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eWarp or how to get tied up and pooped on

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Darkus Airuta
Hardcor3 Industries
#41 - 2013-11-28 07:30:57 UTC
SurrenderMonkey wrote:
This should be regarded as an exploit for the simple reason that the guy in e-warp has absolutely no recourse from within the game. They're barred, by the e-warp mechanic, from exerting any manner of control over their own ship, ergo the e-warp mechanic should bar them from being interacted with by others. This was clearly the intent, given the fact that they can't be pointed, bubbled, or tackled in any way, they just didn't follow through with the rest of the game's mechanics.



This tbh.

IMO it should be looked into, what a ****** way to go.
Mawderator
ElitistOps
Deepwater Hooligans
#42 - 2013-11-28 07:32:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Mawderator
John Caffeine wrote:
Rainbow Dash wrote:
Gratz to SC for finally pulling of something that's only been theory for months.

Now that someone's actually pulled it off, maybe CCP will take it seriously.



No one else have done this because no one else have tried.

Mostly because our petitions asking CCP if this tactic was legit was answered by a firm "no, don't do this" and a GM looking sternly at us.


Quoting to point out that RnK and other groups who knew about this (PL included) did the responsible thing by contacting the GMs before using this to slaughter hostile titans, got told "No, you can't do that" and accordingly never did it.
RoCkEt X
Hostile.
PURPLE HELMETED WARRIORS
#43 - 2013-11-28 08:00:03 UTC  |  Edited by: RoCkEt X
If anyone doubt's Bob FromMarketing's clames, read this: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=224862

When my group made the initial discovery over a year ago, we petitioned and asked and got the response 'this is definitely an unintended abuse of game mechanics, i will push this further' when other groups started to find out, we posted it on the forums;

Having tested it on sisi, the warp speed changes (using for example a proteus with warp speed rigs + subsystem) you can currently get into and out of warp with easily enough time to bump any titan or supercarrier.

I spoke with a shadow cartel friend hours before the planned op:

(Click link)
http://clip2net.com/clip/m208711/1385625136-clip-11kb.png

Every super is no longer safe logging out at a POS. Maybe now CCP will consider it an issue, and take the time needed to fix it.

-Rock
Nanobot
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
#44 - 2013-11-28 08:04:49 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdOYaoxh80o

Taken around a year ago (and the only time I've heard Elise rage tbh)

To put the Video into context. Titan pilot crashed (with aggro).
He logged back in before any point/bubble was put onto him.
Still peaced out, ergo working as intended.

Had he have logged back in AFTER he was pointed, no Ewarp would have occured.

Different circumstances to be sure, but the ewarp mechanics haven't changed since then.

Posted to show Ewarp in motion while "tackled"

Kashmyta
HC - gizmos Gizco
#45 - 2013-11-28 08:39:56 UTC
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
This seems very unfair. Unfair that PL can complain about unfair mechanics that is. HTFU and dont log in unless you have a cyno fitted and support nearby.



You cannot do anything, because you are technically still in warp, so you cannot cancel the warp, light cyno etc
Crosi Wesdo
War and Order
#46 - 2013-11-28 09:00:32 UTC
Kashmyta wrote:
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
This seems very unfair. Unfair that PL can complain about unfair mechanics that is. HTFU and dont log in unless you have a cyno fitted and support nearby.



You cannot do anything, because you are technically still in warp, so you cannot cancel the warp, light cyno etc


You can simply get an alt to light a cyno for you.

I personally think its wonderful that supers are at risk at least for a few moments of their existence lol
Tasha Saisima
Doomheim
#47 - 2013-11-28 09:00:54 UTC
Ship bumping is **** and unrealistic. Only reason CCP won't do anything is because they can't
Super Chair
Project Cerberus
Templis CALSF
#48 - 2013-11-28 09:15:16 UTC
Sounds like a completely broken mechanic to me. You should be able to use modules while in E-Warp. The outside POS bubble thing could be looked at (there should be inherent risks to a titan, being probed upon log in could be one of them, but not being able to defend yourself (such as no activating modules) is broken, so it needs changing). Then again there's still quite a bit of mechanics that still need tweaking in this game.


