Yeah, it's worth it to try it at least once. I am considering this too if I return to my miners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbeard
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Yeah, it's worth it to try it at least once. I am considering this too if I return to my miners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbeard
It took me a looong time to get used to Eve's UI. Mostly the small text...and the map was kinda confusing too.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinGBrown
Tomorrow everyone will be in a retriever or above, one iteron 5 still hauling. When I can afford the orca the hauler will grab their own hulk, which will be sweet. Not managing 1 minute mining laser times is sweet =P
Now im starting to think about what im going to train for for mission running since mining isnt a horribly deep skill path to take (dont get me wrong i have a good few months left if i want to take them all the way).
Of course you could just have 6 killers but thats no fun. Was thinking maybe:
1 booster in a tengu built for that
3 straight up killers
1 logistics for repping
1 hauler / salvager
Just a thought, if you ask most people about dual boxing missions theyll say "run two missions at once" lol but I couldnt handle that... just want my people to be out together.
Curious what everyone else has going on.
What I used to do for level 4s was this set up. Some people may laugh or think it's horrible but it worked well for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbeard
1 Cruise CNR
2 Sentry/Support Domis
1 Orca
The CNR pilot is my oldest/highest skilled character and the one I focused on when playing.
My two Dominix pilots were running salvagers and shield transfers in the highs, drone and cap mods in the mids and capacitor power relays in the lows. Their set ups were totally cap stable so I could perma run the shield transfers if someone else got aggro instead of the CNR. They were also set to assist my main character.
The Orca pilot was there to tractor and loot.
I was always able to loot and salvage before any ninja salvagers showed up.
Can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by "set to assist?" I've basically been using fleet broadcast targets with the fleet UI up for some of that, but if there's a better way to assist targeting for missions, I'd love to hear it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duane
With drones at least you can have them protect somebody, that might be what he means... so if somebody attacks his main, the drones will respond..
and skilled drones in a domi are MEAN ( i know, my main guy has gallente bs 5 and maxed drone skills ). 2 domis like that would tear stuff up. Couple that with the CNR which is a beast on its own... thats a good setup.
My problem with the drones is I dont like to have to deal wtih them getting blown up, and i dont like dealing with disconnects and having to reclaim the drones, too big of a PITA.
Regarding the orca... i know it has all kinds of tractor bonuses and a big cargo hold so that makes sense. Did you salvage from it? I need to go look and see how many highs it has.
Stolen from the Eve forums because I wanted to articulate it well:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ughmahedhurtz
In the drone window, expand so you can see your drones in space. (it's usually best if you have them all in a drone group, but not essential). Select the drone, drones or drone group you want and then right click. Select 'Assist' from the menu and choose your fleet mate.
No salvaging from the Orca, the Domis each have several salvagers. It basically works like this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbeard
The CNR and drones kill stuff before it reaches the fleet. The Orca and its 2-3 salvagers drag all the wrecks in close. You loot to the Orca's cargo hold and the Domis, positioned close to the Orca, can salvage the wrecks.
Interesting setup Duane. I've currently got one of my gals almost done with a sentry drone domi setup. It's a damn good idea to use the Orca with its tractor beam bonus (plus tank and cargo) to grab the wrecks and then salvage them with a different ship.
CNR is Caldari Navy Raven right?
Orca has 3 highs did you consider two tractors and say a gang link module or shieldtransfer/remote armor rep?
Yeah, CNR is Caldari Navy Raven.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinGBrown
As far as the gang module, that's a good idea as well but I found that I was killing stuff quickly enough that the extra tractor beam was worth more than any extra boost.
I'm basically doing what Redbeard is. Right now I have:
-Bestower hauler (24k cargo space, meh), which isn't too active hauling when I'm mining, need to change that :)
-3 Hulks, right now they have t2 lasers with t1 crystals, they should have the t2 crystal in a few days, MLU 2s. They do have drones but depending on my laziness level I may or may not deploy them
-Hurricane, used to "scare" canflippers away in highsec and kill the annoying rats that show up
The hurricane character has leadership skills and is the booster. Need to get him the mindlink. He is working his way towards an Orca too.
Once I get an Orca, will it still be able to boost when I dock at a station? I guess the Bestower will be useless at that point and I'll convert that character to a fighter.