EVE General Discussion

That's telekinesis. That's the power; to move you.

Easy.

Lock target, orbit and attack. Then go get some more cereal and hope for the best.

For best effect name said Pilgrim "Hot Dropper" also...

If i was in the middle of infinite space and it was bed time.

i would probably go cloak while i slept.

Wouldn't being able to scan a cloaked ship be doing away with stealth? What's the point in having a cloak if you can be scanned anyway? That would kill the whole idea of Covops being able to remain undetected and gather intel.

Maybe if probes took over an hour due to the minimal emissions of a cloaked ship but could scan a stationary ship so long as it remained stationary and you have Sov in that system, it would be reasonable. That means that Sov owners have a little more security to find AFK cloakers but anywhere else, you take your chances.

If you can't scan for a moving target, AFK cloakers who remain stationary for hours would be detected in time but anyone actively moving around and gathering intel remains undetected. If they move during that hour, the probes won't pick them up.

It would probably mean introducing a specific probe that only scans for cloaked ships that could last for over an hour in space. It should not find uncloaked ships due to calibration differences. It must also use the triangulation method so it can't be used alone and each probe may therefore have to be guarded. I would say an hour is reasonable because it has to be significantly long enough to be worth having the cloak in the game and only someone with enough determination to find an AFK cloaker in their Sov space would use it. It also gives the cloaker time to move if they think probes are being used.

However, I do enjoy the thought of a cloaked ship in local scaring the heck out of nullsec carebears.

It's still an attack which can't be countered

I could make a wall of text, ask psychologists to verify why it feel like an attack and eventualy make you look like a fool but I will not cause it would take too long, you would not understand it and there seems to be an easier solution.

So CCP, please remove local so we can have new topics to talk about.

CCP loves AFK cloackers. Player A wants to disturb player B (in an ennemy alliance or corp). He sends is toon in player B's farming system to lower their index (cloacked in a safe for days...never moving). Player A still needs to farm ISKs for himself or participate to OPs and CTAs in is own alliance so he needs an other account in null.

Player B needs to farm for ISKs but the AFK cloacker (player A) is in system so its to dangerous to go out. He goes to another system but finds another AFK cloacker (player C - sometimes from the same corp as player A) that is being sitting there for days. The only place he could go to make ISKs is in high sec however, is alliance does not like to see their members in HS sec. There is also the WDs. So he creates an alt account (sometimes two) to farm ISKs in high sec. BOOM, CCP just made more money just because of the AFK cloacking phenomenon.

Random Neutral uses AFK and Cloaks!

It's super effective !


Actually, it should be activates cloak and uses AFK. Can't press cloak butan while away from keyboard (and mouse).

Begin endless whine threads about not being able to see hostiles in local.