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Cintas
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Posted - 2003.07.27 10:46:00 -
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Lo All,
I have a Bantam, a few skills and about 300k in the bank. Was asking around about what I should go for next in terms of ships and equipment. Someone suggested that I go for a Merlin for fighting, keep my Bantam and get a probe.
Can anyone describe to me what a probe is and what the advantage of having one is?
Also other points of view on what to go for would be greatly appreciated.
Is there decent money to be made from the missions and fighting route? The pay from the 1st few NCP missions was pathetic! Thx!
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Darkwolf
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Posted - 2003.07.27 11:06:00 -
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Good cargo capacity, decent speed, two mining lasers + 1 missile launcher, enough low slots to turn it into either a speed demon or a decent hauling frigate.
And two special abilities, one gives you 5% extra speed per level, the other 5% extra cargo per level.
Damn nice mining frigate.
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Slithereen
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Posted - 2003.07.27 11:50:00 -
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Don't forget that it can carry three mining drones too.
_______________________________________________ "Is it me or the bad guys just getting totally pathetic?"---Clover, Totally Spies, "Hope is wasted on the Hopeless."---Mandy, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. "Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the Infinite shine through."---Confucius.
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Andrea Jade
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Posted - 2003.07.27 19:36:00 -
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Simply the probe is the best mining frig in the game. btw its minmatar. Just to make sure you relise
-AJ-
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Rhombus
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Posted - 2003.07.28 06:57:00 -
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Hi all,
okay, here are my thought ablout the Probe...
I've just put it in my hangar as I bought a MOA and I have great memories about this ship. I have made up 2 setups and both were outstandingly good to play.
Combat: 1 Ion Blaster (Uranium Charges), 1 Laser (Radio), 1 Hammerhead Drone, Afterburner and Shield Booster. With adequate skilling this froms a really fast (far over 400 m/s) hunter. I shot down lots of pirates, sometines even 3 at a time.
Mining: To my mind, the Probe is the best mining frigate of all. With 2x Cargo Extentions, 2 Mining Lasers and 1 Hammerhead for the pirates you can pile up loads of ore.
So, the Probe was everything I needed (beside some guy for hauling) for my way through the first weeks!
Regards, Rhombus (Brotherhood of Steel)
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Cintas
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Posted - 2003.07.28 11:57:00 -
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Kewl, thanks for all your positive feedback on the Probe!
Just climbed in to my shiny new probe, and am generally quite pleased with it (although I havenĘt been out mining in it yet). One disappointment though is the lack of defensive capability. Rhombus, I see in your mining load-out you have a single hammerhead for defence when mining. I had the same idea but was unsure whether it would be enough. I am generally mining high security regions down to 0.6, will a single hammerhead be enough? Suggestions on defensive mining load-out appreciated please!
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Wytch Doktor
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Posted - 2003.07.28 17:54:00 -
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Heh, I love my probe. Makes a great courier ship. Put a Lif AB on it, and other speed items, and it moves very fast.
Hit the AB before you come out of warp, and before the pirates can lock on ya, your jumping.
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Iece Quaan
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Posted - 2003.07.28 18:40:00 -
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The Probe had been a very faithful ship for me, mining, trading, fighting.. it's great.
FYI, I mine in .6 systems exclusively now, this is the setup i use:
2x miner 1 1x civ shield booster 1x survey scanner 2x basic cargo expander 3x warrior 1 drone
I don't have any trouble at all with pirates. I can tank anything up to the Raveners without moving, and without even stopping my mining.For the raveners, I wait till they get to about 10k, then sic drones, and fly away from them to stay at the edge of their effective weapon range. This lets me tank them with the pansy civ 1 shield. =) --------
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Rhombus
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Posted - 2003.07.29 08:02:00 -
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Edited by: Rhombus on 29/07/2003 09:05:10 Edited by: Rhombus on 29/07/2003 09:04:54 Hi,
the Hammerhead was quite enough in most situations, as it can handle 2 Guristas at a time. Maybe it gets a little tight if you encounter 3, but the Probe has a good armor (for those who don't panic when the shields are gone)... ;-)
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Minuz1
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Posted - 2003.08.03 00:25:00 -
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Quote: Simply the probe is the best mining frig in the game. btw its minmatar. Just to make sure you relise
-AJ-
100 drone space is all you need.....since harvs can be hauled from station and then launched....then you return and pickup another harv and go back and launch...yes this takes a small amount of time...but it's worth it since I can equip my incursus with 3x mining lasers(photonic cpu) and mine faster and more then any other frigate in the game can atm.
-Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat!!!!! |
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Drewbicus
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Posted - 2003.08.04 14:01:00 -
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I have to disagree. I think the Imicus is the best small mining ship in the game. With it you can field up to 5 small drones (it has 250 M3 drone space). That is a very big deal. With 2 basic expanders it has over 400 cargo space, can fit 2 drills, 2 expanders, and has 2 medium slots (I recommend a shield booster and an AB, or a shield booster and an asteroid scanner.)
Get 2 of the light scout drones that do EM damage, and 3 that do thermal damage, and you can launch a cloud of defensive drones that will keep you safe in just about any sec level where you do not run into missile frigates. Those 5 drones pump out a LOT of damage.
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Slithereen
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Posted - 2003.08.05 00:40:00 -
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With non standard cargo expanders, I can get my cargo on the Probe up to 600.
_______________________________________________ "Is it me or the bad guys just getting totally pathetic?"---Clover, Totally Spies, "Hope is wasted on the Hopeless."---Mandy, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. "Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the Infinite shine through."---Confucius.
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Drusilla
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Posted - 2003.08.05 17:32:00 -
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An Imicus can get up to 500, which is still quite a lot, and with 5 droens protecting you, you can reasonably go to lower sec level areas than you otherwise might.
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Mozat
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Posted - 2003.08.05 17:55:00 -
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I'm the guy if you need a probe or Imicus we build them on Niya get a discount if you order in bulks. Hit me up on ingame e-mail or send me a message at [email protected]
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