Anyway please keep the discussion related to the mechanics and not personal beefs with nonah. As much as I love seeing a former frog lose their titan it shouldn't be due to ****** mechanics. What?
Firefox4312 Yatolila
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#49 - 2013-11-28 09:26:21 UTC
I can basically reiterate everything that Rocket, as well as a lot of other PL duders have said, and confirm that it is a "nono" from the GMs.

I've used this tactic before on sisi (testserver != tq), but the mechanics on that server are still the same. After doing it enough times, it was sisi so a lot more lenient on the rules for things like this, we got warned by a GM that this was an exploitable act, and threatened with a ban.

But when you go ahead and do it on TQ, it is seen as an exploit.

Remember way back when AHARM and RnK were duking it out, and you had the issue of infinite gun range with AHARM's side. Turns out that it wasn't seen originally as an exploit, because it wasn't really used, and if it was, the usage would've been almost none seeable.

Turns out, once RnK experienced it, went and did all the month on what was happening, and gave all that to CCP, it was deemed an exploit of a perfectly valid game mechanic. Bumping people in ewarp is no different. Sure, it's a valid game mechanic, so was the negative numbers w/ the c6 magnatars. While that gave people perfect hits at infinite range, this makes it so that a titan isn't allowed to do anything except deal with the fact it's getting bumped and will have a low death ensue.

So, CCP definitely needs to go through these mechanics and fix them as well as deem this as an exploit. Because if they flat out say it's not, that gives people like PL and PHEW the ability to do this without worrying about a ban at all.

My suggestion would be to do something along the lines of making any Super class hull a "Large Collidable Object" on login, so if anything does land on it to bump it, the super will act similar to POS towers, Stargates, Stations, and won't be affected by the bumps. This should only be limited to the ewarp phase itself, and once it's out of ewarp, that status condition (if you can call it that) should be gone, so the titan acts like it always has when bumps come into account.
Crosi Wesdo
War and Order
#50 - 2013-11-28 09:35:52 UTC
Super Chair wrote:
Sounds like a completely broken mechanic to me. You should be able to use modules while in E-Warp. The outside POS bubble thing could be looked at (there should be inherent risks to a titan, being probed upon log in could be one of them, but not being able to defend yourself (such as no activating modules) is broken, so it needs changing). Then again there's still quite a bit of mechanics that still need tweaking in this game.


Anyway please keep the discussion related to the mechanics and not personal beefs with nonah. As much as I love seeing a former frog lose their titan it shouldn't be due to ****** mechanics. What?


Earned through broken mechanics, lost through broken mechanics. Hardly seems fair to complain.
Kashmyta
HC - gizmos Gizco
#51 - 2013-11-28 09:42:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Kashmyta
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
Super Chair wrote:
Sounds like a completely broken mechanic to me. You should be able to use modules while in E-Warp. The outside POS bubble thing could be looked at (there should be inherent risks to a titan, being probed upon log in could be one of them, but not being able to defend yourself (such as no activating modules) is broken, so it needs changing). Then again there's still quite a bit of mechanics that still need tweaking in this game.


Anyway please keep the discussion related to the mechanics and not personal beefs with nonah. As much as I love seeing a former frog lose their titan it shouldn't be due to ****** mechanics. What?


Earned through broken mechanics, lost through broken mechanics. Hardly seems fair to complain.


Crosi

You seem to be really mad/jealous.

why so?
Crosi Wesdo
War and Order
#52 - 2013-11-28 10:12:42 UTC
Kashmyta wrote:
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
Super Chair wrote:
Sounds like a completely broken mechanic to me. You should be able to use modules while in E-Warp. The outside POS bubble thing could be looked at (there should be inherent risks to a titan, being probed upon log in could be one of them, but not being able to defend yourself (such as no activating modules) is broken, so it needs changing). Then again there's still quite a bit of mechanics that still need tweaking in this game.


Anyway please keep the discussion related to the mechanics and not personal beefs with nonah. As much as I love seeing a former frog lose their titan it shouldn't be due to ****** mechanics. What?


Earned through broken mechanics, lost through broken mechanics. Hardly seems fair to complain.


Crosi

You seem to be really mad/jealous.

why so?


Really, i thought i was coming across as quite smug?
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#53 - 2013-11-28 10:15:41 UTC
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
Kashmyta wrote:
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
This seems very unfair. Unfair that PL can complain about unfair mechanics that is. HTFU and dont log in unless you have a cyno fitted and support nearby.



You cannot do anything, because you are technically still in warp, so you cannot cancel the warp, light cyno etc


You can simply get an alt to light a cyno for you.

I personally think its wonderful that supers are at risk at least for a few moments of their existence lol


Ah ok I get it...you are just dumb.

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Mail Lite
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#54 - 2013-11-28 10:18:38 UTC
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1335076#post1335076

Quote:
If someone manages to find this spot and bubble it before you align, they will now prevent your warp. They could always do this with targeted tackle, this change just makes bubbles consistent.


Read that. CCP Masterplan says that being bubbled in Null at your Ewarp log in spot and killed is totally 100% fine as part of in game mechanics. He also says that Targeted tackle should work but *shrug* we all know that it doesn't.

Now in Low-Sec it is impossible to bubble and like I have already said we all know that for some reason targeted warp disruptors don't work so it was decided we would bump instead.

We all know that bumping is a legit game mechanic and have all used in whether on someone close to gate, getting something out of dock range or griefing a warping freighter.

So why would bumping a titan on a log in spot be different? CCP clearly makes them vulnerable in Null due to bubbles. I think it is more the case that targeted tackle is broken and you should be able to tackle with infini points in log-in spots.

Unless CCP want low-sec SC's to be invulnerable ans forever safe?

And if that is the case then it goes against EvE never being safe and never knowing what is going to happen next.

Mail
NTVAlisha
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#55 - 2013-11-28 10:26:01 UTC
Mail Lite wrote:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1335076#post1335076

Quote:
If someone manages to find this spot and bubble it before you align, they will now prevent your warp. They could always do this with targeted tackle, this change just makes bubbles consistent.


Read that. CCP Masterplan says that being bubbled in Null at your Ewarp log in spot and killed is totally 100% fine as part of in game mechanics. He also says that Targeted tackle should work but *shrug* we all know that it doesn't.

Now in Low-Sec it is impossible to bubble and like I have already said we all know that for some reason targeted warp disruptors don't work so it was decided we would bump instead.

We all know that bumping is a legit game mechanic and have all used in whether on someone close to gate, getting something out of dock range or griefing a warping freighter.

So why would bumping a titan on a log in spot be different? CCP clearly makes them vulnerable in Null due to bubbles. I think it is more the case that targeted tackle is broken and you should be able to tackle with infini points in log-in spots.

Unless CCP want low-sec SC's to be invulnerable ans forever safe?

And if that is the case then it goes against EvE never being safe and never knowing what is going to happen next.

Mail


I agree with you if a ship logs off in a safe. However there should be no e-warp if you safe log in a tower. Imagine logging out in a station then being e-warped to it. What is the point of logging off in a tower if you can't log in safely?
Dengorn
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#56 - 2013-11-28 10:29:34 UTC
Mail Lite wrote:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1335076#post1335076

Quote:
If someone manages to find this spot and bubble it before you align, they will now prevent your warp. They could always do this with targeted tackle, this change just makes bubbles consistent.


Read that. CCP Masterplan says that being bubbled in Null at your Ewarp log in spot and killed is totally 100% fine as part of in game mechanics. He also says that Targeted tackle should work but *shrug* we all know that it doesn't.

Now in Low-Sec it is impossible to bubble and like I have already said we all know that for some reason targeted warp disruptors don't work so it was decided we would bump instead.

We all know that bumping is a legit game mechanic and have all used in whether on someone close to gate, getting something out of dock range or griefing a warping freighter.

So why would bumping a titan on a log in spot be different? CCP clearly makes them vulnerable in Null due to bubbles. I think it is more the case that targeted tackle is broken and you should be able to tackle with infini points in log-in spots.

Unless CCP want low-sec SC's to be invulnerable ans forever safe?

And if that is the case then it goes against EvE never being safe and never knowing what is going to happen next.

Mail


Quote:
f you logged out in a FF at a bubbled POS, you'll still warp back through bubbles surrounding the forcefield - it is only bubbles at the 1M km spot that have been changed to be able to disrupt a return e-warp.


If you can't be bubbled on the way back from an e-warp then how is it fair for someone to be able to scan you down and bump during an ewarp? It's not like it requires a certain defree of skill or coordination either, scan in a rigged ship, bump with a sfi.
Kashmyta
HC - gizmos Gizco
#57 - 2013-11-28 10:31:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Kashmyta
Mail Lite wrote:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1335076#post1335076

Quote:
If someone manages to find this spot and bubble it before you align, they will now prevent your warp. They could always do this with targeted tackle, this change just makes bubbles consistent.


Read that. CCP Masterplan says that being bubbled in Null at your Ewarp log in spot and killed is totally 100% fine as part of in game mechanics. He also says that Targeted tackle should work but *shrug* we all know that it doesn't.

Now in Low-Sec it is impossible to bubble and like I have already said we all know that for some reason targeted warp disruptors don't work so it was decided we would bump instead.

We all know that bumping is a legit game mechanic and have all used in whether on someone close to gate, getting something out of dock range or griefing a warping freighter.

So why would bumping a titan on a log in spot be different? CCP clearly makes them vulnerable in Null due to bubbles. I think it is more the case that targeted tackle is broken and you should be able to tackle with infini points in log-in spots.

Unless CCP want low-sec SC's to be invulnerable ans forever safe?

And if that is the case then it goes against EvE never being safe and never knowing what is going to happen next.

Mail


I understand that, and I believe this is one of the things which is causing confusion. From my understanding numerous people have petitioned and asked if catching a super and bumping to prevent e-warp, resulting in a kill is a legitimate tactic.

The responses have said no.

So the petition responses contradict what CCP Masterplan said, although he makes no specific comment about bumping.

And if this is a valid tactic the pilot should at least be able to cancel warp to at least have a chance to fight back/jump out, you have to admit that not being able to do anything in terms of defense is just broken.
ZheoTheThird
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#58 - 2013-11-28 10:34:43 UTC  |  Edited by: ZheoTheThird
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
This seems very unfair. Unfair that PL can complain about unfair mechanics that is. HTFU and dont log in unless you have a cyno fitted and support nearby.

Said a player that doesn't fly anything more expensive than cruisers. This is not about HTFU, this is about a titan pilot being unable to take action against hostiles. As it is, you can only activate hardeners while being bumped in e-warp. You can't light a cyno, you can't fight back, you're essentially doomed the second you press login. There is no counterplay. People don't have a problem with someone being able to bump a titan, the problem is that the titan is unable to do anything while that happens.

Also: lol at bumping mechanics. Hey, I'm going to smash my frigate right into your hull at 4km/s! We're both not going to take any damage! At this point it's an integral part of the game, so it's not going to get removed, but it's incredibly stupid.
Jassmin Joy
Pulling The Plug
PURPLE HELMETED WARRIORS
#59 - 2013-11-28 10:51:46 UTC
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
Kashmyta wrote:
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
This seems very unfair. Unfair that PL can complain about unfair mechanics that is. HTFU and dont log in unless you have a cyno fitted and support nearby.



You cannot do anything, because you are technically still in warp, so you cannot cancel the warp, light cyno etc


You can simply get an alt to light a cyno for you.

I personally think its wonderful that supers are at risk at least for a few moments of their existence lol


Do you even supercap bro?
Tore Vest
#60 - 2013-11-28 10:59:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Tore Vest
If you are a target the same sec. you log in....
things need to be changed so we spawn at the same spot as we logged out.
Simple...
I do not understand why we need that e-warp thing afterall...

Can not wait for what GM have to say about this tho P

No troll.