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Is there a way to use Cyclone and Typhoon effectively in PvE?
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Aya Silverye

MRERR

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#1 - 2015-04-20 08:55:33 UTC

Hallo there,
Hope everyone is having fun! I really wanted to ask if there is a good setup or tactic to use the BC Cyclone and BS Typhoon missile boats as effectively as the Drake and Raven for PvE. I am a returning Caldari player specialized in Missiles and I am really bored of seeing my Raven and get irritated at my super low DPS Drake (after nerf) and thought of getting into other missiles - sadly the Armageddon is more of drone boat rather than missile and the only viable options were Minmatari ships.

For those thinking, why not take a Pirate/Navy faction BC/BS they're cheap now - I tried and got chased right after undocking even when I was in a NPC corp. Too many gankers and too many powerful cheaper frigate, destroyer, cruiser hulls that make ganking even 500-800 mil ISK ships in Hisec worth it. Before they won't look at anything below 1bil ISk but times have changed.

Back to my question - this is my reason for choosing the Cyclone and Typhoon - also it's a good way to get acclimatized to Active shield tanking - been away for a long time and now quite rusty. So any Flying tactics/tricks and Fittings would be appreciated.

Deacon Abox

Black Eagle5

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#2 - 2015-04-20 12:44:18 UTC

You should ask to have your thread moved to another subforum. Either to the Ships & Modules subforum or the Missions subforum. Warfare & Tactics is mainly for Factional Warfare pvp, and to some extent also the pve aspects of FW.

That being said the Cyclone is fine for level 3 missions in highsec. Plenty of range with heavy missiles and a tanking bonus will make them quite easy. As for the Typhoon for level 4s, while it is a missile boat, it is not really a good shield tanker. However, now with micro jump drives it can probably get away with a shield tank and all gank in the lows. But really the guys in the missions or ships subforums will know best in that regard.

CCP, there are off buttons for ship explosions, missile effects, turret effects, etc. "Immersion" does not seem to be harmed by those. So, [u]please[/u] give us a persisting off button for the jump gate and autoscan visuals.


Aya Silverye MRERR Likes received: 1	#3 - 2015-04-20 14:11:12 UTC @Deacon Abox Thank you I thought it should be here..I will move it or ask the moderator to move it. Hmmm..never thought about Shield Tanking a Typhoon...seems interesting - I am going to try it :)