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Cloaky Scanning

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Alexander Eisenhower
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-10-01 16:40:37 UTC
I know , I know, this has been beat to death but I want to clarify first that I am not whinning about cloakies. What I want is a way to track them. If an AFK Cloaky wants to camp in MY system for days on end, like he obviously has no life, right? Than IF i want to invest an equally laborious and boring period of time I should be able to track his location, stellar drift, warp trail or what ever and eventually warp to and kill. Might take 3-4 days or a week. But you cant tell me that the people who invented the cloak didnt invent a way to track it.

This is the future after all right?
Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-10-01 16:45:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Omnathious Deninard
First page this time, didn't even require the need to search this time.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=216699&find=unread

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Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#3 - 2013-10-01 16:52:31 UTC
Alexander Eisenhower wrote:
I know , I know, this has been beat to death but I want to clarify first that I am not whinning about cloakies. What I want is a way to track them. If an AFK Cloaky wants to camp in MY system for days on end, like he obviously has no life, right? Than IF i want to invest an equally laborious and boring period of time I should be able to track his location, stellar drift, warp trail or what ever and eventually warp to and kill. Might take 3-4 days or a week. But you cant tell me that the people who invented the cloak didnt invent a way to track it.

This is the future after all right?


An afk cloaker probably has a life on account of the fact that he is AFK when you are fretting about him.

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Tikitina
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-10-01 17:12:53 UTC
AFK cloaking counters the grand intel source called local and provides the much needed unknown factor is this game.

Ideally, local shouldn't exist. You shouldn't positively know that there are no hostiles in system or not.


And no, you shouldn't be able to scan them down. You should never have perfect intel.
Trii Seo
Goonswarm Federation
#5 - 2013-10-01 17:21:30 UTC
on a star-lit night,
another cloak thread appears,
a troll leaves his cave.

(No seriously, this has been discussed so many times the "AFK cloak collection thread" has reached threadnaughtic proportions. ISD/CCP should probably sticky that thing for people that don't like to search for the search button.)

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Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2013-10-01 17:41:44 UTC
Reporting this thread as a duplicate of fifty others.

learn to search.
Corun Deluse
Japanese Capacitor Company
#7 - 2013-10-01 19:04:30 UTC
Trii Seo wrote:
... ISD/CCP should probably sticky that thing for people that don't like to search for the search button.


- It very rarely leaves the first page as it is.
- lol @ thinking people suggesting solutions to "afk" cloaking will read stickies


to the OP: Get some friends. Grow some balls. Do your ratting in a pvp ship.

If he's solo, you'll win.
If he's got friends, where are yours? Sounds like a good fight in the making.
Alexander Eisenhower
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2013-10-01 21:07:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Alexander Eisenhower
Tikitina wrote:
AFK cloaking counters the grand intel source called local and provides the much needed unknown factor is this game.

Ideally, local shouldn't exist. You shouldn't positively know that there are no hostiles in system or not.


And no, you shouldn't be able to scan them down. You should never have perfect intel.



Interesting point, i must admit. I think I would rather have the ability to scan them instead of local. It would be more " Immersive" ? .
Alexander Eisenhower
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-10-01 21:09:42 UTC
Danika Princip wrote:
Reporting this thread as a duplicate of fifty others.

learn to search.


Sorry, But, I'm not here to research.
Soldarius
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#10 - 2013-10-01 21:14:11 UTC
Was going to say something about someone from SS complaining about cloaky campers when former Tribe. But I see you weren't in tribe. So you're excused.

Learn to live with it bro. It's a part of nulsec life. Ask your bros from IG or CDIAT about cloaky camping. Especially the guys from CDIAT. ;)

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Janna Sway
Ember Inc.
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
#11 - 2013-10-01 22:13:17 UTC
I purposefully visit the forums in hope to find a new anti-cloaking thread to read and enjoy my coffee breaks.

May I suggest you just close the local window and play as if you were in a wormhole system? This would save you a lot of trouble and time.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#12 - 2013-10-01 22:31:32 UTC
Alexander Eisenhower wrote:
I know , I know, this has been beat to death ...


You must be referring to the New Topic button in regards to AFK Cloaky solution threads.

I agree. its been beaten to death.


Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#13 - 2013-10-01 22:34:36 UTC
Alexander Eisenhower wrote:
This is the future after all right?

How about a cloaked missile that only auto-targets cloaked ships?

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Arya Regnar
Darwins Right Hand
#14 - 2013-10-02 05:56:29 UTC
Trii Seo wrote:
on a star-lit night,
another cloak thread appears,
a troll leaves his cave.

(No seriously, this has been discussed so many times the "AFK cloak collection thread" has reached threadnaughtic proportions. ISD/CCP should probably sticky that thing for people that don't like to search for the search button.)


Nice haiku.

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Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#15 - 2013-10-02 06:05:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Alvatore DiMarco
Alexander Eisenhower wrote:
But you cant tell me that the people who invented the cloak didnt invent a way to track it.

This is the future after all right?


The people of Crielere Labs who invented the cloak didn't even finish inventing the cloak in the first place. All they managed to create before the Gallente and Caldari governments both withdrew their funding was a rough and barely-functional prototype.

Therefore, I can and will indeed tell you that the people who invented the cloak did not in fact invent a way to track it.

Please learn to nullsec, and have a nice day.
Maximus Aerelius
PROPHET OF ENIGMA
#16 - 2013-10-02 09:21:37 UTC
Danika Princip wrote:
Reporting this thread as a duplicate of fifty others.

learn to search.


Seconded and also reported to be locked.

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Mag's
Azn Empire
#17 - 2013-10-02 10:47:09 UTC
Maximus Aerelius wrote:
Danika Princip wrote:
Reporting this thread as a duplicate of fifty others.

learn to search.


Seconded and also reported to be locked.
This.

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Samillian
Angry Mustellid
#18 - 2013-10-02 10:55:57 UTC
OP if you already know why have you bothered?

All you have to do is check The List and you would have saved us and yourself some time.

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Silvetica Dian
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#19 - 2013-10-02 13:11:54 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
Alexander Eisenhower wrote:
This is the future after all right?

How about a cloaked missile that only auto-targets cloaked ships?


how about a cloaked missile that can travel to the far reaches of eve and only targets people that create afk cloaking threads.

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ISD Tyrozan
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#20 - 2013-10-02 14:38:57 UTC
Duplicate thread. Please post to Cloaking thread. Topic locked.

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