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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#1 - 2011-09-26 04:11:53 UTC
During the Anchoring and Onlining Time of a POS, is it possible (although obviously potentially stupid) to LEAVE the area to attend to other business, even LEAVE the system itself ? Or are you required to stay within a certain distance of the Anchoring (Onlining) POS, even cloaked ??

I have searched for HOURS for this everywhere and can't find it..................

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Iosue
League of Gentlemen
The Initiative.
#2 - 2011-09-26 04:19:45 UTC
yeah, once you set it to anchor or online you can leave or even log off.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#3 - 2011-09-26 04:23:30 UTC
Iosue wrote:
yeah, once you set it to anchor or online you can leave or even log off.



erm.........any possible proof Linky on that thar info ?????????

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Brock Nelson
#4 - 2011-09-26 04:34:10 UTC
Ok let me get this straight...

It's 30 mins to anchor a tower?
It takes you hours to try to find the answer to what you're asking?
And you didn't even try once to leave the area/system/log off to see what happens?

By the way, yes you can leave your POS alone while it's anchoring or even onlining

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#5 - 2011-09-26 04:52:47 UTC
I am in SHOUTING BOLD:


Brock Nelson wrote:
Ok let me get this straight...

It's 30 mins to anchor a tower?

ERM.....YEAHHHH

It takes you hours to try to find the answer to what you're asking?

ERM.........YEAH. I DO try to find out info before PESTERING and (acting like a jerk) on the Forums.

And you didn't even try once to leave the area/system/log off to see what happens?

I'VE BEEN PLAYING TOO LONG TO BE THAT EXPERIMENTAL AND STUPID IN LOW SEC

By the way, yes you can leave your POS alone while it's anchoring or even onlining

NEED PROOF. An idiot can see the millions of theft exploits here................

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#6 - 2011-09-26 05:22:25 UTC
Sigh......is there anybody NOT trolling this evening ????

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Infinite Force
#7 - 2011-09-26 05:53:49 UTC
Krixtal,

I personally have never found any documentation that says one way or the other in regards to this specific question.

From extensive POS experience, I can tell you that when you anchor / online / unanchor a POS structure (tower, module or other item), the process is the same and it's completely hands-off once the timer has started.

If you are concerned about your tower being attacked (low/null-sec) while it's going up or onlining, then you should have an appropriately sized defense crew handy. IIRC, towers and modules (e.g. guns, ew, etc.) are invulnerable until they are anchored.

One caveat to know is that once you UNanchor an item and it finishes its unanchoring cycle, it an be freely scooped by anyone passing by (unless it's inside the shields, then only by those that can get inside).

For anchoring / onlining / unanchoring times, size matters. For standard towers, the times are:

Large : 1800s / 1800s / 3600s
Medium : 900s / 900s / 1800s
Small : 450s / 450s / 900s

Faction Towers have appropriately reduced times.

Hope this helps.

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Chichkata
Legion Enterprises Inc
#8 - 2011-09-26 05:55:57 UTC
You can do whatever you want while the tower is being anchored/onlined.
Invictra Atreides
Toward the Terra
#9 - 2011-09-26 08:01:10 UTC
Like shoot the Tower while its getting onlined :P

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Cyniac
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2011-09-26 08:08:23 UTC
You can leave the tower once the anchoring process has started it's completely independent of anything else you are doing.

You will want to get back to it on time in order to fuel and online the tower and activate the all important force field.

As for it being a stupid thing to do - not necessarily. The time during which you are anchoring the tower is the time of maximum vulnerability. If you are hanging around the tower in a ship that can be scanned down or draw attention to the fact someone is in system. A tower in the process of anchoring draws a lot less attention through scans and probing.

This is not theoretical, I have done it on multiple ocassions. You do not need to baby sit the tower for the anchoring process to complete itself.
Koen L
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2011-09-26 12:07:17 UTC
Goto test server and test it. No need to search for hours somewhere.
And yes, its proofen fact, all answers above are correct, the tower onlining process doesnt care if you are in system or not or even offline.

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Forge Pricecheck
Sceptical Hippo Inc.
#12 - 2011-09-27 03:22:36 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Sigh......is there anybody NOT trolling this evening ????


