EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi (again!)

I had this Gnosis fit with 6 warp stabilizer (just transiting and wanting to be somehow safe). A Tengu tried to scram me. For 2 seconds, there was a message and the warp scrambler icon appeared at the bottom of my screen.

I just sweated. I thought. No possible this guy has more than 6 warp disruption points onboard! But this was only an attempt it seems as I was not scrambled in the end. So ... Just wanted to confirm that any attempt at doing something nefarious at your ship makes an icon appear, even if the attempt does not succeed.

And as a side question, if I get scrammed, drop a depot, equip stabilizers (living during the mn needed to deploy the depot, sure...), will it break the scram if I have enough points, or that will be too late for the game engine, somehow?

Confirmed.

The effect icon will always appear if something is being applied to you. No, there is no way to know for sure whether you are in trouble or not.


I have seen carriers and battleships do this. It IS possible. However you have to survive long enough (see: this tactic doesn't work well with smaller ships or in certain situations).


Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

While you dodged a bullet (or missile) today, remember this adage about Warp Core Stabilizers: "Warp stabilizers might save you today. They won’t tomorrow, and probably won’t ever again."

Yep. It's a fairly common tactic for carriers as they can refit off each other without having to drop a depot. Most carriers will carry around some stabs just for that purpose. Doesn't help against bubbles of course, which is why interdictors and heavy interdictors are important for cap fights (HICs can also use the script for a targeted infinite point).

no one hates the nestor, just few of us think it worth the cost.

depends whats shooting it,
interceptor-probably
assault frigate-probably not
tec 2 or 3 cruiser-

note that they can only reinforce it but that's enough to prevent you using it

you cant,
iv seen bears try,
then rage,
then bravely warp away and shout obscenitys in local from the station.

i didn't know you could kill it before it anchors though...hmm

Years ago I found someone mining in Amarr itself, I warped there and saw him sitting there with a freighter next to him. Back then freighters could not pick up normal cans so there was NO WAY it would be useful in any way to have it there. I can flipped the guy and suddenly the freighter went red; he tried to take it back, I did not expect that at all. I brought in alts to bump him, switched ship and ultimately killed him.

Intrigued by it all I set up a test with my own freighter alt and found that if you tried to take from a can it would first ask "are you sure", if you'd then reply with "yes" you'd go red and THEN it would say "sorry, you're a freighter, no can do".

So yes, if you start the action you will get flagged, regardless of whether it's successful or not.

Thanks!

One of my alt escaped a gank attempt in WH with a Gnosis fitted with warp stabs. I think I got lucky also. What I don't get is that a Legion literally appeared before my nose while I was cleaning a combat site. I'm pretty sure I was d-scan very often, every 8 seconds on average.

So I guess it means T3 cruisers can warp cloaked with proper subsystem? Darn, this is bad news, you have zero forewarning because of that, any tricks except always keeping at least 2 warp core and get the hell out asap you see a ship?

ah yes, thanks! I also plead guilty of not having felt concerned by combat probes that I saw before. I don't know why I believed they were not for me... Well the truth is that I thought: I d-scan so often that if I see someone, I'll get away. And I just learnt some combat ships can warp cloaked.

I feel I got a nice lesson for a meager price, I did not lose my ship and was lucky, this time.

They also put an interdiction sphere on the exit wormhole, because as a frightened newby, I warped directly to the exit wormhole, whereas I should have warped to a safe spot somewhere in the system. Another lesson learned.

What was strange is that their interdiction sphere was small, I got pulled out of warp 10 kms from the Wormhole, and as I have an oversized afterburner (on overheat...) I managed to get away, again!

So luck and probably not that expert gankers after all. This was a nice adrenaline rush and this is where you discover if EVE is for you. I can't say I would have been rejoiced in losing my ship, but this is definitively a game experience I'll remember fondly.

T2 scrams? You meant a particular Faction one I think.

@ Oraac... Tech 2 scramblers have the same warp disruption strength as Tech 1. The only real difference (and what you are essentially paying for) is an extra 1000m of extra range (which can make a huge difference in a close range brawl).

@ Inxentas... TS = True Sansha. True Sansha Warp Scramblers have 3 warp disruption points (as opposed to T1 and T2 warp scramblers with have 2 warp disruption points).