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What to do about a couple of stealth bombers camping a gate in 0.0?
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Bowbndr
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#61 - 2012-02-05 03:13:28 UTC
i still say that they need to find a way to level out the cloak. there should be a way to keep them from shutting down systems by simply logging in and cloaking in a system.

I find it strange that everyone is so worried about keeping things on a level playing field untill it comes to cloaks. whats next a super dread that can kill everyone in eve with 1 shot from anywhere in eve?

either make a way to find them or take them out of the game.
DooDoo Gum
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#62 - 2012-02-05 04:24:55 UTC
Bowbndr wrote:
i still say that they need to find a way to level out the cloak. there should be a way to keep them from shutting down systems by simply logging in and cloaking in a system.

I find it strange that everyone is so worried about keeping things on a level playing field untill it comes to cloaks. whats next a super dread that can kill everyone in eve with 1 shot from anywhere in eve?

either make a way to find them or take them out of the game.


i believe this has been discussed elsewhere... far far away....
Vimsy Vortis
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
#63 - 2012-02-05 06:19:53 UTC
Bowbndr wrote:
i still say that they need to find a way to level out the cloak. there should be a way to keep them from shutting down systems by simply logging in and cloaking in a system.

I find it strange that everyone is so worried about keeping things on a level playing field untill it comes to cloaks. whats next a super dread that can kill everyone in eve with 1 shot from anywhere in eve?

either make a way to find them or take them out of the game.

I think we've already had this conversation. Any ship that can fit a covert ops cloak can be killed pretty trivially by a single battlecruiser.

The counter to AFK cloakers is to have a single, cheap PVP ship with about 4 months of skills trained in system.
Msgerbs
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#64 - 2012-02-05 21:01:54 UTC
Get a buddy in an Arazu to cloak on the gate. Wait for decloak, F1-6, profit.
Miregar Shakor
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#65 - 2012-02-06 07:58:19 UTC
Ignore them. Let them waste bombs on your Rifter, who cares? They are not your primary targets anyway.
eatsbabies cienfuegos
Grimm Hounds
SONS of BANE
#66 - 2012-02-06 08:16:23 UTC  |  Edited by: eatsbabies cienfuegos
Bowbndr wrote:
i still say that they need to find a way to level out the cloak. there should be a way to keep them from shutting down systems by simply logging in and cloaking in a system.

I find it strange that everyone is so worried about keeping things on a level playing field untill it comes to cloaks. whats next a super dread that can kill everyone in eve with 1 shot from anywhere in eve?

either make a way to find them or take them out of the game.



filled with rancor.

the SB is the only ship that can use the cloak effectively. in that respect it's pretty well balanced.

even the other covert-ops frig gets a lock-delay after de-cloaking (which i think should be changed, to make cloaked fleets more abundant).

i'm guessing you were rooting for kirk. i'm a klingon man.
Caldari Citizen 786478786
#67 - 2012-02-08 20:10:53 UTC
Holy One wrote:
Covops can't cloak if they're being targeted. Fit a sebo and arty. :tears:


This is most definitely NOT true, and you're an awful person for believing so. What you meant to say was "Covops can't cloak if they've been targeted." But you didn't say that, so you're dumb. Carry on.
Stetson Eagle
Paird Technology
#68 - 2012-02-08 23:38:44 UTC
Might be hard to get the bombers to engage anything that can shoot back.

That said, I'd recommend a sniping 125mm Harpy at 60km range; you might be able to surprise one of the bombers before warp off if they even uncloak on you.

Another option would be a warpstabbed disco bait battleship, but no sane bomber pilots would get close enough.

If you have isk to burn, you could try bombing them with SB's of your own.

Last but not least there's the infamous "anti-sb sb": fit frigate guns / rocket launchers on one and surprise the enemy by decloaking and pinning one of them down when they uncloak.
Diablo Deviant
THE Diablo Paradox
#69 - 2012-02-09 03:53:14 UTC
Smartbombing disco phoon