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Lightley
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-04-26 07:06:00 UTC
If you travel warp to zero from gate to gate in lowsec in a frigate, what are the chances to be tackled?
dark heartt
#2 - 2013-04-26 07:11:00 UTC
It really depends. If they have a fast locking ship you may still get tackled, but the only way to find out is to go for it.

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Skurja Volpar
Rattini Tribe
Minmatar Fleet Alliance
#3 - 2013-04-26 07:21:58 UTC
In a frigate, you'll be safe 95% of the time, in anything bigger not so much.

But, using the in game map, and checking ships killed in the last hour, you can hopefully isolate systems where organized gate camps are active and take another route.
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#4 - 2013-04-26 07:29:56 UTC
Avoid certain systems (Rancer) famed for their Smartbomb camps.

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Lightley
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-04-26 07:31:37 UTC
would warp core stabs improve my survability? what other modules can i use to help pass a gate camp in low.
and thank you for the answers so far
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#6 - 2013-04-26 07:39:20 UTC
Nanofiber internal structures. They improve your align time and speed, allowing you to get into warp faster. The downside is that they make your ship a "wee" bit more fragile.

How did you Veterans start?
Lightley
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-04-26 07:52:31 UTC
is there a way to deal with smartbombing at the gate?
Marc Callan
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2013-04-26 08:07:58 UTC
If there is a smartbomber at the gate, the only real defense is avoidance. You can warp at range to see if there's a battleship stooging around the gate, and then bounce off a celestial, perhaps approaching from a direction such that the gate is between you and the smartbomber (thus hopefully increasing your range from the smartbomber so he can't hit you), or perhaps gambling that you'll land and jump before he triggers the smartbombs - though if he's running the smartbombs constantly, you're just rolling the dice that you can decel out of warp and jump the gate between smartbomb cycles.

Most reliable tactic: plan an alternate route through another gate.

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Fret Thiesant
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-04-26 10:46:25 UTC
Yeah i learned about sb's my first week. If you see 15 flashies in local don' t warp to the next gate.

Thanks to Evoke for teaching me that Big smile
Lightley
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-04-26 11:09:42 UTC
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Yeah i learned about sb's my first week. If you see 15 flashies in local don' t warp to the next gate.

Thanks to Evoke for teaching me that


Oh lol ok ill try remember that Smile
Werner vanDeventer
Codpiece Conundrum
#11 - 2013-04-26 11:44:34 UTC
Fret Thiesant wrote:
Yeah i learned about sb's my first week. If you see 15 flashies in local don' t warp to the next gate.

Thanks to Evoke for teaching me that Big smile


Excuse me if this appears as a double post.

Can you please explain this statement as I don't understand the meaning.
I have also been told to use scan 360 degrees constantly but the people who intent to kill me don't appear as red crosses.
Is there an indication when I am targeted or scanned?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.
Ronix Aideron
Zymurgy Corp.
#12 - 2013-04-26 12:06:11 UTC
As far as I know only NPC's show up as crosses in the Overview.

You can tell if someone targets you because in your overview a flashing box appears in the item column.

Start the day off slow and taper off from there.

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Lightley
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-04-26 13:16:30 UTC
Quote:
As far as I know only NPC's show up as crosses in the Overview.

You can tell if someone targets you because in your overview a flashing box appears in the item column.

Quote:
Excuse me if this appears as a double post.

Can you please explain this statement as I don't understand the meaning.
I have also been told to use scan 360 degrees constantly but the people who intent to kill me don't appear as red crosses.
Is there an indication when I am targeted or scanned?

Any help will be appreciated.


He is refering to local channel , not overview.Recent agressors will appear as flashing red skulls in there.
Thomas Builder
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2013-04-26 20:00:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Thomas Builder
Werner vanDeventer wrote:
Is there an indication when I am targeted or scanned?

Usually someone targeting you will have yellow brackets "[" "]" in the overview. (Flashing will they acquire the lock)

However, there is a module that allows someone to target you unnoticed. A ship that is a dedicated scanner will have that module.

Also, there is an animation when someone is using a scanner, but it's so faint that it's almost impossible to notice. (I barely notice it when using my own scanner.)

Edit: addition
Werner vanDeventer wrote:
I have also been told to use scan 360 degrees constantly but the people who intent to kill me don't appear as red crosses.
It's usually safe to assume that any ship that appears in the 360 scan within 1 AU is intending to kill you.

Even if they are flying a Venture.
Even if they have 4.7 security rating.
Even if they are only 6 weeks old.
Disastro
Wrecking Shots
#15 - 2013-04-27 11:06:07 UTC
Lightley wrote:
If you travel warp to zero from gate to gate in lowsec in a frigate, what are the chances to be tackled?


It is possible to be tackled in a frigate. It is, however, highly unlikely. If it isnt a busy gate system you probably will have little to worry about.
Pitrolo Orti
Doomheim
#16 - 2013-04-29 18:09:17 UTC
Low sec gates are pretty safe because they dont have bubbles...only problem is that casual instalock tornado that will pop your frigate before you can even press the warp button.

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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#17 - 2013-04-29 18:46:19 UTC
Pitrolo Orti wrote:
Low sec gates are pretty safe because they dont have bubbles...only problem is that casual instalock tornado that will pop your frigate before you can even press the warp button.


Uhm...sorry to bust your bubble, but if you don't do anything, you hold gate cloak for 60 seconds.

If you drop gate cloak and still haven't made a decision to either warp out or burst back to gate. You should die.

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Ari Laveran
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-04-29 19:03:14 UTC
I've lost one incursus to a seeming instant lock gate camp. Sometimes you are just boned.
Pitrolo Orti
Doomheim
#19 - 2013-04-29 20:49:26 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Pitrolo Orti wrote:
Low sec gates are pretty safe because they dont have bubbles...only problem is that casual instalock tornado that will pop your frigate before you can even press the warp button.


Uhm...sorry to bust your bubble, but if you don't do anything, you hold gate cloak for 60 seconds.

If you drop gate cloak and still haven't made a decision to either warp out or burst back to gate. You should die.


Nobody said anything about staying asleep in gate...If you move you will loose your cloak...if your ship cant warp out and align faster than the time it takes them lock you...you are dead...

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2013-04-30 00:20:45 UTC
Lightley wrote:
is there a way to deal with smartbombing at the gate?


Try a logical paradox

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