EVE New Citizens Q&A

Honestly, in 10 years I have never used one of these modules. Nor have I ever seen anyone else use them. Outside of logistics and/ or Ewar ships, which may benefit from having extra lockable targets ( still limited by character skills btw) I couldn't see any point in wasting a slot on something so pointless.

The auto target back function ( an Escape menu option for the character) will auto target ships that target you, however I've always maintained this should be turned off to prevent wtf CONCORD moments.

However, if you have weapons hot, and you lock someone, those weapons will fire (depending on safety selections).
Using the auto-target function to get newbies concorded was something that used to happen back when I started playing.....personally I'd never recommend using anything that automates the target selection+shooty process.

Unless you are using it as an AFK option? Which is probably a bad idea, someone will take advantage of that sooner or later, this is Eve after all.

Would be interesting to see if anyone actually uses this module? ( other than Logi/ ewar pilots perhaps).

They might be interesting for PvE, but you will usually want the slot for things like nos (solo) or remote cap rechargers/shield boosters (group).

I do make them in small batches, and they do sell. Slowly.

I fit them on most of my pve battleships, the t1 version only uses 1pg 1cpu so it can go on almost anything and give +2 targets. the t2 version is 35 cpu, but the +3 targets is nice, and not much else to put in a utility high for pve, I used to run a tractor beam but a nightmare/mach is faster than a tractor beam. Obviously not a required item as it is very easy to lock 7 targets kill some and lock 3 more, but the utility is worth more than an empty slot.

and of course for pvp almost anything would be better.

And the T2 version has a 60km range. But you missed one of the most important benefits: +2 targets.

Yes, outside of PvE it's quite useless (and it's debatable how useful it is in PvE).

Auto-targeting modules are often fitted to ships, but rarely used.

You don't need to activate the module to get the target bonus.

They are quite slow at locking, one target at a time, and they will only lock targets that have aggressed you.

I often fit one to my mission ships, if I have a spare slot. I never activate it.

The best use of the auto targeting module might be +2 targets on a logi ship. ... TIE ... This Is EVE.