I get it: a link to a half assed wiki article / guide / ... made by one random guy is better proof than a forum post confirmed by several random guys. Or do you want to be 100% certain? Then go test it because there is NO other way. Calling people who help you trolls is a slick move, too bad you are in fact the victim of your own faulty logic.
beor oranes
Tranquility Tavern
Pandemic Horde
#13 - 2011-09-27 04:04:55 UTC
Maybe next time you need a question answering you should use the petition system and ask a GM, it will stop you getting slightly worked up about it all. You asked a question, two people answered and then you got all emo. Lots of things in this game don't have a wiki page to 'confirm' how to do it. In this example, people just kinda assume that when you get to the point of dropping a POS then you will either know that or one of your ingame friends will be able to answer the question for you.

You would have been better just asking the question: can anyone confirm what this guy is saying please? That way you will have got more than 1 or 2 confirmations to your question. If that still isn't enough as Koen L and Forge Pricecheck (awesome name btw) said use the test server

How can you have played so long and not know the answer to this question?! Its like asking 'can carriers use gates?' Seems to me you have been playing the single player version of this game.
DigDoug
RoKaSa Industries Ltd.
I Showed You My Probes... Please Respond...
#14 - 2011-09-27 04:05:35 UTC
As stated above, you're actually making it more dangerous for your tower if you stay around. I've installed and removed towers from some pretty active low sec spots (farewell Tama) and not only can you leave the area, you should leave the area.
Czeris
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#15 - 2011-09-28 07:48:16 UTC
Your POS will also continue anchoring/onlining/whatever it's doing during downtime.

If you're really concerned, start the process right before downtime hits.
Linda Shadowborn
Dark Steel Industries
#16 - 2011-09-28 22:47:04 UTC
I docked up, fiddled in the hangar while mine was onlineing. When it was about to be done i went out, jumped to it. and started fueling. No prob.

As people said several times now, no you dont need to be nearby.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#17 - 2011-09-28 22:56:24 UTC
Infinite Force wrote:
Krixtal,

I personally have never found any documentation that says one way or the other in regards to this specific question.

From extensive POS experience, I can tell you that when you anchor / online / unanchor a POS structure (tower, module or other item), the process is the same and it's completely hands-off once the timer has started.


Thanks for the response. I stayed away a few days to let this all simmer down.

Confirmed by my Alliance CEO (4 yr player) that this is indeed the case.

And yup....not really documented anywhere, even the article on Anchoring. No biggie. Just needed CLARITY when doing in Low Sec obviously.

So, I'm slapping it up in High after all, but I have to get my Gallente Standing up of course, so now I'm doing the Data Center missions to turn tags and get standings.

Playing almost 20 months and HAD NO IDEA OF THOSE ! rofl

Literally learn something new everyday in EVE still.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#18 - 2011-09-28 23:01:32 UTC
beor oranes wrote:
Maybe next time you need a question answering you should use the petition system and ask a GM, it will stop you getting slightly worked up about it all. You asked a question, two people answered and then you got all emo. Lots of things in this game don't have a wiki page to 'confirm' how to do it. In this example, people just kinda assume that when you get to the point of dropping a POS then you will either know that or one of your ingame friends will be able to answer the question for you.

You would have been better just asking the question: can anyone confirm what this guy is saying please? That way you will have got more than 1 or 2 confirmations to your question. If that still isn't enough as Koen L and Forge Pricecheck (awesome name btw) said use the test server

How can you have played so long and not know the answer to this question?! Its like asking 'can carriers use gates?' Seems to me you have been playing the single player version of this game.


OMG this is all so wrong I don't know where to begin.

I did not realize one had to post with SUCH EXACTITUDE on a Forum when a simple question was being asked.

And I TRUST NO ONE IN EVE. That's why I wanted Linky.

And, BTW, my FOUR YEAR alliance CEO learned something NEW from ME yesterday. People always do not know SOMEthing about the game. You ARE indeed just being an a$$.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Brock Nelson
#19 - 2011-09-29 03:29:56 UTC
You trust no one in the game and yet you still accepted your alliance's ceo answer?

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LumpySnake
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#20 - 2011-09-29 09:08:24 UTC
Brock Nelson wrote:
You trust no one in the game and yet you still accepted your alliance's ceo answer?

This, you asked a bunch of forum idiots about your pos, which they have not even the slightest clue what it is or where its going, yet you asked your alliance CEO, who knows more about it than us and has the better odds of stealing it than we do and you took his advice?
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