Looking for 3 other people to farm PVE for money/vouchers FAST

Game Discussion Levelling and Economy
#1

I need 3 other players to get together at a given time, and for about an hour or two grind some blackwood/hidden at a fast rate for credits/vouchers. Either of those two missions is fine by me.

 

The other players need to have at least T4 frigates. No interceptors, tacklers, etc.

 

I have an engineer and a guard. 

 

Each run is aimed to be as fast and coordinated at possible (such as guards sitting at the spawn locations, ready to drop pulsars before the mobs even spawn).

 

Teamspeak/mumble/raidcall/skype/etc preferred

 

I’m looking for a few people who can help me clear these missions in under 7 minutes per run. 

 

 

 

The reason I am posting this thread is because frankly, I am fed up with getting matched with people who suck at PVE. I just want to get a good group on the go and just hammer out some fast cash without dealing with the frustration of public groups falling apart, and waiting for matchmaking.

#2

What time would you do pve?

#3

Anytime is good for me. Such as right now is a good time. But I figure it will take a couple of days to get a full group of 4 together in on this who can all get together at the same time. 

#4

A/ join a corporation

B/ fly pve, quite often you see 1-2 players that are not brain dead- pm them, most of the time they would go again and same as you are wouldn’t mind getting together to do pve more efficient, add them on friend list, this would be much faster than doing it through forums

#5

Hidden maintenance is better for vouchers since it has beacons.  It’s a little slower but it still works.

#6

The other players need to have at least T4 frigates. No interceptors, tacklers, etc.

If you’re finding good players anyway then I wouldn’t limit it to frigates. Depending on the mission you’ll be faster with a few cov-ops or bubble gunships in the mix.

 

I’m looking for a few people who can help me clear these missions in under 7 minutes per run.

The reason I am posting this thread is because frankly, I am fed up with getting matched with people who suck at PVE.

Tell me about it. I ran a little hidden maintenance shop PVE grind with randoms last weekend to synergize some T5 ships while we had the bonus. I ended up with a staggering average of 81% of the damage to objectives done by myself alone. I’m thinking many don’t even understand what the objectives are.

The fastest run with randoms that weekend was a little over 7 minutes but the average was 10.5. I imagine with everyone actually hitting objectives only you should be able to stay well below 6 minutes on that mission.

I’m not up for a group though since I don’t regularly PVE, good luck finding the right people (I tend to agree with xKostyan that they’ll be easier to find in a mission).

#7

Lawl, Pirate Base can be done in less then 9 minutes…Or even faster. 

#8

Lawl, Pirate Base can be done in less then 9 minutes…Or even faster.

OP want to grind credits and vouchers, both of which pirate base is inefficient for. The synergy gain is very low also - the only interest in that mission is for the purple t5 loot.

#9

Hidden Maintenance: Good for vouchers of beacon capture, efficiency, Win and not losing a ship. Good for synergy. Takes usually longer than Blackwood and Pirate. Not as many credits as on Blackwood or Pirate. You can fly any ship during all stages as long as your team has in stage 2 and 3  two high DPS ships. You can solo this PvE in a good guard frigate (at least T4) with high DPS.

 

Blackwood: Poor for vouchers as efficiency is limited, beacon only the repair can be done and is more likely to lose a ship. Good for credits because you get more and it can be done fast with a good team. Synergy is limited. Interceptor are almost useless.

 

Pirate Base: Poor for vouchers as efficiency is limited, no beacon vouchers and is very likely to lose a ship. Good for credits because you get more. Takes usually longer. Synergy is limited. Only PvE where you get Tier5 loot.

 

So depending on what you want/need you chose between these missions. I personally prefer Hidden maintenance just because of the vouchers and I can synergize any ship. If you are willing to spend GS on good artifact deals you don’t need to do Private Base for purple T5 loot as you most likely have more artifacts than vouchers.

