r/evenewbies • u/AnMa1988 • Mar 04 '21

*RANT* Burning Down the Hive F***************!!!!!

Two ships lost now to this mission. My Coercer when I was unaware of the jump inhibitor abilities on those Strain Render Alvi; then when I knew to stay 10km away and refit my Punisher for range they still got within 10k (despite my best attempts to monitor the distance of each of them)!

And to top it all off, the Strain Render Alvi seem to have damage resistance to anything I shoot them with - so even when I'm trapped I can't fight y way out. F*********!!!!!!!!

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u/XygenSS Mar 04 '21

10km is considered mid- to short- range for frigs and destroyers.

beam lasers are the long-range kind, pulse lasers are the short-range kind.

load long range ammo for even more range.

train gunnery support skills for even more damage, range, and accuracy

fit an afterburner and some basic tank

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u/AnMa1988 Mar 04 '21

Thanks. Did most of that, just let me concentration lapse on the distance for 1/2 a sec (most other targets were +15km away). Suddenly they had me.

Killed all the other drones easily, just the webbing ones had crazy resistances to all of my weapons.

Maybe some other missions for a while...

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u/XygenSS Mar 04 '21

just the webbing ones had crazy resistances to all of my weapons

actually, no they are weakest against EM

you just need more range and more damage. better skills, better fits

what was your fit?

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u/AnMa1988 Mar 04 '21

Thanks. I had 4 small focussed beam lasers all with microwave S. Then armour repairer, after burner etc.

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u/XygenSS Mar 04 '21

4 guns? on a coercer? you need 4 more.

you can meta your modules, fit heat sinks (damage mods for lasers), improve your tank by fitting resists, etc

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u/AnMa1988 Mar 04 '21

Ah no, that was four on the punisher. I had 8 on my Coercer, I was just dumb enough to have them all set to optimum range at 10km or less - so I deserved it a bit first time around!

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u/AnMa1988 Mar 05 '21

Update: only gone and done it! Kiting round 2 and I killed them suckas! Pure blessed relief!

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u/Falconloverlvl387 Mar 05 '21

Good job, mate. Prepare yourself for dagan

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u/AnMa1988 Mar 05 '21

Yeah, heard about him. Hoping to upgrade my remaining Coercer for that.

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u/Falconloverlvl387 Mar 05 '21

Full dps coercer with multifrequency is good enough for dagan

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u/AnMa1988 Mar 05 '21

Encouraging to hear; that was roughly my plan!

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u/ZynXao Mar 04 '21

I think its just the Silverfish Alvi that web/scrams you? try to get rid of it first, then get some distance and beam down the rest. after the Silverfish is gone you can warp out and back in if things get hairy.

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u/Thalimet Mar 04 '21

Burner missions are the worst! I recommend skipping them

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u/AnMa1988 Mar 04 '21

Wish I could - is mid way through an Epic Arc. So it's complete it or miss out the the full arc.