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is the stealth bomber frig viable as a solo pvper?
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Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-07-05 19:40:46 UTC
That is to say, Is it possible to douse another frig with enough torp's to end them before they get into firing range?
sabre906
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-07-05 19:58:09 UTC
Praxis Ginimic wrote:
That is to say, Is it possible to douse another frig with enough torp's to end them before they get into firing range?


No. Or rather, not anymore.
Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-07-05 20:11:56 UTC
Is there much of a call for the roll in small roams or is that better suited to the covops vessels?
Kalli Brixzat
#4 - 2012-07-05 20:33:38 UTC
Praxis Ginimic wrote:
That is to say, Is it possible to douse another frig with enough torp's to end them before they get into firing range?


Not really as far killing other frigs. For solo PvP, yes. Target larger and softer boats. Every Noctis in every wormhole, everywhere, fears the sight of a decloaking bomber more than anything else in the universe.
God's Apples
Wilderness
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
#5 - 2012-07-05 20:34:27 UTC
The best way to find out is actually try to kill a friend in a t1 frigate before he reaches you. Bomber don't have much in the way of EHP so a frig closing in on you will be an end. Stealth bombers also have the largest sig radius of all frigates in combination with being the slowest so good luck kiting another frigate. Another major issue is torps which will do about 10 damage per volley on another frigate hull.

"Hydra Reloaded are just jealous / butthurt on me / us because we can get tons of PVP action in empire while they aren't good enough to get that." - NightmareX
Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-07-05 21:41:52 UTC
Obviously, I've greatly mistaken the SB's roll in the game. I do like the idea of noctis hunting though.
Kalli Brixzat
#7 - 2012-07-05 21:54:35 UTC
Praxis Ginimic wrote:
Obviously, I've greatly mistaken the SB's roll in the game. I do like the idea of noctis hunting though.


Most fun I ever had in one was doing precisely that. Once you get to C4+, there's almost always a Noctopus slurping up sleeper salvage while his corp runs off to clear another site. If you're fast, you can pop that fatty, grab some juicy sleeper salvage and be out before his/her corp can get back to you.
Bane Nucleus
Dark Venture Corporation
Kitchen Sinkhole
#8 - 2012-07-05 22:16:22 UTC
As far as it being viable, asolutely. Check out this guy Polletjepikhaar

He kills a lot of stuff with his Purifier.

No trolling please
Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2012-07-05 22:51:37 UTC
To be perfectly honest I dont have the isk or sp to do it right now but I was thumbing through ships for dastardly ideas and it occurred as a flippant whim. Maybe once I get settled into a routine then get bored with that routine I'll pick the idea back up. Thanks for the tips & advice...this one certainly stays on a back burner.
Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-07-05 22:53:26 UTC
Bane Nucleus wrote:
As far as it being viable, asolutely. Check out this guy Polletjepikhaar

He kills a lot of stuff with his Purifier.


6.2% chance of enemy survival....I lol'd myself out of my seat. Thanks for the heads up
jimmyjam
Fire Mandrill
#11 - 2012-07-06 01:41:38 UTC
You can use it for pvp i have done it and it works i use the manticore.I warp onto systems track the ratters down and wati for belt rats to scram them, then decloak and pummel there ass its quite fun.
Klown Walk
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#12 - 2012-07-06 01:46:07 UTC
It´s possible to solo in a sb, really depends on how much isk you're willing to spend on it and what other things you have access too(implant sets, links etc).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLtHzH3uWis&context=C4f5c435ADvjVQa1PpcFMNDJI3rgNZ9Np8c-dxQt4jWfLxBuwDo-g=
Pvp movie with a manticore.
Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-07-06 03:33:03 UTC
Klown Walk wrote:
It´s possible to solo in a sb, really depends on how much isk you're willing to spend on it and what other things you have access too(implant sets, links etc).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLtHzH3uWis&context=C4f5c435ADvjVQa1PpcFMNDJI3rgNZ9Np8c-dxQt4jWfLxBuwDo-g=
Pvp movie with a manticore.


Cool flick. Thanx for sharing. I watched it on my phone so I couldn't tell what kind of drone you were using. Webbers?
Kunming
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2012-07-06 16:14:49 UTC
Yes you can solo, but your choices are limited, better get a friend or more to do it in a small gang then you will have a much broader target spectrum. Small bomber gangs with a prober, are the bane of 0.0 carebears.
Jacob Holland
Weyland-Vulcan Industries
#15 - 2012-07-07 10:35:50 UTC
Vellen Thoss
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-07-07 12:55:37 UTC
I miss when Stealth Bombers shot cruise missiles.
Khanh'rhh
Sparkle Motion.
#17 - 2012-07-07 14:07:03 UTC
Other than soft targets, your best results will be finding a ratting ship that it not tanked to your damage type, particularly T1 battleships.

The combination of your bomb's alpha damage (vs their low active tanked EHP) and high DPS can often mean you'll blow straight through most PVE tanks.

Fit as many damps as you can (2 is ideal) loaded with res damp scripts and the BS will take a long time to lock you back, giving you enough time to take him out.

"Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally." -Soviet infantry manual,

Sominus Nexus
Guldan Age Stories
Federation Front Line
#18 - 2012-07-07 21:27:17 UTC
Teir 3 BC's are super squishy, and you have the advantage of a cloak......I have friends who live for this.
Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#19 - 2012-07-07 22:22:17 UTC
SBs can handle a few types of ships.

T1 BS (though tricky solo if they are aware)
t3 BC (maybe not the Talos)
SBs (takes more torps than it worth though)
LSE cruisers (if they don't move much)


However, if you are inexperienced, expect to die a few times until you learn how to judge targets.
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#20 - 2012-07-07 22:26:10 UTC
If you want a tech 2 frigate to kill other frigates with then Interceptors and AFs are designed for just that role.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
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