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Revision as of 18:59, 22 May 2024
Abyssal Battlefields are the Abyssal sites for Capsuleer Day XXI. The sites come in four tiers and require special event filaments. The event filaments are manufactured by capsuleers using the blueprints and materials obtained from event sites like Desolate Collapsed Conduit (hacking) and Treacherous Collapsed Conduit (combat), the Abyssal hacking sites and the Abyssal sites themself.
The naming of the filaments functions similarly to the regular Abyssal filaments with the first part indicating the tier and the second part indicating the weather (Electric, Exotic, etc) having the same effects as regular filaments.
Time and space limits
- Only one filament is required to create the conduit to enter the Abyssal battlefields, regardless of whether one ship or two are entering.
- Every Abyssal deadspace pocket has a 30-minute time limit to kill the battleship and its cohorts that lie within, with a guaranteed ship and pod loss should the timer expire.
- To complete the first and only deadspace pocket, you must kill the commanding battleship to unlock the Origin Conduit.
- The boundary around the event battlefields appears with a blue graphical effect which becomes more obvious the closer you fly toward it. Unlike the red boundary in ordinary abyssal deadspace beyond which the player's ship will explode, this blue boundary will teleport the player to the opposite side of the arena.
- Unlike regular Abyss sites the event sites have only one weather type per tier.
Clouds
Like Abyssal deadspace, the event pockets may contain Abyssal clouds, listed below.
Anti-Tachyon cloud
Purple-ish cloud that provides the following effects to all ships inside:
- 100% ship inertia increase
- 67% ship speed decrease
- 100% signature radius decrease
Tachyon cloud
White cloud that provides the following effects to all ships inside:
- 100% ship inertia decrease
- 67% ship speed increase
- 100% signature radius increase
Sites
The sites come in 2 variants, either Triglavian or Drifter.
The Triglavian variant features a damaged Leshak and a scaling group of Igniting Swarmer frigates that target paint you while frequently attacking drones. The Leshak orbits at ~15 km at 380m/s with a web that scales in strength the closer you are to it. Tier 2+ filaments spawn Damaged Werpost sentries at the pocket edges that deal high omni DPS with a damage falloff past 70-80 km. They have low effective HP and die fast.
The Drifter variant features a damaged Drifter battleship and a smaller but more damaging scaling swarm of Awoken Preserver Sleepers. The Preservers neut 4 GJ/s each and regularly target drones, the battleship will fly away from you towards the edge of the abyssal pocket and can teleport to the other side if it crosses far enough. Tier 2+ filaments will spawn Damaged Restless Towers which deal high EM/Thermal turret damage every 10 seconds while also shooting Explosive/Kinetic cruise missiles. The turrets have a 70-80 km falloff, the missiles can hit you from much further away. Like the Werposts the towers have very little EHP and take very little effort to destroy.
Killing to Battleship is necessary for the Gate to open, regardless of any remaining Frigates still left on the field. Killing the Frigates will cause them to eventually respawn and continue to do so until the room is left.
Tier 1
Requires a Sinister Exotic Filament.
Single gated abyssal deadspace pocket. Killing the battleship opens the Origin Conduit.
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2 x Frigate Igniting Swarmer
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1 x Battleship Ruptured Shackling Leshak
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1 x Frigate Awoken Preserver
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1 x Battleship Ruptured/Battered Drifter Battleship
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Tier 2
Requires a Vicious Electrical Filament. Difficulty is significantly scaled up from T1, both battleship types have a tracking value of 15 (can track cruisers with ease).
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1 x Battleship Battered Shackling Leshak
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4 x Frigate Awoken Preserver
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2 x Sentry Damaged Restless Sentry
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1 x Battleship Battered Drifter Battleship
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Tier 3
Requires a Disastrous Gamma Filament. The upper difficulty limit where a player can generally run the site safely without needing a friend or an alt.
Single gated abyssal deadspace pocket. Killing the battleship opens the Origin Conduit.
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4 x Sentry Damaged Werpost
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1 x Battleship Impaired Shackling Leshak
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4 x Sentry Damaged Restless Sentry
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1 x Battleship Impaired Drifter Battleship
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Tier 4
Requires a Calamitous Firestorm Filament.
Single gated abyssal deadspace pocket. Killing the battleship opens the Origin Conduit.
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8 x Sentry Damaged Werpost
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1 x Battleship Dievas Shackling Leshak
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8 x Sentry Damaged Restless Sentry
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1 x Battleship Tyrannos Typhon
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Recommended fits for T1 filaments
Here are a few example fits that work well solo in the Tier 1 combat filaments (Sinister Exotic Filaments). All of these fits can be used with an Alpha account. Fundamentally all of these fits work the same way, you should orbit the NPC battleship at 500m with your afterburner and use the webifier against the battleship. That way the Battleship should no longer be able to hit you and you can take your time to kill all the frigates when they spawn and whenever there are no frigates, keep shooting the battleship. Note: These ships are capable of running Tier 2 combat filaments solo, but you need some experience and good skills. It is not recommended to use these fits in Tier 2 filaments solo.
