So in the recent week i gone fairly deep into cyclops hunting with my chieftain.
With 30+ kills under my belt and pretty much mastering the battle (~80-95% hull left at the end) and I can usually kill 2 cyclops in a row before going back to station for re-arming.
So i thought i'm experienced enough and il give the basilisk a go.
Yeah.....
Dropped into NHSS level 6 and met my first basilisk.
After the usual normal introduction with both of us scanning each other, I opened fire on him with my twin gauss cannons.
...
4 volleys i barely scratched him and didn't even exposed the first heart.
So i thought il use the normal cyclops strategy of out running him and focus on the swarm, and then come back for the goid.
Not going to happen, he had no problems catching to my 540 m/s chieftain and dealt much larger damage to my hull.
So killing the swarm without the goid in the background was impossible, and i took some heavy beating, killing the 64 swarm though was not a problem with even just 1 flak cannon, i just took too much hull damage from the goid before even focusing him.
Disapointed, I Had to high wake out, with the bad feeling that I didn't even had a chance...
So clearly cyclops tactics don't work with the basilisk because its MUCH faster, hes also far more tankier and deals lots of damage.
Is there a chance to solo one with the chieftain? was it done before? because the firepower limit is really felt now, 2 gauss cannons doesn't seem to cut it, and the hull/shields aren't enough to withstand the fire while taking down the swarm.
I'm thinking perhaps coming back with a FGS will make things better..but then again, dealing with the swarm+ goid at the same time makes me doubt that, since its a slow ship.
Any tips would be appreciated (And yeah, i did watch Fangs videos).
Whats even more weirder is that watching Fang's FDL solo, the goid was fairly passive and didn't give chase, so he had plenty of time alone with the swarm...
In my case he went full EMO and chased me relentlessly at full speed.
With 30+ kills under my belt and pretty much mastering the battle (~80-95% hull left at the end) and I can usually kill 2 cyclops in a row before going back to station for re-arming.
So i thought i'm experienced enough and il give the basilisk a go.
Yeah.....
Dropped into NHSS level 6 and met my first basilisk.
After the usual normal introduction with both of us scanning each other, I opened fire on him with my twin gauss cannons.
...
4 volleys i barely scratched him and didn't even exposed the first heart.
So i thought il use the normal cyclops strategy of out running him and focus on the swarm, and then come back for the goid.
Not going to happen, he had no problems catching to my 540 m/s chieftain and dealt much larger damage to my hull.
So killing the swarm without the goid in the background was impossible, and i took some heavy beating, killing the 64 swarm though was not a problem with even just 1 flak cannon, i just took too much hull damage from the goid before even focusing him.
Disapointed, I Had to high wake out, with the bad feeling that I didn't even had a chance...
So clearly cyclops tactics don't work with the basilisk because its MUCH faster, hes also far more tankier and deals lots of damage.
Is there a chance to solo one with the chieftain? was it done before? because the firepower limit is really felt now, 2 gauss cannons doesn't seem to cut it, and the hull/shields aren't enough to withstand the fire while taking down the swarm.
I'm thinking perhaps coming back with a FGS will make things better..but then again, dealing with the swarm+ goid at the same time makes me doubt that, since its a slow ship.
Any tips would be appreciated (And yeah, i did watch Fangs videos).
Whats even more weirder is that watching Fang's FDL solo, the goid was fairly passive and didn't give chase, so he had plenty of time alone with the swarm...
In my case he went full EMO and chased me relentlessly at full speed.
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