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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:26:00 -
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Welcome to Eve. Where battles are fast and furious. Where PVP is intense and quick. Where plexing can be as entertaining as a real PVP fight. Where information and notifications flicker across your screen in the blink of an eye.
And where when you get scrambled, you have no way to know if your overview is 10 miles long.
It used to be that Aura would announce that you are warp scrambled. Now, you get a hundredth-of-a-second notification saying "External factors are preventing operation of this module" or some BS that is two lines long and impossible to read in the heat of a fight.
So I'm in a plex (Serpentis Minor Annex) and here come the rats. I wail on the overseer then plan to get out because they're hurtin' pretty bad. As soon as the overseer drops I click warp to station. A couple seconds later I think "Hm, crappy lag" then notice my shields are still plummeting.
While my shields drop below 30%, I scroll my overview up to the top (sorted by distance) and notice TWO Guardian frigs are scramming me. I race for my drones. I sic em and overload my guns and I'm staring at my shields thinking "I've got 10 seconds to pop two frigs."
Doesn't happen. I explode.
Thanks for the awesome user interface, CCP. Put Aura back where she belongs.
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Lance Fighter
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:28:00 -
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Awesome story! Pro tip - your allowed to scoll your overview whenever you want. Im sure you had enough time to check to see if you were warp scrambled while you were killing the overseer.
Whatd you lose?
 Originally by: Akita T
Seriously ?
...wow... I'm such a forum ho' !
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:31:00 -
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Shield tanked Ishtar. But something that is 16x16 pixels is not as loud as something that is SPEAKING TO YOU.
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Lance Fighter
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:32:00 -
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Originally by: Siigari Kitawa
Shield tanked Ishtar. But something that is 16x16 pixels is not as loud as something that is SPEAKING TO YOU.
oh I know. You can... ooh! make your screen resolution smaller, so its 16x16 is bigger!
Originally by: Akita T
Seriously ?
...wow... I'm such a forum ho' !
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Nol Agnot
Nightwatch Immortal
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:32:00 -
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Originally by: Siigari Kitawa
Shield tanked Ishtar. But something that is 16x16 pixels is not as loud as something that is SPEAKING TO YOU.
How would you hear anything in space? Don't tell me there's artificial sound and you got it turned on!
Delenda est achura. |
Hoo Is
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:33:00 -
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Siigari lost a ship...
In other news, water is wet, fire is hot, and bacon is delicious
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Drunk Driver
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:39:00 -
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Originally by: Hoo Is
...and bacon is delicious
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Doktor Feeelgoood
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:57:00 -
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Pilot error tbh
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Cat o'Ninetails
Rancer Defence League
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Posted - 2009.08.27 15:58:00 -
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you seem really angry all the time lol 
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Yay! Six months of defending! \o/ <3 to Abrazzar! |
THE L0CK
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:01:00 -
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I always though it was smart to always keep your eyes glued to the overview for those sneaky little warp scrambing frigs
Originally by: Whitehound
If I think, but I do not.
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Jarna
Amarr
Exhumer Industries
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:01:00 -
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Originally by: Doktor Feeelgoood
Pilot error tbh
TBH it would be nicer if Aura was more useful during battle.
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BARF CHUNK
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:02:00 -
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SRSLY
For being so far in the future it really is strange how little info there is on wtf is happening to you.
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Obsidian Hawk
RONA Corporation
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:05:00 -
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Op- Read Live and learn
Reading might save your life.
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:06:00 -
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Originally by: Obsidian Hawk
Op- Read Live and learn
Reading might save your life.
I already read that, in addition to having done it a few times.
Shot the gate with one gun. First and second wave spawned.
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XXSketchxx
Gallente
Remote Soviet Industries
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:07:00 -
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Originally by: Cat o'Ninetails
you seem really angry all the time lol
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Probably has something to do with her addiction/obsession to this game
I'd be mad too if I spent hundreds of dollars on GTCs, sold them for in-game money, spent in-game money on ridiculous ships and modules, fit my ships horribad, and lost them real fast.
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De Guantanamo
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:09:00 -
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Originally by: BARF CHUNK
SRSLY
For being so far in the future it really is strange how little info there is on wtf is happening to you.
Op's alt spotted.
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Krystal Vernet
Minmatar
Gradient
Electus Matari
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:14:00 -
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Smart solution is to pop every frig as soon as you can get your drones and/or guns in range of them. Overkill, maybe, but then you usually don't have to worry about being scrambled after the last frig pops.
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rodensteiner
Amarr
The Littlest Hobos
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:18:00 -
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Originally by: Doktor Feeelgoood
Pilot error tbh
Yup, this.
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Janos Ferenc
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:20:00 -
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Edited by: Janos Ferenc on 27/08/2009 16:23:47
On another note, there's this awesome resource that goes by the link of Eve Survival. Any self-respecting carebear that does missions on a regular basis goes over this thing for each mission that they do - so they know what ships trigger spawns, what ships/types/names can scramble them or ECM them. This way, silly things like "I'm not paying attention to overview and got popped 'cause of scramble frigs" don't happen.
