Cap 2 Hydra in one Ass. Mission. Sell or keep them?

pccenter · Post by **pccenter** » Thu, 26. May 05, 12:42

Early in the morning I take one Ass. Misson to kill a Boron Scam (3 Hydras and 2 Baracuda) and when go after him the 3 Hydras crash on my Osprey drop the hull at 27% and destoy 1 x 125 MW shield and 1 x BPSG and some other equipment (but not the Jumbdrive

).

Damage about 6.100.000 Gr for one mission 2.700.000 Gr ?
Time to reload.
But what are the 2 green ships in the gravidar.
I don't have any ship in this sector.
Mayby is UT.
No it is 2 Boron Hydra (hull 75% and 70%).

Money Value 8.150.000 for both ships.

Never before I cap (??) 2 M6 in one Ass. mission and are the first in the current game.

I never buy a Hydra and now have 2 of them. What i do? I need your opinion.

esd · Post by **esd** » Thu, 26. May 05, 12:43

Sell them. For sure.

Three uses for a Hydra:
Capital (once sold)
Doorstop.
Multi-prong kebab-skewer.

Al · Post by Al » Thu, 26. May 05, 13:50

Keep or sell them. Dont reload.

Capturing M6s is a rare event and even though it cost you in damage to your ship, its not worth reloading IMO.

Al

Jon Tetrino · Post by **Jon Tetrino** » Thu, 26. May 05, 14:22

Al wrote:Keep or sell them. Dont reload.

Capturing M6s is a rare event and even though it cost you in damage to your ship, its not worth reloading IMO.

Al

yes, s instead of gettin about 3mill in reward u get about 5 mill profit after the repairs to ur osprey (3+8 mill minus 6mill repairs)

Some Strange Man · Post by **Some Strange Man** » Thu, 26. May 05, 15:35

Sell one, use the profits from that to fix up your osprey.

Fix the other and it'll turn into a relatively cheap and effective OOSD ship.

MrPotatoHead · Post by **MrPotatoHead** » Thu, 26. May 05, 20:26

You lucky Far-Car!

Unless you really need the cash, you should keep them both. They'll make excellent OOS interceptors.

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Thu, 26. May 05, 21:47

You, sir, are lucky.
Sell the 70% one, repair the damage on the Osprey. As for the other one, a bit of investment and it'll make for a perfect OOSD wipeout ship, as they're incredibly effective.

Lord_Darkstar · Post by **Lord_Darkstar** » Thu, 26. May 05, 22:08

Sell them both or keep them both. Hydra make great OOS ships. If you need some OOS, pair them up and you've got yourself a great set up.

Nicholas Kabourakis · Post by **Nicholas Kabourakis** » Fri, 27. May 05, 00:47

Just to confuse you a bit more.

In my opinion, Hydras are just a piece of junk. I had one for OOS in President’s End and it sucked. Replaced it with an Oddy and I never bothered ever since. 2 Hydras at the same system for OOS might be enough, though I doubt it. I would say sell both and replace them with an Oddy for OOS (if you need one for such a task) or repair your Oddy (or do both if the cash permits it).

IMHO the only reason for keeping the them is for “sentimental” value, aka a reminder of how good you are in capping ships.

But even that is not enough I guess for keeping the Hydras. If I were in your shoes, I would have sold them straight away.

Cheers

JungleJim · Post by **JungleJim** » Fri, 27. May 05, 02:37

I've only ever capture 1 M6 and it was destroyed in seconds by shots already in the air. So enjoy the caps when you get them...

I use lots of Hydras. I pair them with a Dragon (Dragon set to protect the Hydra) and the kill anything smaller than an M2 without breaking a sweat. They're also much faster than just about any other M6 you'd care to put on patrol.

About the only thing that beats that pair is a K and it takes a while before you're able to capture those.

jaguarskx · Post by **jaguarskx** » Fri, 27. May 05, 02:54

Sell them both, use the money for repairs. The are better M6s.

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