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
'Arbalest' Heavy Missile Launcher
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
Medium Clarity Ward Enduring Shield Booster
X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier
Compact Multispectrum Shield Hardener
Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery
IFFA Compact Damage Control
Ballistic Control System I
Ballistic Control System I
Mark I Compact Reactor Control Unit
Medium EM Shield Reinforcer I
Medium Core Defense Operational Solidifier I
Medium Ionic Field Projector I
Caldari Navy Hornet x2
Caldari Navy Mjolnir Heavy Missile x1865
- - Orbit the NPC Battleship at 500m with afterburner and use the webifier on the against the Battleship if needed, especially against in the Triglavian room with the Leshak.
- - Kill NPC frigates whenever they spawn
- - When there are no frigates at any time, keep shooting the NPC battleship until it is destroyed
Drone Link Augmentor I
Drone Link Augmentor I
425mm Medium 'Scout' Autocannon I
425mm Medium 'Scout' Autocannon I
Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier
X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier
AE-K Compact Drone Damage Amplifier
AE-K Compact Drone Damage Amplifier
Compact Multispectrum Energized Membrane
Compact Multispectrum Energized Membrane
Medium I-a Enduring Armor Repairer
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Ionic Field Projector I
Medium Nanobot Accelerator I
Caldari Navy Hornet x9
Caldari Navy Vespa x8
Republic Fleet EMP M x2240
- - Orbit the NPC Battleship at 500m with afterburner and use the webifier on the against the Battleship if needed, especially against in the Triglavian room with the Leshak.
- - Kill NPC frigates whenever they spawn
- - When there are no frigates at any time, keep shooting the NPC battleship until it is destroyed
Focused Modal Pulse Laser I
Focused Modal Pulse Laser I
Focused Modal Pulse Laser I
Focused Modal Pulse Laser I
Focused Modal Pulse Laser I
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier
Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery
Medium I-a Enduring Armor Repairer
Compact Multispectrum Energized Membrane
Compact Multispectrum Energized Membrane
Extruded Compact Heat Sink
Extruded Compact Heat Sink
Mark I Compact Capacitor Power Relay
Medium Drone Control Range Augmentor I
Medium Drone Control Range Augmentor I
Medium Ionic Field Projector I
Caldari Navy Hornet x2
Caldari Navy Vespa x3
Imperial Navy Multifrequency M x25
Multifrequency M x5
Imperial Navy Radio M x10
- - Orbit the NPC Battleship at 500m with afterburner and use the webifier on the against the Battleship if needed, especially against in the Triglavian room with the Leshak.
- - Kill NPC frigates whenever they spawn
- - When there are no frigates at any time, keep shooting the NPC battleship until it is destroyed
220mm Medium Prototype Automatic Cannon
220mm Medium Prototype Automatic Cannon
220mm Medium Prototype Automatic Cannon
220mm Medium Prototype Automatic Cannon
Drone Link Augmentor I
Drone Link Augmentor I
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier
Alumel-Wired Enduring Sensor Booster
Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery
Medium I-a Enduring Armor Repairer
Compact Multispectrum Energized Membrane
Compact Multispectrum Energized Membrane
Counterbalanced Compact Gyrostabilizer
Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Nanobot Accelerator I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Caldari Navy Hornet x5
Republic Fleet EMP M x3640
Targeting Range Script x1
- - Orbit the NPC Battleship at 500m with afterburner and use the webifier on the against the Battleship if needed, especially against in the Triglavian room with the Leshak.
- - Kill NPC frigates whenever they spawn
- - When there are no frigates at any time, keep shooting the NPC battleship until it is destroyed
Recommended fits for T2 filaments
Tier 2 combat filaments (Vicious Electrical Filaments) are significantly harder that their Tier 1 counterparts, mainly because they spawn 2 very high damage missile turrets at long range, usually somewhere between 60 and 80km from the entry point. Fortunately these turrets have very little hitpoints, so the challenge is to be able to hit them at all. The example fits in this section utilize certain rigs and modules to allow you to target and engage those turrets from long range. Depending on your skills you might still have to move a few kilometers, so make sure to check both your target locking as well as your weapon (or drone control) range before you activate the filament and then move into range of the turrets if neccessary. You will need to kill the turrets first, then proceed in the same way as in the Tier 1 sites: Orbit the battleship at close range, kill frigates and eventually kill the battleship. The initial damage in these sites is rather high, but it gets much easier once the turrets are destroyed and you settle into a close orbit around the battleship.
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
Stasis Webifier II
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Caldari Navy Hornet x2
Caldari Navy Mjolnir Heavy Missile x1865
- - Very important: You have to kill the turrets right at the start. One missile volley per turret is enough to kill them
- - Orbit the NPC Battleship at 500m with afterburner and use the webifier on the against the Battleship if needed, especially against in the Triglavian room with the Leshak.
