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Selling Out (or "How I stopped worrying and learned to love the Drake")
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Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#21 - 2012-12-08 01:55:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Katran Luftschreck
Antihrist Pripravnik wrote:
But if you really want to go pro, go for Machariel


Thanks for the tip, I just may have to try that next. While I've always viewed projectile weapons as inherently irresponsible, if I can get my gunnery skills up high enough I'm sure that I can overcome my distaste for them. I've also been looking into the world of armor tanking, which until recently I've always seen as flat out inferior to shield tanking, but I've seen people who really know how to do it right and have been trying to learn from them as well.

So I guess there may indeed be steps beyond the Drake. I know most people use it as a stepping stone on their way to the Tengu, but I can see how ships like the Machariel can be a good step up as well.


feihcsiM wrote:
Since the Retribution patch I have only run around a dozen lvl4 missions, but in those missions I have had my sentry drones targetted exactly three times total.


That's interesting, because I had my all of sentries attacked within seconds of deployment the first time I launched them post patch. Enemy wasn't even in range yet, which is the only reason I managed to recall them before they got blown up.


Decimus Wrex wrote:
Maybe you should discuss drone strategy to combat the new AI?


The new drone strategy is simple: Don't bother.

http://youtu.be/t0q2F8NsYQ0
Frozen Eddie Johnson
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#22 - 2012-12-08 10:59:00 UTC
OP, you really should try the Tengu. It is basically a draek that does twice as much (or more) DPS. As a bonus, with the new buffed HAMs, if you don't mind ABing into range (~30K or so for Rages, 40+ for regular/CN) you can be doing 950ish DPS for still far less work than flying a drone/turret boat.

When I finally said screw it, joined the masses, and got a Tengu, I was appalled at how easymode it is. You'll wonder why in the hell you ever did it any other way.
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#23 - 2012-12-08 11:04:16 UTC
I have a oracle
best damn ship ever for killing bloods
drake was always slow but I got my first (and only) tengu from grinding L4's
I was a proud SOB

Be polite. Be efficient. Have a plan to troll everyone you meet - KuroVolt
Codie Dunier
Doomheim
#24 - 2012-12-08 11:13:04 UTC
F*ck the Drake. Alpha-Maels is where it's at. Full T2 fit with T1 Meta-4 Arties and you can kill anything quickly enough, even without drones (just warp in at a distance, one-shot any frigates, cruisers and destroyers in the mission). Caldari ships aren't the best for missions, even though they always hit if the enemy is within range. Missiles have pisspoor DPS, and the ones that actually have a decent DPS have so short range the enemy can still hit you from outside your range. Minmatar has no such problem. There's a reason they're also called Winmatar.
Darvaleth Sigma
Imperial Security Hegemony
#25 - 2012-12-08 11:46:09 UTC
Mr Pragmatic wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s



http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

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Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life!
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