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Eisbrecker
Minmatar Republic Fleet Systems Inc.
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Posted - 2009.03.30 19:12:00 -
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I no good at pvp combat I avoid if necessary. Friend keeps dragging me out to low-sec for missions. Don't want to let him down and have been rather lucky with it usually of course I fly mostly frigs out there. But I have a question about a gate camp I ran into that I just can't figure out what they are doing to kill me so quickly.
I was in a Thrasher (min. destroyer) warping to gate in a 0.2 system. Lags a little (I immediately think, gatecamp) have finger on button to jump as soon as exit warp...
Exit warp, Yes it's gatecamp, click mouse to jump...dosen't jump...click again...dosen't jump no message. Glance at shields/armor see shields gone in one hit, and armor half way in the second. Right click warp to asteroid field....Glance at status...I'm at 1/4 hull...
Boom! Ship is gone before I could align.
Ok so the whole thing takes less than 5 seconds. I had equipped two warp stabilizers for just such an occasion. My questions are:
1.) how are they able to lock me and so quickly as the amount of dmg I was taking had to have been at least medium guns, seemed like 3 hits and I was gone.
2.) why couldn't I jump, the only thing I could figure was I came out of warp too far away from the gate? I though I saw some blue spheres of energy but obviously didn't stay long enough to click on them to see what they were. I thought bubbles were not allowed in low-sec.
3.) How can I avoid these type of camps in the future?
Thanks
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Eisbrecker
Minmatar Republic Fleet Systems Inc.
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Posted - 2009.03.30 19:57:00 -
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Edited by: Eisbrecker on 30/03/2009 19:57:51 yes a smart bomb would explain the high dmg I guess but why couldn't I jump? That is the main thing that is bugging me. My corp mates also say I should have been able to jump without issue.
System was Hagilur gate to Bei, in minmatar space.
Player that killed me was member of HEAT! or something like that. Saw at least 3 of them in local, didn't fly back to see what they were flying. |
Eisbrecker
Minmatar Republic Fleet Systems Inc.
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Posted - 2009.03.30 20:38:00 -
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I was aligning when I finally popped so it wasen't that I couldn't warp but that I couldn't jump through. The only reason I wouldn't be able to jump through would be because I wasn't in range right?
I know for certain I warped to zero on that gate.
So you're saying it's a bug or something my ship didn't warp to zero? Or is there something pirates are using in low-sec that takes us out of warp farther away from gate???
Again, please enlighten me, I'm just trying to learn.
My pod was damaged but not destroyed and I literally warp as soon as it appeared on my screen so yea it was probably a smart bomb he used to destroy my ship.
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Eisbrecker
Minmatar Republic Fleet Systems Inc.
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Posted - 2009.03.31 14:06:00 -
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Originally by: crockett EXE Edited by: crockett EXE on 30/03/2009 21:14:23 looking at the kill log if this is it..
http://www.battleclinic.com/eve_online/pk/view.php?type=player&name=Eisbrecker&id=6291673&page=1&filter=losses#mail
They were likely sensor boosting each other which makes locks very very fast. No way you could likely escape that camp in a Thrasher.
Ahhhh, thank you for this. So according to this I was killed by 3 armageddons and an absolution? No wonder I popped in 3 hits.
I had no idea you could get all this information online like this...pretty neat.
Well good for them I guess, had to be crazy fast to lock and kill a destroyer with 3 battleships and a battlecruiser in less than 5 seconds.
Luckily I had it fully insured but the loot I had in cargo was worth much more than the ship probably. ah well...could have been much worse. |
Eisbrecker
Minmatar Republic Fleet Systems Inc.
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Posted - 2009.04.01 13:54:00 -
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yep I hear ya...
The thing is I didn't get a message at all...I spammed jump at least 3 times before I tried to warp away because nothing was happening, of course by then it was too late.
A corp mate also suggested the autopilot trick I'll have to look into that.
I suppose the lessons learned are:
1) Scan system for ships, If I warped to a planet close by and scanned towards the gate I would have seen the armaggeddons at the gate of course traveling like this takes forever...but that's the price for working in low-sec I guess (no wonder people hate it).
2) EVE client is buggy and laggy as hell, shouldn't rely on jumping fast to get me through a camp. Cuz it obviously dosen't matter how fast you can click the button.
THanks all for advice
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Eisbrecker
Minmatar Republic Fleet Systems Inc.
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Posted - 2009.04.02 13:36:00 -
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Thanks for the suggestion but I don't believe I should have to purchase and run another account just to travel through space.
I will just stay out of low-sec unless I"m looking for a fight and if so will assume there's an unpassable gate camp at each gate and be prepared to scan before each jump or just take the chance again. |
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