Rogue Drone Harassment, Level 4
Last edited by MithorKarez
Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:16 EST
Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:16 EST
Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Deadspace (With Gates)
Damage dealt: Kinetic/Exposive (Without Kayzum Drone Mother) - 5% EM / 8% Thermal / 27% Kinetic / 58% Explosive
Extras: Conditional Waves
Web/scramble: Strain Render Alvi, Strain Splinter Alvi
Recommended damage dealing: EM
Recommended ships: Dominix, Astarte, Abaddon, Apocalypse
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdI5TUSQSqQ
Pocket 1
Upon warp in, you will find a single rat, Kayzum Mother Drone (Battleship, Orbit: 41km, no aggro), as well as an acceleration gate (approx. 7 km away).
When the Kayzum Mother Drone reaches a certain level of Armor Damage she will call in reinforcement drones, listed below:
Reinforcement waves will aggro on your drones
Group 1 (Spawns when Kayzum Mother Drone is at approx.80% Armor)
2 Battlecruisers , (Defeater Alvatis), Orbit: 23km1 Frigate, (Hunter Alvi). Orbit: 9.7km
1 Frigate, (Silverfish Alvi), Orbit: 1.6km,
2 Cruisers, (Wrecker Alvum), Orbit: 3.5km
Group 2 (Spawns when Kayzum Mother Drone is at approx.50% Armor)
2 Battlecruisers, (Defeater Alvatis), Orbit: 23km2 Cruisers, (Destructor Alvum), Orbit: 3.8km
1 Frigate, (Silverfish Alvi), Orbit: 1.6km
1 Frigate, (Strain Render Alvi), Orbit: 2km (Web/Scram)
Group 3 (Spawns when Kayzum Mother Drone is at approx.30% Armor)
2 Cruisers, (Annihilator Alvum), Orbit: 3.9km2 Battlecruisers, (Crippler Alvatis) Orbit: 5km
1 Frigate, (Devilfish Alvi), Orbit: 1.6km
1 Frigate, (Silverfish Alvi), Orbit: 1.6km
Group 4 (Spawns when Kayzum Mother Drone takes any Hull Damage)
2 Cruisers, (Devastator Alvum), Orbit: 24km1 Frigate, (Hunter Alvi), Orbit: 9.7km
1 Frigate, (Strain Splinter Alvi), Orbit: 1.9km (Web/Scram)
2 Battlecruisers, (Striker Alvatis), Orbit: 5km
After eliminating this spawn proceed to destroy the Kayzum Mother Drone and use the Gate
Note: sometimes the spawns with the mother drone are just frigate sized drones.
PRO TIP: For people afraid of being overwhelmed: After a group spawns, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD stop shooting the mother drone and kill the spawn. If you don't stop, you will be overwhelmed by their combined DPS.
ELITE TIP: For those who fly properly fitted battleships, just finish the Mother Drone first so you can get your drones out on the frigates and your own DPS on these cruisers while they still approach. Highest DPS in this Pocket comes from the Mother Drone anyway.
Pocket 2
Auto Aggro on Warp in, the single Drone Structure may or may not drop a single low end compound.3 Battleships, (Alvus Controllers, Swarm Preserver Alvus), Orbit: 9-12 km DPS: Expl: 64hp/s, Kin: 16hp/s Best weapon: Em 40/40
1 Battlecruiser, (Defeater Alvatis), Orbit: 23km
1 Cruiser, (Bomber Alvum), Orbit: 17km
Mining
Pocket 1: 41 Roids of Veldspar = 889,059 UnitsPocket 2: 32 Roids of Veldspar = 279,059 Units
CategoryLevel4
Also, the last (struct) wave didn't spawn for me.
tank= dual LAR II (1 used)
resistance = 2 x T2 explosive, 1 xT2 kin 1x T2 thermal
tanked all waves without any problems.
I just did this mission in a Tempest - LAR II, DC II, 2x explo II, 1x kin/therm II
i triggered every spawn, killed the Kayzum, and then started working on the others.
i was actually able to turn my repper off at points, i am also close range so i was taking alot of hits. I found this mission VERY easy.
Also as Taina said, they arnt *actually* frigates, i beleive its some kind of bug, you'll notice the wrecks are named correctly, and yes, the bigger guys take longer to kill.
