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![Kittamaru Kittamaru](https://images.evetech.net/characters/657857260/portrait?size=64)
Kittamaru
Northstar Cabal Important Internet Spaceship League
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Posted - 2011.12.13 18:42:00 -
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PREFACE - I just typed this out... and then the forums ate my post... goddamnit... so I'm retyping it as best as I can.
Okay, so, some people want a way to detect AFK/BOT cloaked ships, yet we need to make sure we don't disrupt legitimate players using cloaks.
So, lets set the guidelines we need to follow:
A system that can detect an AFK cloak, or a ship sitting unattended, cloaked, in space. A system that will NOT disrupt spying, stalking, transport, or other active-use cloak functions. A system that does no punish players for using a cloak.
So, to that end, here's my thoughts.
Covert Ops ships get a new "bonus/function" - High Energy Scans. Essentially, they utilize their system scanner to search for and give a rough estimate on the location of a cloaked ship. Now, this scan would run for ~30-60 seconds, depending on skills, requires at least 75% capacitor charge to initiate, and fully drains the ships capacitor. Oh, and because of the amount of raw power you are putting out, your ship shows up on everybody's overview as a high power energy source and can be locked onto by warp drives, giving any actively playing cloakers ample time to GTFO of dodge.
After the scan completes, you get a red circle that is 10AU in radius - within this circle is the cloaked ship. At this point you would warp into that circle and drop a series of high energy probes - at this point things work similar to normal probing, except that the tightest lockon you can get simply puts you on grid with the cloaked vessel (within 150km).
Once you warp to the on-grid point, you re-scan with the high energy scan (again, draining capacitor and all other effects), but on a much smaller scale. What this does is place a "blip" on the tactical overlay, showing where the ship is.
Now, I hear you screaming "BUT THIS WILL BREAK CLOAKS AT GATE CAMPS" - no, no it won't. And here's why:
It takes a minimum of 30 seconds to run the scan. Then you have to recharge your capacitor. Then it takes another 30 seconds to run the scan (and the blip only shows up at the end of the scan, but the blip shows where the ship was at the START of the scan).
Now, for a ship sitting dead in space, it's easy to pinpoint their location and go decloak them by bumping them.
For a ship in motion, you need to scan at LEAST twice in order to determine their direction and rough velocity, at which point you can simply swing in behind them and follow the vector to decloak them.
HOWEVER, if the person is actually at the controls, it will be virtually impossible to locate them... as long as they aren't stupid. Al they have to do is change direction now and then. They get a BIG, obvious visual clue when you start your scan, so all you have to do is change direction now and then. Battleship with T1 Prototype cloaks MIGHT have an issue getting far enough away, but that should be about it. Even so, you could align, decloak+warp and hide somewhere else, making them start the whole process over again.
Yes, it's time consuming - I'd wager no less than 10 minutes even with the best of condition and skills... and that's on an immobile AFK ship.
I figure you could also use this to help hunt down the deep SS + Cloak auto-farm/auto-mine bots as well... and it might add a LITTLE bit of tactical suspense into spying on a system, though it would be so incredibly easy to avoid getting caught.
DISCUSS! |
![Epofhis Epofhis](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1481434758/portrait?size=64)
Epofhis
StarFckers Inc. The Jagged Alliance
1
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Posted - 2011.12.13 19:08:00 -
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+1 to this. Any system that requires WORK on the parts of the hunted and the hunter makes for tension, excitement and most importantly, game play. Less "I win" buttons, more pilot vs pilot solutions. |
![Ninevite Ninevite](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90473373/portrait?size=64)
Ninevite
Shiva
8
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Posted - 2011.12.13 19:12:00 -
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Can someone please tell me what is wrong with afk cloaking besides making it hard for the wee little carebears to PvE without being careful? |
![Epofhis Epofhis](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1481434758/portrait?size=64)
Epofhis
StarFckers Inc. The Jagged Alliance
1
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Posted - 2011.12.13 19:21:00 -
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Macro ratters? |
![Kittamaru Kittamaru](https://images.evetech.net/characters/657857260/portrait?size=64)
Kittamaru
Northstar Cabal Important Internet Spaceship League
5
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Posted - 2011.12.13 19:34:00 -
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AFK Cloaks are generally just a PITA. Especially since, if done right, they can be setup to do a hotdrop at any time, meaning you never know if that guy is actually AFK or is just waiting for the system to clear out to bring in a massive invasion force.
