Ships & Modules

Anyone have a working way to snag those pesky ceptors as they come though gates?

Would something stupid like a keres with 10 remote sebos on him work? or do ceptors warp out faster then 2 server ticks needed to lock?

you cant at all if they're fit right.
This is why they are imbalanced, you cant lock or bubble them if they want they always leave.

I'm not seeing the imbalance.

you need at least an alt with 4 remote sebos and a fast locking frigate like a daredevil to get them locked in time, this works sometimes for ceptors which arent fit exclusively for instawarp.

Then you need to lock your overview by holding STRG key and spam clicking overview on bottom (where the target would appear) when you await them to decloak after gate jump, so you instantly start locking them as they appear, this is crucial.

As you locked them, long point, burn toward them, scram + maybe web or neut if available.

This approach perhaps only works for interceptor pilots who don't expect you to lock and point them, they will sit there for few moments and be surprised why they arent in warp yet, by then you should have locked them down. The good or proper fitted ones will still get away but this way you can murder noob mob bandwagoning on the interceptor hype and assuming they are invincible just by flying one.

This is how I managed to get some of them killed with a sentinel, x>3 remote sensor boosters from alt or a buddy are mandatory.

FYI, the fastest warping Interceptor, fit specifically to get into warp as fast as possible, enters warp in 1.4 seconds according to EFT. This is without Nomad implants, but this becomes 1.1 seconds with a full set of nomad implants.

It doesn't sound unreasonable to me, but it is probably outside the realm of most people's reaction time to get a lock on it.

That said, I fly mine specifically for nullsec travel with two warp core stabs, and still get a 1.5 second warp time without nomad implants, so a single lock wouldn't stop me anyway.

Suggestion: Have faster human reaction times (and lots of lock time boosters), use smartbombs, or just ignore interceptors. Being fast and hard to catch is 1/2 of their purpose (the other half is catching things).

but the usual goonswarm scrub doesnt fit strictly for travel, many probably dont even know what they fit for exactly, you will get those killed with some effort.


for mitigating slow human reaction drawback to some degree I described a certain method of locking in my posting above.
Lock your overview and click-spam first empty position in overview untill the sucker decloaks, gotcha (maybe).

I've found a little success lately in playing a wounded duck tactic. Use a cloak legion and be slow to cloak off the gate. Just slow enough to get them to chase me to the second gate. Then on the second gate derp enough to get "caught" Then hit them with the double webs+scrams+bonus neuts. With them locked down hard like that a couple pulses make quick work. Trick is in not getting swarmed in the process.

News Flash:: Not all pvp in Eve involves camping a gate.... You gate campers need to stop calling for nerfs just because you are skilless and unprepared. Adapt and try out new tactics if you want to kill one of these OVERPOWERED interceptors...

My corpmates and I have caught interceptors using 5 T2 remote sensor boosters on an interceptor - you can catch the poorly fit ones this way. The properly fit ones cannot be caught in this way.

This also isn't a practical way to deal with an entire interceptor gang.

This is precisely what is wrong with them. They are like the old WCS-fitted combat ships (pre-WCS nerf) or the old nano ships - unless they want to engage, they cannot really be caught (unless they suck). I thought CCP had realized that this flavor of PVP was bad, but apparently they have forgotten that. It used to be that PVP required you to commit to a fight and that it took real skill to avoid being caught by a proper defense. Now you just warp gate-to-gate and laugh if you are properly fit.