Recon, Level 4
Last edited by EveSurvival
Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:05 UTC
Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:05 UTC
Part 1 of 3
Faction: Angel Cartel
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: all types (Pocket 1: Exp 46%/Kin 23%/therm 19%/EM 10%, Pocket 2: All types, but varies on percentages )
Extras: timed respawns
Web/scramble: arch gistii frigates
Recommended damage dealing: exp/kin
Recommended ships: Shuttle (blitz), Rattlesnake, Machariel, Vargur, Shuttle, Golem, Dominix
Video: http://youtu.be/iFXWXufOONA , Kronos Part 1,2 & 3
Leads to Recon 2 of 3.
Blitz-
Go to warp gate, activate it, when you reach the next pocket you are done!
Pocket 1
The gates are not locked, so you can blitz this mission in a shuttle without a single kill.
The changes in rev 2.2 replaces a lot of ships with fewer, deadlier ships, with the same DPS overall.
In general, keep moving either towards the other gate or towards a distant object. Every minute, another group will respawn. If you are not killing them fast enough, you can get overwhelmed. There are a couple scramble possibilities, and most of them do damage from a distance (36km). Once they all spawn, it can make things rather difficult for a weakly tanked ship. So be careful.
Respawn 1
1x Interceptor (Arch Gistii Outlaw), web/scramble
1x HAC (Arch Gistum Phalanx, Thermal Damage
1x Battleship (Gist Cherubim), Thermal damage
Respawn 2
1x Battleship (Gist Seraphim), EM damage
1x Battlecruiser (Gistatis Tribuni), Thermal damage
1x HAC (Arch Gistum Breaker)
Respawn 3
2x Battleship (Gist Seraphim), EM damage
1x HAC (Arch Gistum Breaker)
Respawn 4
1x Interceptor (Arch Gistii Thug), web/scramble
2x Battleship (Gist Cherubim, thermal damage / Gist Seraphim, EM damage)
25km slowboat to Pocket 2, no loot drops from structures.
Pocket 2
Mission completes when you arrive.
Respawn 1
2-3x Battleship (Gist Throne, Gist Malakim), EM damage, but close range
3x HAC (Arch Gistum Breaker/Smasher)
Respawn 2
5x HAC (Arch Gistum Marauder)
2x Interceptor (Arch Gistii Outlaw), web/scramble
Mining:
Has around 80 Veldspar rocks, at 1000m to 40km from warp in.
Video
This video shows one way of many to get this mission done.
http://youtu.be/iFXWXufOONA
Leads to Recon 2 of 3.
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Total DPS: 1,181.98hp/s (EM: 120hp/s, Expl: 548.45hp/s, Kin: 281hp/s, Therm: 232.53hp/s)
Total DPS: 2,551.02hp/s (EM: 1,687.50hp/s, Expl: 701.95hp/s, Kin: 134.90hp/s, Therm: 26.67hp/s)
Screw it, I'm doing this one in my pod.
Second pocket similar, take out the frigs, then cruisers and lastly bs'es.
Just over 11m in bounties. Loot & salvage disappointing.
Bounty: 13mil
Mission: 3.2 mil
Trash: 2mil
Salvage: 1mil
No point of going back for salvage.
~12mill bounty
Pocket 1
Hurt.. a lot... I had to switch to extra resists
Used 2 exp hardeners + reactive armour hardener. Exp resists at 88-89%
As soon as you land, align. LMJD if you need to.
5 x BS.. took ages to pick them off 1 at a time. They hit you from 130km out.
Pocket 2
Easier with the same setup as Pocket 1. But mobs still took ages to kill
For some reason this mission was much harder than the other L4's I've been running.