Posted - 2011.08.27 15:00:00 - [1]

 

Edited by: Russell Casey on 27/08/2011 15:02:11
Edited by: Russell Casey on 27/08/2011 15:01:49
Edited by: Russell Casey on 27/08/2011 15:00:06
I'm not talking about baiting in terms of a drake sitting on a gate for a blob, I'm referring to taking seemingly innocent, even noncombat ships and and sticking pvp mods on them to bait carebears and even other pirates.

The pvp hulk and the battle badger come to mind, though still unable to use either yet I decided to go out in a burst and see if I could get aggro'd.

To make a long story short, I found either a retriever using a yellow Iteron IV alt or a pirate and a carebear with similar names. I flipped the miner's can and let the pirate approach then targeted him with a passive scanner cuz I wasn't sure how long a noncombat frig would take for a lock.

The Iteron turned red and I scrammed and shot it. Tried for a ransom but he blocked me, which was kind of a shame because I wanted to the reaction of negative sec'er getting pwned by highsec scrub in a mining ship.

Anyway, the importart is that near the end of the fight, the retreiver aggro'd me. I couldn't tank his drones so I popped the Iteron, grabbed the t2 mods he had on it and bailed.

So, anyone ever done this? And as a strategy how viable do you think it is.

And again, I was in a mining frig that couldn't even tank drones so nobody can accuse me of picking on anyone who couldn't fight back (even the Iteron had a gun on it).

Here was my fit for the burst:

200mm autocannon I x2
Passive targeter
Warp scrambler
Gyrostabilizer I
Phased plasma ammo

Maybe it's my low SP or just my choices, but I couldn't even fit a 1mn afterburner on this thing. I'm thinking about jury-rigging some shield stuff to try fighting drones next time.