The problem is they put cyno fields in strategic locations

The problem is they put cyno fields bubbles in strategic locations

Yeah, I guess I didn't know what cynos were. I Meant those bubbles that you can't warp out of.

The bouncing thing sounds like a good idea. I'll try it, thanks.

Also, I don't suppose there's a way to increase the "warp to within 100 km" to something like 200 km?

And is it possible to occasionally come at the gate from a completely different direction. Does that ever work?

I think, maybe I should sacrifice some shuttles and try different stuff.

Thanks for the response.

Also, I don't suppose there's a way to increase the "warp to within100 km" to something like 200 km?

And is it possible to occasionally come at the gate from a completely different direction. Does that ever work?

Its really CCPs fault.

Remember that some areas of Null are NRDS (Not Red Don't Shoot) and as long as you don't annoy the local SOV owners you can use their systems for PvE. Of course, other visitors may still be a hazard, but it will be safer than NBSI Null, and you will have somewhere you can dock up.

Providence is one such NRDS area ... although at the moment just watch out for NC. dropping Titans on anything bigger than a Venture.

Fun factor? Better than afk mining highsec.

Rewards? Half the income because of wasted time safespotting until people leave, hauling farther to a trade hub, and then ship losses if you get blown up.

Its really CCPs fault.

Remember also that Providence is New Eden's pirate's heaven and one of the most active PvP areas in the game.

How exactly are you being caught? Even if you're in a bubble you can still be cloaked and fly away until you're out.

The biggest danger is if people have dropped stuff in the bubble to decloak you but that doesn't happen often as they would need to have known exactly which direction you're warping from which means you've been located in space.

Another tip for cloakies:

When traveling cloaked by gates, deactivate your cloak a couple of seconds before you land on gate. This has two important advantages, first you start your re-cloak timer early, so you can warp cloaked sooner on the other side and second you avoid getting stuck on the outgoing gate because of decloak glitch something. I had it several times when clicking jump and was cloaked, I didn't jump immediately after warp, but decloak, slowboated a couple of seconds and finally jumped.

The loss in low looks like a smartbomb battleship on outgoing gate, if this is the case the cloak won't help, ping spots will. To properly warp cloaked in low, you hit warp and 500ms later you hit cloak. You need to pay attention only to the message on screen, if there is any about your cloak didn't activate hit cloak again once, else don't touch anything, the cloak will activate even the visual is not there immediately. Needs a bit of practice. The problem is, if you accidentally clicking the cloak twice it deactivates and you are toast. Also you have up to 1min time of gate cloak to assess the situation and calm down after a jump, use this time.

you cannot be damaged under gate cloak, usually bombers will get you if you are unlucky and land 1km off the actual jump range.

So to avoid this you warp to celestial in gate range or if there are none (hi rancer) you warp at range and take a look first

I like the idea of going out to low and null sec to harvest gas and ore. The danger is kind of appealing. But I've been getting my head handed to me quite a bit lately. I've lost a number of ships since I started playing and each one was a learning experience that me better at playing this game. However, I had to replace 2 Prospects in the last 2 days (not that I'm complaining) and I didn't learn a damn thing. I've been playing for 4 months so this is getting expensive.

I know about looking for ships and pods destroyed in the last hour and cynosural fields. Once I've set up a safe spot I don't have too much trouble avoiding trouble. If you pick up combat probes on d-scan it's time to pack up and move on. The problem is they put cyno fields in strategic locations and it's about impossible to get to where I want to go.

I'm going to have to learn how to deal with those things and gate campers. Does anyone have any words of wisdom about doing that? Or can you point me toward information on the internet?

Thanks,

Thank you for the clarification.