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Assault or heavy missiles?
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Celtix Rhineheart
Perkone
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-04-04 06:51:46 UTC
Current ship is a caracal. For mostly PVE
Rel'k Bloodlor
Federation Front Line Report
Federation Front Line
#2 - 2012-04-04 06:58:33 UTC
PvE you will probly be better off with 'evys.

I wanted to paint my space ship red, but I couldn't find enough goats. 
Sunviking
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-04-04 07:12:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Sunviking
If you are mission-running, then it depends on the level.

For level 2 missions I would use Assault Launchers.

Typically, here are the missile launchers I use for each level of mission:

Level 1: Rocket Launchers
Level 2: Assault Launchers
Level 3: Heavy Launchers
Level 4: Heavy Assault Launchers or Torpedo Launchers
Nalha Saldana
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-04-04 07:20:45 UTC
Assault launchers for killing frigs, heavy for everything else. This applies to both pve and pvp.
Mike Whiite
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-04-04 08:05:48 UTC
Considering your age, I'd focus on heavy missiles. Heavy assault missiles are quite skill intensive when you want to use them for PvE
ACE81
Sacred Sacrifice
Absolute Will
#6 - 2012-04-04 08:42:13 UTC
From personal experience AML's for the Caracal Heavy's mess up the defensive capability's for missions at low SP's. By the time you can use heavy effectively you will be in Drake or Tengu already.

This is a good Pve set up even did level 3 &4's as a support ship with it.

[Caracal, T2 AML]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II

10MN Afterburner II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Invulnerability Field II
Invulnerability Field II

Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Trauma Light Missile
Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Trauma Light Missile
Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Trauma Light Missile
Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Trauma Light Missile
Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Trauma Light Missile

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I


Hobgoblin II x2
Kosetzu
The Black Crow Bandits
Northern Coalition.
#7 - 2012-04-04 08:50:37 UTC
I would stick to assault launchers for level 2's if that is what you're doing. Level 2's mainly consist of frigates, and heavy launchers are very suboptimal for that. Also bring a couple light drones as you got 10 m3 drone bay on the Caracal

I'm not certain what setup you're running, but as long as you can fit it I'd go for something like this

[Caracal, Lvl 2 T1/meta
Ballistic Control System
Ballistic Control System

Experimental 10MN Afterburne
Large Azeotropic Ward Salubrity
Adaptive Invulnerability Field
Adaptive Invulnerability Field
Cap Recharger

Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Launch Missile Launcher, Scourge Light Missil
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Launch Missile Launcher, Scourge Light Missil
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Launch Missile Launcher, Scourge Light Missil
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Launch Missile Launcher, Scourge Light Missil
Upgraded 'Malkuth' Rapid Launch Missile Launcher, Scourge Light Missil


Hobgoblin I x

Everything fits with only Weapon Upgrades at 2 for this setup, while not making it too expensive

Upgrade to T2 where you can. Might require some tweaks to upgrade with very low skills. For rigs what suits your needs. Pulse the afterburner as needed to stay in range for missiles but out of range of major damage and webs (10km)

With better skills you can upgrade everything to T2 and run the afterburner permanently without the cap recharger.
Salpad
Carebears with Attitude
#8 - 2012-04-05 06:24:59 UTC
Sunviking wrote:
If you are mission-running, then it depends on the level.

For level 2 missions I would use Assault Launchers.


This. On a typical level 2 mission there are a lot of frigate-sized rats and very, very few cruiser-sized rats. On a level 3 there are enough large rats that you want to use heavies.
Liang Nuren
No Salvation
Divine Damnation
#9 - 2012-04-05 07:14:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Liang Nuren
Celtix Rhineheart wrote:
Current ship is a caracal. For mostly PVE


Use a Drake.

-Liang

Ed: I was druuuunk like a mother ****** when I wrote this the first time....

I'm an idiot, don't mind me.
Dibblerette
Solitude-Industries
#10 - 2012-04-05 19:24:38 UTC
As cliche as the "Get a drake" is, people say that for a reason. For level two's you can fit a rack of assault missile launchers, a stupidly strong tank and still have a full flight of light drones. Once you get up to level 3's, swap to Heavy Missiles and you're all set. Drakes can even do level 4's, but are pretty slow. You should then look at upgrading to a Tengu or some version of the Raven (T1, then CNR or Golem) using cruise missiles (Golem can use torps with the right fit for OMGWTFBBQ paper dps)
Brisco County
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-04-05 20:11:31 UTC
Caracal with assault launchers (not HAMs) is awesome for level 2's. Heavies don't fair too well against frigates, which is mostly what you'll be up against, with a few cruisers thrown in.
Celtix Rhineheart
Perkone
Caldari State
#12 - 2012-04-07 07:19:28 UTC
Liang Nuren wrote:
Celtix Rhineheart wrote:
Current ship is a caracal. For mostly PVE


Use a Drake.

-Liang

Ed: I was druuuunk like a mother ****** when I wrote this the first time....


Im only a week old and its gonna be awhile before im able to fly a drake with good enough skills. So lets just say heavy or assault missiles?

P.S. drunk forum posting is the best. im not even mad at you :P
Kasutra
No Vacancies
No Vacancies.
#13 - 2012-04-07 18:09:00 UTC
You can fit assault launchers on your Caracal while you are still doing L2s. But start training HAMs ASAP anyway. You don't need good AML skills to make L2 missions go boom, and they'd go to waste if you go the Drake route later.

Liang Nuren wrote:
I was druuuunk like a mother ****** when I wrote this the first time....

You don't say. Big smile