The Blockade, level 4


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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:44 EST

Faction: Serpentis
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Normal space
Damage dealt: Kinetic/Thermal
Recommended damage dealing: Kinetic/Thermal
Web/scramble: Guardian frigates in final spawn
Extra: Extreme dampening by Guardians (both frigates and cruisers), additionally by Vice Admirals.
Recommended ships: HML Tengu, Cerberus, Dominix, Ishtar

Single pocket

Spawns and triggers vary, below is an example of waves.
Usually the odd-one-out battleship is the trigger in this mission.
All groups auto-aggro. Drones might get aggroed.

Initial Group

5x Battleships:
1x Core Admiral (Trigger)
4x Core Rear Admiral
3x Destroyers (Corelior Sentinel)
1x Stasis Tower

Spawn 1

45km - 85km away
5x Battleships:
1x Core Vice Admiral (Trigger)
4x Core Rear Admiral (Orbit at 37km)
3x Battlecruisers
3x Corelatis Platoon Leader
10x Cruisers:
3x Corelium Guardian Chief Watchman
7x Corelium Guardian Chief Sentinel
3x Destroyer
3x Corelior Trooper

Spawn 2

4x Battleships:
1x Core Vice Admiral (Trigger)
3x Core Rear Admiral
1x Destroyer (Corelior Sentinel)
1x Frigate (Coreli Guardian Patroller)

Spawn 3

5x Battleships:
1x Core Rear Admiral (Trigger)
5x Core High Admiral
2x Cruiser (Guardian Chief Guard)
2x Frigate (Coreli Guardian Patroller)

Spawn 4

4x Battleships:
3x Core High Admiral
1x Core Lord Admiral
4x Frigate (Coreli Guardian Watchman)

Tips

There is no drone agression in this mission.
As especially Spawn 1 uses very heavy damping, it's advisable to leave drones out so they can start killing the damping ships. Fitting at least one Sensor Booster module is very helpful as well, do not forget to bring scripts.

Blitz
When the Core Lord Admiral is killed, the mission is complete. Shooting the triggers first to blitz the mission is possible, but not recommended due to very high incoming dps.

Info
There is rarely another spawn along with the final one. Even more rarely this single ship spawn can be a Shadow Serpentis BS, with the usual chance for faction items and higher bounty.

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Dominix, 2x kin armor hardener II, 2x therm armor hardener II, 1x EANM II, 2x faction LAR: easy, most of the time 1 LAR is enough, but can take hours.
-- XoddHil (2008-06-15 05:25:48)
20M in bounty prizes and 5 large neutron blasters loot... Dominix, 1xkin, 1xtherm, 1EAM, 1xDCU, 1xcap, 2x LAR but used one most the time unless you let the BS get too close, I recomend 1x sensor booster with targetin range script and Warden T2.
-- LuckyCss (2008-07-12 10:47:46)
great mission one of the best just takes time and alot of ammo so fill ur hold the cruiser really dampen you so make sure you have drones set to aggro if you are using duel reps 2 kin and a therm hardener will work fine you rarely have to use second rep
-- NeoXr2i (2008-07-26 03:02:34)
the building Starbase Ship-Maintenance Array dropped loot (industrial goods)
-- GrevO (2008-07-27 06:35:43)
Just got one where group 4 had five battleships, 4x Core High Admiral, 1x Core Admiral (trigger)

In the version where group 4 has 4x the same battleship, the trigger seems to be the one that comes in the group with cruisers/frigs. The other three are a bit on their own.
-- AshareeIntrefer (2008-08-02 12:29:08)
It's a good idea to fit 2 sensor booster for long range and shoot the NPC's from a sniper position (100km). Most of the dampening cruiser are then an easy target.
-- PeterTjordenskiold (2008-08-28 12:50:06)
Had a "Shadow Serpentis Baron" spawn.
3.75 Million ISK.
Faction loot.

