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Iron Toast
Tronhadar Free Guard
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.06.19 00:04:00 -
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I've been flying the Python for 2 days now having a blast and have a few questions.
1) Where should I add skills as I gain SP?
I have:
Turret Op 1
Small Turret Op 5
Small Missile Launcher 3
Vehicle Command 3
Dropship Op 3
Assault Dropships 1
Vehicle Upgrades 3
Vehicle Core Upgrades 1
Vehicle Shield Upgrades 1
Vehicle Armor Upgrades 1
2) Fitting recommendations?
My fit is a Python with Militia AB, Militia PG, AT-1 missile turret and 2 Heavy Basic Shield Extenders.
Sort or related to SP allocation, I've seen fits on the forums suggesting 1 Cpx Heavy Extender and 1 Cpx Light Extender, but that's only about 400 extra HP. I'm inclined to put SP into rail turrets next up to level 3, then boost Assault Dropships and Caldari Assault Dropships before adding to shields.
2) I blew up in the red zone with 3 seconds left on the timer, is this typical?
3) Is there a safe way / place to view the map? I had a militia dropship explode when parked and looking at the map and haven't tried it again.
Thanks!
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Iron Toast
Tronhadar Free Guard
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.06.21 00:50:00 -
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Tch Tch wrote:The timer gets you on foot as well and I used to remember it happening after exiting the red zone... Felt like I was the dude in Robocop being told I had ten seconds to drop the weapon and I already had.
Are domination maps the best to learn flying skills on as you can stay away from the action? I assume the six towers map could literally turn into a gauntlet if the opposing team is flying and forging too.
I've found both domination and skirmish maps to be reasonable to learn flying with the exception of Ashland (the big complex in the middle of a small map), which doesn't have a big enough safe zone behind the redline. Once I had the basic maneuvers down, I began to venture out and just hit the afterburner immediately upon taking fire. Most of my dropship losses are pilot error (crashing into things I didn't know were there or thinking I could take more damage than I really could), followed by other dropships ramming me while hanging about in a spot for too long. That said, the Python is much more responsive than the regular dropships, so it's still been an ISK intensive process to learn to fly even after feeling I had a reasonable handle on flying the standard dropships. |
Iron Toast
Tronhadar Free Guard
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.06.23 17:49:00 -
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Vulpes Dolosus wrote:1.) Defenses > Core Upgrades > Weaponry > Optimization
Thanks for all the advice. One thing to note for any other new pilots is that Core Upgrades should come before Defenses for a Python (not sure about Incubus) because in order to more shields than that given by two basic heavy extenders you need to have a Complex Powergrid module. With this you then can fit an Enhanced and a Basic Heavy extender when shields are at 3 and a complex heavy and light when shields make it to 5.
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