So I tried one solo before down time and decided to risk the Gila.
Dropped my ab for a large pb acid cap battery, 3 large shield extenders ii, 2 adaptive invuln ii’s, hammer headii, and dda ii’s.
Better than I expected but I only got 2 waves done in one hour because I had 1 battleship spawn in wave 1, and 2 battleships spawn in wave 2.
Cap battery doesnt help at all.
Takes the drain down to 156 which is better. But I’m still capped out rather quickly but good news is against two battleships with perma neuts of 312gj the passive tank will hold at around 70 % even while webbed. Would not want to try it against three though.
For an hour’s work and maybe 8 spawns in each wave I got one accelerator which I consumed, and maybe 16m in blue loot and agency boosters.
-complaints.
At 560ish DPS the battleships take at least 5 minutes to kill a piece
-cap battery doesnt help against the neuts unless there’s only one ship (cap was able to regen in between neut cycles enough to power an invuln which is around 30/3600 total cap.
-loot is terrible and not worth the time. I don’t mean to be hyperbolic whne I use the word literally but I literally make more money belt ratting and doing relic sites, (anoms are too boring for my taste)
-no skins so far or … Interesting loot except the accelerator but that only lasts 44 hours. Hopefully I find more.
-without propulsion and multi webs it takes forever to get to another wreck to trigger a wave. You should be able to trigger them remotely or move them closer I guess so I don’t have to spend 3 minutes slow boating across the site at 200m/s
Still prefer the rogue swarm event.
In the same time period I find and do 10 swarm sites in highsec, get an accelerator per hour, plus guaranteed skins and the joke worthy Plex drops) in 0.0 i might only see a few because I’ve got people in Corp running these as well and the money’s just not worth it but Its nice to having something different to do.
In the first three days of rogue swarm I did 200+ sites and got my grind itch scratched. Lots of accels for my training, lots of skins and a full kador set for my ships I injected. 8/10 event I was able to get two weeks of accelerators and spares to sell on market in a few nights of play. I don’t see myself getting more than 3-4 for the duration of the event which is dissapointing
For this… Mmm id bump it to a 3/10. It’s a pain, there’s still no money in it, and it’s risky and time consuming. More of a drag than having fun. But I like the experience against drifters outside of a wormhole.
A Gila with tech 2 purger rigs and t2 passive tank will definitely hold against two battleships but it’s gonna be a while before you go anywhere cause they take forever to kill so be wary. You’re dead in the water for a while.
Idk if if would survive three battleships at once but it will 100% hold against a max wave of 8 ships where 2 are battleships. I’d bet my account on it, if you’re intimidated by drifters a Gila will hold against at least two battleships indefinitely on HP regen alone without any resistances.
Side note: @CCP_Dragon whom’s call would it be to scrap agency then? If it’s not your call I’ve been unfairly harsh towards you in Corp comms and id like apologize to you for that but who I should be blaming.
