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Hitting the Harder 40s

No Mans Land
No Mans Land
Minor Nuisance
Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 167
edited 13 Jun 2013, 4:07AM
Now, i'm not very good at explaining how to take down a 40, so you'll have to either watch me or find out for yourself. This is what i use on my exo fleet.

I use this experimental fleet setup to take out the fast ships, then take i out the battleships with my normal vega fleet, the best i've done is lose only 1 exo on the 40, but usually, i lose two. This is only until i get Talons/Night Hawks as i know that they'll be the new vega killers.

(Note: i use this fleet for more than just Vega killing)

Got any questions? feel free to ask and i'll try my best to answer them.

EDIT: Sorry about the extra photo, it didn't show up in the preview and i have no idea how to get rid of it. (EDIT: nvm, found out)
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  • Mr Popo
    Mr Popo
    Strike-force Captain
    Joined Apr 2012 Posts: 977
    So it will take building lv 7 all round to beat 40s effectively....

    At least its doable
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  • FireRaze
    FireRaze
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Mar 2013 Posts: 169
    So we have an entire fleet of those ships you posted?
    Or do we have some of these exo fits in our normal vega fleet
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  • justin.gates.923
    justin.gates.923
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2013 Posts: 9
    Does anyone know what kind of shield the new frigate they added has? What weapon is best for blitzing it down?
  • Krazie243
    Krazie243
    Unicorn Overlord
    Joined May 2010 Posts: 10,669
    That ship has a lot of armor, why not forget the armor and do more weapons? Once the shields drop you have nothing but repair costs. So may as well kill your enemy before they manage that.
    I don't play much anymore =(
  • No Mans Land
    No Mans Land
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 167
    @El Flame

    im using a fleet full of these ships, you dont have to, but its a suggestion, use whatever works best for you.

    @Curtis Smale

    the frigate isn't the problem for me, its the two blitz cruisers that is, once they are killed off, i can handle the frigate with ease, i wont sacrifice armor for dps because of them blitz cruisers, i'd prefer that they live long enough to do the damage needed to kill them off.
  • Matthew Martin
    Matthew Martin
    Greenhorn
    Joined Jul 2012 Posts: 20
    well i am like a full day from even having that ship researched...
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  • No Mans Land
    No Mans Land
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 167
    If you have Talons/Night Hawks available to be researched and built, then please build and use them as i know they will be the ships to kill 40s without any damage.
  • No Mans Land
    No Mans Land
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 167
    i just realized that i can make this setup a little stronger by taking out the tritanium and putting in another zynth >_< will be editing thread when the refits are complete.
  • Cyrus Leung
    Cyrus Leung
    VC Mod
    Joined Jan 2013 Posts: 3,668
    Talon Build:

    Shockwave Level 1
    Iridium Level 1
    Rear Thrusters Level 3 or 4
    (Cargo Level 1)
    2x Battery Level 1

    Just strafe and run.
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  • No Mans Land
    No Mans Land
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 167
    Cyrus Leung said:
    Talon Build:

    Shockwave Level 1
    Iridium Level 1
    Rear Thrusters Level 3 or 4
    (Cargo Level 1)
    2x Battery Level 1

    Just strafe and run.
    if you read my thread, you'd know that i said that i only use this fleet build until i had talons, which i now have, i was just giving an idea of what im hitting the 40s with for the time being.
  • Krazie243
    Krazie243
    Unicorn Overlord
    Joined May 2010 Posts: 10,669
    No Mans Land said:
    @El Flame

    im using a fleet full of these ships, you dont have to, but its a suggestion, use whatever works best for you.

    @Curtis Smale

    the frigate isn't the problem for me, its the two blitz cruisers that is, once they are killed off, i can handle the frigate with ease, i wont sacrifice armor for dps because of them blitz cruisers, i'd prefer that they live long enough to do the damage needed to kill them off.
    Yeah well my Exos can waste the Cruisers with nearly no damage. It's the quick little Frigate that hurts me. And armor isn't going to help against him. I think Exos lost their ability to be good at 40s, but are still great for things like 37s and under. But Talons are great for nearly all.
    I don't play much anymore =(
  • abbandon.smith.9
    abbandon.smith.9
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Mar 2013 Posts: 142
    I can pop 37's well enough now.   I got 2 and half more days until I have shipbay7 and can wield 6 exo or talon at once.   Look forward to trying different things out..     

    My exo are no armor,   x2 torp1, x1 gauss2.   Strafe3 though.    Its gonna be fun(and painful) to try and crack my first 40.
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  • No Mans Land
    No Mans Land
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 167
    abbandon.smith.9 said:
    I can pop 37's well enough now.   I got 2 and half more days until I have shipbay7 and can wield 6 exo or talon at once.   Look forward to trying different things out..     

    My exo are no armor,   x2 torp1, x1 gauss2.   Strafe3 though.    Its gonna be fun(and painful) to try and crack my first 40.
    yeahhhh... you're going to die if you use Exos, stick to Talons.
  • justin.gates.923
    justin.gates.923
    Greenhorn
    Joined Feb 2013 Posts: 9
    With all the changes what is the most efficient Exo or Talon set up for killing 40? 
  • No Mans Land
    No Mans Land
    Minor Nuisance
    Joined Apr 2013 Posts: 167
    Don't worry about 40s anymore, you'd have to be skilled and have the right setup to take on 40s, just hit a lower leveled cargo fleet.
  • volcanicdoomfire
    volcanicdoomfire
    Potential Threat
    Joined Dec 2012 Posts: 75
    easy fix for all of this, use a fleet of harriers equiped with 1lvl 2 and 1 lvl 3 beam laser and the best armor and shield you can fit to take out the really fast small ship, when battle starts just run away with them to get distance between the battleships and the 2 other ones then turn around and kill it, then use talons with plasma bats to kill the 2 others while you strafe away from them, then just handle the battleships however you deal with them

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