After noticing that my post on the last Hulkageddon is starting to get a few more hits again, I figured it would be a good idea to not only reiterate somethings that I said back then, but also to provide a few more ship fittings, for those people who may be curious about things.
First up, the fit I posted last time:
Catalyst: – Suicide Gank
Lows:
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I x3
Highs:
Light Neutron Blaster I x8
Ammo:
Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S (about 56 charges, 7 for each gun)
DPS – 233
DPS(overheated) – 268
This is pretty much the cookie cutter Catalyst fit that I used last time (and will more than likely use this time, as well). The only thing with this fit is that you do need to be decently skilled to use it. If you’re going to be using a new character for Hulkageddon, then you’re going to run into CPU and PG issues (you’re also going to have less DPS). There are a number of things you can do, however, depending on your situation.
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Option 1)
If you’re using too much CPU AND Powergrid, you can replace all of the Light Neutron Blasters with Light Ion Blaster Is. This will instantly solve both problems, at the expense of DPS. On a low skilled alt of mine, this gives 183DPS.
Lows:
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I x3
Highs:
Light Ion Blaster I x8
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Option 1a)
Conversely, If you want to keep using the Neutron Blasters, you can drop 2 Magnetic Field Stabilizers, and use 1 Reactor Control Unit. On the same alt, this gives me 158DPS.
Lows:
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I
Reactor Control Unit I
Highs:
Light Neutron Blaster I x8
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Option 2)
If you’re only over on your Powergrid, you can drop only 1 Magnetic Field Stabalizer, and instead use a Reactor Control Unit I (180DPS).
Lows:
Magnetic Field Stabilizer I x2
Reactor Control Unit I
Highs:
Light Neutron Blaster I x8
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It’s worth noting that no matter what route you go down, as long as there are about 4 – 5 of you (and typically, there will be), you should bring a hulk down no problem before Concord pops you.
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I'm training up a ganker on a trial account for Hulkageddon. Even though I can't get near those loadouts , I should still be in a destroyer I presume?
Yes. Destroyers are the most used ships for this because they don't cost much more than a frigate, and they can put out a surprising amount of DPS. Some people do use other ships for ganking Hulks, but the reason / methods behind them are different. For example, some people will use 5 or so battleships fit with smartbombs to kill anywhere between 5 – 10 Hulks. This only works if the Hulks in question are clustered together, obviously.
The other way of doing it is to fit a Tempest in such a way that it will one-shot a Hulk. The Tempest fits I've tried have been able to deal 7500 points of damage in one volley, although this is very hit or miss for me because the success of this method depends on how much tank the Huk has fitted.
Incidentally, the fits I posted for the Catalyst are VERY easy to train for – less than 9 hours. Assuming you have none of these skills, you'll need (roughly):
Gallente Frigate 3 – 6 hours
Destroyers 1 – 10 minutes
Gunnery 1 – 5 minutes
Small Hybrid Turret 1 – 5 minutes
Weapon Upgrades 1 – 10 minutes
Energy Grid Updates 2 – 1 hour
All of those skills can be trained on trial accounts. Once you've got all of those, your best bet would be to get Gunnery and Small Hybrid Turret both upto level 4 to improve your DPS. Then you can go for Rapid Firing. All of this should take about 3 days worth of training.