EVE General Discussion

After realizing how many players do not know what an undock bookmark is, I wrote up a small guide on bookmarking that delves into creating undock bookmarks, as well as docking bookmarks.

Bookmarking guide

An extension to the guide for safespot bookmarks is planned as well, which is the logical step after the docking bookmarks.

As always, input is appreciated - especially if I am talking nonsense again

UPDATE: 13.06.2015
Rewrote the section on docking bookmarks based on feedback.

Ah, I had a look in the forums first to see if there was a general help/info channel but I must have overlooked that. I'll check it out and post there as well. Thanks!

Thanks a lot for the feedback, Stacy. You're right, I'll add the period of invulnerability to the guide.

As for the docking, I learned something new. I'll test it tonight, and add some info on that as well.

I remember having to approach a station to dock after warping to 0, but I assumed it was because of the warp not being that precise. For instance, it happened more often with larger ships than small ones, and it did not happen every time. Then again it hs been some time since I had a station like that, so I'll take your word for it.

Okay, so basically you just approach the station as close as you can? That would best be done with a small ship like a frigate then, I can remember flying through and around stations in my burst when I started playing.

Okay, thanks a bundle - I'll try that tonight and add it to the guide :)

I already added the invulnerability bit.

many stations have their undock directly aligned to a celestial object . these can save a lot of time and give you far more range to make your bookmark . for the 4-4 navy station in jita , it's P4M1 .

i don't like your advice for docking bookmark ; bouncing off a planet gives hostiles more time to prepare for you coming on the station grid . a fast-locking ship that can cover the whole docking ring can still pop you regardless of where you land on the station .

this is how to make and use so-called 'invulna-dock' bookmarks :

make a bookmark inside the station perimeter; fly underneath in a shuttle and tuck yourself up tight into the superstructure , make your bookmark . to use the bookmark , click on the station , so it's in your selected items box . use your dock bookmark , and quickly click the 'dock' icon in selected items box . you will get 'you cannot do that while warping' error message . done correctly , your docking command is loaded , and you become invulnerable and begin docking as soon as you exit warp . if you wait too long , you'll get "you are in a warp" error message , and must click dock again when you come out of warp .

thanks for taking the time to make a guide ; could you add a part on how to auto-warp your pod ? for the noobs of course :)

Its just a little thing I like to do, but I like to name my Insta-Undocks and Insta-docks with "*" as in "***Insta-Undock***" and "**Insta-Dock**". That way, the undock and docking bookmarks appear as the first and second thing on the right-click menu.

I would care to differ with the person who said insta-undocks always work. I have on more than one occasion undocked and ran into another ship, knocking me out of alignment before I could warp. This usually happens with a faster ship like a BR that overtakes and runs into a freighter. Perhaps sometimes someone is sitting on the undock for just this purpose, IDK, luckily I've never been attacked during this moment of vulnerability.

Another thing I saw in that guide is it forgot to mention that you can make a bookmark by pressing Control+B in space, you don't have to open any other windows.

Now if I could just figure out an easy way to name tactical bookmarks off of gates and stations that I could easily know/remember where they are when I am offgrid.

One thing I do is vary the distances I make my insta undock BMs.

For example most of my undock Bms are at 300 km or better. I have seen scan ships and gank ships out at 150 km waiting for ships to insta undock.

Is there not a slight variation with the angle with which a ship undocks each time, hence the error in location position ?