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Sentry drone control
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Diedz Krootas
Greater and Better corp inc.
#1 - 2016-09-21 15:21:09 UTC
Hi, I started to use snake with sentry drones and please give me few tips how to control them. I usually drop drones and orbit one of them at 1500m. But sentry spawn positions vary, sometimes they close to each other and sometimes further, so when I need to scoop them to drone bay sometimes I can have only one. Next is too far and if I am webbed and can loose other drone to sleepers it annoys Evil.

So my questions are how to avoid this? Can I select trajectory of orbiting manually to angle it to come as close as possible near both drones? Or is there way to spawn both drones very close together (maybe it depends on speed of ship while dropping them)?

Sorry for my bad inglese, not my native language.
erg cz
Federal Jegerouns
#2 - 2016-09-22 07:36:36 UTC
Vartan Sarkisian
Phoenix Connection
#3 - 2016-09-22 12:32:36 UTC
Or orbit closer, I tried this orbiting at 500m, you have to be moving fairly slow which isn't hard in a battleship, but if in a small ship may be an issue
Sonya Corvinus
Grant Village
#4 - 2016-09-22 17:02:00 UTC
erg cz wrote:
Drop MTU before you launch drones and orbit that MTU.


or if you aren't using the MTU, jet can a bookmark in space, deploy drones and orbit the can
Zargo Den'Ka
The Congregation
RAPID HEAVY ROPERS
#5 - 2016-09-30 08:57:17 UTC
I just used to align to my warp out > stop ship > launch sentries. Soon as a threat came up they got scooped and off i went to sit cloaked somewhere. However this is extremley carebearish so don't do it if I come knocking Blink

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Shae Tadaruwa
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#6 - 2016-09-30 09:18:42 UTC
Zargo Den'Ka wrote:
I just used to align to my warp out > stop ship

You do know that in this situation, there is absolutely no benefit gained from aligning. As soon as you stop, you are no longer aligned and in no better situation than if you stay in any other position.

Dracvlad - "...Your intel is free intel, all you do is pay for it..." && "...If you warp on the same path as a cloaked ship, you'll make a bookmark at exactly the same spot as the cloaky camper..."
Cartheron Crust
The Tuskers
The Tuskers Co.
#7 - 2016-09-30 12:10:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Cartheron Crust
Shae Tadaruwa wrote:
Zargo Den'Ka wrote:
I just used to align to my warp out > stop ship

You do know that in this situation, there is absolutely no benefit gained from aligning. As soon as you stop, you are no longer aligned and in no better situation than if you stay in any other position.


While what you say is true. Aligning and then stopping your ship will show you if you are going to bump into something as you align to warp if something does come a knocking. Although if your align is at a strange angle (hard to describe due to lol3d space) I think the ship model will auto correct back to a the "flat/horizontal" plane over time. Don't know if this is still true, been a while since done it.
Zargo Den'Ka
The Congregation
RAPID HEAVY ROPERS
#8 - 2016-09-30 14:50:54 UTC
Shae Tadaruwa wrote:
Zargo Den'Ka wrote:
I just used to align to my warp out > stop ship

You do know that in this situation, there is absolutely no benefit gained from aligning. As soon as you stop, you are no longer aligned and in no better situation than if you stay in any other position.



I didn't realize this, makes total sense soon as I read it! Thanks for the info Smile

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ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#9 - 2016-10-01 04:22:43 UTC
Cartheron Crust wrote:
Shae Tadaruwa wrote:
Zargo Den'Ka wrote:
I just used to align to my warp out > stop ship

You do know that in this situation, there is absolutely no benefit gained from aligning. As soon as you stop, you are no longer aligned and in no better situation than if you stay in any other position.


While what you say is true. Aligning and then stopping your ship will show you if you are going to bump into something as you align to warp if something does come a knocking. Although if your align is at a strange angle (hard to describe due to lol3d space) I think the ship model will auto correct back to a the "flat/horizontal" plane over time. Don't know if this is still true, been a while since done it.

You are basing this on the graphics you see. This is not correct.

Understand that the server sees your ship as a nothing more than a "sphere" filled with stats.

Your "front" is based on your trajectory... which requires you to have some kind of velocity. In absence of any speed, the "sphere" that is your ship ceases to have a "front."


The graphics (which are all on the client side) try to interpret what the server says to the best of its ability.

This is why you can sometimes warp at an angle or even "sideways." The graphics on your client are simply not keeping up with what the server is saying.


So basically... if you have 0 velocity, you will align and warp in any direction in the same amount of time.
"Passive aligning" (which is what you are describing) is a myth.

How did you Veterans start?
aldhura
Blackjack and Exotic Dancers
Top Tier
#10 - 2016-10-04 18:18:54 UTC
PVE or PVP. Assuming PVE, why not just sit still. A snake can tank just about any mission with the smallest of tank. Mine has something like a large SB, invuln, em ward and sba for tank, it has 1 x t1 thermal rig also. If memory serves anyway.
If I need to move scoop burn to next location, stop and drop. If I need drones on the move, gecko and lights.