Science & Industry

I have this problem sometimes. My guess is that sometimes people stay cloaked near your POS and get an idea of when you're doing PI, and to see where you warp to. So my advice would be to mix up which order you tend to visit each custom office. You could also setup a safespot to warp to before heading to the custom office. Also, as soon as you reach it, order your ship to align back. This tends to give you a very short window to move what you need between before you move out of range, so my advice would be to limit what you're moving to one direction. By moving it in one go, and then warping straight away, limits your time there to such a short duration that the only way someone can catch you is to have already been there cloaked up and waiting, and as long as your pretty random in when you log in to do it, should reduce your chances of being caught significantly.

The only drawback is that you'll be forced to do extra runs, as the short duration you'll have limits you to either putting stuff into the office, or taking out. You won't have time to move things back and forth (and the transfer of cargo is bugged to hell since the patch anyways).

Of course, A cloaky industrial has a much faster warp time, and would make catching you even harder. Also, you could sit your extra character nearby in something with ECM for a last ditch "get-the-hell-outta-there" approach, things like a Falcon are prefect for this.

Damn pirates!

Depends warp core stabs are really only good against a solo target...after that eh.. Might help to leap frog around a bit, keep chasing you until he loses you or you have something else waiting for him. (Super tank freighter add nuets to highs then something else finishes him off.

I used a Deep Space Transport (built-in +2 wstab) with a MWD to warp in 10 seconds.

SB never fit scramblers, and rarely a disruptor. Surviving a bomb blast and a torp volley was more important.

I've landed in a warp bubble at a wormhole with my Bustard (highest EHP DST) that I carelessly warped into, which was left by a Hurricane that shot at me. I think I was at 75% shield (probably higher) when I exited the bubble and warped away. I could have warped away faster, but I panicked and forgot to turn the MWD off.

In my opinion it is more profitable to make a maximum effort to avoid incidents like this than it is to fight. I agree with all of the advice on not being predictable, using a blockade runner and being on the move as much as possible.

So far I've gone without trouble. But as the poster above said, I use a number of things to mitigate the risk.

First is I always assess the WH before doing any ops (sites, PI etc). I have gotten ganked running sites because I was rushing and did not check things first.

This means checking sigs etc. Can't check for recent jump activity anymore so that makes it more fun.

If I have an active exit (usually just my static) which is near impossible to pop, I will post a cloaky scout to listen. Beforehand this scout also warps to a safe and pops a combat probe to cover the system. Scan and filter any existing stuff. Then scan like I'd
dscan. a combat probe will pick up anyone anywhere in the system not cloaked.

If I have multiple WH's I'll wait until some collapse.

I often pick up my final PI (the most expensive) in a blockade runner.

If you are really paranoid, you can do the following ahead of tie

Warp to like 10km from the CO. Find a spot where you can line up your destination (POS) with the CO in line with it, much like a good bombing run. Bookmark that spot. Now you can warp there cloaked in a blockade runner. Align to the POS, as soon as you are in range, decloak grab goods and warp.


If anything seems amiss, I will wait until later. PI can always wait.

This could probably have saved my pod. Thanks for the advice!



Excellent idea! I think I'll do this, as soon as my alt can also fly my prowler.

^This

I use a Mastodon fit for max cargo (lows and rigs) and a cloak in the high slot. I 'think' my mids are 2x T2 Lg. Extenders and an T2 Invuln, but would have to check. EHP for me is 47k or so, speed in the 120 range, and a max tank of 108 DPS (a few implants help a bit). I also use it to haul out of our WH, which almost always requires crossing another WH. I have actually only been 'jumped' at a CO once, and they did not have enough point to hold me. The base tank on the Mastodon is pretty good, and you have plenty of resources to buff it a bit.

I did get bubbles once by a small gang with a HIC when traversing two w-space systems, and although I admit I was lucky, I spent the next hour 'escaping' at 15 m/s while cloaked. There were five of them, but I had a few mates distracting them a bit on our side of the WH. The most exciting slow-mo chase I have ever had .

Here is a nice Blog that shows how hunting is done in a WH (by at least one player):


http://www.tigerears.org/

How would an orca do with warp stabs x2 in low and ECM burst + max tank in mid?

I guess its gonna be an expensive loss thous for u if they are more than one and or have bubbles?!


Im thinking it would be nice if one dont have to do that many runs. But then i guess it would be pritty low effort if u dock in the closest station once u hit Highsec and do a currier to red frog..

Good God, that guy writes a lot. It looks like he's written two pages of text every day for the past three years. I got bored after a single post. Do you actually follow that blog?