Ships & Modules

I saw someone say that interceptors were 'uncatchable' if fitted and flown right due to the low align times they get and my knee-jerk reaction was of course to think 'nothings uncatchable'. But it occurs to me I don't actually know how the server processes commands in between ticks, when someone activates a warp disruptor and an interceptor is aligned in the same tick which wins out? In other words, does the ceptors align time actually matter below the round second or is the two second warpout time the limit a tackler has to point one?

yea, nothings is uncatchable, just smartbomb it.

the server works in ticks of 1 sec.
if you are flying a ceptor that can warp <2 sec, then
tic 1 align, tic 2 warp

instant locker that lock you in the same sec as your tic 1:
tic 1: input to lock the target. tic 2: target locked. so you are locked in 2 seconds for instant locker ships
but with your ceptor that can warp <2 sec you are warped the same tic as he "lock" you....... aka he locks nothing.

- when someone activates a warp disruptor and an interceptor is aligned in the same tick which wins out?
if you are only aligned, then he wins (2,000001 align time of your ceptor, you warp at 3,00 sec, he locks you at 2,00 with warp diruptor)

- does the ceptors align time actually matter below the round second or is the two second warpout time the limit a tackler has to point one?
doesn't matter if your ceptor can warp in 1,20sec or 1,99sec

for the server 1,00001=1,99999

that's what i know, may be wrong, except for the smartbomb part

You'd be surprised. You can actually fit an interceptor to survive a smartbomb battleship while still instawarping.

This doesn't sound legit. You have no orientation coming out of a gate -- align time should be the same no matter your destination.

People tend to think theres something like passive align, i.e the direction your ship points at is the direction you warp fastest to, cause well you already are pointed into the right directon.

Which is totally false.

Maybe cause its not logical but alot of mechanics in eve are based around things thats not laws of nature

On a ship with good agility and hence can turn quickly, no it wouldnt matter. However, on a bigger ship that is slow at making a turn then yes it does make a difference. Because you cannot "bank" as fast as you can move in a straight line.

Turning a big ship around it will take forever to hit 1/2 of speed, whereas you will hit it faster if you are pointed at the object already. This is noticeable in something like a battleship. In an interceptor not so much.

Something else people forget is human response time. When you decide to warp and come out of gate cloak you have already made all the decisions and actions to put that in motion. When you appear on the overview you are basically waiting to enter warp.

The person trying to catch you still has to process that you are now on the overview, make the decision to attack you, and hit the appropriate keys to lock you. While this may seem instant, its not. It can take 2 plus seconds for all of this processing and reaction to take place. Especially if the person is even slightly distracted, tired, drunk, etc.

think of all ships in EvE as spheres of different radii, there is no inherent "facing direction" only velocities and vectors as the gentlemen above eloquently put.

Please stop perpetuating the myth that what direction your ship is facing has ANYTHING to do with your align time.