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How to Rat in an Ishtar (Fade Edition)
The Ishtar is an Heavy Assault Cruiser that emulates the VNIs of old. It can run most sites with little to no input required, making it a good ship if you don't like active ratting.
You can make around 15-20 million isk/tick (every 20 minutes) using this fit, assuming a 100% Bounty Risk Modifier.
Table of Contents
Fittings
The Ishtar can easily take on most sites in Fade. Rats in fade aggro weird, and its advised to orbit within 20km for aggro. A good method is to orbit a rat first at ~17km, then once you launch drones, pick a drone and orbit.
Ratting Ishtar - Pure Blind
This Fit Requires Capacitor Stability!
[Ishtar, Fade Ratting] Capacitor Flux Coil II Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery X-Large C5-L Compact Shield Booster Drone Navigation Computer II Thermal Shield Hardener II [Empty High slot] [Empty High slot] [Empty High slot] [Empty High slot] Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I Wasp II x5 Vespa EC-600 x5
How to Run Sites
If You're New to Ratting
Give the Introduction to Ratting page a read to avoid common mistakes and get some background knowledge.
Running Each Site
Your shield hardener and booster should always be active while you're in a site and you should be stable on capacitor (if not, upgrade the rigs or train up your skills).
- Warp to the site at 10 km.
- Find an object around the center of where the rats are spawning, and orbit it at 17 km (rat aggro is weird in Fade).
- Drop Wasp II's and aggress a rat. Orbit one of your drone at 17km.
- If your drones come under attack, recall them, give the rats a few seconds to re-aggress you, then re-launch and re-aggress them.
Kill Order: Let the drones do their thing. Kill frigates that web/point.
Site-Specific Information
Some sites require special attention due to a particularly nasty wave or unusual mechanics.
Havens and Sanctums
- The final wave of these sites may spawn NPC Capitals. If an NPC Capital appears you must warp off immediately to avoid being volleyed. Note that Fade Dreads have a 70km long point, so you may need help to get off grid.
Additional Information
Runnable Sites
The sites in this list have been tested and determined to be runnable using the above fit(s). It is not necessarily comprehensive, and some sites may require special attention which will be noted in the section above.
- Serpentis Sanctums (Station Variant)
- Serpentis Havens (Stargate Variant)
- Serpentis Forsaken Hubs
- Serpentis Hubs
- Serpentis Forsaken Rally Points
- Serpentis Rally Points
If You Get Tackled
For Light Resistance
"Light" resistance is a single frigate or destroyer.
- Begin aligning to a citadel.
- Immediately switch all damage to the ship tackling you.
- If the point drops or the enemy ship dies, warp off.
For Heavy Resistance
Anything that's stronger than "Light" resistance is "Heavy" resistance.
- Begin aligning to a citadel.
- Immediately switch all damage to the weakest tackle ship on field.
- Start screaming on comms and in fleet for support.