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Carriers & Super Carriers.
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Bellatren Star
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-02-25 17:49:53 UTC
As a lone wolf would there be any good reason to have a carrier or a super carrier or are they really on useful in big corps that have alliance battles and the like?

Bellatren Star: - "I have absolutly no idea what's on the other side of that NullSec gate but i'm going to jump my Freighter in anyway! #YOLO!." - Just some provi guy
RAP ACTION HERO
#2 - 2013-02-25 17:54:44 UTC
always roll solo in a super yo

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Beekeeper Bob
Beekeepers Anonymous
#3 - 2013-02-25 17:54:46 UTC
Carriers are the number one reason for Alt proliferation.
Once you buy one, you'll realize you can't move it unless you get alt accounts...Lol

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Trendon Evenstar
Olympus Gods
#4 - 2013-02-25 18:15:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Trendon Evenstar
Bellatren Star wrote:
As a lone wolf would there be any good reason to have a carrier or a super carrier or are they really on useful in big corps that have alliance battles and the like?


Super Carrier common uses: Killing sov structures, killing other capitals

Carrier common uses: Capital fleet doctrines, logistics (repping pos/other caps), moving ships for deployments, ratting and often dying while ratting.

No, a solo dude does not need a carrier or sc
Christopher AET
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-02-25 18:16:05 UTC
Can't move any cap without buddies or alts. They do not suit lone wolves but why would you play eve solo anyway? And yes I have a carrier and supercarrier.

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Bellatren Star
Doomheim
#6 - 2013-02-25 18:21:44 UTC
Christopher AET wrote:
Can't move any cap without buddies or alts. They do not suit lone wolves but why would you play eve solo anyway? And yes I have a carrier and supercarrier.



Why not? It's a sandbox game.

Bellatren Star: - "I have absolutly no idea what's on the other side of that NullSec gate but i'm going to jump my Freighter in anyway! #YOLO!." - Just some provi guy
Trendon Evenstar
Olympus Gods
#7 - 2013-02-25 18:24:02 UTC
Bellatren Star wrote:
Christopher AET wrote:
Can't move any cap without buddies or alts. They do not suit lone wolves but why would you play eve solo anyway? And yes I have a carrier and supercarrier.



Why not? It's a sandbox game.


You kinda need someone to light a cyno for you or scout the beacon. Sure you can jump blindly to beacons but that would require you to be in an alliance and jumping blind to beacons is dumb. Especially in light of recent blops changes Smile
Bellatren Star
Doomheim
#8 - 2013-02-25 18:25:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Bellatren Star
Never knew the difficuties in manouvering one thanks for the heads up.

Bellatren Star: - "I have absolutly no idea what's on the other side of that NullSec gate but i'm going to jump my Freighter in anyway! #YOLO!." - Just some provi guy
Mire Stoude
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-02-25 18:32:18 UTC
Bellatren Star wrote:
As a lone wolf would there be any good reason to have a carrier or a super carrier or are they really on useful in big corps that have alliance battles and the like?


Carriers are useful to move your ships around when you want to move to another area. That is useful for lone wolves and people in huge alliances.
Trendon Evenstar
Olympus Gods
#10 - 2013-02-25 18:35:07 UTC
Bellatren Star wrote:
Never knew the difficuties in manouvering one thanks for the heads up.


Part of the sovereignty system lets alliances install cynosural generators in systems, this lets a carrier jump to that beacon rather than needing an alt or someone to light a physical cyno. These cyno gens are often targets for cloaky campers who can catch dumbs jumping big stuff to the beacons without checking to see whos in system.

I can understand little dudes wanting big shiny ships but they really dont do much outside of alliance-wide operations or the ratting carrier.
Sala Kyss
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2013-02-25 18:36:51 UTC
Step 1: Buy a Nyx
Step 2: Drop it with reckless abandon in lowsec
Step 3: Possibly get one or two kills, then a hic points you and calls PL
Step 4: Cry and complain that blobs are killing the game
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit!
Bellatren Star
Doomheim
#12 - 2013-02-25 18:39:40 UTC
I'm only 3 or 4 months into this game so i'm still trying to figure out and plan what i want to do a bit further down the line, Thanks for the info.

Bellatren Star: - "I have absolutly no idea what's on the other side of that NullSec gate but i'm going to jump my Freighter in anyway! #YOLO!." - Just some provi guy
Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#13 - 2013-02-25 18:42:15 UTC
I like Carriers more because they aren't as coddled as the super carriers and so get to see some proper action.

Back when I was a Carrier pilot we weren't allowed to rat in them even if we bought them ourselves because losing one would hurt alliance morale and boost enemy morale.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#14 - 2013-02-25 19:15:21 UTC
For the sake of style?

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The Troll Bridge
#15 - 2013-02-25 19:17:31 UTC
Sala Kyss wrote:
Step 1: Buy a Nyx
Step 2: Drop it with reckless abandon in lowsec
Step 3: Possibly get one or two kills, then a hic points you and calls PL
Step 4: Cry and complain that blobs are killing the game
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit!



This hardly ever happens more than 6 times a day sometimes.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Darvaleth Sigma
Imperial Security Hegemony
#16 - 2013-02-25 19:20:38 UTC
Don't aim for a Capital. Get yourself a shiny, highly-pimped Pirate BS, run incursions, and be forever happy. Let these Dreadnoughts and Carriers blow up without getting involved.

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Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#17 - 2013-02-25 19:31:25 UTC
Bellatren Star wrote:
I'm only 3 or 4 months into this game so i'm still trying to figure out and plan what i want to do a bit further down the line, Thanks for the info.


You would be far more useful getting cruiser 5 in every race, and then battleship 5 in at least a couple races. Oh it's a long, long long train, but absolutely worth it when you get there, especially if you have gunnery already maxxed.
Bellatren Star
Doomheim
#18 - 2013-02-25 19:54:05 UTC
Ptraci wrote:
Bellatren Star wrote:
I'm only 3 or 4 months into this game so i'm still trying to figure out and plan what i want to do a bit further down the line, Thanks for the info.


You would be far more useful getting cruiser 5 in every race, and then battleship 5 in at least a couple races. Oh it's a long, long long train, but absolutely worth it when you get there, especially if you have gunnery already maxxed.


Well since i've been playing i've been sinking my time into Drone skills and i have upto Battlecruiser with both Gallente and Caldari.

Bellatren Star: - "I have absolutly no idea what's on the other side of that NullSec gate but i'm going to jump my Freighter in anyway! #YOLO!." - Just some provi guy
Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#19 - 2013-02-25 20:09:59 UTC
You can never go wrong with drones. When in doubt, drones!

The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance shewed concavity after the first shewed convexity.

Agent Eunoli
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2013-02-25 20:30:06 UTC
I thought the best ratting carriers were SUPER carriers.

One should also rat in a titan 'cause it's epic.

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