#10

So basically

 

Hidden Maintenance = Synergy and Vouchers

Backwood = Fighter + Frigate Synergy 

Pirate base = Credits + T5 Loot

#11

So basically

 

Hidden Maintenance = Synergy and Vouchers

Backwood = Fighter + Frigate Synergy 

Pirate base = Credits + T5 Loot

 

I would say: 

 

Hidden Maintenance = Credits, Synergy and Vouchers on all ships

Blackwood = Credits

Pirate base = some Credits + T5 Loot

#12

I would say: 

 

Hidden Maintenance = Credits, Synergy and Vouchers on all ships

Blackwood = Credits

Pirate base = some Credits + T5 Loot

 

Which of the 3 has the best credit gain? Blackwood? 

#13

Which of the 3 has the best credit gain? Blackwood?

Best credit/time with a good squad is Blackwood. Pirate base has the highest nominal gain but takes considerably longer so you end up with less. If you go solo probably the shop for the simple reason that you cannot fail it, so a guaranteed income without repair costs.

#14

Yes Blackwood by far for credit farming.  :good:     

#15

I would say: 

 

Hidden Maintenance = Credits, Synergy and Vouchers on all ships

Blackwood = Credits

Pirate base = some Credits + T5 Loot

I get more credits on Pirate base than on Hidden Maintenance (even though I get less efficiency and synergy on Pirate Base).

 

Keep in mind that the “bottle neck” will be Vouchers as you usually get plenty of upgrade kits and artifacts.

A good tip is to save up credits and take advantage of sales or bonuses. So last weekend with the bonus with double vouchers and double synergy it was good to level up ships (to unlock more ships or to max out ships to increase fleet strength) and complete as many high voucher contracts as possible.

#16

I get more credits on Pirate base than on Hidden Maintenance (even though I get less efficiency and synergy on Pirate Base).

 

Take into consideration that in the same time you could do 2-3 Hidden M or 1-2 Pirate Base, so Hidden gives more credits than Pirate Base

#17

Hidden Maintenance: Good for vouchers of beacon capture, efficiency, Win and not losing a ship. Good for synergy. Takes usually longer than Blackwood and Pirate. Not as many credits as on Blackwood or Pirate. You can fly any ship during all stages as long as your team has in stage 2 and 3  two high DPS ships. You can solo this PvE in a good guard frigate (at least T4) with high DPS.

For stage 1, take whatever.  Maybe three recons and a guard?  The recons have higher beacon capture speed.

For stage 2, a LRF with HB can take out one objective in one overheat cycle, so four HB LRF’s rushing.

For stage 3, maybe an engineer, two HB LRF’s, and something else.

 

Sounds about right for a PvE rush?

#18

I would say: 

 

Hidden Maintenance = Credits, Synergy and Vouchers on all ships

Blackwood = Credits

Pirate base = some Credits + T5 Loot

 

 

I completely agree with this. 

 

For stage 1, take whatever.  Maybe three recons and a guard?  The recons have higher beacon capture speed.

For stage 2, a LRF with HB can take out one objective in one overheat cycle, so four HB LRF’s rushing.

For stage 3, maybe an engineer, two HB LRF’s, and something else.

 

Sounds about right for a PvE rush?

 

Thanks, this is good to know. I don’t have as much experience in Hidden Maint so I don’t know what the best team composition is for it. For Blackwood it’s guards for the first stage, LRFs for the second stage, and LRF’s for the third stage. I don’t have an LRF so I bring my Engie for stages 2 and 3.

 

In regards to the following:

 

 

Hidden Maintenance: Good for vouchers of beacon capture, efficiency, Win and not losing a ship. Good for synergy. Takes usually longer than Blackwood and Pirate. Not as many credits as on Blackwood or Pirate. You can fly any ship during all stages as long as your team has in stage 2 and 3  two high DPS ships. You can solo this PvE in a good guard frigate (at least T4) with high DPS.

 

I didn’t know it was possible to solo this with a guard frigate. I have one but I think you’d probably need at least a rank 13 guard to solo it with the implant that reduces cooldowns by 15% per enemy killed, so you can perma-pulsar the waves of enemies. 

 

In regards to Blackwood, I run it the most because I have my Minotaur fitted to solo all stages of it, and I’ve had to do that at times. It’s painfully slow but every once in awhile it’s necessary on the third stage :frowning:

#19

Shouldnt be needed anymore, just resurrect people.

#20

Shouldnt be needed anymore, just resurrect people.

 

Yep