The Big Sting (1 of 3) - Eve Online Capital PVE (lvl 5 mission)
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025
- The Big Sting (1 of 3)
This is one of the lengthiest missions that I run. It has an initial wait time of 8-10 minutes (from the first warp that triggers the mission until the mission spawn appears). It also requires the most ships to be destroyed. At least 3 frigates, 2+4 cruisers and 6 battleships. The mission spawn has frigates that scram and there are also 2 jamming cruisers.
The spawns will switch and shoot your fighters so MWD management is important to keep them alive (basically do not use MWD unless you need to recall your fighters).
Is one of the few missions where using an MTU will increase your ISK but requires and extra warp in/out (to get the MTU and drop it back in the carrier)
This is the only mission that requires a guaranteed decline since the next offered missions can’t be run in a carrier.
Average run time: 6′30″
Mission Reward: 10.5m ISK
Loyalty Points: 107.4k
(approx 400 ISK/LP)
Loot: 28m ISK
Steps:
Warp in with any ship (not cloaked), warp out.
Wait 8-10 minutes, warp your carrier in.
Align out and drop MTU - bookmark the MTU.
Target Special Forces cruises and send your fighters towards (no MWD) one of the 2 that look like a Falcon/Blackbird.
KIll them both then kill the other 3-4 Special Forces cruisers (you can skip the last 1-2 if they are far away) - It is important to kill the cruisers because they are the first to switch towards fighters. If you leave 1-2 and kill a couple of battleships before them, they won’t have enough DPS to kill the fighters.
Start killing the Special Forces BS starting from the closer one. Kill any Special Forces cruiser that you did not kill.
Meanwhile when the frigates web/scram you, smartbomb them.
Pay attention to the other ships on the grid - they will attack your fighters, pull them with MWD, wait for full agro on the carrier and drop the fighters again, continuing to kill as mentioned above.
Warp away when you have killed all Special Forces. As an extra bonus, you can kill everything on the mission, they all drop tags (regular loot for blitzing the mission is like 27 millions, if you kill all ships in the mission can go up to 90 millions).
Turn in the mission, go loot the MTU.
Disclaimer:
This is not a comprehensive guide on level 5 missioning. This is how I run them. I do them for Gallente, for the other factions missions and tactics can slightly differ.
Tips and tricks:
Check system for known enemies. You can run most of the missions with red local. Some caution and cherry picking is needed tho!
Use ‘v’ key as much as possible to check for combat probes.
I usually warp in at 0, if in a slower capital, fleet yourself and warp at 10 to avoid bumping on the beacon. For some missions warping at distance is a better option (ie. The Fortress).
Align back immediately after you land.
Deal with tacklers ASAP - do not run the missions with tacklers if red in local.
Do not MWD your fighters unless required. Available MWD is paramount to keep them alive in certain situations.
If red drops on the grid, warp first, recall fighters after. Running missions in low sec usually means no bubbles and warp should be instantly. Fighters will follow (if not scrambled). Is better to lose 9 fighters than your ship. Decide later if the mission is worth running or just decline it.
Try it on Eve Singularity (Sisi).
Do not forget to accept the mission before undocking.
Fit used (plus 3 * 9 Firbolg || loaded in fighter bay):
[Nidhoggur, Nidhoggur]
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Inertial Stabilizers II
Inertial Stabilizers II
Capital Shield Booster II
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
EM Shield Hardener II
Drone Navigation Computer II
Capital Cap Battery II
Capital Cap Battery II
'YF-12a' Compact Large Plasma Smartbomb
'YF-12a' Compact Large Plasma Smartbomb
Fighter Support Unit II
Fighter Support Unit II
Fighter Support Unit II
Capital Low Friction Nozzle Joints II
Capital Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II
Capital Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II
Mobile Tractor Unit x1
Firbolg II x10