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Capitals (Pirate Capital NPCs have been spotted in null security space
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Mr Mac
Dark Goliath
#21 - 2016-04-28 18:03:53 UTC
Yaosus wrote:
Anyone tried to tank a NPC dread in a Marauder?


No way. caps neut 600GJ every 30 sec
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#22 - 2016-04-28 19:36:51 UTC
Mr Mac wrote:
Yaosus wrote:
Anyone tried to tank a NPC dread in a Marauder?


No way. caps neut 600GJ every 30 sec


That's only 20GJ per second. you can easily build and extra 20GJ per second into a Maruader's Cap. We already do WAY more than that with Tengus in lvl 5 missions and wormholes. Hell, my Cap Stable mach had more than enough juice to MJD out of web range.
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#23 - 2016-04-28 20:51:32 UTC
Are the NPC dreadnoughts sporting any of the new high-angle weapons?

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
MAK4
Snickers.
#24 - 2016-04-28 22:38:01 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
Are the NPC dreadnoughts sporting any of the new high-angle weapons?



They must be if they are taking out ratting cruisers like tengus and 100mn isktars
Yaosus
From Hisec with Love Holdings
From Hisec with Love Coalition
#25 - 2016-05-11 11:53:46 UTC
They can easily pop frigs and other small targets.

I got a Domination dread, easily popped it with a Nag. It was immune to webbing

I like to move it move it

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Kaskarov
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#26 - 2016-05-13 13:47:17 UTC
Any info on their damage types? Especially interested in infested carriers Big smile
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#27 - 2016-05-13 14:08:06 UTC
Kaskarov wrote:
Any info on their damage types? Especially interested in infested carriers Big smile


The Dreads and Titans i've experienced were all in Guristas and Angel space, no clue about the Drone Capitals. but so far it seems they simply do racial damage (kinetic for Guristas, Explosive for angels) so i imagine they are all like that. So maybe EM for Drones?
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#28 - 2016-05-13 19:34:11 UTC
How is it taking on the Titans?

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#29 - 2016-05-13 19:44:21 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
How is it taking on the Titans?


I've only been on one, in a belt, we had an alliance fleet so it was not something solo lol. It seems to have a lot of EHP, but nothing close to what a real Titan has. It didn't kill any of us but we had logi.


The Dreads I've had in Havens (4 to date, 3 Gurista, 1 Angel) were easy, no threat to my Mach's tank, I MJD'd away from the 1st 2 thinking I would get killed, so for the 3rd Guristas Dread i got I stayed, it could not break my tank or my cap.
rodensteiner
Looser Cannons
#30 - 2016-07-30 03:29:38 UTC
Got one shot by a Sansha Dreadnought in an asteroid belt...twice Oops

Was in a mwd'ing frigate over 100km away, didn't matter.
Roenok Baalnorn
Baalnorn Heavy Industries
#31 - 2016-08-02 04:46:18 UTC
anyone know how much dps the dreads do and how much dps is needed to break their tanks?
Raven Ship
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#32 - 2016-09-14 21:58:54 UTC
Kaskarov wrote:
Any info on their damage types? Especially interested in infested carriers Big smile


Had reactive armor hardener while fought one, it adopts for emp and explosive.
Juris Pheonix
Night.Crew
#33 - 2016-10-18 05:04:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Juris Pheonix
I fought my first NPC capital ship today. I encountered a Guristas Dreadnaught in a deep nullsec system, and was able to solo tank it with a Rattlesnake at around 80km without a problem. I was using a standard passive Sanctum fit doing 1,200 DPS with drones and kinetic missiles. In total, it took 5 alliance mates to break its tank in about 25 minutes. It neuted hard and webbed me when I MJD into close range, but did not scram. I didn't see what loot it dropped, so that's unfortunate.

My alliance mates were in a two vexor navy issues, a myrmidom, and an Ishtar.

I hope this helps anyone else who runs into one. Be careful, they're serious business Shocked
Silmas Feanarius
Ego One
#34 - 2016-10-18 13:52:34 UTC
NPC caps can spawn everywhere you would find regular NPC battleship rats, the same going for commander spawns. That is, you can find NPC Dreadnoughts and Titans in, including but not limited to:

  • Asteroid Belts
  • High-level anomalies, such as Haven (only Haven confirmed as of now)
  • High-level ore anomalies such as Enormous and Colossal Asteroid Cluster
  • Gates (unconfirmed)
  • Outside of Citadels and Stations (unconfirmed)


In regular and commander (faction) variants.

From my own experience and the tales of others, Guristas Dreads do not scram, but they web, neut and jam at 70+ range. My Rattlesnake which admittedly has a somewhat poor tank (600 DPS stable vs. Gurista) could not tank a Dread Gurista Dreadnought, nor break its tank.

Usually we form 15-20 Catalysts which is more than enough.
I happened upon a Guristas Titan once in an asteroid belt, shat bricks a little but was able to warp out before he locked me. I didn't really want to find out if it scrammed or not ;)

Bounties are:

  • 60M for the Dreadnought
  • 120M for the Faction Dreadnought
  • 240M for the Titan
  • I have yet to see a Faction Titan.


An interesting thing is that they can and will spawn inside rocks or collidable objects and then be bumped at 4-5 km/s in a random direction. So a minute later they will be at 150km from the original spot (and 1-shot you while you burn to them).

Need more well-formatted linking.

Swearing in Sardinian.
mannyman
Relics United
#35 - 2016-10-29 17:40:17 UTC
Ive taken interest into the npc dreads and the titans, so Ive been running belts to see if I can spawn them. so far spawned several gurista dreads in both havens and in belts. I have yet to see the npc titan. I heard some rumors that there are only a few of them spawned in the whole universe at the same time, so triggering it seems like a no go. but the dread can be triggered and just the last few hours its been triggered 3 times. and easily killed it with a tanky carrier and 2 ishtars. the carrier can kill it within a few minutes. adding some more dps just kills it quicker. Guristas dread web and neuts.
Pocket Ninja
Doomheim
#36 - 2016-10-29 18:40:58 UTC
37465 Guristas Dreadnought ( Asteroid Guristas Dreadnought


destroyed 10 days ago a Guristas Dread, has neutralizattore energy is the only thing I remember as we were 2 thanny and was pretty easy, was in belt with 4 BS had 60 mil size is no-dropped anything that !! !
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