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This is an old revision of NewFrontiers3 made by WayneVazLam on 2009-03-29 19:00:06.
New Frontiers
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Added additional drone waves and damage amounts
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:00 UTC
Added additional drone waves and damage amounts
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:00 UTC
Tip:
- All gates in the missions are unlocked.
- Several missions have Energy Neutralizer Towers.
Raw Materials (1 of 7)
Faction: Mercenaries
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage Dealt: 61% Ex, 16% Kin, 23% EM
Recommended Damage Dealing: Therm, Kin
Recommended ships: Nighmare any ship which can tank the initial spawn
You get sent to a belt with 3x Merc Miners (Bestowers, I didn't bother shooting at these and they warp off after a minor so.), 2x Merc Lieutenant, 3x Merc Elite Fighter (Trigger).
Wave 2
2x Merc Lieutenant, 3x Elite FighterWave 3
4x Merc FighterWave 4
4x Merc CommanderWave 5
4x Merc CommanderWave 6
2x Merc Commander4x Merc Fighter
Bring mining ship to mine the Green Arisite roid. Theres also 1995 units of normal Gneiss roids in the belt. Take the 47 units of Green Arisite back to the agent.
Blitz: Do what your agent told ya - mine, don't shoot. Be careful to approach the Green Arisite roid not to close since they'll aggro.
Small facts
- The 3 Merc Miners will disappear after a certain time so if you want to kill them, target them first. They drop drugs when killed. Attacking the Miners spawns the 2nd wave of ships.
- I do not always get the 5th and 6th waves of ships. So far, I dunno why. Also, once when fighting the 6th wave of ships, they just up and left in mid-battle.
- There are also approx 16433 units of Omber and 1995 units of Gneiss to be mined in this part.
- The mission also features regular belt spawns (according to your system security/rat type).
- The total bounty of NPC's is 1.273.000,- ISK
Mad Scientist (2 of 7)
Faction: Rogue Drones
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds (29% Expl, 24% Kin/Therm, 22% EM)
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM.
Extras: Neutralizer Towers and Stasis Towers
Warp/Scramble: Strain Drones
Recommended ships: Passive tanked ship
Blitz: Ignore pocket 1, head straight for the lab in pocket 2. You may prefer to kill the Stasis Towers first.
Warp In
All will spawn almost immediately after you warp in. The Raiders/Sunders orbit at 2-4km. There are only few drone cruisers, so it is not heavy pocket. Shoot the 2 bunkers to stop more respawning12x Drone Frigates (Sunder Alvi/Raider Alvi)
Wave 2
2x Drone Cruisers (Bomber Alvum)Wave 3
2x Drone Cruisers (Violator Alvum)2x Drone Frigates (Barracuda Alvi)
- An Alvus Mother drone might spawn.
Pocket 2
(you warp in in 35-45km from all, which aggro immediately):2x Drone Stasis Tower
2x Drone Neutralizer Tower
4x Tower Sentry Drone
1x Drone Battlecruiser (Defeater Alvatis)
1x Drone Cruiser (Bomber Alvum)
5x Drone Frigates (Decimator Alvi/Raider Alvi)
Wave 2
(After the Neut Towers are destroyed)1x Drone Frigate (Devilfish Alvi)
Wave 3
(After Wave 2 is destroyed)2x Drone Cruiser (Devastator Alvum)
2x Drone Elite Frigate (Strain Sunder Alvi)
Wave 4
(After attacking Delainen's Lab)6x Drone Cruiser (Wreck Alvum/Violator Alvum)
2x Drone Destroyer (Shatter Alvior)
5x Drone Frigate (Silverfish Alvi/Raider Alvi)
Destroy "Professor Delainen's Lab". The prof is in the can dropped by the lab.
- If you kill drones lookout and bunker first, there's no spawn when you shoot the Professor Delainen lab.
- If you instapop the Lab, there is no spawn.
Toward a Solution (3 of 7)
Mission type: Courier
The Unveiling (4 of 7)
Faction: Rogue DronesSpace Type: Deadspace
Mission Type: Encounter
Damage dealt: All kinds (48% Expl, 25% Kin, 24% Therm 3% EM)
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM
Recommended: Drake
Kill the mother drone and get the Elite Drone AI from the can its drops and take to your agent.
