Warfare & Tactics

I just got myself a comedy killmail!


Having learned that Interceptors are now invulnerable to warp bubbles, I built myself a dual prop Taranis. I have always had bad luck with the buffer tanked ranis because I can never seem to kill the drones fast enough. So this time I tried a more tanky variation with these new Ancillary reps.




The Story

So I figure I'd go down to providence first. I spent the night hunting things in N8 and R3, before realizing that people do not rat in belts anymore and all the ships that I thought were in safespots were in fact in those new scan sights. Oops!

Deciding to test the Taranis' new bubble invulnerability awesomeness, I fly into a dead end system with 250 npc kills, TXJ-II. I fly through a massive bubble camp like it was not even there (\0/ Whooo hooo!) and after a few seconds I end up warping on top of a gigantic hulk blob protected by one Caracal. Heavy missles and a swarn of warriors hurt... I got out in half structure.

Proud of myself, and patting myself on the back for my awesome piloting skills (and with a touch of butt pucker) I moved back out to N8 hoping to find a Cerberus that i could not find the night before do to my lack of knoweldge.



But on the way...
Dun, dun dun!


I find a procurer just chilling in an ore sight.




My Comedy Killmail


I warp in and I seem to be a bit to far away. His hobgoblins do not immediately engage, so I figure he is either AFK or shitting himself. I begin to chew into his shields with 200DPS feeling pretty good about my near perfect skills in this ship. But wait... his shields are not going down... at all?

Hmmm....

Let me turn off my Ab, maybe my traversal is to high. I mean... I was packing .79 tracking, that should be good enough? Guess not. Oh well let's orbit at 500m with no ab. I mean, this guy does not seem to be paying attention.

Hmmmmmm.....

I double check to see if my guns are actually on. They are...wtf, he has a pretty fantastic tank



Finally His Drones Engage

Yar! I start taking them out like a mofo! Pop goes one! Pop goes two! He is not even trying to recall them as they take damage. Pop goes three!!!

But then pop goes me /0\





My Question For Warfare and Tactics

So how is the whole solo PVP thing in the Taranis these days? I mean as in, non interceptor to interceptor combat? Also, have mining ships been buffed or was this guy like... ya know... sporting some kind of fantastic faction procurer tank? I felt like I was fighting a HAC with a sweet shield regen. My guns didn't even make a dent.


I have tried your standard buffer tank and I have tried the new and improved Ancillary repers on these things. I have next to perfect skills in guns, drones, speed and interceptors level 5. But damn, I just can't kill 5 drones before I die when I am on my own.




My Conclusion

I suspect that you actually need two interceptors in order to kill 5 drones fast enough, before one interceptor dies. Can any of you confirm or deny this conclusion with your own experiences? Am i missing something? Some new module I forgot about being that I have not undocked in a year?



Anyway Halp!
I was 1v1'd by a Procurer!!!!11111

I LoL'd in RL

Well... that explains it

Now putting aside the uber tanked procurer part, are you guys finding that it is possible to reliably kill 5 warriors/hobs in your interceptor before you explode? While still keeping enough DPS on your fit to actually kill something?

Thx, I'll try that and see if it helps.

Just a heads up, even if you burn his 5 light drones, he has 5 more. Procurers have 50m3

The bay was upgraded from 25 to 50 in the Kronos release.

Devblog here:

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=333931

Best way to deal with drones and something i've had a lot of success with, is if your attacking a ship that you know has drones, pre load null before engaging. Pulse your mwd. And just watch drones get blasted off field with your excellent tracking.
I've held a procurer on a gate before for about 15 mins, while he kept trying to kill me with his drones, before he realised he could de-agro and jump out.
I personally find that always rolling with null loaded first [if your going for the gank] is best when flying a ranis, then when you need the deeps switch out to ether your antimatter, or if you're feeling peckish, a sprinkling of void. Also null lets you deal with ships approaching you to get you to pull tackle off a target.
With an into its best to hold a target hostage, wait for the "rescue" then fight said "rescue". a lot more fun than killing a mining barge.

Hope this helps, and good luck on your next fight.

Well here is your problem, its an amok proc. The reason he didnt engage you is because if you looked at his bio he is NRDS you were neut to him being in an npc corp. After you engaged him he engaged you, sadly you died he emptied his hold and continued to make isk while you sob deeply because you got beat by a mining barge.
Have fun with that solo pvp in an inty brah.

Damn... I am way out of the loop. Drone bonused mining ships, what will CCP think up next?





Also
@ Cj Allyn, relax man. Don't be so mad brah... He did not actually have me pointed, I was just resolved to see if I could kill his drones before I died. I had no idea that I was facing 10 bonused hobgoblins and 50k to 100k EHP tank. I guess this was CCP's answer to Hulkageddon.

ranis has always been a viable hull tanker, I've been hull tanking them for about 4 years now