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Zajoba LT
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-10-15 18:03:38 UTC
I have been playing eve a while now but I'm new to null sec. Can anyone explain exactly how warp bubbles work. The pros and cons of a drag bubble over a catch and visa versa. Some questions like...can you use a stealth bomber to bomb someone in or next to a bubble without getting trapped? How can you avoid them without a ping? If there is a drag bubble behind a gate can you warp to 100 from the gate to avoid it? Just stuff like that.
Solaris Ecladia
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-10-16 07:34:54 UTC
Zajoba LT wrote:
I have been playing eve a while now but I'm new to null sec. Can anyone explain exactly how warp bubbles work. The pros and cons of a drag bubble over a catch and visa versa. Some questions like...can you use a stealth bomber to bomb someone in or next to a bubble without getting trapped? How can you avoid them without a ping? If there is a drag bubble behind a gate can you warp to 100 from the gate to avoid it? Just stuff like that.



Someone somewhere will whine over me helping you out. But **** em.
1. Stealth bombers can only effectively bomb bubbles that come from dictors (sabres and crap like that) Do it to your fleet to have a good laugh at your enemies expense. Or do it to the enemy fleet and say it wasnt you.

2. Catch bubble vs drag bubble: Personal choice here really. Some people are lazy and warp to a gate at range or whatever to setup a a catch bubble. some people go that extra mile to drag your ass off gate. Doesnt matter, or it might. thing about drag bubbles is if you get some big slow bastard; he has to turn his ass around and burn. But if he's in a catch bubble he's already heading towards that gate at full speed when he comes out of warp. But really, personal choice.

3. My favorite. How to avoid gate bubbles: 'Oh noes, Im in this system and i see bubbles on d scan! I dont has a ping". You can either cry and turn around, or you can look and see if that gate is on a planet. Oh hey look, its on a planet. Fuckin sweet, warp to that planet and then warp to the gate. Usually that works. Sometimes youll find a better thing to ping off of by looking at your map.

4. You didnt say this but ill write it anyways so you dont **** your pants. Oh look, you just came into this system after bombing off bubbles from your fleet and setting up drag and catch bubbles right after avoiding them on a gate you didnt have a ping on. But oh no, your cloak broke somehow in your bomber and now youre ****** because theres 14 large t2 bubbles on that gate. What do you do? Die like a man? Probably, but just for the hell of it, toss on your mwd and burn like a baby towards the gate and run.
Mar Mite
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-10-16 09:25:14 UTC
Solaris Ecladia wrote:
Zajoba LT wrote:
I have been playing eve a while now but I'm new to null sec. Can anyone explain exactly how warp bubbles work. The pros and cons of a drag bubble over a catch and visa versa. Some questions like...can you use a stealth bomber to bomb someone in or next to a bubble without getting trapped? How can you avoid them without a ping? If there is a drag bubble behind a gate can you warp to 100 from the gate to avoid it? Just stuff like that.



Someone somewhere will whine over me helping you out. But **** em.
1. Stealth bombers can only effectively bomb bubbles that come from dictors (sabres and crap like that) Do it to your fleet to have a good laugh at your enemies expense. Or do it to the enemy fleet and say it wasnt you.

2. Catch bubble vs drag bubble: Personal choice here really. Some people are lazy and warp to a gate at range or whatever to setup a a catch bubble. some people go that extra mile to drag your ass off gate. Doesnt matter, or it might. thing about drag bubbles is if you get some big slow bastard; he has to turn his ass around and burn. But if he's in a catch bubble he's already heading towards that gate at full speed when he comes out of warp. But really, personal choice.

3. My favorite. How to avoid gate bubbles: 'Oh noes, Im in this system and i see bubbles on d scan! I dont has a ping". You can either cry and turn around, or you can look and see if that gate is on a planet. Oh hey look, its on a planet. Fuckin sweet, warp to that planet and then warp to the gate. Usually that works. Sometimes youll find a better thing to ping off of by looking at your map.

4. You didnt say this but ill write it anyways so you dont **** your pants. Oh look, you just came into this system after bombing off bubbles from your fleet and setting up drag and catch bubbles right after avoiding them on a gate you didnt have a ping on. But oh no, your cloak broke somehow in your bomber and now youre ****** because theres 14 large t2 bubbles on that gate. What do you do? Die like a man? Probably, but just for the hell of it, toss on your mwd and burn like a baby towards the gate and run.



great advice, especially for a tard with a numb nut bio...and cant your corp mates provide guidance here? If not, find a new corp if this is the type of activity you plan to pursue.
Zajoba LT
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#4 - 2012-10-16 11:44:53 UTC
Thanks a lot for the advice. God knows iv aready lost several pods and ships to them. Ill just mark it down as a learning experience.