Can it be 4 months since last entry?What the hell!
Anyways..i do remember saying then that i was going to concentrate on PvP “for a few weeks”-well the few weeks turned into 4 months-ive done little else but go searching for targets except those times when ive had to fix my see-sawing Security Status.Years to gain a Sec. Status of 5.0-and days to end up an outlaw!
It cant be right that podding someone in a 0.1 system gives you the same penalty as if i’d done it in Amarr or Jita.
“So dont fckin pod in low-sec you moron!”….50% of the time i probably would choose not to but i reckon sometimes its neccesary for tactical reasons-i want the red dead and out of the way so he doesnt dock up again-buy another boat-and then come find and kill me(with a set up to counter exactly what he knows im flying)-rest of the time its unavoidable-most of the Podkills have been Smartbombing at Station undocks.
I dunno how i missed this facet of the game for so long-although the novelty is beginning to wear off now i still find it amusing to lurk in wait and watch for that Red boat to appear on the overview-anything up to a Cruiser/Industrial is dead-Stealth Bombers and Intys are good kills-some of the loots from the Industrials has been sweet too.
Only one time did it go wrong when a Hyperion undocked-”great” thinks i-”another Industrial”…yep i confused a BS with an Indy!
I let off the bombs and waited for the target to melt-nothing happened and i saw that im getting Scrammed,Neuted and Pounded by the Hyp. and the Sentry Guns.As my Cap. disappears so the Bombs turn off…i fire up the Cap Booster and run this for the remainder of the time it takes to die-im spamming the ECM Burst Mod.so i can hopefully get away but i can never get enough Cap. to fire it.
The Hyp. guy must have been thinking it was a kill just dropped into his lap.
That incident aside i been liking the Scorpion more and more-im liking all the subtle changes you can make to it and its cheap(50 mill and insurable)-at the moment i have 4 in the Hangar-the regular Set-up for gang fights and jamming/Neuting anywhere from 20k out to 120k which has a bit of a tank(about 75000ehp)-the long range set up for low sec jamming out of Sentry Range-less tank but 2 more Jammers-the DISCO Bomber which is just all shield and armor tank plus the Smart Bombs(180000+ehp)-and-most important-the ECM Burst so that anyone trying to hold me so the sentrys can kill me gets thwarted and the Anti-Curse Boat….made this because the Amarr Recons really are the ECM Pilots Nemesis-if you have no Cap. then you are dead-anyway this has 4 Heavy Neuts,Cap Booster and a full rack of Amarr Jammers.
I finished the very last ECM Skill to L5 recently so thats it 100% maxed out-nothing left to train.On Ajax ive moved to finish training up T2 HAMs to put on the Rook-after that its time to decide which race im going to Cross-Train into-either Minmatar or Amarr..or do i want to fly a Rapier or a Curse/Pilgrim more?
Either way im putting Ajax into some kind of Hibernation and plan on not flying it as my main for a while.
Two main reasons are-its Kill/Loss ratio is horrendous-im fed-up of either getting called Primary or making a tiny,momentary error(when in the Falcon) and being instapopped! and the other is the Kuklinski toon is at last properly trained to be flying Battlecruisers around(Drake)-after about a year of skilling-no joke!……T2 HAMs and all support skills to L4/5-aye…..Shield and Cap/Fitting skills all at L5-aye….Thermodynamics-aye and i been liking flying this thing around recently…its been racking up the Kills..solo and in Gang and hasnt had a loss in a few months…..these Boats are tough when fitted right and even with Disrupt and Web…..speed?…i couldnt believe it the other day when i had it running at almost 1600m/s with an Overloaded MWD.5 light ECM Drones have never let me down-hell they even jammed an Armageddon BS recently….20 seconds at least of removing incoming DPS from your target-plan on getting the most out of these before the inevitable Nerf-have seen more and more of the “anti-ECM” whines re-appearing on forums of late-Falcon got smashed by the power of the whinging multitude-now its “ecm drones” are overpowered…..one ECCM module on their boats would more than likely render the Drones useless….after all im dropping any Drone DpS for a flight of 5 “maybe theyll work” drones.
Ive found a great niche for the Boat as well which has worked perfectly the two times ive tried it-its a great Falcon Killer!Both times ive set myself up as Bait solo and waited when i knew there was a Red(small!) gang in the area with Falcon support.