- - Kill NPC frigates whenever they spawn
- - When there are no frigates at any time, keep shooting the NPC battleship until it is destroyed
Medium Ghoul Compact Energy Nosferatu
200mm AutoCannon II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
10MN Afterburner II
X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier
F-90 Compact Sensor Booster
Republic Fleet Large Cap Battery
Medium Armor Repairer II
Medium Armor Repairer II
Reactive Armor Hardener
Multispectrum Energized Membrane II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit II
Medium Nanobot Accelerator I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Caldari Navy Hornet x5
Caldari Navy Vespa x5
Caldari Navy Warden x2
Targeting Range Script x1
Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S x359
- - Very important: You have to kill the turrets right at the start. The sentry drones are ideal for that, you can also use light or medium drones if you lack the skills to use sentries, but it would take significantly longer to kill the turrets
- - Orbit the NPC Battleship at 500m with afterburner and use the webifier on the against the Battleship if needed, especially against in the Triglavian room with the Leshak.
- - Kill NPC frigates with your missiles and drones whenever they spawn
- - When there are no frigates at any time, keep shooting the NPC battleship until it is destroyed
The recommended fit for T3 sites below will also work for T1 and T2 sites. It would be slower, but might be easier to use.
Recommended fit for T3 filaments
Below is one tried and tested fit to run the Tier 3 combat filaments (Disastrous Gamma Filaments) solo. The idea with this fit is very simple, yet effective. All you do is tank all the damage with a massive passive recharge tank while your drones kill the turrets, the frigates and eventually the battleship. You do still want to remove the turrets right at the start (ideally with sentry drones, but it can be done with light or medium drones as well), then use any combination of light and medium drones to remove the frigates and eventually the battleship. There is no point in trying to catch up or even orbiting the battleship while using this fit, so don't bother. Just slowboat to any EDENCOM wreck if there are any and then sit next to the Origin Conduit while you reassign your drones from time to time to kill any newly spawned frigates. And you can use a Mobile Tractor Unit to scoop up the battleship loot. If you are able to use sentry drones, it is recommended to use those to kill the turrets much faster. A drone loadout with 2 sentries (to kill the turrets), 2 heavies (after you recalled the sentries, launch the heavies and have them go after the BS), and the remaining dronebay for any combination of light and medium drones to deal with frigates. You could also carry spare drones in your cargo bay and fit them on the fly with a mobile depot if necessary. Unlike in normal Abyssals, Mobile Depots do work in these event Abyssal sites.
Note: If you don't have enough CPU for this fit, it is recommended to downgrade or maybe even remove the guns before removing any of the other modules. Taking out any of the other modules would significantly impact your tank, the guns on the other hand are not crucial to this ship.
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II
Drone Link Augmentor I
Drone Link Augmentor I
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
F-90 Compact Sensor Booster
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I
Caldari Navy Hornet x5
Caldari Navy Vespa x5
Caldari Navy Wasp x2
Republic Fleet EMP M x2320
Targeting Range Script x2
Mobile Tractor Unit x1
- - Use the medium and/or light drones to kill the turets first
- - Use the same drones to kill the frigates
- - Once you cleared the frigates, recall two drones and replace them with your heavy drones and then keep your heavy drones on the Bs until it is dead, use your small and/or medium drones to remove frigates when they spawn
Advanced fit for T4 filaments
It is possible to run Tier 4 combat filaments for this event (Calamitous Firestorm Filamanets) solo. But this requires a fair amount of practice and good skills. The fit in this section is capable of doing so without requiring implants, using implants like the Nirvana implant set would obviously improve the fit though. It should go without saying that doing any of these sites with a team of 2 pilots would dramatically reduce the difficulty level.
This fit is designed to enter a T4 filament and immediately be able to engage the turrets with 3 sentry drones. Once those turrets are removed, switch to medium drones and start killing frigates. The mobile depot can be used in the site in order to adjust the fit to your needs. The afterburner will allow you to pick up Edencom loot quicker, though you might have trouble keeping it running if you are facing energy neutralizing frigates. The drone damage amplifiers are there to increase your DPS and allow you to clear the site faster. Same for the Wasp heavy drones. For your first few runs with this fit it is recommended to maintain as much tank as you can throughout the site until you are familiar with how everything works. With some practice this fit can clear T4 sites reliably in under 15 minutes. Here is a video on youtube that shows a similar fit clearing both variants of the Calamitous Firestorm sites back to back.
Note: It is crucial to have a target locking range and a drone control range that allows you to engage the turrets immediately. In the T4 sites the turrets seem to be at most 78km away from the entry point. Adjust your fit accordingly.
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
425mm AutoCannon II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Republic Fleet Large Shield Extender
Caldari Navy Large Shield Extender
Caldari Navy Large Shield Extender
Caldari Navy Large Shield Extender
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Signal Amplifier II
Medium Core Defense Field Purger II
Medium Core Defense Field Purger II
Medium Core Defense Field Purger II
Caldari Navy Vespa x5
Caldari Navy Warden x3
Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M x4000
Caldari Navy Wasp x2
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner x1
Drone Damage Amplifier II x2
Mobile Depot x1
Mobile Tractor Unit x1
