tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358428300785345024.post5231389512074954888..comments2015-11-06T00:38:58.379+10:00Comments on The Flying Target: When it rains it poursHavlac Agalderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819653657102113810noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358428300785345024.post-8741491820464341962015-06-19T17:57:42.941+10:002015-06-19T17:57:42.941+10:00I am glad you are not as lazy as me with screensho...I am glad you are not as lazy as me with screenshots, good job!BotDotV1https://www.blogger.com/profile/11575351700716325405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358428300785345024.post-1570521851810301122015-06-17T00:37:36.535+10:002015-06-17T00:37:36.535+10:00Lol, I totally would have fallen for it too. The ...Lol, I totally would have fallen for it too. The hunter becomes the hunted. Lesson learned :)Havlac Agalderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819653657102113810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358428300785345024.post-20068008907725429292015-06-16T23:30:16.910+10:002015-06-16T23:30:16.910+10:00Then it was definitely as tight as can be. Geat jo...Then it was definitely as tight as can be. Geat job!<br /><br />Also, we had hoped for you giving the Noctis another try. We discussed the probability on comms and we just decided to go for it. That was the reason why I hopped out to HS and back so quickly after just a moment. There were three cloaked ships on that WH and another one aligned. Alas, it didn't work. Now we know why. :)Judu Hekkinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358428300785345024.post-1797802515235345442015-06-16T21:24:25.423+10:002015-06-16T21:24:25.423+10:00Glad you enjoyed the story and thanks for the posi...Glad you enjoyed the story and thanks for the positive feedback :)<br /><br />My Torps do 4206 per volley in terms of damage and I had a play around trying to work out if I would have applied full damage. I think that having at least one target painter still running would have tipped the scales in my favour for 1 more volley. To double check I had a look at the combat logs on my side and it appears that the last 2 volleys that were purely against your structure HP were doing 1708 per volley, so I think that I would have had around 100 points of damage over and above what was needed to finish the job. It also looks like one of the cavalry did in fact manage to lock me and get one shot off before I warped out, though thankfully for me it missed. Tight call for both of us :)<br /><br />Re using the Noctis I figure there would be a few people who have one lying around and use it because they can, but you are right in that it does have a significant number of EHP to chew through that may take a single ship such as myself too long to do before the cavalry arrives. It's really dependent on who interrupts your salvaging though - if you were using a salvaging destroyer when I came along you'd have been another linked killmail, if a small gang rolls in you'd have a dead Noctis. In the end there's no right or wrong way to do it, it's what you're comfortable with. I for one like it when I see a Noctis on Dscan :)<br /><br />Just so you know, I also considered jumping you on the highsec hole when you came back from repairing your Noctis, but couldn't due to my warp disruptor being burnt out :D<br /><br />Your complimentary security audit has been completed with no serious incidents for either party, I look forward to visiting you again sometime in the (hopefully) near future.<br /><br />Fly dangerous o7Havlac Agalderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819653657102113810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358428300785345024.post-16014079305286845592015-06-16T04:05:32.129+10:002015-06-16T04:05:32.129+10:00Hey, I'm famous! :D Great blog article and ver...Hey, I'm famous! :D Great blog article and very interesting to read from the other point of view. And those screenshots are just gorgeous!<br /><br />I'm the Noctis pilot and while it was indeed very tight, I may have survived another volley, but probably not two. The Noctis has 3.200 HP before fits. This one has Reinforced Bulkheads II, giving it 6.000 HP raw structure. A damage control II was running, making it 15.000 Effective HP in structure. That means that at the end 1.620RHP/4.050EHP were left. Sure enough, that's of 22.700 EHP in total, so you chipped away most of what the ship had. Depending on your volley dps and assuming you hit for full damage, you can calculate how many volleys that would have been.<br /><br />Also I'd like to comment on the question why I use the Noctis rather than a cheap alternative. I still have it around from my HighSec days and figured that the EHP should be enough to hold against a single attacker until my corp buddies arrive to rescue me. Like this, I can salvage while they are still doing their sites and don't need a constant escort. Especially since we normally have WH control with limited exits.<br /><br />Last night, we got very sloppy though. 5 WHs and no escort while salvaging the last site - that shouldn't happen. You taught us our errors and I'm out right now, fitting a salvage dessie! ;-)<br /><br />We'll be reading your blog regularly now. See you around!<br /><br />Fly safe! o7Judu Hekkinoreply@blogger.com