Running a Randezvous

The Rendezvous sites are a staple of FW gameplay, allowing your faction to contest the system faster by increasing advantage over the system. Completing them grants your faction a 2% advantage, while you receive 10k Loyalty Points for your efforts. They are a great way to break the plexing routine, as they offer reasonable rewards for the effort required. While not a day-one activity, they can be completed in a T1 cruiser fitted with meta modules, so the barrier of entry is relatively low.

Requirements

To complete a Rendezvous site at a reasonable pace, you will need a cruiser that meets the following criteria:

1. Fitted with Probe Launcher

2. Capable of dealing damage at 100+ km range (drones or heavy missiles being the usual choice) OR

3. Fitted with cap stable tank (dual Medium Armor Repairer for example)

4. Ammo or drones that hit the resist hole of the opposing faction (for example, if you are fighting against Caldari, you want to deal EM damage)

Sample ranged Vexor fitting

[Vexor, 150km Drone Bomber]

AE-K Compact Drone Damage Amplifier

Photonic Upgraded Co-Processor

Drone Damage Amplifier II

Drone Damage Amplifier II

Drone Damage Amplifier II

Large Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender

50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive

Drone Navigation Computer I

Alumel-Wired Enduring Sensor Booster, Targeting Range Script

Drone Link Augmentor I

Drone Link Augmentor I

[Empty High slot]

Core Probe Launcher I

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I

Medium Drone Control Range Augmentor I

Acolyte II x5

Infiltrator II x5

Praetor I x2

Sisters Core Scanner Probe x16

Targeting Range Script x2

The Run

1. Go to the Frontline or Command Ops system where you want to run the site

2. Deploy your probes and open the scanning window. Look for signatures that have smaller 'bubbles' than usual

3. Scan down the site and warp to it at your preferred range

4. Keep destroying the NPCs until Officer Battleship spawns (usually on 4th or 5th wave)

5. Destroy the Officer Battleship. You don't need to worry about other NPCs that may be left on the grid

6. IMPORTANT - while the regular NPCs deal relatively low damage, the Officer can land a critical hit dealing over 3000 damage in one volley. If you are in a ranged Cruiser, make sure you maintain at least an 80km range from it

Conclusion

And that's it! The site has been completed and will respawn in 20 minutes. You can run some plexes while waiting for it to respawn, or hit other nearby systems and keep spinning the Rands infinitely. I hope this little guide helps you out in your adventures!