Off comes the Web and Scram and a PDU2-on goes 2 ECCM Mods in the free mids and another in the free low-voila..now i have the Sensor Strength greater than a Carrier!!(see earlier post to see why this important 
).Out come the HAM launchers and on go the HMLs so i can hit out to 75k and im good to go…..make like a ratter..kill a few sanshas…leave some wrecks lying around or hover around a gate and wait.Two times ive tried this and both its worked great…get engaged by the attack boats(usually Hacs/Intys/AFs-the usual roming red set ups)…soak up the DPS and wait for the Falcon to uncloak.Max. trained and well fitted Falcons Optimal is 74k…go figure…he going to be within range of the Heavies…..boom..2 or 3 Volleys and its dead-by the time the fist volley hits numbers 2+3 are just a couple of seconds behind(Rapid Launch 5 ftw).Then its either gate jumping games while the Drake soaks up the DPS or out go the ECM Drones to break point and warp away.
No doubt ill get caught sometime and wont be able to break point or more Reds will join in and pound me to bits but if i can trade a Drake for a Falcon each time id still be happy.
Still liking the HAMs with Navy Explosive Shells tho’.
Ive tried Dual boxing a couple of times and have given up on it.Way too risky-the last Drake i lost was because of this-and i almost lost the 2 Boats(a Drake and a Torp. Raven) to a solo Curse!!!Shouldnt have lost the Drake either but the alt-tab between the 2 screens was just a disaster and i got the Raven away by a hair but had to sacrifice the Drake.
Having said that have had a bit of success with some slight modification to dual-boxing with the HAM Drake and the Scorp.Ive set up 150km tacs.at all the Gates from Mista to Mamet and fitted a Cloak on the Scorp.Sit the Drake on the gate…and wait.Engage anything Cruiser sized and Up…..give it 30seconds to a minute to draw the target off the gate while fighting(or kill it before it Burns back to gate(Cruisers)….let the Drake take a pounding so he gets confident then uncloak the Scorp.-Jam and win!!-or warp out if its some mega buffered bastard!
Liking the look of the Navy Scorp.-bah! to CCP for NOT making it a better ECM BS(i mean..c’mon wtf!) but its potential Tank is pretty amazing even with a Target Painter and Webber-just scraping 200k Buffer and throws out same DPS as a Torp. Raven but at shorter range(18km compared to 25)-hence Webber.650 mill unrigged!
Was going to go Tengu(after all i can build them now ) but have decided against it and with profits from 1st batch of T3 Hulls ill be picking up my Navy Scorp.
Gate/Station Brawler ftw
Sooo…possibile move afoot for AuF-with or without AoV.Wont say too much on the topic.Can see the reasons for the move especially for majority of the Corp.-have a few concerns-dont want to leave current Alliance……big thing i concerned about is TZ Difference.At start of this year i was able to get on with most of my Corp. pretty often during the U.S. TZ-was lucky with work schedules somehow but more and more of late this has become more difficult and i can maybe manage 1 day a week sometimes 0 when i can be on for a few hours during U.S. TZ and have found myself often only being able to log in during the Evenings here when most others are finishing up or are long logged-off.
Can get by in Providence up to a point where i mostly have to go out solo-move to another area and have to do the same as an unknown or a Red in a NBSI area…..i see problems!
Will see what happens eventually then i guess itll be decision time for me myself.Options are i s’pose-(apart from staying with the Corp.)-join another Blue Provi Corp.(meh)-stay as a Neutral(yeuch)-or try join either -AAA- or UK or the like-any of the Red Corps. that run through Providence.Of the three the last would be most appealing-at least (most) of my old mates will be out of area and would be great fun i think in tearing up the areas(and Boats) i know and have grown to disdain.
Other option is to join an Australian/NZ Corp. or Alliance…..i know that always in back of my mind that ive had a semi-back-up plan in case something like this happened(or Corp. broke-up/whatever)….join our old pals “Assisted Genocide”!!…the offer was there a while ago from these lads(all Australian).
Dont know yet-dont really WANT to know yet!!
Few new pilots in Corp.of late-always a good sign.Maybe the move to a new area will be a great experience for them-depends on what they expect/want.
Hmmm…depressing writing/reading.
What shall i end with?
I know……train to use ECM Drones lads!!!!!You wont regret it…….and…i wantz my Medal!!
More later no doubt-definitely quicker than 4 months-only hope its all good!
