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FW Missions no longer soloable?
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Purebusiness04
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2014-02-21 01:56:35 UTC
Hey guys,

I know its probably been asked before. Just came back playing eve after a few years break. Are the FW missions no longer soloable in a stealth bomber? I tried one yesterday and died horribly despite keeping or orbiting at 120km. They seem to keep hitting me with insane missiles (Caldari). With the new aggro switch system its also impossible now to have an alt that speed tanks it.

Cheers
Loraine Gess
Confedeferate Union of Tax Legalists
#2 - 2014-02-21 02:55:35 UTC
Caldari missions have never been SB-able.
Leon Chelles
Camp Gates Kill Yourself
#3 - 2014-02-22 16:04:29 UTC
I do FW missions all the time in my SB. Are you using a mwd against caldari? that's probably the issue. Get an afterburner fitted and sig tank
Starbuck05
Abiding Ormolus
#4 - 2014-02-22 21:57:30 UTC
Loraine Gess wrote:
Caldari missions have never been SB-able.



They are v doable in a sb. U just need to forget about orbiting at 1000000 km. How? Simple.

Im typing from phone so i can.t link my fit but basicly just fit a med shield booster , proper hardners and a cap booster. Then low orbit ur targets and just tank. Whici works thanks to low sig and speed. I coud pretty much run all caldari fw missions like so.

Oh and it doesnt require a deadspace booster. Not to mention costs more when u lose it, and u will cause of alot of intys ganking mission runners

Just because i am blond does not make me stoopid !
Purebusiness03
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-02-23 07:11:12 UTC
Thx for the reply guys. For further information yes i am using mwd but i did use ab before and still got owned. Thing is the missiles kept hitting me for 15 or so dmg but theres plenty of them. The guns does miss but the missiles are killing me even with ab. I havent tried using medium boosters and its hardeners though. I will try using it later and see hoe it goes.
MonkeyMagic Thiesant
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2014-02-23 12:33:29 UTC
Purebusiness03 wrote:
Thx for the reply guys. For further information yes i am using mwd but i did use ab before and still got owned. Thing is the missiles kept hitting me for 15 or so dmg but theres plenty of them. The guns does miss but the missiles are killing me even with ab. I havent tried using medium boosters and its hardeners though. I will try using it later and see hoe it goes.


Use range rigs - 2 of them with faction torps gives you 70km. For indy missions use javelins also, the dps is still plenty enough but you need time to chew through them all before the other npcs get close.

Afterburner is a bit of a must, because if you mwd the bcs and battleship npcs can hit you. With afterburner turrets will almost never hit, and their missiles will do almost no damage.

Also, if it's against caldari npcs, their missiles do almost entirely kinetic damage, so you could fit a hardener.
Estella Osoka
Cranky Bitches Who PMS
#7 - 2014-02-23 19:04:45 UTC
You are running FW missions for Gallante in a Stealth bomber. Up to L3 you will prolly be fine, but level 4 missions will just not work out.
Luwc
State War Academy
Caldari State
#8 - 2014-02-26 12:56:37 UTC
AB fit racial tank usualy does the deal.

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Estella Osoka
Cranky Bitches Who PMS
#9 - 2014-02-26 20:43:43 UTC
Not when you are fighting against the Caldari npc rats in a L4 mission. The amount of jams you face in L4s is just too much. Whole idea is to warp in, kill the target, warp out before a WT shows to tackle you. Being jammed adds a whole 20 seconds into the equation, which is a lifetime.

It's just easier circling a button to get LP.