Blitz: Okay, if you're looking to blitz this arc, I assume you're already in your passive tanked ship anyway. So just ignore all the spawns and directly kill the Mother Drone. Simple, really. Watch out for drone aggro.
Warp In
On arrival, the drone battleship and sentry towers will be present. Other drones arrive shortly.3x Drone Light Missile Battery
1x Supreme Alvus Parasite ("Delainen-ROM Symbiote"), which drops mission loot.
Wave 1
2x Drone Battlecruiser (Enforcer Alvatis)2x Drone Cruiser (Strain Viral Infector Alvum)
10x Drone Frigate (Splinter Alvi/Render Alvi/Infester Alvi)
Wave 2
(When the Drone Battleship's shields drop)2x Drone Cruisers (Annihilator Alvum)
2x Drone Destroyers (Shredder Alvior)
2x Drone Elite Frigates (Strain Sunder Alvi)
Wave 3
(When the Drone Battleship dies, or is near death)1x Drone Cruiser (Devastator Alvum)
1x Drone Frigate (Silverfish Alvi)
Wave 4
(When the Light Missile Batteries are attacked)3x Drone Destroyers (Shredder Alvior)
3x Drone Cruisers (Viral Infector Alvum)
Wave 5
(When a missile battery is destroyed)1x Drone Destroyer (Marauder Alvior)
Wave 6
(When Wave 4 is destroyed)3x Drone Cruisers (Viral Infector Alvum)
- If you shoot the Drone Bunker right away, you get lots of drone spawns in short succession (new spawn every 3-5seconds). In total there were about 30-45 drones and I had to warp out once at the beginning.
- Smartbombing works great with many close-range drones.
An unexpected Twist (5 of 7)
Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM.
Extras: Neutralizer Towers and Stasis Towers
Web/scramble: Strain Drones
Recommended ships: Nightmare, Nighthawk, Drake, any other passive ship.
The BS Drone (Has Different Names) drops the can you need with the " Hive Mind CPU".
Warp In
You warp in in 55-60km from(insta aggro):2x Stasis Tower (out of range) [shooting them spawns 2x Strain Frigates, amongst other things]
3x Drone Light Missile Batteries
4x - 5x Energy Neutralizers Tower (>= 160 km range including falloff)
Waves
After 20-30 seconds, drones start to spawn in small groups. Approximately 25 drones (frigates, cruisers) will spawn in total, approaching you slowly.After few minutes, a Battleship Drone will spawn (Alvus Ruler, formerly The Large Mother Drone). It has high damage, even on 50km, so be careful. As you shoot the BS, another group of 5 drones (cruisers, battlecruisers) will spawn.
Blitz: go in passive tanked, ignore all sentries and neut.towers; while waiting for the BS, kill off the first spawn. Wait for the BS to come out of the range of the stasis towers (you won't have cap to tractor the loot can), then go for it, pick the can, finito.
Alternative Blitz: go in passive tanked, but kill the Stasis Towers early. There's plenty of time to take care of the triggered Strain spawn before the BS drone with the mission loot spawns, and this way you can attack it earlier (while still closer to the structures).
Tip:
- It is best to go for passive tanking and leave the towers alone, as they spawn a cloud of angry drones.
- If you are active tanked, then: primary the energy neutralizers, kill the strain drones after the neutralizers (scramblers), and then the Violator Drones as they do the most damage.
- Take one tower down at a time, as each one triggers a spawn of its own.
Nanite Express (6 of 7)
Mission type: Courier
Ascendance (7 of 7)
Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM.
Recommended ships: Drake
Warp In
Arrive at deadspace to find 20 or so small/med rogue drones. Pathfinder gate to next stage.Second Stage
Around 30 small/med drones and the Mother Drone BS you need to destroy. Only drone melts from the Target BS drone.Kill any drones that targets you, and then the BS. New drone spawns don't always aggro, and can be ignored.
Blitz: Go straight for the BS, ignore everything else. DPS is a bit heavier than in Part 5.
CategoryCleanup - need a general cleanup.
