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Probing questions
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Vicata Heth
Sensible People
Sigma Grindset
#1 - 2012-06-20 11:50:33 UTC
I'm trying to determine what I can do to make my ship un-probeable. I know adding ECCM can do it, but that breaks my fit and I would rather avoid it. I am able to move 1200m/s with a sig radius of 195 and a gravimetric eccm strength of 32. Is all of this combined in a safe spot able to prevent me being probed down? Or do you have to be moving at interceptor speeds to be un-probeable?
Grumpy Owly
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2012-06-20 11:55:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Grumpy Owly
Vicata Heth wrote:
I'm trying to determine what I can do to make my ship un-probeable. I know adding ECCM can do it, but that breaks my fit and I would rather avoid it. I am able to move 1200m/s with a sig radius of 195 and a gravimetric eccm strength of 32. Is all of this combined in a safe spot able to prevent me being probed down? Or do you have to be moving at interceptor speeds to be un-probeable?


Only cloak ultimatley takes you off the "radar" with regards to probing.

The adaptions you mention to change sig radius only help to make things more difficult for the probing skill to be more effective.

If you consider the relative difference in distances being AUs then sub light speed isnt really a consideration in probing. Warping around in system however makes it difficult for the prober to pinpoint you in a certain amount of time of course. This is the more overlooked effectiveness of a good prober is that they know how to combine d-scan and other techniques to help reduce timings and target awareness to a scan.

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Vicata Heth
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Sigma Grindset
#3 - 2012-06-20 12:18:03 UTC
Grumpy Owly wrote:
Vicata Heth wrote:
I'm trying to determine what I can do to make my ship un-probeable. I know adding ECCM can do it, but that breaks my fit and I would rather avoid it. I am able to move 1200m/s with a sig radius of 195 and a gravimetric eccm strength of 32. Is all of this combined in a safe spot able to prevent me being probed down? Or do you have to be moving at interceptor speeds to be un-probeable?


Only cloak ultimatley takes you off the "radar" with regards to probing.

The adaptions you mention to change sig radius only help to make things more difficult for the probing skill to be more effective.

If you consider the relative difference in distances being AUs then sub light speed isnt really a consideration in probing. Warping around in system however makes it difficult for the prober to pinpoint you in a certain amount of time of course. This is the more overlooked effectiveness of a good prober is that they know how to combine d-scan and other techniques to help reduce timings and target awareness to a scan.


Assume I'm in a position where if someone enters local, I can safely assume they're trying to probe me down, and can confirm it quite quickly, while I'm trying to avoid any potential probing. It seems like this answers my question though. Essentially all I can do is fit a cloak, log off, etc. Burning at max speed in a safe won't prevent probing, it will just make it much harder for the enemy to land on top of me.