Warfare & Tactics

ok so what happens is this : given a cloaked indy ( or transport ), it aligns to a certain gate/destination ( while cloaked ). Moving at the fantastic speed of 9 m/s, it slowly aligns to the target - been doing this for like 5 minutes so, even with the slow speed, id say it should be aligned ( visually it surely is ). However when i turn off cloaking and hit warp, it still needs a full half a minute to align and warp. Shouldnt this be instant warping, given that the alignment was already done ?

thx

then why does it warp instantly if i put a stasis field on it with another ship ? this decreases the speed even more

You only warp when you reach 75% of your speed , when you uncloak , your maximum speed increases by a lot , so you need to accelerate more to reach 75% of your new maximum speed.

Also you warp faster when webbed because because it recudes your max speed , thus it takes less time to reach 75% speed and initiate warp.

edit: ninja'd

Thank you for the good answers !

Remember, for this you need the improved cloak to work properly.

Fail. You cannot mwd with an active cloak. And if you wait for the cycle to complete the 95 something percent negative speed modifier on the cloak will affect you too much on anything bigger then a nano cruiser and you will not instawarp.

You do:

You jump into a system.
Align
MWD
Cloak
Decloak when the mwd cycle is 85/90% complete
Warp to aligned target, instantly =)

To give a simple explanation to the web process. A freighter has to get to 75% its top speed to warp, so if the freighter is going 55% its top speed and then it is webbed, that current speed is now greater then the now modified webbed max speed and thus you instawarp.

^ This. you have something like a 2-3 second window, if that, to hit mwd after cloak. You only get 1 cycle off on the mwd, but thats all you need. super useful trick.

I think you are literally trying to get people killed with misinformation . You can activate any active module for a few seconds after the cloak is active. The window is a few seconds, and its certainly longer than a single 'server tick.' This is all 'working as intended.' Secondly, if you decloak before the mwd cycle is complete, your max velocity will jump up to your full mwd-'d speed. You will never be able to reach 75% of mwd'd speed after dropping an active cloak. This means you will NEVER be able to activate warp until the mwd cycle finishes, therefore it is dangerous to decloak early. Furthermore, if you don't manually cycle off your mwd, decloaking early will cause your mwd to cycle again, leaving you a complete sitting duck. Also, the "95% speed modifier" is actually a 75% speed modifier with t2, and this negative modifier effects you from the very first cycle. Doing it the correct way, there may be about 1-2 seconds where you have your cloak on but the mwd has just finished. During this time your velocity will decrease, but you'll still be well above the warp threshold. The instant you decloak you can warp. You only need a high-agility ship if you're trying to force this with a t1 cloak or an afterburner, which will leave you exposed regardless.



What's worse, spending 2-3 seconds uncloaked, sig-bloomed from the mwd and getting instalocked or accidentally missing your mwd and being cloaked in place? The window to activate modules after cloaking is a fat one (at least 2 full seconds). If you can't manage that, then this trick isn't going to help you much either way.

Your fail. You actually can mwd cloaked, but only one cycle. Try it. Hit cloak and MWD fast, and you'll see.


regards,

Rob