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Shutter Fly
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.09.24 23:00:00 -
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Can't really think of anything to improve on it, considering your situation. Although, if you really want my honest advice, I'd suggest just holding off on the knifing until you have your Cores up and at least Lv4 Min Scout. Knifing fits are risky, and they generally won't get consistent performance unless you go all-out. It's an extreme glass cannon fitting, and it suffers significantly from even the slightest shortcoming or compromise.
Also, most other scouts will probably disagree with me on this, but there's no reason to limit yourself to sidearms on a knifing fit. It takes a bit longer to get used to either double tapping or using the EQ wheel out of the cloak, but once you get it down, it won't put you at a disadvantage on the switch. It will, in addition, make you much more versatile in situations where you are unable to use your knives. Most of my knifing fits use some type of CR. |
Shutter Fly
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.09.24 23:12:00 -
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Joel II X wrote:3 CPX Kincats
2 CPX damage
Ishukone Knives
SMG
Flux Nade
Have fun. I made this suit to get rid of Thale's, but found it unusually worthy on the field. If you're good with the knives, you'll be relying on them to kill your enemies, and your speed to get into the kill, and out of the vicinity quickly. Once I get my Knife Fitting Optimization up, I'll go ahead and work on the SMG's to try to fit a STD shield extended.
Umm...I think you have your slot counts flipped.
Also, he said he's working with Lv1 Elec/ENG. |
Shutter Fly
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.09.25 00:39:00 -
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Dreis Shadowweaver wrote:I find an Active Scanner extremely useful for knifing. Also, ditch the nade.
Can't say I agree there.
KCs use a lot of CPU/PG, along with SEs (which really can help your survivability). Adding a scanner just uses more fitting space that could probably go toward something much more useful. Scanning also results in a period when you are neither cloaked nor running, which isn't a situation you want to ever be in as a Minja.
Flux grenades are a necessity for hacking objectives. A knifing fit makes a lot of sacrifices, so it needs to utilize every strength it has, hacking speed is one of those strengths. Obviously, NKs can't clear REs and shooting them is both slow and unreliable. Fluxes let you get in, clear any REs, get the hack, and GTFO as quickly as possible (once again, not running or cloaked = BAD).
I guess I can post one of my pub fittings (not posting PC stuff, though). Won't really help OP directly, as all of mine are mk.0s w/ Lv5 Elec/Eng, but I guess it could be a useful model for my take on the role.
Scout mk.0
1x CPX Shield Energizer
2x CPX Shield Extender
1x CPX Profile Dampener
2x CPX Kinetic Catylizer
BK-42 Assault Combat Rifle
Ishukone Nova Knives
Flux Grenades
Ishukone Cloak Field
Basically, this fitting is made to be a CQC hit-and-run Minja. The Energizer might seem to be an odd choice (it was a Recharger before Delta), but it sacrifices <10HP in exchange for a recharge rate just short of 70HP/s, without using any PG. It is fast enough to penetrate a group of enemies, kill 1-2 particularly dangerous targets, then escape whoever is left over. The ACR and SEs give it the ability to fight limited engagements at extended range, while DM/PE sidearm fittings would have to retreat. When escaping, it has enough shields to take a few hits, and it can completely regenerate its shields in 4 pulses once it is safe.
Like others have said, Cores first, then dropsuits and weapons. You can make a decent knifing fit with a Lv3/4 scout, but not without investing in your Electronics, Engineering, and Profile Dampening skills. |
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