Ships & Modules

1. After jumping, gate cloaks prevent the activation of modules thus I can't push cloak + mwd immediately after align, and spamming can turn off the cloaking device prematurely. What's the best practice of handling this?

2. Is there a sure fire way to tell whether my ship was lockable or not after the execution of a mwd + cloak? I mean due to lag sometimes the mwd runs for a second or two longer and I float there like a lemon waiting for my max speed to drop... or the mwd deactivates on cue but the cloak is playing up and I decelerate below 75% base velocity before it reacts. I imagine with agile ships you can just let the cloak run for a second longer and it's sorted, but what to do if the timing is tight to begin with?

3. Does the lock time of gate campers matter at all or does latency make a lock impossible if the trick is executed properly?

4. In the process of training for a mastodon, what kind of skills would I need to make this work if I have two inertia stab II's fitted? I have spaceship command 5 and evasive maneuvering 4, is that enough or do I need overheating? (Yes I will use the prowler, please don't go there.)

Thanks!

I don't really understand if you are hauling stuff in high/null/low but I'll admit it's for low/null.

The only ships you can warp with being cloaked can use cover ops device, everything else has 70+% chances you get caught at the first gate camp unless they are really dumb.

Can you fly the Orca? - because you'll be just at a few more weeks training for the rorqual. (you can train both tbh)

Advantages?
- 1.5B isk instead of 5B for jump freighter
- you can haul the same amount of stuff (I'd say + but I'm not sure of this)
-corporate hangar
-drone bay providing some defence
-jump the same distance (who cares of gate camps?)
-industrials around will love you and pay you good enough for the risk

However:
- you'll need the cyno alt or someone doing this for you
-you can't haul stuff with from high sec to low/null while with jump freighter you can
-you need to be aware of your fuel stock
-you need to plan your destination route carefully (use jump planner it's good enough)

Jump Freighter:
while you can jump from no matter where in high sec directly to low/null (depending on the distance and your skills) to get back to high sec you'll not be able to cyno up in high sec.

You still need to jump in to the closest low sec system (0.4 or 0.3) with station is better, and then jump normally in to high sec
Remember that every one can warp to your alt's cyno bacon so you better know what you are doing.

I'd start with the Rorqual to make fast enough isk to buy the jump freighter but I will never advice you to use regular freighters in null low unless you have a very good escort.



An experienced ceptor pilot will "3clik" on gridd the sec you are visible, if he gets it and has drones assigned he will decloak you and chances are you are dead.
T2 transport ships use cov ops cloaking devices, yes they haul less but chances you get caught are small unless you fall in to some heavy bubbled gate.

Either I'm on a VERY long lucky streak or the hundreds of ships I and most certainly many others have sneaked through camps beg to differ.

As for the rest of your post: There are people who need directions and sometimes aren't even sure they asked the right questions. I am sure they appreciate the kind of post you made greatly. Then there are folks like me who know exactly what they want and how they want it and - despite seeing your good intentions - get genuinely pissed if you start talking about alternatives and their pros and cons. I hate being like that. But seeing how specific the OP's questions were I am willing to bet money he feels something like that. Assumptions of system security are irrelevant to answering her questions.



You are right IF the ship has no trouble reaching 75% speed in a single mwd cycle in the first place. This however is not true for DSTs, they align painfully slow... somewhere around 30s base. Even with max skills I think you wouldn't make it to 75% in time unless you fit some istabs.

Didn't know that, thanks! God that's depressing considering a plated BS can manage it fairly easily in one MWD cycle from my limited experience.

Double-click in a direction. As soon as speed changes from 0 m/s click MWD and then click cloak. If you're in a camp, once the MWD has spooled to about half velocity change your vector by about 45 degrees or so. This helps prevent any campers from decloaking you by getting within range. With luck you should float out of any bubbles (in null) and/or confuse your aggressors (in low) enough to get to a suitable warp-out point. Once you feel safe/are out of a bubble, warp off.

I have used this technique with a Nemesis and a Crane in both low and null sec, under varying conditions, and have yet to be caught. (crosses fingers) No need to spam either, or use the keyboard (unless you prefer it). I find simply moving and clicking the mouse to create a "nominal" time-span to avoid module interference.