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Title: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 18, 2009, 10:13:19 AM
apparently i cant view the setup here at work (couse flash is not installed)

but this is my setup battleclinic link (http://www.battleclinic.com/forum/index.php/topic,17980.0/PvP-Manticore-.html)
fitted everything t2.
atm i have swapped a disruptor in favour of a salvager. Tried to fit 2 disruptors but i guess i need a bit more advanced weapons upgrade.

anyway
high slots:
3 x T2 Cruise Missile Launchers
1 x Salvager
1x Cloak (not sure what kind of cloak, but thought a T2)

med slots:
2x T2 Sensor Booster (wtih scripts)
1x T2 Remote Sensor Dampener (can fit 2 when i remove my salvager, also with scripts (for range)

low slots:
1x T2 Overdrive Injector System
1x T2 Ballistic control

Ammo:
Caldari Navy Wrath Cruise Missile (only take 200-300, you want your cargo to be empty to take look or salvage, took the kinetic version becouse of the extra dammage the missile does with cov op skill bonus on the manticore)
Wrath Cruise Missile (also 200-300 to shoot at rats in case i get bored or something, the faction are pvp only)

Tips for flying SB (both general and specific)
- Try to stay cloak at all times (you'll fly faster if skilled enough)
- Never ever warp in on 0, not on friends not on foes. Only exceptions are when you are about to dock or jump
- When comming out of a gate, move your ship and cloak (just put the speed on anything and press your cloak button) Align to your destination, when you have speed, decloak and warp
- When gooing to engage a target get everything on and flashing (when decloaked that should be all, in a good a,bush you will be decloaked around 200km from your opponent get everthing on, warp in, shoot missiles, wait for missiles to hit, warp out and cloak. (pretty much the standard hit and run tactic)
- If you know where you are gooing to fight make save spots in the systems and bookmarks on the belts or other objects you want to patrol. Make sure your enemies dont know at what vector you will be warping in on an object and on what distance.
- If you visit a sys regularly make bookmarks there. so you dont have to warp in using the standard warp to. Organise your bookmarks so you can read out what they mean when you see them (for example II 3 + 200km for planet 2 belt 3 + 200km above horizon)
- Never go toe to toe with anything. Your flying tin foil with cruise missile launchers
- When an enemy get a lock on a friend (flying a SB, or anything else that will probably not tank the thing that is firering at it) that friend's ship is gone. A rescue attempt will probably result in 2 dead SB's instead of 1

if anyone is interested in flying a SB or learning more about it, contact me. But with these basic rules you should be able to enjoy flying your SB a bit longer

Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Rubino on February 18, 2009, 10:19:00 AM
Something I've always found useful - always have your cloak in the slot where you can F1 to activate/deactive the module.

For ammo I tend to go with mostly EM & 1 other flavour (depending on what you're up against).
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 18, 2009, 10:26:45 AM
Can be usefull too, but just pure dammage i'd like to go for faction kinetic cruises in my manticore

And that F1 key would be a good idea (personnally i use F3 and am quite used to it. but would reccomend putting it under F1 if you are new to flying SB's)
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Mangala on February 18, 2009, 10:28:28 AM
Im currently learning to be a cloak-fag in various ships and use F1, but F3 is a pretty handy key too for most of my setips where I have a cloak fitted.

Whats the level of skills you currently operate your SB at Bethor? ie cruise skillto x, sb skill to x etc?
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 18, 2009, 10:39:17 AM
will post it as soon as the api is working again.

but atleast advanced cruise missile II and cloaking IV

but i have enough skills to fit all the t2 stuff :D (so to get a basic idea, you could download the skillplan from battleclinic and load it in eve mon)
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Rubino on February 18, 2009, 10:55:42 AM
Out if interest when does sig radius of the target kick in?
At the point of launch or the point of impact?
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 18, 2009, 11:21:56 AM
not sure, but guessing impact.

