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Solo takedown of offline-POS, possible?
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KC-01000011
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-04-22 14:53:31 UTC
Hello,

As my title states, i was wondering if it is even possible to takedown a large pos solo. The idea would be to get cheap throwaway laser ship, lock the tower and go afk untill it's dead. However i'm not sure about the maths, a large pos seems to have 8mill armor, which should take around 4-5hours to get trough with 500 dps, but what about the hull? Hull seems to have crazy resists? And what about the shields? Are they completely gone since the tower is offline? Do they regen? ...

Anybody with more experience able to shed some light on these matters?

Thanks
Ferlia arian
Irresponsible Productions Inc.
#2 - 2012-04-22 16:57:16 UTC
the shields are still there, with recharge, so you will need enough dps to overcome that.

the resists are for modules not for the tower itself.

the diffrence between offline and online tower is the forcefield, not shields.
Dare Knight
Bandwagoners
#3 - 2012-04-22 18:33:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Dare Knight
KC-01000011 wrote:
Hello,

As my title states, i was wondering if it is even possible to takedown a large pos solo. The idea would be to get cheap throwaway laser ship, lock the tower and go afk untill it's dead. However i'm not sure about the maths, a large pos seems to have 8mill armor, which should take around 4-5hours to get trough with 500 dps, but what about the hull? Hull seems to have crazy resists? And what about the shields? Are they completely gone since the tower is offline? Do they regen? ...

Anybody with more experience able to shed some light on these matters?

Thanks


In short, and in my opinion (attempted this a few times in W-space), the short answer is technically yes, but realistically no. If you are shooting a POS, in all cases you are to some extent vulnerable to some sort of retaliation, unless it's a one man corp and he's long unsubbed and you're in highsec w/ a wardec on his corp. In all OTHER cases, though, the simple realistic answer is no in anything less than, say, a cap.

EDIT: I know of a few BS fits that others have used to do this, but again, with the time to takedown, it's a realistic no.

_It's very simple, really. If you see Tengus on scan, they are ratting. If you see a shitload of Tengus, the Russians are blobbing. If you see Proteuses on scan, they will be on top of you in about a second. If you see a shitload of Proteuses, the big boys are having a goodfight. _
Reppyk
The Black Shell
#4 - 2012-04-22 20:09:56 UTC
I did it, a large caldari POS with 2 BS and a destroyer. It took.... A few hours. Lol

I AM SPACE CAPTAIN REPPYK. BEWARE.

Proud co-admin of frugu.net, a French fansite about EVE !
Dare Knight
Bandwagoners
#5 - 2012-04-22 20:16:33 UTC
Reppyk wrote:
I did it, a large caldari POS with 2 BS and a destroyer. It took.... A few hours. Lol


Just curious.... What was the dessy for? Big smile

_It's very simple, really. If you see Tengus on scan, they are ratting. If you see a shitload of Tengus, the Russians are blobbing. If you see Proteuses on scan, they will be on top of you in about a second. If you see a shitload of Proteuses, the big boys are having a goodfight. _
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#6 - 2012-04-22 20:58:21 UTC
Dare Knight wrote:
Reppyk wrote:
I did it, a large caldari POS with 2 BS and a destroyer. It took.... A few hours. Lol


Just curious.... What was the dessy for? Big smile


My money would be that he has an alt who couldn't fly anything more effective than a Dessie at the time.
Mystical Might
Eclipse Pulsar
Fraternity.
#7 - 2012-04-22 21:05:04 UTC
mxzf wrote:
Dare Knight wrote:
Reppyk wrote:
I did it, a large caldari POS with 2 BS and a destroyer. It took.... A few hours. Lol


Just curious.... What was the dessy for? Big smile


My money would be that he has an alt who couldn't fly anything more effective than a Dessie at the time.



Nah, The destroyer is where the DPS is.
The two battleships were just to make sure nothing disturbed the destroyer throughout the process.
Ayla Hanaya
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2012-04-22 21:14:12 UTC
Dare Knight wrote:
Reppyk wrote:
I did it, a large caldari POS with 2 BS and a destroyer. It took.... A few hours. Lol


Just curious.... What was the dessy for? Big smile


Orbiting the BS's for lulz?
lanyaie
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#9 - 2012-04-22 21:20:40 UTC
You guys hijacked this thread.

Spaceprincess

People who put passwords on char bazaar Eveboards are the worst.
Reppyk
The Black Shell
#10 - 2012-04-22 21:58:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Reppyk
Dare Knight wrote:
Just curious.... What was the dessy for? Big smile
I use a lot the coercer to suicide-afk-bash a POS. Pilots under 900k SP, no implants, a meta1/2 coercer is worth.... 4m ? 5m ?
Do not underestimate it. Look the killmail :
http://blshl.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=12301254
8,859,639 damage.
Remember that this POS had a 450 hp/s tank at the peak (a little more with that damn 50% res therm). The cheap coercer, with its mighty 200dps, negated it a lot.

I killed a few POSes (little and medium) with only coercers, while I wasnt even behind the screen.

I AM SPACE CAPTAIN REPPYK. BEWARE.

Proud co-admin of frugu.net, a French fansite about EVE !
Cedo Nulli
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2012-04-23 03:34:36 UTC
Dare Knight wrote:
Reppyk wrote:
I did it, a large caldari POS with 2 BS and a destroyer. It took.... A few hours. Lol


Just curious.... What was the dessy for? Big smile



Such a silly question ... for Destroying the pos ofc !