EVE General Discussion

I got it. Drones and missiles aren’t effective in this event.

I’m using a “Armor Tanked and Kitting Vex” upset is 3 blasters and a Drone Link Augmentor while downset is Damage Control II + Repairer + 3xDrone Damage Amplifiers II. The midset is completely engineering stuff. The point is I have good skills on ship and weapons for my home world Minmatar stuff and, moreover, high skills for frigates, BC and BS only. Due to this my lvl III Vex is the best Cruiser for low-sec expeditions currently. I can push dps up with skills on blasters and Medium T2 drones, but I miss ‘em. Therefore, I not buying Gila also.

If he can't cope with the competition, he doesn't deserve the reward.

There are so many ways to play this event. I started out in a Hectate just going into the site, waiting for whoever was there first to finish it, and then jacking the loot. This is in HighSec, and I managed to pick up about 10 accelerators in about 2 hours. You can run the site like a normal person, but you can also run the site and let the Overmind live, and wait for some ninja to come in. In this case the real drop will be the ninjas ship. I've seen several players basically just farming ninja capsuleers to great effect. At the rate people are running these sites, all of the ship skin types in this event should be dirt cheap in a matter of days. Everyone is going to be able to afford a full set of skins now. In terms of ISK payout maybe not so much, but in terms of fun it's pretty good. The sites aren't challenging at all... unless you want them to be. I cleared a site in a few minutes with a Caracal. It was overkill. I barely took any damage and the rogue drones went down in a shot or two. A rouge drone nest is a great place to start a fight, if you want to. Otherwise, as long as you get off of the main trade routes you should be able to do the sites you want without being bothered by others too much.

I think this event would be a great template for CCP's future events. They don't have to all be like this, but it is one of the better one's I've participated in. The centralized events all result in max TiDi with PL blapping everyone at the end. The drone event introduced some actual new gameplay that's accessible to everyone. Good jorb on this one, CCP.

/2isk

I agree. I have done some events, that are suppost to be doable by an alpha. However, the site were always lost to t2 - t3 ships.

IMHO they need to make this event more like a thunderdrome. Once you start the fight all others are locked out of the arena. That way you dont have some lowlife coming in and taking away what you started working for. (but I showed him I switched safety off and blew him up .. and then of course got ganked by the concords ) but at least no one won that round.

These sites get farmed so hard, its crazy

I just tried to do a site, in a remote system in Minmatar space. I cleared the first wave, then a Confessor, Ashimu, Gila and a Proteus warped it.

The sites might be for Alphas, but there are hordes of Omegas in blinged ships, doing the sites in like 2 min. I haven't seen a single Alpha (T1) ship in these sites, but all kinds of Omega ships. Even a Lachesis lol

IMO its way to easy for thieves to steal the loot. All they need to do is get the last hit to get the loot. Wreck ownership should be based on damage done.

Yea. The message to them is basically: If you want to be competetive, you need to pay $$$.

I dont think anyone is expecting Alpha and Omega to be the same but on the other hand if alpha cant get a fair shake then whats the point.

LOL Ive already have had 3 friends who played awhile and said screw this 'pay to play' see you (I or at least my alt) was a sucker
and bought 4 months omega..but Im really thinking after that Im gonna be done too.

This rouge swarm just seems to be payout for the ppl that have been here the longest, it was alright before when you could actually run it without 2-4 ppl warping in and stealing the final kill, but now that thats happening I really dont see the point on wasting the time on it.

just my $2isk.

This thread is silly. Get a few jumps away from major population centers and you can run the sites entirely uncontested.

This in not a troll. Its my general impression of the game event as a relatively new player. So enlighten us as to what those solutions might be? Im curious how you would go about handling the situation as a new omega clone in a gnosis? I myself have no problem handling the swarm alone, the problem is the crusty old timers coming in and taking away the prize. I personally have a set of ethic's that prevent me from 'stealing' the prize from another player. So like I said why dont you enlighten us new players so that we may gain some insight?