Friday, July 3, 2015

Fighting haulers

I have settled in a new c4. As usual stalking locals, by being half afk, only checking EVE client occasionally. Oh boy! We have an activity. I got visual on a big, fat Rattlesnake.


I know locals like to do anomalies. I haven't seen them in action, but lack of sites says they keep place tidy. I wait, but nothing happens. Eventually Rattlesnake pilot logs out and there's only one guy in Astero that is left. Screw it, I am going to look around.

I poke in in a connecting c2 class system. I spot Stratios on scan. It seems he's just about done with the site.


His salvaging drones are on to the last sleeper wreck. I am only at 100km off. There is no time to make a tactical bookmark. I can only hope he will do another site. Unfortunately, pilot just warps out of the system and is nowhere to be seen again. I guess he was just day tripping. I continue exploring.

Tanky Occator


I resolve another c4 from a c2. There seems to be some activity. I warp to the tower and find 2 Occators sitting. They are not just sitting, but also warping in and out. Looks like a logistics run. I quickly try to resolve the signature they are warping to and get ready. Occator would be a nice kill. Unless they have WCS fitted, I should get one without much trouble. After watching them for awhile I got an opportunity. Transport ship lands on the wormhole and I decloak. I tackle it and wait for my fleet to come. Hauler does not jump. Instead, he is tackling me back. What the hell is going on?


Is this a bait?  I couldn't have been spotted. I was extremely careful and did not decloak until now, so chances should be slim. Besides, I watched them do few runs before revealing myself. It's not like they stuck on the wormhole, waiting for me.

My Domi fleet lands and I start shooting the deep space hauler. He is tanked. He is tanked like hell. I have 3 Ogre sets on him, but it doesn't feel like it. Finally he jumps. I follow. He makes good use of his session change timer and stays cloaked for good 30 seconds. I get him on the other side, but he manages to get back and jump out again. I follow again and once more wait for his timer to end. Meanwhile, I keep watching d-scan. If it was a bait, I would be fighting a fleet already, but instead, I am just trying to get a lone Occator. I know he has a friend at pos. So far he did not intervene, but I see ships being swapped. Finally he joins the fight in an Oneiros. Occator had about 1/3rd armor when repairs landed. In a few seconds, it was obvious one Oneiros out-repairs my damage from 3 Dominixes. Despite me using remote reps myself, I really hope a day will come when CCP will introduce stacking penalties to remote repairs. Five minutes pass and Occator jumps back again. This is a waste of time. I recall my drones and warp back home.

4 comments :

  1. How tough is an oneiros to break? Assuming it kept range so that it wasn't a real option to change targets.
    Suprising how much dps one logistics ship can handle.

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  2. Occators are DSTs so they get massive bonuses to overheating tank mods. Occator also gets a armor rep amount bonus so they are incredibly tanky.

    An Impel can be tanked up to over 1 million EHP with a few well placed deadspace mods. Considering a lot of their tank is in the resists it makes a single Oneiros even more effective as they repair raw armour amounts.

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  3. @Raziel. He was out of range. He warped out when i was in process of tackling him with my proteus, but bought enough time for polarization timer to end

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  4. As that guy on the Simpson's is fond of saying. .HA HA!

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