I wouldn't go near an Anaconda kill mission without a maneuverable ship like the Viper. Ther is no way would I have done the mission in my old Asp, despite its superior firepower. Lumbering beasts do not stick well to the back of an Anaconda.
I also agree about the value of the ship. If you have a vessel with class 3 hardpoints, there's not much attraction in the kill missions: You already have enough money anyway.
The only reason I'm still going for those kill mission is they seem to give massive rep gain with the faction you are doing it for. Still getting my Federal and Empire ranks. Want to max my Federal rank to get the Corvette when it comes out (if I can conceivably get that much money
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Sure, the rep boost is good. I only go for rep with very specific factions, so I'd forgotten about that.
You can easily make enough for the Corvette. It's called the T7, and is the single most boring thing you will ever do. It reminds me of the scene in "Make Love, Not Warcraft" in South Park where Cartman grinds to level 60 by killing boars.
Okay. firstly, i have 6 successful conda kills out of 9 attempts. they were all done with my old cobra.
The only reason i'm trying so damned hard (aside from being a glutton for misery) is to fix an early blunder i made when i had an updated pirate hunt mission that turned into an authority hunt. I killed two federal police ships back in my adder days and have been chasing my tail with the feds until recently, when i completed one of many rare runs from leesti and lave to 39 tauri and fujin. I have grinded that run until i could afford the asp and refit it with 64 tonnes to do the circuit (see attached). I suddenly had a Hostile status with all federation systems. I was (i think) 4 or 5 missions away from being neutral again and it has taken me nearly a week of constant missions to achieve this. The hardest part is finding the missions.
at this point in time, i have a cool 2.6 million in the bank and i am loaded and on my way to Witchhaul. I have this run netting me about 2 mil return running the circuit with 64 tonnes, takes about an hour if I have to wait for stock.
I will be refitting a Viper with the highest class sheild i can and with beam lasers and either Class 2 gimbaled Multi's or fixed rockets. With the Asp, i run 2 x Class 2 gimbaled multi's, 2x class 1 fixed beams and 2 x dumb-fire rockets. have had very few pirate issues thus far, including players (the odd python and conda, both npc and player excepted)
At this point i am saving (trying to) for the Orca, not for fighting, just for its beauty. also looking into a python, regardless of it flying and handling like an asteroid.
Finally, i believe 1.2 will see us all having Wings capability, and that should make these hunts a lot easier. but i find, now that i am friendly or allied with Lave, Leesti and Zaonce systems, if i can get the damned shields down and do about 45 to 50 % damage, the system authorities jump in and help. the don't hit for , but they distract the damned npc enough the wreck its pretty well.
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the rares circuit