I just know you mustn't cloak right after launch couse than your missiles wont hit. :)

Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Caradir on February 18, 2009, 01:46:17 PM
not sure, but guessing impact.

I just know you mustn't cloak right after launch couse than your missiles wont hit. :)



see thats just silly if its fired surely you cloaking doesnt change the fact its fired, lazy programmers need to sort that out ;)
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Rubino on February 18, 2009, 01:59:16 PM
I usually prefer to be around 60km away when I uncloak and rarely above 90km so I can still damp if needed.
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 18, 2009, 02:08:40 PM
i am ususally cloaked at 150-200 from where i expect my target (in a situation where i am the agressor)

when target appears i warp in at 20km with everything hot. so when i get a lock i fire. after impact target is eiger down or still floating but i am cloaked in another spot in the same belt at 150-200km range of the target.  (so i will have 2 Bookmarks in a straight line with between them the roidbelt or whatever that i am camping so i can warp to spot. shoot missiles warp to spot b without slowing down or anything. they cant lock me becouse most of the time i am in warp.

than again after last update i havent made any solo kills anymore. so dont know if it is possible. but if you got a small wolfpack you can take down most cruisers i guess

Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 18, 2009, 02:10:11 PM
not sure, but guessing impact.

I just know you mustn't cloak right after launch couse than your missiles wont hit. :)



see thats just silly if its fired surely you cloaking doesnt change the fact its fired, lazy programmers need to sort that out ;)

Think it has something to do with the missiles i'm using beeing minmatar made missiles. :D  ;)
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Jarkko on February 18, 2009, 02:16:09 PM
so i will have 2 Bookmarks in a straight line with between them the roidbelt or whatever that i am camping so i can warp to spot
Nice tip! Haven't thought about that :)  I wish I had known this before the war went hot. I have bookmarks at Anttiri stations and gates, and a few more in surrounding systems too; wouldn't have hurt to plan the escape route at the same time even when not using stealth-bombers :)
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Rubino on February 18, 2009, 02:18:48 PM
You can still make them if you have a covops ship - just undock warp to undock insta, cloak in flight and then go around making your BM's cloaked.
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 18, 2009, 02:22:19 PM
Insta cloak from a station isn't possible AFAIK, the station itself is still at 0 range when you are well out. so it really depends on how fast they target you if you can make it or not.
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 18, 2009, 02:23:02 PM
anyway when this war is over. it might be fun to get together with a few SB guys and do some piracy in lowsec :)
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Caradir on February 18, 2009, 02:57:59 PM
anyway when this war is over. it might be fun to get together with a few SB guys and do some piracy in lowsec :)

I like that plan ;) i just need to sort out some trining to be more efficient in my SB ;)


as for missiles im tempted to caldari navy Wrath as my missiles of choice
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: bebur on February 18, 2009, 03:32:28 PM
Another tip, actually for all stealthers. stay cloaked as long as possible. same goes for jumping. it makes enemy nervous, because they won't know what you are up to. as stealther time is at your side.

for fleet members never ever warp within 10km. NEVER EVER. hehe. Because if you do, it would mean surtain death for the stealthed sb - or covop.
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Rubino on February 18, 2009, 11:09:38 PM
Warping to 0 unless told otherwise for a specific engagement should be avoided.
Damn annoying when your cap ship is bumped by a buddy warping to 0.

Regarding ammo - most ships and missioners in our area of space tank for kinetic.
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Jarkko on February 19, 2009, 05:23:55 AM
Quote from: Rubino
Regarding ammo - most ships and missioners in our area of space tank for kinetic.
There is statistics for this too somewhere :o  Would be interesting to see that data for sure :)

From Battleclinics loadouts and various guides I would have thought ~95% of shield-tanking PvP pilots anywhere boost their EM resistances as the default...
Title: Re: Manticore PvP (no use in a PvE Manticore)
Post by: Bethor on February 19, 2009, 09:29:36 AM
and considering pve, most people load up on res they need for the rats in the mission AFAIK