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What does it take to pop a pod?
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Spideria
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-07-10 05:43:25 UTC
So I was doing a bit of belt ratting in high-sec recently and came across a pod and a retriever wreck. Seems the guy's ship had been destryed by belt rats while he was afk. 15 minutes later the pod was still there and I'm thinking to myself "I wonder if I could destroy the pod before Concord got me". I didn't try - I didn't want to lose the ship I was flying. Can anyone let me know what is the minimum sort of ship it takes to pop a pod that isn't trying to escape? Twisted
Taoist Dragon
Okata Syndicate
#2 - 2013-07-10 06:18:45 UTC
Noobship

Seriously a pod sitting still is only 1-2 shots max to pop

That is the Way, the Tao.

Balance is everything.
RavenPaine
RaVeN Alliance
#3 - 2013-07-10 06:32:45 UTC
300 to 400 hit points on most mails I see.
Job Valador
Professional Amateurs
#4 - 2013-07-10 06:55:53 UTC
you stare at these pods wrong and they pop sometimes.

"The stone exhibited a profound lack of movement."
Mycael
Air
The Initiative.
#5 - 2013-07-10 07:16:03 UTC
My newly made alt couldn't pop a pod with ibis(no extra modules fit in addition to the basic setup) before it self-destructed Sad
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#6 - 2013-07-10 07:58:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Inxentas Ultramar
Sneeze at them and they fall apart! Blink I once managed to get a scrammed pod in structure without killing it. It took half a second of drone agression. Pods might be quick to warp and align but their max velocity is horrid, any turret will eat through them. Any t1 frigate would do.
Ritsum
Perkone
Caldari State
#7 - 2013-07-10 10:13:11 UTC
If it is just sitting there then anything with an alpha over of over 500 should easily pop it before concord shows up... try fitting up some cheap ships and see if you can hit that alpha mark, then go wild all you want.

Just be sure not to be moving while sitting in your optimal and it should all go off fine.

Play EvE how you want to play it and do not let others dictate how you play. Evolve your playstyle to protect yourself from others! Even in "PVE", "PVP" is there, lurking in the shadows.
Machiavelli's Nemesis
Angry Mustellid
#8 - 2013-07-10 10:30:32 UTC
A single volley with an arty thrasher is always enough.

Even with an alt with just 11 hours of training.

Hunting nubbins autopiloting in pods along the amarr->jita pipe used to be like a hobby
Bastion Arzi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2013-07-10 11:07:24 UTC
a single volley with an autocannon thrasher will insta pop a pod as well (t2 autocannons and hail, spec level 4)
Sean Parisi
Blackrise Vanguard
#10 - 2013-07-10 13:42:46 UTC
Microwave
Cyberin
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2013-07-10 14:47:01 UTC
Spideria wrote:
if I could destroy the pod before Concord got me". I didn't try - I didn't want to lose the ship I was flying. Twisted


While everyone is right about how little it takes to pop a pod...I can't help but notice what you said here...

if you shoot a pod sitting in a belt in highsec that doesn't have a suspect flag, you will 99.9% of the time kill the pod, BUT...there is no way to save your ship...if you shoot the pod, your ship WILL die.
Infil Traitor
Doomheim
#12 - 2013-07-10 17:38:30 UTC
Machiavelli's Nemesis wrote:
A single volley with an arty thrasher is always enough.

Even with an alt with just 11 hours of training.

Hunting nubbins autopiloting in pods along the amarr->jita pipe used to be like a hobby


We really should do that again sometime, especially now that podmails show implants.
Machiavelli's Nemesis
Angry Mustellid
#13 - 2013-07-10 17:48:58 UTC
Infil Traitor wrote:
Machiavelli's Nemesis wrote:
A single volley with an arty thrasher is always enough.

Even with an alt with just 11 hours of training.

Hunting nubbins autopiloting in pods along the amarr->jita pipe used to be like a hobby


We really should do that again sometime, especially now that podmails show implants.


Aye good times.
Spideria
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2013-07-11 03:15:26 UTC
Thanks for the advice. Seems even something as basic as an Atron with 3 blasters should be able to do it. Next time I see a pod just floating there I'll go fit a frigate and see what's in the pod... Twisted
Muad 'dib
State War Academy
Caldari State
#15 - 2013-07-11 11:44:53 UTC
i like to asspolde them with my mind

Cosmic signature detected. . . . http://i.imgur.com/Z7NfIS6.jpg I got 99 likes, and this post aint one.
Brainbashi
Make-EVE-Great-Again
NO NEED LOOSE FACE
#16 - 2013-07-11 20:20:02 UTC
Spideria wrote:
Thanks for the advice. Seems even something as basic as an Atron with 3 blasters should be able to do it. Next time I see a pod just floating there I'll go fit a frigate and see what's in the pod... Twisted


Good luck. But just remember to sit out those criminal timers before you undock a new ship..