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Is there anyway to find a cloaked ship?
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nubile slave
Advanced Weapon Supplement League
Fraternity.
#61 - 2013-04-01 21:55:00 UTC
Sharon Anne wrote:
When I was in Delve with my main as a part of BoB, we were able to flush out a cloak ship because we knew what direction he warped to. We formed a line with drones out and slowly swept the area the warp would have ended at a planet, 30 minutes later we de-cloaked him and popped his ship. We had a good laugh over how unlucky he was, EVE may seem 3D, but it is really a 2D table top. Blink



Only flatlanders think the game is 2D, and they usually don't last long...
Lord Fudo
Doomheim
#62 - 2013-04-01 22:10:45 UTC
Tera iG wrote:
Hello there


Well to day we have had a cloaked ship in are system for about 12 hours now is there anyway i can find were he is or uncloak him.

Any help is awesome


The most effective way is to submit a petition in game about your problem with the local channel. Explain to them how unfair it is for someone to use the local channel in such a way that your paranoia is too high for you to undock and enjoy the game

AFK has got to stop. It cant go on forever. How dare they cloak up and go afk for days on end and prevent you from feeling safe?

Dont worry, ccp will one day remove local channel like it is in wormhole space, and you wont have to be afraid anymore. ;-)
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#63 - 2013-04-01 22:41:29 UTC
nubile slave wrote:
Sharon Anne wrote:
When I was in Delve with my main as a part of BoB, we were able to flush out a cloak ship because we knew what direction he warped to. We formed a line with drones out and slowly swept the area the warp would have ended at a planet, 30 minutes later we de-cloaked him and popped his ship. We had a good laugh over how unlucky he was, EVE may seem 3D, but it is really a 2D table top. Blink



Only flatlanders think the game is 2D, and they usually don't last long...



Still more likely to get a job as a pilot than someone from WeMadeIt.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#64 - 2013-04-01 22:56:36 UTC
Micheal Dietrich wrote:
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
fly around everywhere. maybe you'll bump into it.

If he's in a safe spot the odds of you decloaking him are literally astronomical.

If a system is max 15 AU in size and everything is on the same plane then he's somewhere in an area of 1.6 * 10^19 square kilometers. Have fun getting to within 2 km of him. If the system is larger or stuff isn't all on the same plane then you have even less chance of finding him if he's safed up and cloaked.



He said the guy was there for 12 hours so its not like he needs to hurry in this search. He'll find the cloaker eventually.

Let me know if you manage to do it before our sun goes red giant.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#65 - 2013-04-02 00:15:37 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Micheal Dietrich wrote:
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
fly around everywhere. maybe you'll bump into it.

If he's in a safe spot the odds of you decloaking him are literally astronomical.

If a system is max 15 AU in size and everything is on the same plane then he's somewhere in an area of 1.6 * 10^19 square kilometers. Have fun getting to within 2 km of him. If the system is larger or stuff isn't all on the same plane then you have even less chance of finding him if he's safed up and cloaked.



He said the guy was there for 12 hours so its not like he needs to hurry in this search. He'll find the cloaker eventually.

Let me know if you manage to do it before our sun goes red giant.



I'm not looking for that cloaker unless he pays me hourly to.

Out of Pod is getting In the Pod - Join in game channel **IG OOPE **
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#66 - 2013-04-02 01:04:17 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
I have observed that the only way to find a cloaked ship is to go into the forums and pressure CCP to nerf cloaking or devise some way to find a ship that is cloaked.

So far it hasn't worked but there's always a new attempt in progress.


Even in WoW you can break the stealth of Rogues. One AoE DoT will do it.

So we need a ship with an AoE weapon that can do something similar.

A HIC can place a bubble on a target that can't be removed, but he's exposed to concentrated fire. A cloaked ship can spy and call in a whole fleet without a counter (as they can cloak in as well). Then sneak away and still be cloaked.

It's spy vs spy, not spy vs lolz.

_"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." _ ~George Orwell
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#67 - 2013-04-02 02:14:04 UTC  |  Edited by: RubyPorto
Ace Uoweme wrote:
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
I have observed that the only way to find a cloaked ship is to go into the forums and pressure CCP to nerf cloaking or devise some way to find a ship that is cloaked.

So far it hasn't worked but there's always a new attempt in progress.


Even in WoW you can break the stealth of Rogues. One AoE DoT will do it.

So we need a ship with an AoE weapon that can do something similar.

A HIC can place a bubble on a target that can't be removed, but he's exposed to concentrated fire. A cloaked ship can spy and call in a whole fleet without a counter (as they can cloak in as well). Then sneak away and still be cloaked.

It's spy vs spy, not spy vs lolz.


EVE is not WOW. What works for one likely will not work for the other.

A cloaked ship cannot silently call in a fleet in the way you imply. It either has to decloak to light a [cover] cyno, or the fleet has to come in through a gate. Also, you know that they are there. Local is the k-space counter to cloaking.

If you want to catch a cloaky camper, arrange a trap for them. They represent a trap for you, so it's Trap vs Trap.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#68 - 2013-04-02 07:40:37 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:
EVE is not WOW.


Could've fooled me.

RubyPorto wrote:
What works for one likely will not work for the other.

A cloaked ship cannot silently call in a fleet in the way you imply.


Teamspeak 3 to the rescue!

RubyPorto wrote:
It either has to decloak to light a [cover] cyno, or the fleet has to come in through a gate.


Right, which means they can have more than one cloaky in their fleet to escort their friends down/up.

RubyPorto wrote:
Also, you know that they are there. Local is the k-space counter to cloaking.


Once they arrive. Not before. And with the intel already, they wouldn't care, it's smash face time.

RubyPorto wrote:
If you want to catch a cloaky camper, arrange a trap for them. They represent a trap for you, so it's Trap vs Trap.


I'll just play defenseless female and bait them out.

Going to get r-e-a-l good at baiting and blowing things up. Twisted

_"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." _ ~George Orwell
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#69 - 2013-04-02 07:53:59 UTC
Ace Uoweme wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
What works for one likely will not work for the other.

A cloaked ship cannot silently call in a fleet in the way you imply.


Teamspeak 3 to the rescue!


And you can either warp away when the fleet enters local, or the cloaky has to decloak to make you stick around.

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Right, which means they can have more than one cloaky in their fleet to escort their friends down/up.


And that's another hostile in Local telling you "hey, something's going on" leaving you plenty of time to not be there anymore.

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RubyPorto wrote:
Also, you know that they are there. Local is the k-space counter to cloaking.


Once they arrive. Not before. And with the intel already, they wouldn't care, it's smash face time.


No, you know that the cloaky is there. Learning to follow pronoun antecedents is an important life skill.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon