomaticdisruption.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10259813

This was the guy I referenced in my earlier post about a fight that I thought had ended in a draw because I was perma-jammed and he couldn't break my tank. Looks like the fight actually ended because my drones killed his ECM ship!

A pure alpha sniper hurricane alone? I can't imagine what the purpose of that ship would be, since it doesn't even have a prop mod to dictate range, or a point to keep in you place. I love my cane and all, but I don't think I would ever fit one like that.

 

[Ross Ridge]

A pure alpha sniper hurricane alone? I can't imagine what the purpose of that ship would be, since it doesn't even have a prop mod to dictate range, or a point to keep in you place. I love my cane and all, but I don't think I would ever fit one like that.

I think it was a mission ship, from the salvagers and from the fact that it an NPC sentry gun was in on the kill. The buffer tank doesn't make sense though, unless there was another ship to remote repair it that escaped.

And once again with the sensor boosters...

 

[ichy]

Actually the Hurricane was sitting on top of a gate with several wrecks around him. I think he was popping transport ships and others trying to sneak through the system.

I didn't expect to get this guy at all. I originally engaged him on the gate with my main character. I wasn't sure I could take both him and the gate guns, but I had my alt aligned to come in and help at a safe spot and I had Hornet EC-300s in case I needed to escape. He hung around for a bit when I initiated combat but then jumped through the gate, and I thought that was that.

Since I didn't have much else to do I came back a couple of minutes later with my alt. This time my main character was the one who was waiting at the safe spot. I didn't expect anything to happen, but I figured what the heck, might as well try to bump him off the gate. After a minute or two he initiated combat. Game on! At that point I warped in my alt and two Drakes plus gate guns against a hurricane made it a quick fight. I think the guy suspected a trap, but was itching for PvP after sitting on a gate for so long. My alt is also a fairly new character, but has almost perfect skills for a Drake, so I suspect he under-estimated what he was getting into. No idea why he didn't noticed that the alt wasn't in the same corp as the guy who'd attacked him earlier though!

 

[Ross Ridge]

Actually the Hurricane was sitting on top of a gate with several wrecks around him. I think he was popping transport ships and others trying to sneak through the system.

Ah, yah, that makes at lot more sense.

 

[ichy]

I suffered an annoying loss last night. Probed down a cruiser with my alt, warped in to check it out and sure enough it was just sitting there. I should have been a little suspicious but it was getting late and I wanted another kill before I went to bed. Warped in with my primary, started pounding away, and next thing I know I'm jumped by a blob of destroyers and cruisers. Here's the lossmail.

http://diplomaticdisruption.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10267366

In hindsight the warning signs were just screaming at me. It was a juicy enough target to be tempting, but still cheap enough that it was reasonable bait. If I'd bothered to look up the pilot I would've seen that he was part of 0.0 Training Academy which should hvae also tipped me off. Finally, I didn't keep an eye on local. If I had I would've seen the blob coming in and I could've warped off. I did get four kills yesterday evening and today, but none of them were that great (cruiser, mining barge and two frigates.)

 

[ichy]

This is what happens when you have the skill to fly a ship but can't equip it properly.

http://diplomaticdisruption.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10271190

 

[Kadarin]

OK, this guy is more than a bit crazy: http://sites.google.com/site/khromtor/home

That's way too much $ to be investing in any game, let alone EVE.

 

[KaOTiK]

OK, this guy is more than a bit crazy: http://sites.google.com/site/khromtor/home

That's way too much $ to be investing in any game, let alone EVE.

I, I don't even...

 

[TheVrolok]

OK, this guy is more than a bit crazy: http://sites.google.com/site/khromtor/home

That's way too much $ to be investing in any game, let alone EVE.

Yeaaa....

 

[ichy]

Here's something else I've been pondering over lunch time.

My main character has maxed out Caldari and Minmatar battleship skills, along with nearly maxed out missile, projectile turret and hybrid turret skills. I can't do lasers and I can't fly Gallente or Amarr battleships. What's my best bet for a pure DPS battleship that does as much damage over decent range as possible? Tank doesn't matter at all. My current feeling is railgun Rokh or artillery Maelstrom but I don't have access to EFT so I can't check right now.

 

[hrbngr2]

ichy,
what will you be fighting? NPCs or other players? Also, are you looking for mostly alpha vs cumulative applied DPS? What sort of range do you need (ballpark) vs fall-off?

 

[ichy]

hrbngr2:

I was mainly just musing about how to run Lvl 5 missions with two characters. It sounds like the best bet is to go in first with something like a passive tanked Nighthawk to tank the damage and then have another character come in in a pure DPS ship.

 

[Martimus]

hrbngr2:

I was mainly just musing about how to run Lvl 5 missions with two characters. It sounds like the best bet is to go in first with something like a passive tanked Nighthawk to tank the damage and then have another character come in in a pure DPS ship.

Actually the Nighthawk itself might have both the DPS and Tank to solo a lvl 5, since I know you can solo a 6/10 with one.

I think a Raven might actually be your best bet for PVE DPS, but I know the Maelstrom can do a lot of damage (although it is best for having a large Alpha). The Rohk doesn't do much damage with Rails, and is only really effective with Blasters (Nothing is really effective with Rails though).

 

[hrbngr2]

Martimus,
I thought "the" ship for tanking L5s was a passive Rattlesnake? Possibly w/some dps or a LOT of dps. I know that a Nighthawk is also a pretty good option too.

 

[ichy]

I'm off on yet another EVE adventure. I decided to head into some of the more abandoned parts of 0.0 with by Drake and Buzzard to do some ratting and exploration. I got about 20 jumps in last night before it was time to go to bed. No stations out here so I just sent both ships to a safe spot in an empty system and then logged off. I *think* my ships will just warp around the whole time, but I don't know exactly how that works. If I come back online and discover I've been killed and podded I guess I'll have my answer.

 

[Ross Ridge]

If you're not fighting an NPC or player, or haven't been recently, then your ship should disappear from the game the moment you log off. Otherwise there's a timer, longer if you're fighting players, before your ship disappears.

 

[ichy]

Ok, sweet. I guess that means that multi-day 0.0 excursions with no friendly stations are possible.