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Trouble with Mission of Mercy
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Ian XIang
Perkone
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-10-27 23:20:13 UTC
This mission is really strange. All of the guides I've read say a 8 frigates and 4 cruisers spawn in. I did this mission in a Rokh so I destroyed them although my guns had a hard time hitting them up close. Then, the guides say that you pick up the cargo and go. When I finished the first group, another group of frigates and cruisers along with a battleship dropped in with a spider drone. I finished off the battleship with a few salvoes and then another battleship and its escorts have popped up. Do the missions change in difficulty with the ship you are performing them in?
This is sorta hard for a level 2 mission (especially since I don't have the skills to hit anything that is closer than 4km)
Firebolt145
The Hatchery
RAZOR Alliance
#2 - 2011-10-27 23:29:40 UTC
Troll? If not, don't use a BS for a lvl2 mission. Use a Caracal.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2011-10-28 01:46:19 UTC  |  Edited by: DeMichael Crimson
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Do the missions change in difficulty with the ship you are performing them in?


No, it shouldn't change unless CCP tweaked the missions when they did the Agent change., Usually there's a slight variation in the names and ship class spawning but the mission itself should be similar each time it's done regardless of your ship type.

http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=MissionOfMercy2&show_comments=1#comments

That shows Cruisers and Frigates.

Anyway, the Rokh has a Drone Bay that should be able to hold 5 Medium Scout Combat Drones to kill the ships that get close to you.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Drones


Rokh Drone Bay:

Drone Capacity
50 m3

Drone Bandwidth
50 Mbit/sec



Medium Scout Drone:

Volume
10 m3

Bandwidth Needed
10 Mbit/sec

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Substantia Nigra
Polaris Rising
Goonswarm Federation
#4 - 2011-10-28 02:15:58 UTC
Ian XIang wrote:
... another group of frigates and cruisers along with a battleship dropped in with a spider drone. I finished off the battleship with a few salvoes and then another battleship and its escorts have popped up. Do the missions change in difficulty with the ship you are performing them in?


LOL, fantastic! Multiple BS spawns in lvl2 encounter missions. What a fantastic opportunity ... and impressive that you could finish them off in just a couple of salvoes.

Did all that increased difficulty lead to you getting more of a standings boost than usual?

Ian XIang wrote:
This is sorta hard for a level 2 mission (especially since I don't have the skills to hit anything that is closer than 4km)


Often the best way for big ships to kill small, fast ships is to use drones. If you try with guns they often can't track the small, fast targets well enough to hit and if you're using missiles the target often outpaces the explosion of the missile and is simply somewhere else when the missile goes bang.

Drones, however, get out there and mix it nicely with little fast guys that get too close ... providing the NPCs' aggro is already directed towards your uber-tanking battleship.

And other-posters, please leave the poor guy be about lvl2s in a battleship. I've been running lvl1 encounter missions in my C4 tengu. Without turning anything on the NPCs don't scratch it and I feel very guilty whenever my missiles overkill the poor little beggars ... but it is the ship I had nearby and those lvl1s are the best way for me to get my ytiri standings to >3 so I can also access the pirate arcs via the Caldari agent.

I guess I am almost a 'vet' by now. Hopefully not too bitter and managing to help more than I hinder. I build and sell many things, including large collections of bookmarks.