Ships & Modules

Hello!

There is a stupid guy who harassed me and pissed me off. I will have my revenge. Personally, I like my revenge served cold, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to achieve that. Of course that entails blowing up one of his ships, the question is "how."

I know what he flies (Battlecruisers), I know the racial variant, I know the damage he deals and is vulnerable to, blah blah (at least I think I do). I even know his stomping grounds. My question is whether one of these stealth bombers would do the trick. It would take a couple of weeks for me to skill up one of these things, so I don't want to waste the skill points if it isn't the right tool for the job.

What are these things good for? Aren't they supposed to be ganks? It seems huge battleship-sized torpedo launchers wouldn't be good against a small ship (something that could be easily ganked if it was hit). And against a big ship that could be hit, well, it would be able to take a few hits and survive, right?

Anyway, would one of these things generally be expected to be able to gank a heavy cruiser if fit and flown correctly? If not, what would you recommend?

Thanks.

1) He has drones.

2) What are these stealth bombers supposed to be able to do? Gank miners or something?

3) Would bombs be better for this purpose? It's low sec... are they legal there?

What else can you fly? What is he (possibly) flying?

A stealth bomber fit with the knowledge you already have should be able to easily kill a Battlecruiser (note that BCs have close to BS signatures so take most of the bomb damage) as long as he isn't specifically fit for killing frigates.

There are a number of videos on Youtube of people hunting ratters in Stealth Bombers. It should be noted that since many of those were made MJDs have come out and so that needs taking into consideration, as you will probably have to stay outside of scram range so that you can tank the drones for long enough to kill the BC.

Stealth Bombers are pretty much the definition of "glass cannon" or "light artillery")

They have:

Cons:
- less HP than a Frigate
- Destroyer level speed and agility (see: SBs are not fast or agile compared to other frigates)
- Extremely tight fitting options (there is not much in the way of "flexibility" in how you can fit this ship)

Pros:
- medium to high Cruiser-level damage (which is good for the package and price it comes in)
- stealth (this is a VERY big deal as the only way to know if a cloaked person is in a system is through the local chat listings)
- the ability to launch a Area of Effect bomb that deals massive damage to larger vessels (a few of these can wipe out entire fleets... can use only 0.0 space)


Basically... a Stealth Bomber is a "wolfpack" ship.
It won't be able to do much on its own without some kind of assistance... but in groups they can effectively MELT ships in mere seconds (fun fact: it takes about 50 Stealth Bombers to melt a Seiged/Triaged capital ship in less than 5 minutes)


In your particular situation... well... you will probably need a friend in another ship to apply warp disruption, stasis webs, and other forms of Ewar while you pound away at range.
You may need to warp off a few times (unless your buddy can also take care of the drones), but it is possible.


But... if you are hellbent on doing this solo... we kinda need to know the ship this guy typically flies.

The reason is; every ship has only so many "optimal" fitting configurations... even those fits have some inherent weaknesses that can be exploited.

Without knowing that bit of info we can only give general advice.

take the same ship, fit it for PvP and use hardeners against his damage


...or just bring friends

Imagine: you peacefully mine/rat somewhere in 0.0. Quiet corner of the universe.

Suddenly neutral appears in local and seconds later you are pointed and covert cyno is shining close by.

And next second you see 10...20...30.... stealth bombers around. Minute later you are dead.
Seconds later and all of them are scattered over the system and cloaked. No chance to catch if they are experienced.

Works for ships up to Titan (i've seen recent killmail of Titan killed by SBs ).

Solo bomber can kill undefended miner or non-bait hauler. Really this is not what these small beasties are for.

What does he do in his "stomping grounds"? Can you use that against him in your attack?

For example, if he is missioning/ratting you might use the site or NPC to your advantage in certain instances.
If he pvp's, you can also wait until he is engaged and then gangup on him with his adversary. You may wind up with another fight, an ally, or some free loot

You need to give more information if you really want some solid advice.