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Help Please! Mach for Drone Space
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Sykeout
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-07-10 03:50:28 UTC
First off thanks for reading this post and helping me out!

Hey everyone long time Machariel user who will be soon moving down to 0.0 Drone regions. I have spent a good amount of time in 0.0 but have never been stationed in drone space. I figure I will primarily using the Machariel for the system scanner sites but am unsure on how high I need to boost my tank up to for them (Don't want to fit faction if unneeded because as rare as it is I could get slightly distracted and miss all of the calls in intel channels and miss the person enter local) If anyone has theorycraft or better yet experience in this it would be awesome. What I have come up with as of now is as follows:

[Machariel, cheap]
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer

100MN Afterburner II
X-Large Shield Booster II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Explosive Deflection Field II
Heavy Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 800

800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
800mm Repeating Artillery II, EMP L
[empty high slot]

Large Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Large Semiconductor Memory Cell I
Large Semiconductor Memory Cell I


Hornet EC-300 x5
Garde II x4

TLDR: Moving to 0.0 asking for help with a fit that isn't over tanked but still great bounty ticks.
Dilligafmofo
3WAYFOUNDATIONS
New Miner's Union
#2 - 2012-07-10 08:45:06 UTC
Obtaining cap boosters in Drone space may get to be a bind.

I would suggest making the mach cap stable with the XL shield booster. It is easily done and wont hamper your dps too much.
drdxie
#3 - 2012-07-10 09:52:16 UTC
Dilligafmofo wrote:
Obtaining cap boosters in Drone space may get to be a bind.

I would suggest making the mach cap stable with the XL shield booster. It is easily done and wont hamper your dps too much.


Salvage and a booster bpo will solve supply problems, even with bad indy skills its still worth it for them as they big to move.

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Hulasikaly Wada
DO.IT
I.N.D.E.P.E.N.D.E.N.T
#4 - 2012-07-10 09:55:40 UTC

Get 40km optimal ( orbit of drone BS rats in anomalies , swicht to artillery ? )
Remove the AB 100 mn
Dual invuls
EM ammo

Enjoy

( had great Isk/hour with a nightmare )

Hula
Dilligafmofo
3WAYFOUNDATIONS
New Miner's Union
#5 - 2012-07-10 10:15:30 UTC
drdxie wrote:
Dilligafmofo wrote:
Obtaining cap boosters in Drone space may get to be a bind.

I would suggest making the mach cap stable with the XL shield booster. It is easily done and wont hamper your dps too much.


Salvage and a booster bpo will solve supply problems, even with bad indy skills its still worth it for them as they big to move.



Fair comment Mr Dxie but with drone currently dropping no loot, our friend here would have to mine the minerals, thus eating into his isk / hour. For the sake of taking ip 2 cap rechargers and a cap battery at the loss of 100 or so dps, he could negate the need for the boosters.

Any other region, the melting of rat loot materials would allow easy access to boosters. But at present, in the drone regions, this would be a chore.
Bibosikus
Air
#6 - 2012-07-10 10:57:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Bibosikus
I know the 4-3 lowslot setup is a de facto standard on the Mach, but I would urge you to temporarily drop a gyro for a DCU. An extra 18k HP, at least during your first few sites, is not to be sniffed at.

Also drop the sentries and take Hobs & Hammers. Down here the Drone frigs like to web & scram a lot, and once they're under your guns they are b*stards to track.

I'd also suggest a cheap(ish) faction AB, get yourself another 50-80m/sec speed.

Finally, I'd say stay with the Cap Booster for a little while until you've got used to the various plexes round here. Once you know how to manage triggers & aggro, you'll be pulsing the SB less often and you'll probably be able to switch to a Cap Recharger, or even a TC.

There isn't a lot of easily accessible info about Drone plexes, escalation etc. - at least, nothing like the in-depth detailing of pirate faction equivalents. I've been here three weeks and still in the Trial & Error stage. What I can definitely say, is that range alleviates a LOT of Drone rat & tower damage. So the suggestion of switching to Arties is something worth considering. Just..don't..warp to 0 on any Drone anom in a Mach :)

I put some stuff in another thread you might find useful:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=129869&find=unread

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