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Ratting By Hand Sux 2
lagianna Ratting By Hand Sux Likes received: 2	#1 - 2012-11-10 08:15:19 UTC With the recent changes to barge hit points is it still possible to solo kill a mackinaw in a destroyer, say a catalyst or thrasher? If so, what fits have you found that work nicely?

Nocturnal Romance Cynosural Field Theory. 126,785
Alice Saki Nocturnal Romance Cynosural Field Theory. Likes received: 126,785	#2 - 2012-11-10 08:26:44 UTC \| Edited by: Alice Saki 3 Awesome Avatar! And I haven't ganked in 6 months so no Idea xD (Awww you changed it) FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.

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Hypercake Mix Likes received: 146	#3 - 2012-11-10 08:36:21 UTC What flavor of Mackinaw? The <= 2 MLU kind that actually uses the mid slots? Or do you mean the 3 MLU kind that should have been made to explode when you gently place kittens on it? I have been under the assumption that successful solo-dessy-based mackinaw suicide-ganking requires some stars to align for wrecking shots.

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baltec1 Bat Country Pandemic Horde Likes received: 19,001	#4 - 2012-11-10 08:38:22 UTC 3 Hulks are still as squishy if they fit no tank. Macks cannot be profitably ganked but will die easily enough to two t2 fitted catalysts if they fit no tank down in 0.5 space.

Nevyn Auscent

Broke Sauce

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#5 - 2012-11-10 08:39:41 UTC

I believe it is still possible if they don't use any tank at all, including rigs, but it does require a fully trained T2 fit, not a cheap fit with barely T2 guns from what I know.
If they tank it even with just rigs, not possible solo from what I know.

I don't gank, so I could be wrong, but that's the feedback I've heard.
Hulks are still just as gankable and I still see a lot of hulks around.


lagianna Ratting By Hand Sux Likes received: 2	#6 - 2012-11-10 12:52:31 UTC Thanks Alice Since to hear that hulks are still vulnerable, along with untanked mack's. It's definitely more for tears and laughs they profit so even having to use two t2 fits is acceptable lol

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Lin-Young Borovskova Doomheim Likes received: 1,145	#7 - 2012-11-10 13:03:39 UTC 1 lagianna wrote: Barge ganking, Still possible? Yes. You need more than a simple catalyst or thrasher but that is not a problem, you can still gank those with a rookie ship in null or low sec without concord bothering you. brb

All Hail Boobies 1,310
I Love Boobies All Hail Boobies Likes received: 1,310	#8 - 2012-11-10 13:26:07 UTC Love being able to fit a Damage Control II on my macks, plus keep the 2 mlu's. :D And add a couple of t2 invulnerability fields, you get a nice tank. ;) Plus you add in the shield and armor boosts I have on my boosting Orca... very nice tanks.

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Not Xolve Doomheim Likes received: 2	#9 - 2012-11-10 13:30:33 UTC 1 Nevyn Auscent wrote: I believe it is still possible if they don't use any tank at all, including rigs, but it does require a fully trained T2 fit, not a cheap fit with barely T2 guns from what I know. If they tank it even with just rigs, not possible solo from what I know. All catalyst fits are cheap. FREE XOLVE 2012


lagianna Ratting By Hand Sux Likes received: 2	#10 - 2012-11-10 13:43:21 UTC I Love Boobies wrote: Love being able to fit a Damage Control II on my macks, plus keep the 2 mlu's. :D And add a couple of t2 invulnerability fields, you get a nice tank. ;) Plus you add in the shield and armor boosts I have on my boosting Orca... very nice tanks. I love your name, but not your carebear attitude

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Romvex TURN LEFT Likes received: 595	#11 - 2012-11-10 14:07:08 UTC 1 I Love Boobies wrote: Love being able to fit a Damage Control II on my macks, plus keep the 2 mlu's. :D And add a couple of t2 invulnerability fields, you get a nice tank. ;) Plus you add in the shield and armor boosts I have on my boosting Orca... very nice tanks. you must be a really weird person IRL

I Love Boobies

All Hail Boobies

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#12 - 2012-11-11 11:31:09 UTC

Romvex wrote:

I Love Boobies wrote:

Love being able to fit a Damage Control II on my macks, plus keep the 2 mlu's. :D And add a couple of t2 invulnerability fields, you get a nice tank. ;) Plus you add in the shield and armor boosts I have on my boosting Orca... very nice tanks. Pirate

you must be a really weird person IRL

But Romvex... haven't you heard? Eve Is Real!

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Dave stark Likes received: 7,950	#13 - 2012-11-11 11:32:17 UTC I Love Boobies wrote: Love being able to fit a Damage Control II on my macks, plus keep the 2 mlu's. :D And add a couple of t2 invulnerability fields, you get a nice tank. ;) Plus you add in the shield and armor boosts I have on my boosting Orca... very nice tanks. you'd probably get more ehp and the same yield from a DCIIless skiff.

Katran Luftschreck

Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps

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#14 - 2012-11-11 11:35:21 UTC

Not to endorse one party or the other, but you do realize that your pushing for CCP to end up nerfing Catalysts, right? Right or wrong, you know that's what's going to end up happening. So if you're going to gank... at least try to be more creative about it and don't just use the same ship every dang time. That's just asking for trouble and you'll just end up honking off every non-gank Catalyst pilot out there.

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Galaxy Pig

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#15 - 2012-11-11 11:51:16 UTC

Katran Luftschreck wrote:

Seems silly we should fear using the best ship for the job lest it be nerfed. Like saying "Oh you use a drake to solo c2's? Man you're just asking for trouble, you'd better be more creative than that..."

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Aramatheia

Tiffany and Co.

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#16 - 2012-11-11 16:27:43 UTC

pretty much every barge type ship can be tanked up nicely now, but can is the key word, if you want to see miners explode i guess just scan thier fits. Do rigs show up on a scan? I know i fly tank rigs on my miner ships now and my alts covetor has a shield extender and dcu too so for a cheap t1 barge its reasonably tanky, not sure if a solo catalyst could take it down in the systems i currently mine from. But i know if someone wanted me to explode in highsec, i more or less will, sooner or later lol

Hulk actually gained a slight improvement in hp when they changed stuff, i always had mine tank fitted and it still increased by roughly 2k when they patched them up

Sardaukar Merc Guild General Tso's Alliance 363
Burseg Sardaukar Sardaukar Merc Guild General Tso's Alliance Likes received: 363	#17 - 2012-11-11 18:20:37 UTC Still possible with 2 t1 fit destroyers. http://chinx.griefwatch.net/index.php?p=details&kill=16643 Can't wait to dual box my Dust toon and EVE toon on the same machine!

School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State 10
Silver Plated School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State Likes received: 10	#18 - 2012-11-11 18:20:46 UTC It is possible to gank any ship as long as you bring enough ships to gank it with.

Beekeepers Anonymous 1,191
Beekeeper Bob Beekeepers Anonymous Likes received: 1,191	#19 - 2012-11-11 18:32:08 UTC 1 How do people that supposedly play this game have no idea what's going on? Signature removed - CCP Eterne

Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic 913
Herping yourDerp Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic Likes received: 913	#20 - 2012-11-11 18:43:18 UTC you can easily gank miners still, despite what whiners claim, it just isn't profitable anymore ( as it should be) unless they fit weird fits.