So with upcoming changes to warp speed/acceleration who is going to rat in a carrier? :D

Also, any sentry BS boats? Rattlers/Domis/Geddons??

How with these insta warps, one can rat in those battleships? -

I mean sentry drone boats can't really align, and now interceptors can just jump into system and be in random heaven/sanctum in 5 seconds... awesome eh!?


(Im actually excited about this, few days away to get into ceptors ^^)

It certainly will make warp speed rigs for battleship pilots a lot more attractive.

Ratting with one carrier is stupidly risky as is.

But those people who are serious about carrier ratting don't rely on not getting caught, they rely on having cynos on each of their carriers and being able to spidertank the damage output of your average blops drop.

Not really. The problem is aligning, not warping.

Now MJDs on the other handGǪ

Should have enough cargo even after the rebalance at Cyno IV.

Fit a 'Firend' or 'FleetMate' when ratting in nulsec.

CCP said it won't. I haven't checked Singularity tho.

Not really. The problem is aligning, not warping.

Now MJDs on the other handGǪ

MJDs are the best thing added to EVE in years. Makes my sentry Domi much more effective than before.

Also, MJD has a long spool time - correct me if Im wrong here, but I believe its longer than actual align time for BS to get into warp :) With MJD skill @ 5 was it 9 seconds to spool it up?

Just means solo ratters will need to fit countermeasures to interceptors.

Hell even medium neuts are enough and most ratting ships can fit a heavy easily.

Even if the interceptor guesses first try where you are and warps straight to you you have answers. If they take time to find you, you can get to a safe and don't even need countermeasures.

An interceptor pilot worth a sh*t will never be in range of a large neut much less a medium one. Also, warriors cannot fly as fast as an interceptor moving at max speed under mwd and therefore wont do anything to them.

The ceptor having to guess where you are might be a problem for them in a -1.0 system but in a -.4 or lower where there are only 2 f-hubs and a haven one dscan probably gives them better than a 50% chance of finding you.

There are countermeasures and yes carrier ratting is still possible, but I haven't seen anything effective listed here yet. This change is just classic fozzie at work.

Also, good job on adding new implants that boost the warp speeds of ships even more. Maybe it would have been a good idea to let the new warp mechanics hit TQ and see how/if they break the game before allowng people another method of warping EVEN FASTER?

Typical of CCP though, they will make something OP as hell and then just about the time everyone has trained into it the nerf hammer will fall.

Isnt the whole idea behind carrier ratting that the carrier is like a moble pos that sits cloaked off grid while the fighters follow a smaller alt ship into the belts?

A large neut has a 25km (EDITED) range. If you move out of that range you're moving out of your disrupt range (meaning you lose point and the ship you're holding warps off), unless you're overheating (T2 Disrupt taken into account). Also if you are only using a point the PVE ship you're holding can easily MJD out and warp off. If you are using a scram you are clearly in his neut range and you will be capped out in a single cycle and then he warps off since a smart ratter will be alinged while neuting you. And if they got a Target Breaker, even if your fleet arrives he could use it and bust all the locks then warp off (not guarantee, but possible). Play smart and you will never lose a PVE ship to PVP.

Currently a rubicon stiletto has a 30km T2 point, 36km overheated as well as a 36.88km lock range with perfect skills, so they do have the lock range to take advantage of that without any sebos.

Isnt the whole idea behind carrier ratting that the carrier is like a moble pos that sits cloaked off grid while the fighters follow a smaller alt ship into the belts?

Asigning fighters sucks so bad that I cant see why would anyone use that for ratting.
Fighters are slow as hell and are effective only against BS size rats.

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The ceptor having to guess where you are might be a problem for them in a -1.0 system but in a -.4 or lower where there are only 2 f-hubs and a haven one dscan probably gives them better than a 50% chance of finding you.

Asigning fighters sucks so bad that I cant see why would anyone use that for ratting.
Fighters are slow as hell and are effective only against BS size rats.