James Lyrus
Lyrus Associates
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.27 11:15:00 -
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 Originally by: Chribba
With the risk of sounding like a carebear... oh wait that would be what I am 
How big would the risk be of me warping in to a gate at 0km and being popped before I make the jump, iirc I am not 'lockable' before I come out of warp, and the moment I come out of warp is the moment I jump through the gate.
And how big risk would it be for me when warping away from a gate, keeping in mind that I enter warp pretty much at the same time I decloak (at least the graphical side on my screen shows me warping away before/same time I decloak).
And yeah I don't PVP so I know jack about this, just figuring out what kind of adrenaline rush I can expect when going through low-sec.
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Odds of getting popped when you arrive in jump range of the gate are pretty low. The window of exposure is such that ... well basically smartbombs or nothing really. Anything that _can_ lock fast enough generally can't do enough damage to instapop.
Warping away, well, with 3000+ sensor resolution, you have a ship that can lock as fast as it can ctrl-click. Lag permitting you might get away with it...
Incidentally, scan resolution (base) of a Hawk is 575. A rook is 259. A huginn 303. Now, they're a bit lower, but still well within the range of being able to boost to 'instalock'. Huginn and Lachesis in particular have the advantage of better 'coverage', although they're going to be a bit slower to lock, and possibly a bit harder to tank.
A rook with 7 mids can fit sensor booster IIs to the point where it has a pretty good locking speed.
Not necessarily applicable to sentry tanking mind, but certainly useful in 0.0/empire wars.
Of all the (caldari) frigates out there, I think the raptor has the best scan res (940mm base). I'm not entirely sure how well it'd hold to sentry fire though.
Have you considered using shield/armour maintenance drones? They're actually pretty good for keeping small ships alive, especially in lowsec where smartbombs aren't that common. Although I'll admit I've not tried sentry tanking with a raptor + shield maint drones. I'm not even entirely sure if drones get shot by sentries or not.
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