Also, in my professional opinion, your Ishtar wasn't setup right anyways. AFK passive shield Ishtar's are really easy to do, and take no real user interaction once you've aggro'd everything in the room. Pop sentries, aggro everything, pull sentries and pop ogre II's - go afk, make a sammich, grab a drink, come back 15-20 minutes later and the room is clear. This is, of course, provided that you've got enough SP's to make this possible.
Edit: I guess I should read the OP more closely, and realize that it was a plex and not a mission. However, I think the rule with the Ishtar setup still applies here.
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:26:00 -
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Originally by: Janos Ferenc
Also, in my professional opinion, your Ishtar wasn't setup right anyways. AFK passive shield Ishtar's are really easy to do, and take no real user interaction once you've aggro'd everything in the room. Pop sentries, aggro everything, pull sentries and pop ogre II's - go afk, make a sammich, grab a drink, come back 15-20 minutes later and the room is clear. This is, of course, provided that you've got enough SP's to make this possible.
Well, for tanking 1360 DPS, it sure fried me.
Thing is, seconds matter when scrambled, and not knowing it due to a feature that was removed from the game doesn't help.
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CommmanderInChief
Comply Or Die
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:26:00 -
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to be honest I think CCP do all this on purpose. I think they mean to use stealth killing and im being serious. These are fundamental things you should know when someones attacking you, **** im being scrambled should be screaming at you, **** im being nos'd etc..not some quiet tiny and yes its tiny icon somewhere on overview.
Aura should be utilised more, a bit like in a sci fi film when your onboard computer is telling you wtf is going on! (be funny if it was like red dwarf but wishful thinking)
but i agree totally with op..sorry...
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Xrak
Pat Sharp's Potato Rodeo
Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:27:00 -
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Web and scramble should be shown in the same way as other EW, with the bar at the bottom.
Simple.
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Black Leather
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:37:00 -
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Originally by: Krystal Vernet
Smart solution is to pop every frig as soon as you can get your drones and/or guns in range of them. Overkill, maybe, but then you usually don't have to worry about being scrambled after the last frig pops.
This
I spend a lot of time in plexes. First thing is pull out the hobs and deal with the frigs well before they're in scram range. If you know the plex you will know which ship names are the tacklers, so keep an eye out and deal with them as as they re-spawn. Once the frigs are out of the way pull in the hobs and let out the med/lrg/sentries (whatever your drones of choice) and take out the Overseer at your leisure.
Thing about plexes, especially hacking/analyzing sites is you need to pay attention. Unlike missions that you can basically AFK your way through.
TL/DR: Zoom out, watch overview.
BL
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Neriel Odershank
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:42:00 -
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Originally by: Siigari Kitawa
bla bla bla.... rabble rabble.... cry cry.... whinage whinage
noob
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:46:00 -
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Okay I want to be clear here -
I make most of my living in exploration sites. So I'm most definitely not whining about plexes being 'too hard to afk'.
I love plexing, it makes me feel relaxed and it's overall an enjoyable experience.
What I'm upset about is that for about what, eight or nine months now, Aura does not report when you are warp scrambled, when she used to all the time. It was one of my favorite sounds of Eve, actually.
Top 10 favorite sounds in Eve:
1. "Your security status has been lowered."
2. "You are unable to warp because you are warp scrambled."
3. Tachyon Beam lasers
4. Neutron Blaster Cannons
5. believe it or not, "The capacitor is empty."
6. "Warp drive active."
7. Minmatar cruisers engines
8. Old Dreadnought movement sounds (sexy stuff)
9. The alarm for session changes.
10. The old fitting panel dropping and loading the grid.
Anyway, a lot of this stuff is gone now, which kind of tells you how CCP feels about sound :( but I want Aura reporting scrambles.
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Cereah
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:49:00 -
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Hey hows about this...?
Do what I do and save two different fighting overview settings. One that shows the normal stuff, and one that shows JUST ENEMIES.
Only thing you have to do then is actually keep the overview looking at the people targeting you.
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De'Veldrin
Minmatar
Special Projects Executive
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:57:00 -
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Originally by: Hoo Is
Siigari lost a ship...
In other news, water is wet, fire is hot, and bacon is delicious
Bacon...mmmmm.
/me goes to get some lunch
--Vel
Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshat. |
Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2009.08.27 16:59:00 -
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Originally by: Cereah
Hey hows about this...?
Do what I do and save two different fighting overview settings. One that shows the normal stuff, and one that shows JUST ENEMIES.
Only thing you have to do then is actually keep the overview looking at the people targeting you.
Yeah, that's kinda how I do it :P
Overview and settings
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Haakelen
Gallente
Angels.
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Posted - 2009.08.27 17:05:00 -
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Perhaps if you spend 3 or 4 more Billion you would know when you were scrambled? vOv
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Sun Clausewitz
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Posted - 2009.08.27 17:07:00 -
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Originally by: Siigari Kitawa
Okay I want to be clear here -
I make most of my living in GTC Sales.
Fixed that for you
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