This page is intended to provide links to information about the Hive as well as anti-Hive tactics.
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=Hive Skirmish Missions=
==Critical==
These missions will have a [[Hive Queen]]. To complete the mission, you must destroy the Hive Queen before your Faction loses too many people. You usually have NPC assistance here, so in most cases all you need to do is deshield the queen. The critical skirmish queens are also pretty docile, and won't agro you until deshielded, and often not even till they're at 10-7% health. The queen may also decide to go and mine a roid, in which case deshielding gets much easier because of the static target.
==Central==
These missions with have a Leviathan that must be destroyed to complete the mission.NOTE: I believe these Completion of this will destroy all of the hive's presence in that area for a period of time. (A day or two?)The Leviathan will be much stronger if you have not destroyed the supporting Queens in the Critical skirmish. You should only attack the Leviathan after defeating its supporting hive skirmishes.
=Hive Queens=
==Tracking down a Hive Queen, without a Hive Skirmish Mission==
Find some collector bots in any sector, and stalk them closely. They will lead you to a hive queen. Their typical pattern is: they warp into the zone, go to an asteroid and mine for about 5 to 10 minutes, then warp back out. You want to be within ~500m 1000m of them when they warp, so that you will be able to see what sector they warped to in your chat bar. The sector that they warp to will contain a hive queen.
==Preparing to attack a hive queen==
Now when you enter the sector with the hive queen, you will first want to take out all of the extra bots guarding it. Unless, this sector is These usually contain a few [[Assault drones]], [[Transport drones]], [[Guardian drones]], and [[Overseers]]. ==Taking out the Hive Skirmish missionQueen==The Queen just turboes around while you deal with the escort. However, in which case once an Observer or Transport bot from the escort is killed, the queen will agro on you may not have time to do this. (If So it's even possible? I think the hive bots continue warping in is advised to leave these for the missionlast. After you have dealt with the escort, you can take on the queen.)
==Taking out the hive queen Hive Queen==
First you will need to take down the queen's shield. The key is to inflict as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time. This is easier in a group, but there are techniques for doing it solo.
Once the shield is down, the rest is straightforward. The queen doesn't fire back, so attack with whatever weapon you want until it's dead. Be careful not to be too close (~500m) when it explodes.
==Basic Group Technique==
==Basic Solo Technique==
*IncompleteLoad out a Rag with 1-3 Gemini tubes, and 2 Chaos Swarm Launchers. Fill any small port slots you may have left (if you use less than 3 Geminis) with energy weapons of your choice. Aproach the queen (we are assuming all of the queens retinue is destroyed by this point), at 2500m, being turbo tapping around 80-81 m/s. At 2000m, begin firing all weapons, while not stopping your turbo tap. When your ammo is depleted, get out of there before the queens shields go down. If you have energy weapons on you, use them to take the queen down on the spot.
Be aware that if you are the only one in the sector, or if you are the one who has deshielded the queen and then stay in the sector, the queen will try to attack you. This applies while deshielding as well. If you don't have a buddy to distract the queen, start your stack from a greater distance, since the queen will be moving towards you as well. Take care not to get into a head on collision with the queen. It's almost certain suicide.
= Anti-Hive Tactics =
#Hit-And-Run
Unless aiming for specific types of bots, it is best to try and position yourself so that you can jump easily. Either stay 3000 m away from large objects or get near the storm exit point in ion storms. If necessary, jump away as soon as you have sustained too much damage. Disable your "flight assist" and always strafe and move fowards/backwards.
Pirren's hunting tip.
Keyboard/Mouse offending tactics. Enable your flight assist mode, pick up light fighter (Marauder, vult, valk, raptor, Rev C), and make them burst in your attackroll (press roll key and two or one strafe keys). Nowadays mobs do backrolling often in HS, so attackroll will anyways get all of them.
P.S. You can still strafe successfull with F/A mode on.
== Hunting A Queen ==
2 Chaos Swarm Missile Launchers<BR>
Fire the missiles away from the queen first, slowly (~80 m/s) getting closer with your volleys, so that they all make impact at approximately the same time. Works with Locust Swarm Missile Launchers as well.
''All energy''
== Hive Skirmish ==
Hive Skirmish missions are good for developing all three combat-related skills quickly. Currently avaliable at stations in Latos, Sedina, and some stations in Odiaacross the universe, they offer enough monetary reward to keep your ship flying while you are doing the missions, and are short enough to allow you to go away to do something else should you need to take a break from botting.
Before taking a mission, scout out the asteroid sectors for storms. That way you can avoid taking a mission in a storm. When taking a mission, take one that has 4-8 bots in it. Such sectors are wiped out with relative ease in one go. Sectors with many bots in them are likely to have a Queen or a Leviathan, so avoid them unless you want to kill one of those.
== Assaulting A Leviathan Stronghold ==
[[Leviathan#How_to_Kill | How to kill the Leviathan]]
= Links To Information About The Hive =
[[:Bots#Hive_Bots | Hive Bots]]
[[Leviathan]]
[[Category:Aggressive Activities]]