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Pls tell me which blockade runner
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Lucian Skord
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2017-02-13 14:10:46 UTC
Has the largest cargobay?

I will move to low sec soon and become a pirate so I'll need another character to deliver me ships. Will train it solely into the blockade runner with the largest cargobay. I assume this is the gallent one but may be wrong

Thanks in advance
Taurean Eltanin
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2017-02-13 14:21:55 UTC
Blockade runners in general are a poor choice for delivering bulky items. My suggestion would be to base out of a quiet low sec system with a high sec connection. Have your alt deliver ships to high sec. You then collect the ships you need, as you need them. Or simply haul them that final jump when it's quiet.

Worked pretty well for me when I was based out of Hevrice.

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Lucian Skord
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2017-02-13 14:29:18 UTC
The biggest ships I'll need are tactical and command dessy - a blockade runner should be fine?
Lucian Skord
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2017-02-13 15:07:08 UTC
Sry for lazy thread please ignore - I have found google
Yebo Lakatosh
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2017-02-13 19:46:11 UTC
Look into the ingame "Compare Tool" too. Think it's among my top 5 features of the UI.

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Francis Raven
GeoCorp.
The Initiative.
#6 - 2017-02-13 20:04:24 UTC
Yebo Lakatosh wrote:
Look into the ingame "Compare Tool" too. Think it's among my top 5 features of the UI.

What are the other 4?

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Cara Forelli
State War Academy
Caldari State
#7 - 2017-02-13 20:36:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Cara Forelli
I always recommend training Caldari or Minmatar for their deep space transports, because they allow you to fit both a shield tank and warp stabs or nanos. The armor DSTs just waste their mids and have less room for utility lows.

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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2017-02-14 00:44:20 UTC
I have a DST but I rarely use that. The Blockade Runner is very fast and agile, plus with cloak warp ability it's very tough to catch.

I love my Prowler Blockade Runner and use it quite extensively. Course it's set up with Faction / Deadspace mods which help boost ship stats and ability.

I mainly fly Minmatar ships so I can't say much about the other Faction ships but I believe the Prowler is the fastest of all the Blockade Runners.


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Mephiztopheleze
Laphroaig Inc.
#9 - 2017-02-14 04:24:31 UTC
the Viator is the Blockade Runner of choice as it has the smallest sized ship model of the BRs.

This can be handy when there's decloak cans around a gate.

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Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#10 - 2017-02-14 04:33:42 UTC
DeMichael Crimson wrote:
I have a DST but I rarely use that. The Blockade Runner is very fast and agile, plus with cloak warp ability it's very tough to catch.

I love my Prowler Blockade Runner and use it quite extensively. Course it's set up with Faction / Deadspace mods which help boost ship stats and ability.

I mainly fly Minmatar ships so I can't say much about the other Faction ships but I believe the Prowler is the fastest of all the Blockade Runners.


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I had mostly forgotten my DST existed as I use my BRs so often till I had to move something bulky the other day. DST is fantastic to have even if the BR is the more often used ship. Also useful for picking stuff up from scattered buy orders thanks to trading in citadels.

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Yebo Lakatosh
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2017-02-14 06:47:36 UTC
Francis Raven wrote:
Yebo Lakatosh wrote:
Look into the ingame "Compare Tool" too. Think it's among my top 5 features of the UI.

What are the other 4?

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erg cz
Federal Jegerouns
#12 - 2017-02-14 09:00:05 UTC
Lucian Skord wrote:
The biggest ships I'll need are tactical and command dessy - a blockade runner should be fine?


Prowler is the best blockade runner in my opinion. But no BR will let you transport 3 destroyers. 3 destroyers and a frigate (or a combar procurer) - thats max. But wreathe, with MWD and Cloak... It can let you transport 4 destroyers, if you are good in MWD/cloak trick.

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Lucian Skord
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2017-02-14 15:58:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Lucian Skord
Hopefully I'll have made some allies by then that can just scout the gate for me. But are u srs can't fit. A tactical dessy in the prowler? That sucks...

Also +1 for multifit that feature rocks. Saves so much time massive thank you to Ccp for adding this
Francis Raven
GeoCorp.
The Initiative.
#14 - 2017-02-14 18:04:30 UTC
I definitely agree with the multi-buy / multi-fit feature.

I would also argue that the ghost simulation fitting is a fantastic idea. I know people used EFT or O.smium, however the numbers would be all over the place as some of the tools didn't account for the same things (ie travel time of missiles, etc...). Therefore, you'd get varying numbers depending on what feature you use. This feature is also great because someone can link the fit in chat, and if you hit simulate, will tell you if you have the PG/CPU, based on your skills, to run the fit. Super easy - nothing needs to be downloaded.

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