Showing posts with label sleepers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleepers. Show all posts

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Seeking a C3-Capable Myrmidon/Brutix Fit

This is a bit late in the requesting as very soon I'll be stepping into a Hyperion, but I wanted to get some feedback on ideas for a C3-capable Myrmidon or Brutix fitting.  My usual fitting focus on reps and remaining cap stable for PvE and Sleepers, but my last attempt was full of FAIL as I lost my Myrm to the Sleeper battleships in a matter of moments.

I roughly worked out the math using combat logs and EFT, and found that I was able to repair just over 900 armor per cycle between 2 reps II, or around 113 DPS.  While this works fine with the frigates and BCs, once dual battleships enter the scene, I'm getting creamed.  Or fried, rather, as they typically use lasers.  The two battleships typically hit me for about 1200, and while slower to fire, it's a big impact on the DPS of the group as a whole.  My repairs can't withstand that kind of abuse with the current fitting style.  I don't usually use drones against the Sleepers as they die rather quickly, and serve only as chaff most of the time.

Typically, my fit resembles the following (Note: My numbers may be slightly off, as I'm not posting from my pod):

[Low]
Armor Repairer II x 2
Energized Reactive Membrane I x 2
Beta Capacitor Control: Power Relay x 1

[Mid]
10MN MWD I x 1 (If using Blasters)
10MN Afterburner I x 1 (If using Rails)
Cap Recharger II x 4 (x3 for AB)
Statis Webifier x 1 (If using AB)

[High]
200mm Railgun I x 5 (With Iron and Antimatter depending on the range I need, if using AB)
Medium Ion Blaster I x 5 (With Anitmatter, if using MWD)
Salvager I x 1

I'll be able to upgrade to T2 armors in just over a week as I've got Hull Upgrades V running right now.  And since we're on the subject, I might as well ask for advice on the Hyperion fitting as well.  I went with Hyperion for the sake of it's rep boosts, as well as Casiella's believing it to be made out of "pure sex"--to quote him.

Thanks in advance to any responses.  You can either reply here or eve-mail Caels Caldanhai in game.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Cruiser Crunch in W-Space

Well, I had my first foray into the deep, unknown reaches of space tonight. Let me tell you up front that a Sleeper frigate in W-Space is almost the equivalent of a cruiser. Another thing I learned about Sleepers tonight: Guerrilla tactics don't work so well.

With most things in New Eden, if you are taking a lot of punishment and you need a quick repairing break, you can warp away, let your buddies take some aggression, repair a bit, warp back and rejoin the fight and slip amongst the battle unnoticed. Those Sleepers are some smart cookies, though. Even if I was minding my own business--floating around and enjoying the visual spectacles of wormholes--while Chainer Cygnus was shredding through Sleeper armor like an Amarr in a room full of Minmatar children, the Sleepers wanted me dead and they made plenty of fuss about it.

Well, no problem, I can take a few hits from a battleship and 4 frigates. I actually made a half-decent tank for all of about 30 seconds before I'd have to warp back to my wormhole bookmark and spend several minutes repairing my armor and letting my shields power back up a bit. At this point, in most battles, Chainer would have established his superiority and I would have just hopped back into the fray barely noticed by the deadly Sleepers. Wrong! The moment I left warp all eyes turned to me; savages hungry for the kill.

I basically played this game of tag throughout every battle in our little space amongst space, effectively rendering me entirely ineffective. However, I did manage to make myself useful a bit later as the only salvage-capable ship remaining towards the end of the raid, as our pilots started needing rest.

Needless to say, as soon as we evacuated the wormhole, I obtained the skill book for battle cruisers and I'm currently training that to the second tier. I also picked up my first Helios, and fitted it out with a probe launcher and attempted scanning for the first time. It was definitely a different side of piloting, and one that I think I'm going to enjoy immensely. Which is probably for the best because, apparently, Chainer despises the scanning process.

The more time I spend as a capsuleer, the more interesting it gets.