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Blood Surveillance Squad Soloing?
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Koujjo Dian
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-09-14 16:48:08 UTC
I got the Blood Surveillance Squad escalation from the Provisional Blood Outpost complex. I tried to solo it in my exploration Arbitrator. I looked it up on the wiki and saw that there would be cruisers with jammers. So I set my drones to aggressive to counter that but what I failed to realize is that I would now be fighting Pithi and not Blood Raiders and I didn't shift my resists to account for that.

Needles to say they beat me up pretty bad. I'd like to try it again but I'm hesitant to bring the Arby. I can fly the Harbinger but I'm not sure how much better it would be. How much DPS should I be able to tank? Will a ECCM-Radar II be enough to overcome the jammers? What kinds of ships do people usually use to run these?
A PowerfulForce
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-09-14 16:51:05 UTC
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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#3 - 2012-09-14 17:13:07 UTC
Arbitrator should be fine. You'll get jammed on occasion but the first site isn't really all that bad and it's the only time you'll see Guristas in the escalation chain.

You're definitely going to have to think long and hard about what you're going to do about the last site in the chain though (provided it escalates fully). It will easily beat the crap out of your Harbinger or Arbitrator.
Koujjo Dian
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2012-09-15 01:51:06 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Arbitrator should be fine.
Tried again with proper resists but still couldn't do it. My fit can tank 143 Kinetic/Thermal DPS while cap stable but it's just not enough. Doesn't look like a Harbinger could do any better. Maybe a Maller?
Koujjo Dian
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-09-15 02:11:26 UTC
Ok how about a Prophecy. I can get 240 DPS with scorch and perma tank 251 DPS. Will this allow me to solo a bunch of sites?
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#6 - 2012-09-15 03:58:36 UTC
Koujjo Dian wrote:
Ok how about a Prophecy. I can get 240 DPS with scorch and perma tank 251 DPS. Will this allow me to solo a bunch of sites?


That will get you by on 4/10s. If you're careful and deliberate it will also finish the escalation you're on. That's not enough damage for the 6/10 and will melt in the last room of the 5/10. Annex could work but it would be touch and go. Range would be an issue. Don't even dream of Minor Annex.

I'm posting between 500 and 540 DPS with a tank between 280 and 320 (specific for Blood Raiders) depending on the exact fit. It gets me through everything but Minor Annex by way of lots of kiting. The last room of 5/10 would still melt me if I didn't snipe the overseer and get out. Blood Raider space is just kind of a ***** all around.