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What is the current L4 King?
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Cpl Punnishment
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#81 - 2014-03-10 09:46:25 UTC
Kyperion wrote:
I am having an absolute blast in an ishtar right now. MWD to 60-100 KM, stop ship, drop sentries, rinse and repeat if anything closes before it dies. Seems like a lot of times after I get to my preferred range, NPCs wont even be firing at me. Half tempted to drop the active tank for more speed, be kinda cool to get MWD speed to around 2000.

I've been wondering if I could get the same level of performance out of a Cerberus or Vagabond... it'd be nice to be able to not have to worry about scooping the sentries if kill time isnt fast enough. But on EFT it seems like even with all Tech 2 weapons and Level V skills the non drone boat HAC are about either half the range or half the DPS.

Has anybody tried the new Tech 2 Battlecruisers in Lvl 4s? I really enjoy not being a lumbering potato but a MWD/Afterburner T2 BC might be a good compromise between staying power and speed.



What are you running for a load-out on your Ishtar for your LVL4s?

I just came back to the game after being away since 2011. When I left, I was running anoms in my Ishtar. You save a lot in ammo and the logistics of it all in the long run.
Estella Osoka
Cranky Bitches Who PMS
#82 - 2014-03-10 16:51:48 UTC
Kyperion wrote:
I am having an absolute blast in an ishtar right now. MWD to 60-100 KM, stop ship, drop sentries, rinse and repeat if anything closes before it dies. Seems like a lot of times after I get to my preferred range, NPCs wont even be firing at me. Half tempted to drop the active tank for more speed, be kinda cool to get MWD speed to around 2000.

I've been wondering if I could get the same level of performance out of a Cerberus or Vagabond... it'd be nice to be able to not have to worry about scooping the sentries if kill time isnt fast enough. But on EFT it seems like even with all Tech 2 weapons and Level V skills the non drone boat HAC are about either half the range or half the DPS.

Has anybody tried the new Tech 2 Battlecruisers in Lvl 4s? I really enjoy not being a lumbering potato but a MWD/Afterburner T2 BC might be a good compromise between staying power and speed.


Ishtar is better than the Eos. Eos has about the same tank and damage, but a bigger sig radius. Eos also does not get bonuses to sentry drones and will be slower in speed. If your gonna use a Command Ship, I suggest the Sleipnir.
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#83 - 2014-03-10 17:09:02 UTC
Estella Osoka wrote:
Ishtar is better than the Eos. Eos has about the same tank and damage, but a bigger sig radius. Eos also does not get bonuses to sentry drones and will be slower in speed. If your gonna use a Command Ship, I suggest the Sleipnir.

Maybe I'm nit-picking here, I agree with most of what you say, but I'm not seeing how you figure the ishtar to have a better tank, even when both ships are fitted for PVE dps. Sure the ishtar dodges fire pretty well, but speed tanking aside, an unplated ishtar has the EHP of a wet paper bag and fewer lowslots for resistances/damage, plus is missing the gigantic rep bonus...

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Kyperion
#84 - 2014-03-11 18:17:46 UTC
Batelle wrote:
Estella Osoka wrote:
Ishtar is better than the Eos. Eos has about the same tank and damage, but a bigger sig radius. Eos also does not get bonuses to sentry drones and will be slower in speed. If your gonna use a Command Ship, I suggest the Sleipnir.

Maybe I'm nit-picking here, I agree with most of what you say, but I'm not seeing how you figure the ishtar to have a better tank, even when both ships are fitted for PVE dps. Sure the ishtar dodges fire pretty well, but speed tanking aside, an unplated ishtar has the EHP of a wet paper bag and fewer lowslots for resistances/damage, plus is missing the gigantic rep bonus...


Not having the skills to fly command ships I don't know what the PVE experience of the Eos is like, which is why I asked... but I only activate the Armor rep of my Ishtar in about 1/2 of the missions I've flown so far. Bouncers will hit to 130+ KM and only a few NPC battleships will do significant damage at 100+ Km.

Best part is I think I can push the envelope even further with more skill training, I'm thinking target and kill range could be extended to almost 200 km, and speed approaching 1800-2000 m/s