All 4 waves in first pocket tanked easily. No BC spawns
destroyed the mother drone first and np tanking all the spawns at once
1st pocket I can confirm 4 spawns. Kazyum seems to inflict most damage and leaves only a small wreck.
2nd pocket is pretty easy, I suggest salvaging in mission (1 tractor , 1 salvager).
1. Shoot mother drone, make 2 groups spawn, kill them.
2. Kill mother drone.
3. Kill the rest of the Drones (group 3 and 4)
Target painter adds >20% extra dmg on this mission. :)
Pocket 2: Done in a T2 fitted Rokh (very easy).
Bounty: 0
Mission: 2,1 mill
Loot and salvage: 5,2 mill
Total: 7,3 mill
Let your drones do the crusers in the second pocket, wilst you smoke the bs's.
8x 425mm Scout Accelerator cannons
2xSensor Booster II (with optimal range script)
2xTracking Computer II
Magnetic Field Stabs in lows lots.
Never got below 95% shields.
7 Beam Mega Afocal Maser (haven't got t2 yet)
Cap Rechargers II x 2
kin,therm,em,exp x 1, all t2 hardners
Large named Armor rep
Heatsink II x 2
Dps was easily rep.
Easy mission
This time ran the mission in a T2 shield-tanked Rokh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeumWJdKwDQ
Then in pocket 2 I had 2 Alvus Controllers and a Swarm Preserver Alvus instead of 3 Alvus Controllers.
137 Precious Alloy
110 Sheen Compound
110 Gleaming Alloy
95 Motley Compound
84 Lustering Alloy
58 Lucent Compound
43 Dark Compound
42 Plush Compound
31 Condensed Alloy
23 Glossy Compound
13 Crystal Compound
3 Opulent Compound
Refined without Scrapmetal Reprocessing skill, but high standings and Refining 5:
176,679 Tritanium
48,923 Pyerite
12,685 Mexallon
12,349 Isogen
5,433 Nocxium
66 Megacyte
445 Zydrine
6 Morphite
BTW there are warp scram drones in this mission! Be careful! I didn't notice it until at the last minute - very fotunate I didn't make a mistake and aggro too much otherwise tears would have been shed. About 10 mil in loot/salvage (just sold it off).
I had:
Hi Slots
6 x XT Cruise launchers with devastator cruise missiles.
1 x Drone link aug
Low Slots
2 x Ballistic control system II
3 x Capacitor Flux Coil II
Mid Slots
1 x Explosion dampening field I
1 x non-intertial ballistic deflection field I
1 x heat dissipation I
1 x CL5 X-Large shield booster
2 x Shield Boost Amplifier I
Rigs
3 x Large Cap Control Circuit
Abaddon 8xMMPEB, 3xCCC, 4xCR II, 1xHS II, 1xDC II, 1xLAR II, 1xEANM II, 1xExpl II, 1xKin II, 1xTherm II, 5xHammerhead II.
About 5 mil ISK.
I would suggest to come closer to mother drone and kill it first. If you try to shoot it from distance drones which spawn may kill yours.
Mission Comments:
- Did not use the second Armor Explosive Hardener II.
- Used Tech 1 drones, at distance and picked off mother drone armor level slowly, tacking out spawns as they spawned, continuing to decrease mother drones armor until eventual destruction.
- Drones took considerable losses, I'd suggest using only tech II drones.
- Drone mix was 2xH, 2xM, 1xL
Mission Rewards
- 1,010,000 - Reward
- 1,060,000 - Bonus
Loot:
- Structure did not drop any loot
34 x Condensed Alloy
27 x Crystal Compound
38 x Dark Compound
1 x Elite Drone AI
125 x Gleaming Alloy
20 x Glossy Compound
73 x Lucent Alloy
24 x Motley Compound
4 x Opulent Compound
49 x Plush Compound
158 x Precious Alloy
91 x Sheen Compound
Salvage:
- i have no skills, so i didn't.
Can anyone confirm that this works consistently?
> stop shooting the mother drone. Otherwise you will be
> overwhelmed by drone DPS.
I'm flying a pulse apoc with 1 EM, 1 TH, 1 EANM, 1 LAR, and pulses with Scorch. I took the mother drone out right away and was able to handle all the spawns at once with no issues. Piece of cake.