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Koujjo Dian
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-06-24 00:46:42 UTC
After a string of losses that pretty much deleted my bank account I decided to go cheap until I am a little more experienced. I fit a punisher with T1 modules and have been running minor plexes to build my war chest back up. Still making stupid mistakes but have been learning from them for the most part.

I saw a griffin on scan as I warped to a plex and thought it might be a fair fight for my little punisher. It quickly locked me and started hitting me with rockets. I tried to lock him but simply could not do it. I saw a video yesterday of a hurricane locking a falcon but just spamming the button over and over. It took him several tries but he finally locked him. I could not manage to do it. I even tried locking his drone and could not lock it either.

I asked in militia chat what I could have different and the only answer I got was ECM or drones. Dunno if I could fit any ECM on my punisher but drones I definitely cannot do with a punisher. But if I were flying a boat with drones, don't I need to lock a ship to sick them on it? Or do I just set them to "aggressive" and they do it themselves? Thanks.
Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#2 - 2012-06-24 00:52:47 UTC
You'll go far in this game...

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Martin0
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#3 - 2012-06-24 07:58:28 UTC
You can also try a smartbomb in your spare high, if yyou are jammed just approach him and smarbomb :D
Aktonn
#4 - 2012-06-24 09:09:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Aktonn
The the Griffin is a ship that is specialized to use ECM modules (these stop you from locking). The reason you could never lock back was that a T1 frigate like a punisher has a low sensor strength. The higher the sensor strength the more chance you will overcome the Griffins ECM.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Electronic_warfare_guide

ECM in its present form is thought of as over powered so its best just to avoid it. I assume youre fighting in the FW T1 plexs so maybe you should look into destoyers? Find some new like yourself to fleet with and play bait and have the other warp in when a suitable target arrives. I new player to fight is usually pretty irresistible for most Eve players.

EDIT: Drones when launched and set to aggressive will attack the first person to attack you.

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Koujjo Dian
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-06-24 13:09:12 UTC
Aktonn wrote:
The the Griffin is a ship that is specialized to use ECM modules (these stop you from locking). The reason you could never lock back was that a T1 frigate like a punisher has a low sensor strength. The higher the sensor strength the more chance you will overcome the Griffins ECM.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Electronic_warfare_guide

ECM in its present form is thought of as over powered so its best just to avoid it. I assume youre fighting in the FW T1 plexs so maybe you should look into destoyers? Find some new like yourself to fleet with and play bait and have the other warp in when a suitable target arrives. I new player to fight is usually pretty irresistible for most Eve players.

EDIT: Drones when launched and set to aggressive will attack the first person to attack you.


Thanks!
Koujjo Dian
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-06-25 03:11:43 UTC
Btw do ECM drones and TD drones work well? Every time I see a fit with 1 drone in it they always pick a hobgoblin. Wouldn't an ECM drone or TD drone provide a lot more utility than just the tiny bit of extra DPS you'd get by using a hobgoblin?
Aktonn
#7 - 2012-06-25 19:28:17 UTC
The damage from one light drone is almost like an extra gun depending on skills. The one light TD drone only reduces tracking and optimal by 5% and the one light ECM drone has a jam strength of 1. A thrasher with a sensor strength of 9 will only be jammed 1 in 9 times every 20 seconds (i think its 20 seconds?). To really gain the benefit from EWAR drones need to be able to launch all five of them.

As a side-note its usually best to choose warriors over hobgoblins when it come to light drones. They are faster and track better so against smaller ships their real DPS is higher.

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