EVE New Citizens Q&A

Little confusion here regarding being "Aligned" while I'm mining.

My understanding of being Aligned with a destination/point is that my ship is moving toward that spot, so my speed will be at 75% or greater, in preparation for Warping out.

If I pick a spot, and choose the "Align To" option, my ship starts heading in that direction, but I need to stay within distance of the Asteroids I'm mining...so how does a Miner align with an escape route/spot? Or will orbiting the Asteroid I'm mining help with the jump to warp since I'll be moving (but not always pointing in the right direction, since I'd be orbiting)?

Should I choose the "Align To" option, let the ship get it's heading, and then stop it while mining...at least that way it is pointed in correct direction?

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

That isn't quite true. The server sees you as a sphere when you aren't moving. The graphics of you turning are just that, graphics.

This. It's amazing how that myth continues to linger despite being proven untrue multiple times.

Thank you everyone for your replies/information.

It's not just getting stuck, when moving in the wrong direction (which happens when you orbit something..) it take longer to get in warp then when you were stationairy. Orbitting the roid prevents bumping though, but you shouldnt mine afk anyway.

Best way to mine relatively safe:

1. Pick a system that is not busy. 50-100 people in local is busy.
2. Open your d-scan and scan regular for incoming ships.
3. Watch local for known gangers (
- search on eve-kill.net for recent kills in your system and add those people or corporation who do ganking to your contacts - bad standing. So you see them in local when they enter.
4. Be stationairy and make sure the direction you want to escape-warp to is clear.
5. Tank your mining ship.

Generally keep your eyes open.

It is. Not as much as it is for combat pilots, obviously, but they need to know how to do basic things like how to fly up, down etc.

But yes, what you have experienced in belts happens to mining ships too. You never, ever want to plop your Venture/barge/exhumer/Orca right down amongst all the rocks. Might as well sign your own death sentence. I learned the hard way when my trial character took her Venture into a belt in a 0.5 system. I knew nothing about how to tank, of course. I was not AFK, but I got attacked by three Blood Raiders, and I underestimated how strong they'd be so I waited too long. Finally I realized that I needed to warp out, but then I got stuck bouncing off asteroids, and, well, that did not end well. :P

The act of aligning to a celestial and then coming to a complete halt is known as "passive alignment." The incorrect assumption is that being pointed in the right direction will save time when warping out. This is incorrect: you still have to accelerate to 75% of maximum velocity, with ship at a standstill considered by the physics engine to be pointing in no direction/all directions. Moving at 1m/s in the wrong direction won't significantly impact your align time.

Rather than tanking your ship, you can fit for maximum yield and simply warp out when you see a combat ship on D-Scan anywhere within a million kilometres. This distance buys you approximately 15 seconds in which to make yourself scarce.

If you opt for tank, fly a skiff and orbit something at large enough range that you get to maximum speed. The speed of the skiff means that it will be difficult for turret-based gankers to do full damage to you. The skiff is also agile enough that the 15 seconds warning you get from D-Scan is enough to be gone by the time the combat ships land on grid and are able to get a lock, even if you re facing the wrong direction. D-Scan is laggy, so be sure to acknowledge the need to react quickly when ships do appear.

Do not fly an Orca in belt during the interdiction. The gankers will simply fly in a fleet of torpedo boats (ravens and stealth bombers for example) and finish you off in a couple of salvos. It's not about profit from ganking for these people: for them it is about pretty explosions and tear harvesting, and they have money to fritter away on suicide raven fleets.

I have been timing (with a stop watch) the differance between 'non-aligned' and 'aligned' warping with my retriever. I have not found more than a second and a half differance.

I consider that well within the margin of error when the times measured are a minimum of 16 seconds.

I align each time I mine, anyway.