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Buzzard: weapon to shoot down a drone?
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Shiloh Templeton
Cheyenne HET Co
#1 - 2014-08-01 14:59:08 UTC
I see Helio's sometime use their drone to catch other cov-ops. Could a Buzzard use the 3rd high slot to fit a weapon to shoot down the drone and then return the favor on the Helio? Or is the tracking going to be too hard to kill the drone in time?
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#2 - 2014-08-01 15:17:28 UTC
high tracking blaster and navy antimatter will help, t2 worriors/hob goblins work aswell.

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Netan MalDoran
Hail To The King
The Silent Syndicate
#3 - 2014-08-01 19:56:19 UTC
This is why I no longer use Buzzards, you will find that Herons are better cause they're cheap, have a cargo bay 3X bigger than the Buzzard, and it has a 25m drone bay (Unlike the Buzzard).

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#4 - 2014-08-01 22:07:26 UTC
Why would you use guns on a missile-bonused ship?
Shiloh Templeton
Cheyenne HET Co
#5 - 2014-08-02 00:39:25 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Why would you use guns on a missile-bonused ship?
I just asked for a weapon ... would a missile weapon succeed against a single HGII before the Buzzard popped?
Tauranon
Weeesearch
CAStabouts
#6 - 2014-08-02 03:12:43 UTC
Shiloh Templeton wrote:
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Why would you use guns on a missile-bonused ship?
I just asked for a weapon ... would a missile weapon succeed against a single HGII before the Buzzard popped?



I've killed a couple of pilots with a helios, it amused me no end, but I switched helios to do it, which means realistically I could have also removed the probe launcher and had a blaster as well.

The proper solution is the astero, and I'd imagine pretty much any helios pilot aggressive enough to be fit to point you has an actual tank, and no analysers, and will just bay the drone to break your lock the moment it takes shield damage. Approach, scram, watch drone and local is all that there is to do when killing a covops with a helios, always going to notice when the drone of doom is taking damage.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#7 - 2014-08-02 03:58:50 UTC
Shiloh Templeton wrote:
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Why would you use guns on a missile-bonused ship?
I just asked for a weapon ... would a missile weapon succeed against a single HGII before the Buzzard popped?



Seven volleys to strip shields, fifteen to break armor, sixteen to break hull. 77 seconds total if he doesn't recall the drone. That all assumes CN scourge. It will delay things but no, I don't think it will save you.