[Megathron, Drunk Roam Mega]
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Coreli C-Type Adaptive Nano Plating
Coreli C-Type Adaptive Nano Plating
Damage Control II
Imperial Navy Large Armor Repairer
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Prototype 100MN MicroWarpdrive I
Initiated Harmonic Warp Scrambler I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Heavy Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Cap Booster 25
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Shadow Serpentis Medium Plasma Smartbomb
Large Trimark Armor Pump I
Large Trimark Armor Pump I
Large Trimark Armor Pump I
Ogre II x5
96k EHP
1208 DPS (1339 with heat)
1106 M/S (1586 with heat) Keep in mind that I was in Low-Grade Snakes
234 DPS tank (303 with heat, and you always overheat a single rep)
I put the expensive bits on just because they were there when I when I searched for the vanilla variants and figured why the hell not. There might be a few more optimal setups for this, but I threw it together without opening EFT. It should also be noted that I flew this with low-grade snakes plugged in. What this fit allows me to do is have a decent buffer tank, but also have some on grid sustain by way of the Large Armor Repairer. The tracking bonus on the Megathron makes it more viable as a solo ship than most large weapon ships because you have a better chance of killing tackle. When you go out solo'ing mobility is king. If you're able to shape a situation just off of your mobility then you can take more engagements.
So I set out from TXW and decided to roam low sec. I set a course for Black Rise by way of Placid. The route was fairly quiet at first, then I jumped in to Vlillirier (you wont get system names for the whole night because I was very inebriated by the end of the roam) and an Algos and a Catalyst decided to agress me. I deployed drones and scram webbed the Algos and kept him at 7500 range. My guns don't do a huge amount of DPS at that range, but they track very well. He died almost instantly and I switched to the catalyst. I did the same keep at range and then wondered why in the hell he was dying so slowly after three shotting the algos. It turns out that if you forget to turn your guns on, you don't apply your damage very well. Once that problem was fixed he died in a timely manner.
After docking and repairing I headed to the Aldranette gate in Vllillirier. Once there I found a Stabber Fleet Issue and an Ishkur on gate. The Ishkur agressed me which led me to believe that he had backup. With that in mind I waited for the Stabber to agress and then jumped to the other side of the gate to see what fate awaited me. On the other side of the gate there was: Arazu, Thrasher, Cormorant, Vexor, and a Fed Navy Comet. Since I knew that I was free of the Ishkur and Stabber for sixty seconds I decided to take the fight. Looking back, another good option would have been to crash the gate again and take the fight on the other side. Drunken logic told me to take the fight as it was. I made one very critical mistake here that I'll chalk up to being drunk, and still not being used to the new low sec mechanics. I agressed the Vexor, who was not flashy, before he agressed me, giving me a criminal flag and gate guns. I kept at range 2500 on the Vexor and killed him pretty quickly then started focusing on what tackle I could before the reinforcements got in. I took down the thrasher next and at this point I was in about half armor but I was able to burn away. At this point the Ishkur and Stabber were in and I was fighting to get the single long point from the cormorant off of me, but he was too far for null to do any appreciable damage. At this point I switched to the Stabber and started killing him, but since he was outside of hard tackle range he tanked me fairly well. For a split second both points dropped, but I wasn't paying close enough attention to get out. I died shortly after.
Efficiency wise, it wasn't a good fight. But when I decided to drink a bunch of beer and head to low-sec in a Mega without a scout, efficiency isn't my top priority.
From there a friend of mine contracted me an armor Talos, which is a really fun ship that people don't expect.
[Talos, Drunk Roam Talos]
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Damage Control II
Adaptive Nano Plating II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I
Stasis Webifier II
Stasis Webifier II
Warp Disruptor II
Ion Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Ion Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Ion Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Ion Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Ion Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Ion Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Ion Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Ion Blaster Cannon II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge L
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Warrior II x5
42.4k EHP
863 DPS (980 with heat)
1533 M/S (2159 with heat)
After taking delivery of that beast I set my sights on Tama. It was quiet on the way there, and when I jumped in there were only about ten in local so I decided to warp directly to top belt. Nothing doing in top belt so I warped to the station at twenty. Once I landed there was a Jaguar and a Caracal burning away from the undock. Here I made another stupid and drunken mistake. The Caracal was neutral, where as the Jag had a suspect flag. The proper thing to do is kill the jag, then kill the Caracal. I did the opposite, giving myself yet another beating via gate guns. After the Caracal died the Jag turned it's sights on me. I kept him double webbed and around 5k from me, but his ASB proved to be too strong for my relatively thin Talos.
I was kinda disappointed in myself for making such a dumb mistake, but being drunk you quickly forget such mistakes. I had a friendly Aussie go to Jita to pick me up a new ship. I told him to surprise me, and surprise me he did. He brought back a green and vertical machine of hatred.
[Myrmidon, Drunk Roam Myrm]
Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I
Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Medium Processor Overclocking Unit I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Ogre II x2
Hammerhead II x2
Hobgoblin II x1
Valkyrie II x5
Hornet EC-300 x5
54.6k EHP (60k with heat)
941 DPS (1017 with heat)
1345 M/S (1912 with heat)
This ship is really good at one thing. Getting in people's faces and putting down the hurt. It's a lot of fun, and people usually expect tank, not gank out of a Myrm.
I left Tama because nothing was going on and I decided to head to EC-P8R. When I landed on the Aldranette gate in Nennamaila I found Grath Telkin in a Vexor. He jumped and I followed. That's a regional gate so the only way I had a chance of getting him is if he wanted the fight. On the other side there was also a Pandemic Legion thorax. Grath charged me right when I decloaked so I tried to keep him at about 2km from me. He melted before the Thorax was able to get on top of me. From there i just overheated my guns on the Thorax. When they were both dead I was left with mostly burnt guns and tank.
After repairing I took a leisure trip to EC and back and then Grath told me he wanted to 1v1. We met in Enaluri. He was in a high dps HAM Drake, which can beat me if piloted properly.
[Drake, Grath Telkin's Drake]
Pseudoelectron Containment Field I
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Large Shield Extender II
Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Assault Missile
[empty high slot]
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Hydraulic Bay Thrusters I
68.5K EHP (77.1 with heat)
578 DPS (680 with heat)
1038 M/S (1470 with heat)
Now, as far as tactics for me...it's super fucking simple. Keep around 1k from him and overheat all of the things. On his end, it's a little more involved if you want to win. With only a marginal tank advantage, and a large DPS disadvantage, he needs to use his range advantage to win. The proper thing to do is to orbit me at around 7500 with me scrammed and webbed. This has me doing something around 600-700 DPS instead of over 1K. He knew this, but he didn't do it. I had about 20% shields left and a second solo kill on Grath Telkin to top the night off.
Overall a very fun roam, and the people watching my stream seemed to enjoy it as well. I had about 21 beers from start to finish and it left me feeling...less than optimal today. On the bright side, I'm the top Solo Killer in Pandemic Legion so far this month!
Hope you guys enjoyed it. More posts coming in a few days!
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