100 billion isk!

So I finally reached 100billion isk in my wallet. Of course this really is pennies when a titan cost about 100 billion for the hull alone. However it means that I am getting close to my goal. To be able to pilot Rorquals lose them and buy more or build more. In eve we have a saying....do not fly what you can not afford to lose. Yogita and I really take this to heart. We did not start regularly using our carriers until we had about 20-30bill backing us up if we lost one.

It is funny because while I crossed the milestone I lost 3 mobile tractor units. We have about 30 of them between us. That is not enough for a long stretch of ratting on the weekend, or on a holiday. So I will build a some more in a couple of days.

Soon yogi and I will be known in venal as the couple who rip things up, or gets torn up. But in order to do that..you need isk...a lot of it. So we can burn through 8-10 billion in ships and then go back to pve mode and make 20 billion isk.

All the while getting better and better at pvp!

I think Yogi has 86 or 87 billion.

Jita pile is at 11 billion isk.

/tata

Long 5 day weekend results...

Well we had a nice long weekend, and we had to cancel our camping plans. So while watching movies, and relaxing at home we tried out our version of the afk Ishtar.

We set it up to only run forsaken rally points which can escalate to 8/10 class DED sites. We made loads of isk doing this! I think I made well over 1.5billion isk off the little ship slaving away in anomaly after anomaly. We also have loads of modules pulled from the wrecked NPC ships. As of right now we have over 1.2 billion in minerals from modules, another 2.4 billion isk worth of minerals. So we did pretty darned good.

Yesterday which was a Monday night we managed to drop about 30 mtus each. We also have 2 8/10 sites to run tonight. Isk is rolling in!


However we did have a bit of pvp we lost our beloved Gnosis class battlecruisers as well as a Hurricane. We managed to kill a few ships as well.


I am now training for Rorqual 5 (Capital Industrial ships level 5), then after that I will train for the P.A.N.I.C module. I will explain what that is in about 6 weeks time.


Fly dangerous!!!

Oh we both lost a core gen implant set....but who cares we have back ups of back ups.

/tata

Gnosis attack part 2!

I am loving my gnosis fit. There I was at work and I decided to semi afk rat in my ishtar when I realized that a 8-9 interceptor gang was in the next star system over. So I hope in my Gnosis which is set up to pull kiters in very close. I smack one guy down then they all start to pull to range. I damp one interceptor down and...well he wanted to hold point on me. Not realizing that I had dual plates....my HAMs and drones made short work of him. My Gnosis now has 4 killmarks!

I really didn't like kiting Interceptors before....now I love em!!!

https://zkillboard.com/kill/61819512/

https://zkillboard.com/kill/61819497/

I got some nice fittings off of them as well.

/tata

Wartime.....

We are being threatened with invasion by a major pvp alliance that has many allies. It seems that we have been holding our own. I was able to get in on my first citadel kill. I THINK we destroyed a POS (player owned starbase) that was protecting a supercapital fleet. I know that we have regular incursions of enemy fleets. Just yesterday an Orca (a command class industrial ship) was destroyed. I wonder how because we heard on intel channels about a large black ops fleet forming and we should safe up. Well other than that I do not feel like we are in a position to really worry. The coalition we are in is really strong, and form large fleets to counter hostiles. It would suck to have to leave branch for the second time but....I do not mind  new areas bring new challenges.


 This is the Orca it is a large ship that takes some time to get into warp if you do not use the mircowarp drive trick.

So if you are using said ship, and you have access to intel channels....PAY ATTENTION.

/tata

Rorquals getting caught...SPAIS are everywhere!!

It seems like we have a large number of Rorquals getting destroyed recently. This leads me to believe something is up. Of course many will argue that well the ship sits in the belt locked in place because of it's industrial core. The industrial core is a module that really is at the heart of the Rorquals power. I turns nice drones into SUPER mining monsters!! But you are stuck in place much like a dreadnought using a siege, or  Force Aux ship using a triage module.

But those modules are used in either pvp or high risk pve. You have a team of people (we are talking about wormholes) that provide intel and security. Null security space is much the same. We have really good intel channels, people checking new wormholes that pop up. We have people who know who the gankers are, and who will open a cyno (a portal) through which a large number ships will arrive and blap you.

With all of this...still these capital ships are getting destroyed. They are very expensive like I mentioned in another post about 10-13 billion isk ...EACH. This leads me to the only weakness in this set up....spies. Spies can tell an enemy when you have started a new industrial core cycle (so the baddies know your stuck for 5 minutes). They can give out intel on your mining habits. It is hard to believe that these miners invest billions of isk into a ship not to mention the training time. To not have a good set up excellent intel channels, in a large standing fleet where others can rush to your aid...and still get caught and blown up. What this does it will keep mineral prices high as too many capital mining ships get blown up...the massive boosting capabilities go with them. Mining in a hulk with out boosts is...meh. With boost...its amazing!!

My thoughts....spies are feeding Rorquals to large PVP blocs. Or rather the large PVP blocs have infiltrated most null security regions and can regularly feed intel which leads to a steady stream of dead Rorquals. Me thinks....it is best to wait before jumping in and buying ot build one just to become a target. Who cares about a carrier....it can be set to instantly warp, or jump out. They are worth maybe 2-3billion fully fit, usually 2 billion if you are trying to save money. So watch your butts people, you are being watched....and there isn't much you can do about it to counter such an attack...

/tata

'Excavator' Mining Drone

Excavator mining drones the new super drones that the Rorqual uses have gone down in price. From 1.2 bil a unit to 781 mil. I am waiting on a couple of things. First will the yield be nerfed so hard that it just isn't worth buying. And of course I am waiting on further price drops. Please do not nerf the yield CCP.

This is the Rorqual in deployed mode. It's drones get a MASSIVE boost to yield while in this mode. The ship can not move and one cycle I believe takes 5 minutes. All across null sec these ships have been destroyed. Before this recent release the Rorqual used to sit inside Player Owned Starbases and give boosts to fleets from there. Sometimes warping to a belt to grab dozens of cans left by the mining fleet. Now this ship must in the belt with other mining ships, and it can out mine many of them.


This is the new super drone. 5 of these bad boys can out mine 2-3 Hulk class Exhumers!!


/tata

Hmm should I buy a 8-13 billion isk Rorqual..

So I spent some time on the test server mining in a Rorqual. WOW...I was blown away. With a mining oriented setup that thing out mines 5 un boosted Hulk class Exhumers. Exhumers are the main line of mining ships. Boosted it can mining with the capacity of 2.5 hulks with max boosts and and skills. Oh....and the Rorqual can compress ore. With its impressive 300,000m3 hold, matched with the ability to compress ore....this thing is a beast. It can mine and compress MILLIONS of m3 of ore. Match that with the proposed setup I would use...3 hulks...2 with near max skills, and another very well skilled, and my main in a Rorqual....WOW

Then I saw this battle report..

https://zkillboard.com/related/30004194/201703121400/

They lost 7 Rorquals and they had a defense fleet...I think.... SEVEN. That would drain my wallet....to perhaps 10bill or so. They lost .....so many...ships.No my 94 billion isk would be GONE.

So..I am thinking....Rorqual....erm....nah wait till the price of the capital mining drones drop a bit in price...say 200-300 million a unit. They cost 1.2bil EACH. Those Rorquals had 5 of em.....OUCH.

Amazing changes...but too steep for my wallet.

/tata