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CovertFox
PBM Dynamics
Fireball.
#21 - 2013-05-24 22:44:55 UTC
sabre906 wrote:
CovertFox wrote:
I was contemplating buying a rattlesnake again and just over tanking it with sentries/heavies. Good Idea?


Pirate BS is getting rebalanced, and they haven't said how yet. Then again, Rattler is already underpriced for a pirate BS, can't imagine price dropping further.

think it would be a bad idea? Ive flown it before and had great success with it in l4s just not solo. and ive got V / IV shield tanking
sabre906
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2013-05-24 23:06:07 UTC
CovertFox wrote:
sabre906 wrote:
CovertFox wrote:
I was contemplating buying a rattlesnake again and just over tanking it with sentries/heavies. Good Idea?


Pirate BS is getting rebalanced, and they haven't said how yet. Then again, Rattler is already underpriced for a pirate BS, can't imagine price dropping further.

think it would be a bad idea? Ive flown it before and had great success with it in l4s just not solo. and ive got V / IV shield tanking


You don't know how they're going to change it. CCP has done weird stuff to ships before.
Rengerel en Distel
#23 - 2013-05-24 23:06:20 UTC
CovertFox wrote:
sabre906 wrote:
CovertFox wrote:
I was contemplating buying a rattlesnake again and just over tanking it with sentries/heavies. Good Idea?


Pirate BS is getting rebalanced, and they haven't said how yet. Then again, Rattler is already underpriced for a pirate BS, can't imagine price dropping further.

think it would be a bad idea? Ive flown it before and had great success with it in l4s just not solo. and ive got V / IV shield tanking


Cruise missiles are getting a buff, but your main damage will still be from drones. You'd still want to get yourself into T2 sentries, asap. At that point, you might as well stick to the dominix because the new bonuses will make it pretty great. If you have the time, jump on the test server and try stuff out, much cheaper than doing it on the live server.

With the increase in shiptoasting, the Report timer needs to be shortened.
CMD Ishikawa
New Eden Public Security Section 9
#24 - 2013-05-25 03:13:27 UTC
Rattlesnake is still an awesome ship for missions and you can buy one now that they are cheap.

T2 Sentries are a must, and the buff coming to cruise missiles will help even more.

Careful with the changes in drone aggro from NPCs, is diferent from the last time you played.
Charlie Jacobson
#25 - 2013-05-25 05:42:18 UTC
T2 Sentries. Blap all the things. MJD trick helps with tank, but frankly I rarely need it anymore with the amazing damage that sentries can do.

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Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#26 - 2013-05-26 03:56:27 UTC
CovertFox wrote:
(Brutor tribe. Recon 1 of 3).3 specific hardeners(2xEm, 1xTherm) .


those may have been the wrong hardeners. I would assume it would be against angels, but it could have been against bloods or sanshas if you were in different space.


but anyways I used to afk the guristas version in an ishtar, launch light drones go afk, come back to a bunch of sec status gains.

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Cage Man
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Fraternity.
#27 - 2013-05-26 22:43:47 UTC
RS is a pretty awesome machine and I doubt the nerf bat will hurt it too much in its primary weapons system, ie drones. Not sure if you know about the new drone damage mods, but 3 x Drone damage amplifiers with even T1 sentries are pretty awesome. I active tank my RS so I can squeez some extra DPS our of toprs Shocked yep torps. Javelins do as much damage a cruise, but you get the option to switch to fury torps when stuff is close and their volley damage makes short work of any close orbiting BS. Not that you need it as the sentries can do decent dps on their own.
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