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Every COMPLEX and LANDMARK, hidden or not, have a DED rating that tells you what ship hulls can use the acceleration gate. As examples, the COMPLEX in Inder has a DED rating of 3, which only allows cruiser sized ships, the two visible COMPLEXes in Hjoramold and Traun have a DED 4 rating and allow up to battlecruisers and the Tvink COMPLEX (DED 5) allows battleships (Don't believe the DED ratings given in the ingame maps, they often are wrong). LANDMARKs are generally easier to clear and thus can be done with smaller ship hulls, but for the COMPLEXes I recommend to bring a ship that matches the DED rating. The difficulty of the COMBAT SITEs vary strongly, from "Easy as pie" to "It's a trap!" difficulty. Please refer to the more detailed descriptions of the various sites further down the guide. | Every COMPLEX and LANDMARK, hidden or not, have a DED rating that tells you what ship hulls can use the acceleration gate. As examples, the COMPLEX in Inder has a DED rating of 3, which only allows cruiser sized ships, the two visible COMPLEXes in Hjoramold and Traun have a DED 4 rating and allow up to battlecruisers and the Tvink COMPLEX (DED 5) allows battleships (Don't believe the DED ratings given in the ingame maps, they often are wrong). LANDMARKs are generally easier to clear and thus can be done with smaller ship hulls, but for the COMPLEXes I recommend to bring a ship that matches the DED rating. The difficulty of the COMBAT SITEs vary strongly, from "Easy as pie" to "It's a trap!" difficulty. Please refer to the more detailed descriptions of the various sites further down the guide. | ||
I strongly recommend that you have some experience with at least level 3 security missions before you venture | I strongly recommend that you have some experience with at least level 3 security missions before you venture into the COSMOS COMPLEXes. You also should be familiar with the concepts of aligning, kiting and drone aggro. You must be able to fit a very good tank (preferably tech II) on your ships, especially when you are alone. I can't stress this out enough. While there are large groups of NPCs in the pockets to begin with, they also have a very short respawn timer. Due to the low respawn rates I also recommend to bring tech II or high meta armaments to clear the rats fast. | ||
While most of the NPC rats you will find in the COMPLEXes and LANDMARKs are from the Angels faction, there are also some other factions present, even from empire factions. Please refer to the detailed site descriptions to learn about the opposing factions and try to fit your tank accordingly. However, sometimes it is not that easy to tell what exact faction you are facing and thus fitting your tank against the expected damage type can be difficult. I generally fitted armor and kinetic hardeners to my armor tanked Hurricane and Tempest (as long as the NPCs I was facing didn't use lasers against me) and two invulnerable fields II with one emp shield rig on my Drake with acceptable results. | While most of the NPC rats you will find in the COMPLEXes and LANDMARKs are from the Angels faction, there are also some other factions present, even from empire factions. Please refer to the detailed site descriptions to learn about the opposing factions and try to fit your tank accordingly. However, sometimes it is not that easy to tell what exact faction you are facing and thus fitting your tank against the expected damage type can be difficult. I generally fitted armor and kinetic hardeners to my armor tanked Hurricane and Tempest (as long as the NPCs I was facing didn't use lasers against me) and two invulnerable fields II with one emp shield rig on my Drake with acceptable results. | ||