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Smartbombed in warp
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Netan MalDoran
Cathedral.
Shadow Cartel
#1 - 2014-07-30 04:37:29 UTC
So I was wondering (Not crying that I lost my pod, I don't care about that) how I can be smartbombed to death while my pod or shuttle is still in warp? If this is possible then why can't we just setup a line of smartbombers along a gate to gate route in lowsec?

Bottom line: Is this an exploit or is it a viable strategy?

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#2 - 2014-07-30 04:59:33 UTC
Totally viable. Not consistent but totally viable. It's also why I tell people, to no avail, to tank their covops.
Kosetzu
The Black Crow Bandits
Northern Coalition.
#3 - 2014-07-30 09:39:50 UTC
Nothing against doing this, even asked CCP about it myself and it's intended.
Maeltstome
Ten Thousand Days
#4 - 2014-07-30 09:53:13 UTC
It's the only way to kill pods, ceptors or covops in some situations.
Handar Turiant
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-07-30 10:10:10 UTC
1: NEVER EVER take a direct line to your destination. When entering a system, warp to a random celestial, THEN warp to destination. Going gate to gate leads to tears.
2: For extra safety (high local numbers in null and blobs on D-scan): make a safe spot (SS) when warping to first celestial, warp to it. Then warp to second celestial from SS1 and make SS2, THEN warp to destination.
Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#6 - 2014-07-30 11:33:03 UTC
You aren't killed in warp, you are killed in the time between landing on grid at the destination and activating the out-gate.

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Bastion Arzi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2014-07-30 11:45:41 UTC
hahaha.

this happened to me just the other day. lost a half a bill pod lol

i didnt bothering checking the route that autopilot gave me i just headed directly through the gates and saw a light before i died.

BOOM

\o/
Bronson Hughes
The Knights of the Blessed Mother of Acceleration
#8 - 2014-07-30 16:25:24 UTC
Handar Turiant wrote:
1: NEVER EVER take a direct line to your destination. When entering a system, warp to a random celestial, THEN warp to destination. Going gate to gate leads to tears.
2: For extra safety (high local numbers in null and blobs on D-scan): make a safe spot (SS) when warping to first celestial, warp to it. Then warp to second celestial from SS1 and make SS2, THEN warp to destination.

I live by this technique. Non-Linear Safe Spots are an amazing tool for staying alive against a superior force.

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Ginger Barbarella
#9 - 2014-07-30 16:40:58 UTC
Happened to me in FW zone out near Hek once. All it takes is good timing from the camp and you're toast. Smile

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JAF Anders
Adenosine Inhibition
The Chicken Coop
#10 - 2014-07-30 16:59:55 UTC
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:
You aren't killed in warp, you are killed in the time between landing on grid at the destination and activating the out-gate.


Just to be clear, your ship's warp drive is still active as you load grid. The smartbombing occurs near the end of your ship's warp, just before the warp bubble collapses. This places the smartbombing party close to the target's destination, but not so close that smartbombs cannot be activated.

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Netan MalDoran
Cathedral.
Shadow Cartel
#11 - 2014-07-30 23:46:53 UTC
Thanks for all replies, makes sense now.

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Christopher Mabata
Northern Accounts and Systems
#12 - 2014-07-31 02:56:19 UTC
Yeah ive been killed going into warp before by smartbombs, best way to avoid it is to bounce celestials and d-scan the gate.

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See Nothing? Should be clear unless the smartbomber is cloaked, which you really cant do much about sort of like a cloaky dictor on the gates

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Leopold Caine
Stillwater Corporation
#13 - 2014-07-31 08:21:28 UTC
Avoid Rancer.
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Tauranon
Weeesearch
CAStabouts
#14 - 2014-07-31 12:54:29 UTC
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:
You aren't killed in warp, you are killed in the time between landing on grid at the destination and activating the out-gate.


That's what a tactical is for, and I have them on every route I use with any frequency. One of my 3 covops losses was making tacticals in syndicate. Warp to the tactical - see battleships on d-scan - don't bother warping to the gate.

Especially for those horrible out-of-plane gates where every celestial is in the same direction - its nice to have a bookmark a few hundred km off the side of those to give you a choice for warping away from a bubble, or to come in without getting dragged.
Trin Javidan
Caymen Labs
#15 - 2014-08-01 13:35:54 UTC
It is incredabily hard to time correcly. Running sb's dont catch the tankies, manual press cant with 7 or 8 sb's same time, need to use 2 groups milisec's differance. its fun though
Bastion Arzi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2014-08-01 13:40:15 UTC
Leopold Caine wrote:
Avoid Rancer.


and amamake specifically the ossogur gate i think