Question about getting wtfpwnd in 0.0

daeandor

Okay, so I didn't actually get wtfpwnd, I just wanted to gather more people in here.  Here's my 0.0 question for the day, but it needs to have some short background:

 

I was moving my Falcon around in 0.0.  It was not prime-time, I did all the things I could to avoid people, watched map and local, stayed cloaked, didn't jump straight from gate to gate, and was generally non-newbish in moving my 15 jumps through Syndicate.

 

So I came to this system with one guy in it, sec rating of -10.0 and about 3 years in game according to employment history, my attention was definately rivited on getting through safely.  I took a look at F11 to jump to an out-of-the-way planet, find one off line from direct gate to gate travel, do the double click & cloak trick, and then warp to 70km (I never choose 100km or 0km in 0.0).  Within 5 seconds of my coming out of warp at my destination planet, this guy warps in nearly on top of me.  As soon as his warp ends, he cloaks, so I didn't get an idea what ship.  Cruiser that isn't a force recon since it wasn't cloaked while warping.  Needless to say, since I now know where the 1 other hostile is in the system, i warp to the gate and jump out.

 

So my question is:  How the heck did this guy jump on top of me while I was cloaked the entire time in system?  I have never had someone find me in my Falcon unless I was supremely stupid, and even then I've been able to jam myself free.  But this particular action bothered me.  Was there some change in recent weeks that makes people able to probe for cloaked ships easily, and might I say, w/in about 5 sec?

Edit:  I had my scanner up, and there was no probe nearby

Styij

I have seen some crazy stuff in Eve and Im not going to say just lag. I think it was just bad luck...in Eve it is bound to happen eventually. It is possible.

You warped to a planet-people do that.

You warped to 70-I warp to either 70 or 100.

A nano cruiser could get into warp in 5 seconds.

Throw in some lag and poof he just so happens to pick the same planet at the same distance...bad things happen to good people...just bad luck is all.

 

OR it was another dev cheating...

Nicoli

I'd have to go with the just got lucky/coincidence. I've lost and killed a few ships that way. no cheating  just pure dumb luck.

PatchDay

What I do is bookmark each system for any paths I travel. This way I have safespots everywhere I go. None are in direct paths to any object. So for safety I fly to those

I also like covert ops but I fly gallente. So no fancy Falcon for me

 

Yeah I've heard of covert ops pilots getting uncloaked by just pure bad luck. But at least you can warp cloaked so its all good

daeandor

Yeah.  I'm guessing now, that when I didn't show up at the second gate, he knew the system well enough to guess I would be at that one planet that was out of line w/ gate to gate travel.  Originally, I just assumed he had actively done something to get to me.  Honestly, since I didn't pop out of cloak when he warped in, he probably didn't know how close he actually came to me.

batolemaeus

When you align and cloak, your bracket is still visible for a few seconds while not targetable. One can see your alignment, so he would know the general direction you're heading to. Anything else is just pure luck.

Btw. double click? Didn't you notice the shiny new align button?

Orphes

I would guess luck at picking the same range and so.

I think it was last week when I and a total stranger managed to warp at the same time, to the same asteroid field. His battleship was just slightly behind my battlecruiser visible all through the warp.

daeandor

Originally posted by batolemaeus


When you align and cloak, your bracket is still visible for a few seconds while not targetable. One can see your alignment, so he would know the general direction you're heading to. Anything else is just pure luck.
Btw. double click? Didn't you notice the shiny new align button?

 

Old habits die hard...  especially when you feel you are under pressure.

ssnautilus

Originally posted by Orphes


I would guess luck at picking the same range and so.
I think it was last week when I and a total stranger managed to warp at the same time, to the same asteroid field. His battleship was just slightly behind my battlecruiser visible all through the warp.

 

I believe you can drain your capacitor charge and stop your ship mid-warp - so you can find those odd save points - and avoid your tails.. Not sure what the fastest way to drain a capacitor would be though.