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Are There Any Starter Guides for Incursions?
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Novah Soul
#1 - 2011-10-22 19:12:01 UTC
I've never been in one and would really like to start doing so, but I can't find any significant info in one place. Is there any out there that I have missed?

Right now I will most likely go for a Maelstrom for shield fleets or an Abaddon for armor fleets, but my big question in relation to them is:

Should I still fit short range guns if I cannot use T2 yet, or is it like standard PvE where the longer range weapons are generally more effective in such a case? IE: T1 Beams + Artys > T1 Pulses + Autos

A man is known by the quality of his friends. - Lex Luthor
Jill Antaris
Jill's Open Incursion Corp
#2 - 2011-10-22 20:02:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Jill Antaris
You will find enough information here: Link

If you want to start out, you mostly want to get into some vanguard fleets. This means short range guns, plus get T2 lasers asp, they are awesome with scorch. For assault and HQ stuff you need sniping BS with T2 long range ammo, to save slots for range mods that you can invest in more tank or dps.

Overall stick to vanguards and close range BS fits till you get comfortable and then advance into higher sites and long range fits, that throw more dps at you and means a bit less tank in the fitting most of the time.

Edit

Short guide to BS DD fits for VGs, 70 percent or more on the lowest resit, 15k HP buffer on the tanking layer minimum. You might add more resis or HP if you are the main damage dealer, like a vindi, mach, nm, pala since you can end up with 50 percent or more perma argo and you can run into serious trouble for your logis in OTAs(normal fittings, maxed/perfect logis will handle under buffered stuff in a dual setup just fine). Everything beyond this, especially if you are not the main damage dealer goes to webs or TCs, whatever your gang needs more to speed up the killing. Overall listen to your fc, even if he doesn't point it out, if you have issues, don't hesitate to dock up and switch in another tanking mod. My general advice would be to enter a gang with a bit more tank and swap this out if the logis look ok and the FC knows what he does, this is certainly less stressful than the other way around. Blink

Edit2: CCP fix your forums, so people can use the percent char again. X
Celgar Thurn
Department 10
#3 - 2011-10-23 00:01:23 UTC
Your best option is to add one or more of the current Incursions channels to your 'bar':

"BTL Pub" is a channel for shield tanking fleets.

"BTL Armor" is the BTL channel for armor tanking fleets.

"The Ditanian Fleet" is another channel for armor tanking fleets.

If you look in the MOTD (header) for the "BTL Pub" channel I think there is a link there for an extensive guides to incursions and ships & ship fittings recommendations.

Found a link for you: http://incursions.nexsoft.de/

and another: http://incursionguide.wordpress.com/

Ammzi
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#4 - 2011-10-23 00:51:58 UTC
Welcome to the sweet, harsh but rewarding world of Incursions.
The above people have been giving out excellent advice, if you have further questions feel free to drop a convo or mail. Smile