[2020-04-10] RR Domies VS NPSI Vexors
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 4:05 am
- Comp
- 7 RR Domies, with Enyos in the Frigates Escape Bay, ANI
- 1 Rodiva, Confessor, few ceptors
- What did you do?
- It was semi-arranged fight with NPSI. I knew the doctrine they were going to fight (It was supposed to be Neut Shield Buffer Vexor).
Originally I wanted to fly self-rep Cyclones, but after I "spied" and learned they will have neuts I started thinking about passive resist. This brought my thoughts to Domies. And I decided to give a try to some old fit I once fought myself.
I knew that we would ROCK if we fit SmartBombs, but I knew that with SBs we will just kill the whole incoming DPS and they will leave bitching about me and Fweddit. So I decided to take a risk and give a fight expecting that big tank and RRs supported by many nosferatu modules would give us tome to reduce Vexors to a critical mass.
- It was semi-arranged fight with NPSI. I knew the doctrine they were going to fight (It was supposed to be Neut Shield Buffer Vexor).
- Positives
- We got decent numbers, as for EU time we got more than 10 pilots.
- We went well through HS, even though many of use were criminals (we replaced plates on Domies by Inertial Stabilizers and I hauled plates to Akidagi).
- We got a fast fight and I think that I did not completely screw up.
- I got some learning.
- First warp-in for us was nice.
- Hope someone else got fun?
- Negatives
- My BIGGEST mistake was not to pay attention to the intel from the scout: only now, writing AAR, I realized they had 8 (!!!) logies... During the travel, I just noticed Vexors and Scythes and did not notice 3 more Ospreys. If I saw that ... I'd pull back.
- I did not have enough Domies to satisfy everyone's needs: damn they are big to be hauled even through HS.
- We killed only 1 tackle, but lost every ship.
- That was a bit expensive whelp: Domies (330M each) plus many Enyos (60M more).
- Somehow, we did not follow primaries. At some point, I called to switch to a Scythe and it took good 20 seconds to see DPS applied to it. We got it in low armor when it eventually caught reps.
- After I switched to Heavy drones and we almost killed a Vexor, but still I saw DPS also kept being applied to Scythe, and this Vexor was also caught in armor
- We lost a single logy early in the fight.
- What to improve on
- We were going to take fight in plex, opponents were waiting for us at 0, at started moving towards us. I warped DPS wing at 70 expecting to land at from opponents and start fight at range with sentries to improve tracking. Logy pilot wanted us to land on the grid before he lands. I think it was a good idea:
- we did not warp together as he would warp with as at 0.
- if he warped immediately after us, he would land first (as he is faster in warp).
But, he waited on the gate for too long, was tackled and killed - I guess it was a good learning experience. I've learned that even at some range Sentry drones don't apply well to Cruisers, even painted and even they don't move. Or maybe we just did not have enough DPS to kill those fast. Though, I think that with Heavy drones we would have better chances.
- At the beginning of the fight I was distracted by talks about attempts to kill opposing screening ships and wasted some time trying to break opposing Keres (or something else small). Should have focused instead, as planned, on opposing logies.
- We did not switch primaries fast enough.
- Those Domies are really hard to manage, they have 11 active modules and... I guess that might be the reason why it took time to focus on primary
- We were going to take fight in plex, opponents were waiting for us at 0, at started moving towards us. I warped DPS wing at 70 expecting to land at from opponents and start fight at range with sentries to improve tracking. Logy pilot wanted us to land on the grid before he lands. I think it was a good idea:
- Battlereport
https://fleetcom.space/battlereport/HBaH3754KScxGcouu
I'm curious how bad was netting pressure from Vexors: they did not have much cap life, just 40s with MWD off, and just 28 with MWD on, here is that fit:Spoiler: