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Gates and cloak question.
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Ele Rebellion
Vertex Armada
The Initiative.
#1 - 2014-05-08 04:11:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Ele Rebellion
So during a recent roam/gatecamp our cloaky scout tell us an Atron is coming through the gate. We see gate activation and wait for him to break cloak. Couple of minutes go by and no Atron. After another minute or so he looses cloak as he jumps back through the gate... I was under the impression that as soon as you clicked to re approach gate, your cloak was dropped and that you would be visible until you clicked on your cloak module.. somehow this Atron was able to re approach and re cloak without ever appearing on overview.

So my question is: How does one reactive cloak without appearing on overview? It seems like when I try to do it I still appear on overview. (As soon as I start reapproaching or aligning out, everything starts swarming to my direction on deploying drones to break my cloak even though I am immediately clicking my cloak)
Schmata Bastanold
In Boobiez We Trust
#2 - 2014-05-08 12:16:13 UTC
I want that atron because it must have been some special model.

Gate cloak works the way you think: it lasts until you start moving or for 1 minute. There is no way he could be invisible all that time even if he had cloak fitted (which would be utterly bonkers) and activated it at same moment he started aligning back to gate. He would have at least blinked on your overview.

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Ele Rebellion
Vertex Armada
The Initiative.
#3 - 2014-05-08 13:39:25 UTC
Schmata Bastanold wrote:
I want that atron because it must have been some special model.

Gate cloak works the way you think: it lasts until you start moving or for 1 minute. There is no way he could be invisible all that time even if he had cloak fitted (which would be utterly bonkers) and activated it at same moment he started aligning back to gate. He would have at least blinked on your overview.


Thats what I though. just wondering is there's some trick out there that keeps them from blinking.. because there were at least 6 of us watching overview.. he never blinked.
Jeremy Kamira
#4 - 2014-05-09 18:16:42 UTC
Ele Rebellion wrote:
Schmata Bastanold wrote:
I want that atron because it must have been some special model.

Gate cloak works the way you think: it lasts until you start moving or for 1 minute. There is no way he could be invisible all that time even if he had cloak fitted (which would be utterly bonkers) and activated it at same moment he started aligning back to gate. He would have at least blinked on your overview.


Thats what I though. just wondering is there's some trick out there that keeps them from blinking.. because there were at least 6 of us watching overview.. he never blinked.


Maybe your overview settings are messed up?

Or maybe it was just a big coincidence and the server lagged when he alligned and recloaked?
Joshua Foiritain
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#5 - 2014-05-09 18:20:35 UTC
Ele Rebellion wrote:
Schmata Bastanold wrote:
I want that atron because it must have been some special model.

Gate cloak works the way you think: it lasts until you start moving or for 1 minute. There is no way he could be invisible all that time even if he had cloak fitted (which would be utterly bonkers) and activated it at same moment he started aligning back to gate. He would have at least blinked on your overview.


Thats what I though. just wondering is there's some trick out there that keeps them from blinking.. because there were at least 6 of us watching overview.. he never blinked.

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Dorian Tormak
RBON United
#6 - 2014-05-09 22:00:19 UTC
Had to be a glitch in the Matrix

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Ele Rebellion
Vertex Armada
The Initiative.
#7 - 2014-05-10 21:45:52 UTC
Must have been server lag then. There were at least 6 of us on that gate watching overview for fast tackle.
Mike Adoulin
Happys Happy Hamster Hunting Club
#8 - 2014-05-11 01:08:09 UTC
The logs show nothing.

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Daerrol
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2014-05-13 04:15:50 UTC
MAybe he took a long time to laod system