Warfare & Tactics

The first time you asked me to mock him for his scissors technique ...
... I seriously thought you meant something completely different ...
... perfectly fitting to MY context ...........

..... btw I'm not stalking you right now!

So easy to bait to build a list from.

So...easy.

I can't tell if you're trying to puppetmaster CODE into ganking with Battleships or if you're actually dumb enough to think that's a good idea.

Congratulations on being successful in that regard I guess?

So you're suggesting that battleships (presumably blaster Megathrons) would be more effective suicide gankers than Catalysts or Brutixes? You are incorrect on many levels sir:

1. Lower scan resolution = longer lock time = less time spent doing DPS.
2. Longer align time = more difficulty in positioning the gank fleet without getting caught by Faction Police NPCs.
3. The extra durability afforded by a battleship hull is wasted when you've got a mountain of CONCORD EWar piled on you. Sure, you live longer, but you aren't applying damage for much of it.
4. Cost. 2-3 gank Catalysts can put out the same DPS as a gank Megathron for a fraction of the cost.
5. Training. A rookie can hop into a gank Catalyst and fit it well in a month or two. Doing the same for a battleship would take considerably longer.
6. Efficiency. I doubt that CODE. gives a rat's behind about killboard efficiency, but they'd probably prefer to not leave more valuable loot/salvage on the field than absolutely necessary.

How exactly are battleships a better choice for CODE.? And how would using them have saved them more ISK? I'm really at a loss here.

Oh I'm certain if you sit down and go through the ship modules you can find a fit that will work.

I have. Unless you're target is appropriate for smartbombing (large, compact group of small ships), I have yet to find a battleship fit that would be worthwhile for suicide ganks. In terms of non AoE ganking, smaller hulls are just more cost-effective.

Although I doubt that this is what you intended, finding some way to land a smartbombing BS at a CODE. freighter-ganking "perch" would make for an awesome set of killmails. 2 cycles from a disco Megathron should kill any Catalysts in range, and given the cycle times involved, I'd wager only about 50% of pilots would react fact enough after the first burst to warp off (assuming they didn't stay and try to fight). You'd need a spy in-fleet, or a really good CovOps alt, but I imagine it could be done. Of course, odds are that one of the CODE. pilots isn't -5.0 or less, so you'd likely get CONCORDed in the process, but I think it'd be worth it.

Just sayin'....

Nah. Cuz if the Cat pilots are smart they will lock him and fire. Therefore ensuring they are on the KM for the Megathron.

Who said anything about trying to protect?

I guess it is always up to the Anti-Ganker to make certain that the Ganker has new methods to attack by...how much more epic fail do you have to be to look up to the Anti-Ganker for your tactics?

EPIC.

1.Basically you fit a Micro Jump Drive and three Warp Accelerators to your Battleship.
2.Have a super faster interceptor burn out to 130 km away from the target.
3.Warp your BS fleet to the interceptor and then align to the closest ship that is near the target.
4.12 seconds later you are on target and ready to attack.

EPIC....so EPIC.

But don't tell anyone that an Anti-Ganker had to tell you this idea.

That's a terrible idea. I think we'll pass. Keep trying though, maybe one day you'll accidentally come up with something worthwhile.