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Good null-sec POS Defence?
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Tyrion Varbosa
Doomheim
#1 - 2011-12-07 12:27:54 UTC
Im looking to online 3 POS.

2 x Small Gallente (moon mining)
1x Large Gallente (manufacturing ships and ammunition)

Can any of you recommend how to best defend these installations please?
Jarnis McPieksu
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2011-12-07 12:47:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Jarnis McPieksu
You cannot defend small POSes.

If those are going to be mining anything of any value, they should be large POSes configured as deathstars.

If they are mining some low level junk, all you really need is enough guns to stave off 1-2 AFK battleship shooters. Anything more than that will crumble the POS like a paper bag, so investing in such additional defense is pointless. Either nobody cares about the POS and it lives, or someone cares and it dies.
Tyrion Varbosa
Doomheim
#3 - 2011-12-07 12:54:02 UTC
Thanks for your reply.

The deathstar configs I can find are quite outdated, so you have links to any that are within the past 6mths perhaps?
Techno36
Khanid Propulsion Systems
Local Is Primary
#4 - 2011-12-07 17:02:16 UTC
ECM. ECM everywhere.
Laurent Savard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2011-12-08 14:17:00 UTC
Silly question, but why Gallente towers? The fuel is more expensive at present.
ChromeStriker
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2011-12-08 14:31:30 UTC
The best defense you can get out of a pos is to have all the weapons controlled by people. Neut out logi, and concentrate fire (they wont do this otherwise). Also a Large pos fully tripped out with hardeners is a pain in the ass for anyone.

No Worries
Dark Pangolin
The Tuskers
The Tuskers Co.
#7 - 2011-12-08 15:12:46 UTC
Techno36 wrote:
ECM. ECM everywhere.


^ that and LOTs of hardeners. D*ck Star FTW! If someone wants your POS dead it will be dead unless a friendly fleet is defending it. The guns/ECM is only keeping away the random 1-5 guys ganks who may otherwise shoot it. I prefer the D*ck Star as frankly most people will mozy along and shoot a POS that wont take them 10 hours to kill with its 98% resistances and jamming them every 40 sec :)
Derath Ellecon
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2011-12-08 17:08:37 UTC
Dark Pangolin wrote:
Techno36 wrote:
ECM. ECM everywhere.


^ that and LOTs of hardeners. D*ck Star FTW! If someone wants your POS dead it will be dead unless a friendly fleet is defending it. The guns/ECM is only keeping away the random 1-5 guys ganks who may otherwise shoot it. I prefer the D*ck Star as frankly most people will mozy along and shoot a POS that wont take them 10 hours to kill with its 98% resistances and jamming them every 40 sec :)


This and pretty much a cap fleet. I would imagine if you are in null and at a decent moon for mining, if someone wants your spot it's gonna be gone unless you have a cap fleet to defend against the dreads they will likely bring to bash it.
v3rtigo
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
#9 - 2011-12-09 13:15:53 UTC
Laurent Savard wrote:
Silly question, but why Gallente towers? The fuel is more expensive at present.


Silo bonus on the tower for materials...

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