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Do drones still decloak?
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Lord Wickham
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-07-19 13:20:55 UTC
as the topic says, i heard someone say that drones no longer decloak anymore and you have to use jetcans now? no more abandoning drones around the gate???
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-07-19 13:26:50 UTC
drones still decloak but i think abandoning drones at a gate is considered exploiting now.

Art of Explosions
Substantia Nigra
Polaris Rising
Goonswarm Federation
#3 - 2013-07-19 19:55:11 UTC
i keep hearing ppl saying drones do not decloak. dunno who made that one up but it's a bit of a virus. If a drone comes within 2km of your cloaked ship it *will* uncloak you.

Spiking a gate (or bubble, or POS or whatever) with lots of drones is not an exploit ... in, and of, itself. CCP may intervene if the number of objects you drop is intended to or actually creates lag, and someone petitions bringing it to their attention.

CCP's response is inconsistent but when they act it usually involves a GM suddenly appearing in system, all your hard-placed items disappearing, and the GM disappearing ... over about a 30s period. I've been on several such camps now and there have been no warnings or admonitions, just our cans / drones / etc disappearing.

I guess I am almost a 'vet' by now. Hopefully not too bitter and managing to help more than I hinder. I build and sell many things, including large collections of bookmarks.
Donbe Scurred
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-07-19 20:08:19 UTC
Substantia Nigra wrote:
i keep hearing ppl saying drones do not decloak. dunno who made that one up but it's a bit of a virus. If a drone comes within 2km of your cloaked ship it *will* uncloak you.

Spiking a gate (or bubble, or POS or whatever) with lots of drones is not an exploit ... in, and of, itself. CCP may intervene if the number of objects you drop is intended to or actually creates lag, and someone petitions bringing it to their attention.

CCP's response is inconsistent but when they act it usually involves a GM suddenly appearing in system, all your hard-placed items disappearing, and the GM disappearing ... over about a 30s period. I've been on several such camps now and there have been no warnings or admonitions, just our cans / drones / etc disappearing.



I have not tested myself but this is also my understanding.
Diesel47
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-07-23 10:04:55 UTC
Do active drones decloak still or only abandoned ones?
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-07-23 10:24:09 UTC
both, any object in space decloaks if you're within 2km of it

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Froggy Storm
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#7 - 2013-07-23 11:48:00 UTC
For clarification, I know that drones, cans, or what have you will break an activated cloak. Isn't it true however, a gate cloak is not broken until after you load grid AND begin moving regardless of what is near you?
Liam Inkuras
Furnace
#8 - 2013-07-23 14:25:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Liam Inkuras
Abandoned drones sat on a gate to decloak are only an exploit if they cause lag.

I wear my goggles at night.

Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-07-23 14:29:20 UTC
Froggy Storm wrote:
For clarification, I know that drones, cans, or what have you will break an activated cloak. Isn't it true however, a gate cloak is not broken until after you load grid AND begin moving regardless of what is near you?


gate cloak is infallible until you input a move command to your ship or the timer runs out

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Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#10 - 2013-07-23 15:42:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Bienator II
active drones and probes no longer decloak ships or prevent your own cloaking.

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value
Wizlawz
Pro Synergy
#11 - 2013-08-03 08:47:03 UTC
Tsukino Stareine wrote:
drones still decloak but i think abandoning drones at a gate is considered exploiting now.



if that is true as an exploit... should have seen all the cans at a gate i went through not long ago....
Trevor Dalech
Nobody in Local
Of Sound Mind
#12 - 2013-08-05 04:30:36 UTC
Probes, however don't decloak anymore. I can launch 8 probes, be within 500m of one and immediately cloak again.
Infinity Ziona
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2013-08-06 02:09:37 UTC
Tsukino Stareine wrote:
Froggy Storm wrote:
For clarification, I know that drones, cans, or what have you will break an activated cloak. Isn't it true however, a gate cloak is not broken until after you load grid AND begin moving regardless of what is near you?


gate cloak is infallible until you input a move command to your ship or the timer runs out

Really? I swear I have been put gate cloaked next to an object like one of those vid screens, very rarely happens though, and its broken my gate cloak instantly.

While ago though.

CCP Fozzie “We can see how much money people are making in nullsec and it is, a gigantic amount, a shit-ton… in null sec anomalies. “*

Kaalrus pwned..... :)
Substantia Nigra
Polaris Rising
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2013-09-02 05:41:47 UTC
Infinity Ziona wrote:
Tsukino Stareine wrote:
[quote=Froggy Storm]
gate cloak is infallible until you input a move command to your ship or the timer runs out

Really? I swear I have been put gate cloaked next to an object like one of those vid screens, very rarely happens though, and its broken my gate cloak instantly.


too much Quafe does that to a person.

I guess I am almost a 'vet' by now. Hopefully not too bitter and managing to help more than I hinder. I build and sell many things, including large collections of bookmarks.