phycokinetic
Main: PhysicalAbuse V Level: 2006
Joined: Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:09 pm Posts: 0
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Guide To Droning.
I have done this setup recently, and its great!!
Do the Pax missions, they are easy to do, the Missions are all exploration missions.. and the end item end item is a Pax Celestica. Its a great T12 ship. you can get piloting 12 by level 25.
When you get this, do your best to save for the following setup.
2 Advanced Standard Defensive (Shield +50%, Shield Recharge +33%)
1 Advanced Standard Invigorating (Energy +100%, Electricity +33%)
These augs comprise of:
8 Standard Recovery Augs.
8 Standard Shield Augs.
8 Standard Electric Augs
8 Standard Energy Augs
32 Titanium Sheets.
This would cost around 600mil if you bought everything, but, it is really worth it, you will then want to start off by using arson drones (shameless link--Selling Arson drones In Furud).If this is too much, go for a normal Standard Invig and Defensive setup.
These make mince meat of Monochrome Hues, then, when you get better equipment, you can take on space blue beta's. and the universe is your oyster.
Now, as a DM, i will suggest that you only train the following skills.
*Piloting to 12, get a celeste, this can take you to level 600 or so easily.
*Weapons-Do Not waste any skill points on here.
*Shields-Get to 5 at a low level, and use a Mythos Web, or a VP 3, then to 9 for a Lunar, then 12 for a Deimos, and then 15 for a Phobos
*Engine-5 to start, use like a Bule Shover, did me, then to 9, for a Bule real Keeper and up you go.
*Radar-no need to get too high here, im level 260 ish with radar 5, using a revealer.
*Elec Engineering-This is very important, I prefer a reasonable sized bank, and decent regen, so i can scoop and redeploy (doing this fully regens the shields, electricity and also the timer on the drones)
*Equipment-This, imho is the most important skill in the game, i didnt realise this till alot later on my MF char, when i lost 5 DWO's in one podding...90% of the time, a GG is alot cheaper then all your drones.
*Drone Deployment-I find that keeping it to the levels that each station provides is enough in one sitting, so, sol to 3 (no commod), thats ok for some Ai, but go to prism, and get it to 12, its 4 skill points per level, and in Prism, it takes solar cleansings, which are available from Absolution.you can then get it to 16, in Steppes, which take Qu Quu Drones (around 560 size) and then finally, and most difficult, is DD 20, available from Ruby Steppes, it requires Quafir Drones, which are size 7500, you will need a gelato or a thatch for this, and most importantly, a friend with a Tractor beam.
*Drone Mastery Skills-try and keep support and engineer around the same level, along with Drone Mastery. neglect the resist skills for now, keeping your drones alive is alot more important imo.
*Tractor-This can be quite important, as Ai now run away, there is nothing worse then getting an Ai down to 10%, and it run away, and you cant catch it...because, you dont get your experience points.
Tactics!!!
So, you have the ship, you have the augs...what drones to use and which Ai to use them on.
This is where you need to ask what Ai are weak to. All of the Blue series are weak to heat (Space Blue Alpha, Beta and Gamma) so are the Monochrome series (Monochrome Tint's and Mono Hue's), So, Arson Drones work perfectly on most of these.
Another technique is Etherial Drones, and Envelopes, this is slightly more expensive, as you cant re-use an envelope, its a once only item, so you have to buy several.
My favoutire Technique, is warps. Lay your drones on one side of the warp, this way, an Ai's most powerful weapon, will only hit on one pass of the drones, it will normally have to use an Etherial weapon, which isnt very powerful, when coming from the other side of the warp. (remember the scoop and redeploy tactic i mentioned...make sure you lay your drones so you can see how your drones shields are holding up, if they are all clumped together, you will lose drones...or scoop drones that dont need shooting)
My last tip, is if you are going to die, scoop your drones...yea..so what, the Ai might be on red...but you dont know whats going to warp in, and finish your drones off, and as i said, a GG is 90% of the time, alot cheaper then a set of drones.
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