Poplo Furuya
Condotta Rouvenor
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.07.29 18:39:00 -
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Telleth wrote:I've switched to this for my Isk grinding/general pub matches:
MLT heavy suit
MLT shield extender
MLT armor plates
Std forge gun
MLT SMG
AV/AP/or Flux Nades
Runs about 3k a pop, usually bring in 200k Isk a skirmish, generally positive kd/r.
Much more profitable than tanking, more fun/profitable than starter suits.
I think a Basic Plate and Basic Heavy Dropsuit would net you 126 more armour at about, I don't know, 1,200 ISK more per suit?
Militia Heavy has 304 base armour instead of the 405 Basic and beyond receive. Likewise MLT Plates give 40 armour instead of STD's 65 while sharing the same penalty. The base armor is also affected by the Armor Upgrade skill so it amounts to more than 101 armour gained in practice.
Just seems like paying that bit more for what amounts to 150 more armour would pay off, increased survivability means living through some engagements you'd have otherwise lost the suit to. Strikes me as a very cost-efficient boost. Only minor caveat is if you don't want to expend the 25k SP required for Plates I and Amarr Heavy I.
As for my own... I don't really have a practically free suit I use all that much but the closest contenders:
-Recruit Caldari BPO (MLT Caldari w/ +75 armour)
-Recruit AR
-KLO Scrambler Pistol
-Compact Nanohive
-Enh Kin Cat
-2 MLT Extenders
-Locus Grenades
-Cost: 3k ISK
Hardly ever use, just sits there as an option.
This one's more expensive but sees actual use:
-Basic Minmatar Assault
-MLT Shotgun
-TT-3 Scrambler Pistol
-Compact Nanohive
-Flux grenades
-3 Basic Extenders
-Enh Kin Cat.
-Cost: 10k ISK
Reasonably fast, reasonably durable. Can support with Flux bombardment, provide an ammo source, engage in short-range firefights with TT-3 or flank and get in the enemy's face with a shotgun. Couldn't really recommend it without Biotics V and at least Kin Cats III though.
The 30k ADV Basic variant is slightly faster with a Quantum Active Scanner instead of the Nanohive, pistol is downgraded though, KLO.
...Not really an all-out economist. I won't run exorbitantly priced fits to eke out slightly more efficiency but if the more expensive kit is a large jump over what precedes it or adds unique functionality then it's in the running. Wiyrkomi Triage Nanohives and Assault Forge Guns are the main two that come to mind. |