tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656651603131896852.post7378515806491551054..comments2022-12-13T10:23:52.009-05:00Comments on Deep in EVE: The Threat from MaraudersVon Keigaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14469707993470718130noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656651603131896852.post-50440960229721344602014-03-15T15:26:27.320-04:002014-03-15T15:26:27.320-04:00Ashimet: I think it is rare too. (Hey: I've o...Ashimet: I think it is rare too. (Hey: I've only been sieged <i>once</i> since Rubicon!) But I think it might be that people don't know about it. Also, recall that SMA wrecks were fixed at the same time. Raiding used to be limited on both the supply and demand sides: you got very little from it and it required a very substantial fleet. Now, as you say, you can replace pilots by spending ISK. Well there is plenty of ISK in wspace! And now you can capture the ships in an SMA, as versus having them all blown up.<br /><br />Midlevel wspace might be going to get a lot more interesting. And perhaps a lot less populated.Von Keigaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469707993470718130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656651603131896852.post-5220834473803125092014-03-15T07:55:35.555-04:002014-03-15T07:55:35.555-04:00Nice read.
Even if I agree with most you state, ...Nice read. <br /><br />Even if I agree with most you state, I think this still is a pretty rare event. Pre-bastion, there were several "counters" to dickstars without dreads, but few, if any, that did not involve massive amounts of pilots. Also, you could not buy your way round it, and that felt a bit non-Eve tbh.<br /><br />Now you can, with a smaller group, still tackle POS ECM, but you still have to pay a price, both in risked ISK and SP. 10 Marauders equals at least 15B, and you need to have the people that can fly them. They are a far cry from your vanilla T1-afk-throw-away-Oracle. <br /><br />Which takes us back to the question, why would anybody want to field 15B? Your cheapness-defence argument follows. Ashimathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621973199092374055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656651603131896852.post-85277701930130342762014-03-15T02:41:55.253-04:002014-03-15T02:41:55.253-04:00The guy I evicted to get the WH, had a Dickstar. M...The guy I evicted to get the WH, had a Dickstar. My girlfriend was firing from 249 km with 2x ECCM and still got jammed often. I built a dread in the hole though. <br /><br />But the conclusion is right: the ONLY defense in WH space is cheapness. If you want to keep carriers, keep them logged out on sitter alts.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656651603131896852.post-37561571615932506322014-03-14T22:12:55.652-04:002014-03-14T22:12:55.652-04:00Q) What weapon systems love giant, stationary tar...Q) What weapon systems love giant, stationary targets?<br /><br />A) X-Large Artillery<br /><br />My napkin math shows some ~65k+ EHP in shields on a Golem with bastion, DCU, 2xInvuls and an EM hardener. Basically it'll be nearly able to tank perfect alpha from a large Minmatar POS with maxed out large artillery...but a POS by itself is never going to be able to defend itself by itself. <br /><br />So the counter to using bastioned marauders to POS bash is going to be dreadnoughts. A decently skill naglfar with artillery is going to push out some 60k+ alpha by itself with T1 siege to the tune of 5k dps. Autocannons push those #s up to 8k+ dps with 30k+ volleys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com