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Garrvik
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Posted - 2010.07.08 16:36:00 -
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Still trying to learn the ropes of this game and getting a bit frustrated with one aspect. Last night, I lost my 4th ship to a warp scrambler. One of these lost ships even had a warp stabilizer on it (thought my skill is pretty low for those components).
Before having my ship blown to bits last night, I did notice the graphical "swirlies" (technical term there) which I'm pretty sure was showing me which attacking drone was disrupting me. I wanted to focus fire on that one so I could warp out and repair, but the only way I could see the graphics was to zoom, and at that zoom level, the drones were moving so fast, I couldn't target it. They slowly pecked away at me (I killed a few, but didn't get the one scrambling me) and eventually destroyed me.
So, I have 2 questions:
1) Why didn't my warp stabilizer work? Is it merely the fact that my skill is low?
2) Trying to target a specific ship/drone is infuriating. Is there an easier way for me to find which target is scrambling me and target lock them?
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Garrvik
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Posted - 2010.07.08 17:12:00 -
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 Originally by: Hizzzok
If you look at your overview, you will see an icon next to a ship that has you scrambled. This also applies for other things like ECM, webs, etc. Just mouse over the icon and it will say what the negative effect is they have applied to you. Definitely kill the scramblers first!
I've seen a comment similar to this somewhere (maybe Evelopedia?) but when I looked at my overview, I didn't see anything special. All the drones were a small-ish red "+" symbol that had square braces ([ ]) around them. Sometimes the braces flash red, sometimes they flash yellow (no idea why, but my guess seems to be that it has something to do with range). I didn't see any other symbols or icons. :( I suspect I'm looking in the wrong spot. Are there any screenshots available somewhere (fansite or Evelopedia) that shows what I should be looking for?
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Garrvik
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.07.08 17:43:00 -
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Edited by: Garrvik on 08/07/2010 17:43:33
Excellent!
Thanks everyone for the help. I've played with my overview settings (created multiple tabs and different settings for each) so I may have messed that up. I'll verify that an EWar column exists (and if it doesn't, turn it on) and then move it to the left where I naturally look.
*EDIT* poor English is bad
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Garrvik
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.07.08 21:03:00 -
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Originally by: Celestine Santora
Also worth mentioning is that drones do not warp scramble (well, player controlled drones anyway, NPCs might).
They were NPC drones. My first loses were while doing the Sisters of Eve epic chain. The 2nd was while trying to clear out one of those Haunted Stations complexes I found with my scanners.
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Garrvik
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.07.09 02:33:00 -
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Great advice. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
I finally figured out where the stupid little icons are. Talk about a terrible UI design... they appear in a non-column (for lack of a better term). So disappointing. :( Worst part is, I intentionally expanded the columns not to waste space. Well, at least I now know where to look.
Thanks again everyone!
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