So, as I have written previously, I am using the Tempest to run level 3 and 4 missions when I’m not doing Incursions. And I’m still optimizing the fit; just recently I have found a real quality-of-life upgrade for it: throw out the measley 100MN Afterburner, put in a 500MN Microwarpdrive! (Find the current version on EVE Workbench.)
Yes, it’s not cap-stable with all of it running at the same time but it doesn’t have to be. With the Microwarpdrive I can get away from the targets and when I’m so far away they can’t even hit me, that’s the perfect time to repair the shields. And it’s really way, way cooler to burn 60 km when you actually do 1.1 km/s and not only 397 m/s… stay tuned for more updates!
Oh my, the last two spawns were really short so there were not that many opportunities to run them with EVE Rookies. I really should get started on running with either Warp to Me or some armor-based incursion group; I am already running the WTM fit on my Basilisk so that shouldn’t be that much of an issue (except for waiting time) but for doing logi in a Nestor I’m still a couple of skills short. Working on it, though! (And after that the Vargur, Ajaqa, I promise! )
Anyway, with so few EVE Rookies fleets running I looked into alternatives way of getting at least a little bit of money and so I had Ajaqa build me the small woman’s Vargur (aka a Tempest) and tried for several days to find a fit for it that would work for me. I’m not 100% sure whether I found it already but after failing hard several times in a row at the same mission I now have adapted my Stabber fit (artillery, two shield hardeners, and a shield booster) for the Tempest and it managed to not fail horribly immediately. More experiments will be made!
…and other illustrous exploits of a New Eden dweller
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