He spawned on last wave of Battleships.
-- KiayStryx (2008-12-15 12:45:05)
Destroyed every structure, confirmed Starbase Ship Mantenance Array dropped trade goods, thats it.
-- EdNodes (2008-12-30 12:32:34)
Some of the ships stay 50+ k out. If you are running a drone boat, it's nice to include a drone link. I'll confirm with XoddHil, that fitting on a Dominix tanks easy. I never turned on the second repairer.
-- ProteusCronus (2009-02-25 21:59:30)
Confirming Kiaystryx's comment, ran this 4th of April '09 and got shadow Baron spawn with faction loot
-- UmbraArmanis (2009-04-09 14:35:46)
4th Group:
4x Core Admiral, the 3rd was the Trigger for the last (5th) group
-- WolfBiss (2009-04-27 19:11:28)
Dominix does well here, sentry's and rails.
When group two triggered i warped out and came back at 100km, got my Garde's out in time with aggressive mode on and they started popping targets as they flew to me.
With 2 each N-Type Therm and Kin hardeners all i needed for this was a MAR II to tank most of the damage, used a LAR II for a couple of cycles with group two but wasnt really needed.
Tip: Get your drones out as quick as when group 2 shows, if you havent got them attacking before you get damped then warping out is the only reasonable option for a drone boat.
-- LotharioPendragon (2009-08-14 10:35:59)
Passive T-2tanked drake does fantastic. I never had to warp out but i did stay about 50k in front of them at all times :)
-- ShayBeth (2009-12-04 16:59:44)
Done with a Gila, Kin-Missiles, Warden, Hammerheads and Ogre since you have to move a bit when the small frigs , cruisers and destroyers come closer. They do that since you cannot target anything mostly. The dampening is really a bit too much for my mind.
But with Gila easy going. When the Waves spawn I put Drones on Aggro and do the Hammerheads do their work. Just watch them if they shoot the trigger. Bring an Afterburner and get closer if you cannot target anything. Target and direct your drones to the dampers. Those are mostly cruisers.
All in all: If you know how it is very easy.
I really have problems with a Megathron though, since I rely on range in that ship.
-- KnorKor (2009-12-23 07:38:43)
last spawn had a Shadow Core Port Admiral 825k bounty not loot this time
-- KusumFawn (2010-01-02 21:59:25)
Group three just had one of the Rear admirals be the trigger. WTH?
-- PlanetaryGenocide (2010-03-16 23:50:33)
Caution- 08 Apr 2010: Performed mission in Tolle. Every (and I mean every spawn) had the same class of BS. No way to determine trigger. Some evil do'er has changed the mission or something just glitched for me. Keep an eye on this and post if this isn't an issue. I had to warp out many times and place bookmark on wreck just to gain distance and deal with undetermined trigger(very difficult). If this mission has changed, it is a change that isn't worth doing the mission.
-- ZedandMaynard (2010-04-08 11:31:45)
I can confirm, that something is wrong with this mission, i had full room agro after warp in, warp out and coming back did not help, very hard to do something with this dampening, domi with 2x t2 LARs, 2x T2 kin hard,2x therm hard, and T2 adaptive nano, cant tank it long, be careful !
-- SpeedyJ (2010-04-22 03:37:58)
So i took it again today, and can say ***** DON'T ACCEPT THIS MISSION *****, it has been changed, all BSs in first spawn has same name, u can't know which one is trigger !
If u want to try it, be aligned and ready to bail out...
-- SpeedyJ (2010-05-08 11:19:14)
I'm reasonably certain that's not a change, I know Angel Blockade starts off with 95% BSes, for example. The names in question are randomize as are the spawns.
-- ForteEXE (2010-05-08 12:02:12)
Just flew this mission again and checked comments. I got it exactly as it is said above. No change here in Fricoure.
Ran in Domi with 2 each T2 Therm and Kin hardeners and a DCU2. MAR2 for most of it, pulsed LAR2 on group two. Gallente drones set to aggro. AB to chase down the BS's to reduce transversal for rails to speed up pops.
20mil bounties with 5 large guns to sell, and lots of salvage.
-- LotharioPendragon (2010-05-17 17:37:01)
i did it in a myrm.
i had no tanking issues (even when blitzing 3 spawns at the same time)
about 17 mil bounties + 10 mil loot
-- Rannug0 (2010-05-31 14:41:44)
so i took it 3* after Tyrannis, mission is again normal and can be done like said at the top of topic.
-- SpeedyJ (2010-07-23 12:05:42)
First time, completed in a Myrmidon in about 2 hours. My 3rd spawn group contained 5 Core Admirals, not sure if the trigger for the last spawn was the BS with the frigates or if it was kill all.
-- GuiltyBoomerang (2010-08-02 12:07:45)
Done easily in an Ishtar few different spawns tho.

Spawn 2 i had different

5x Battleships:
1x Core Admiral (Trigger)
2x Core Rear Admiral
2x Core port admiral
2x Destroyer (Corelior Sentinel)
2x Frigate (Coreli Guardian Patroller)

Spawn 3 was

1X Core Rear Admiral (Trigger)
3x Core High Admrial
3x Frigate (Coreli Guardian Patroller)
3x Corelium Guardian Chief Watchman

Spawn 4 was the same as above
-- Hyd3 (2010-12-28 16:47:21)
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