Likewise, Macro's that rely on cloaked SS's will get pwned by this... at least until they adapt.
Honestly, I don't see a reason why this system would affect legitimate players at all :) |
![Velicitia Velicitia](https://images.evetech.net/characters/202602168/portrait?size=64)
Velicitia
Open Designs
195
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Posted - 2011.12.13 19:50:00 -
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I like. However, it should NOT be able to break gate cloak, since that's just cover for the session timer anyway. |
![Ingvar Angst Ingvar Angst](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90276113/portrait?size=64)
Ingvar Angst
Nasty Pope Holding Corp Talocan United
730
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Posted - 2011.12.13 20:37:00 -
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Kittamaru wrote:PREFACE - I just typed this out... and then the forums ate my post... goddamnit... so I'm retyping it as best as I can.
Okay, so, some people want a way to detect AFK/BOT cloaked ships, yet we need to make sure we don't disrupt legitimate players using cloaks.
So, lets set the guidelines we need to follow:
A system that can detect an AFK cloak, or a ship sitting unattended, cloaked, in space. A system that will NOT disrupt spying, stalking, transport, or other active-use cloak functions. A system that does no punish players for using a cloak.
So, to that end, here's my thoughts.
Covert Ops ships get a new "bonus/function" - High Energy Scans. Essentially, they utilize their system scanner to search for and give a rough estimate on the location of a cloaked ship.
And... you failed.
You are breaking cloaks by breaking the ability for someone to be in a system completely undetected and undetectable performing intel. We have dedicated people that will spend hours a day, days on end in a wormhole system cloaked up and just observing, taking notes, planning the attack.
Your scan gives away the knowledge that a cloaked ship is in system.
Therefore you failed to avoid breaking cloaks.
In addition, you have the same effect as everyone else of changing the wormhole meta... these would become required in wormhole systems. Wormholes don't need to be made safer or have their gameplay changed because you see someone scary in local in null space. Six months in the hole... it changes a man. |
![Xtover Xtover](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1066652584/portrait?size=64)
Xtover
Macabre Votum Against ALL Authorities
26
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Posted - 2011.12.13 20:46:00 -
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Ingvar Angst wrote:Kittamaru wrote:PREFACE - I just typed this out... and then the forums ate my post... goddamnit... so I'm retyping it as best as I can.
Okay, so, some people want a way to detect AFK/BOT cloaked ships, yet we need to make sure we don't disrupt legitimate players using cloaks.
So, lets set the guidelines we need to follow:
A system that can detect an AFK cloak, or a ship sitting unattended, cloaked, in space. A system that will NOT disrupt spying, stalking, transport, or other active-use cloak functions. A system that does no punish players for using a cloak.
So, to that end, here's my thoughts.
Covert Ops ships get a new "bonus/function" - High Energy Scans. Essentially, they utilize their system scanner to search for and give a rough estimate on the location of a cloaked ship. And... you failed. You are breaking cloaks by breaking the ability for someone to be in a system completely undetected and undetectable performing intel. We have dedicated people that will spend hours a day, days on end in a wormhole system cloaked up and just observing, taking notes, planning the attack. Your scan gives away the knowledge that a cloaked ship is in system. Therefore you failed to avoid breaking cloaks. In addition, you have the same effect as everyone else of changing the wormhole meta... these would become required in wormhole systems. Wormholes don't need to be made safer or have their gameplay changed because you see someone scary in local in null space.
I think that's cool. Can we change it so I can hot drop your corpmates in W-space?
It's only fair.
I couldn't care less about cloaking people in space. Hell I do it too and honestly a couple reds/neuts in local is just another day to me. I just think your logic is broken since warfare in W-space is completely different and shouldn't be used "against" someone in K-space.
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![Feligast Feligast](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1803093011/portrait?size=64)
Feligast
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
471
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Posted - 2011.12.13 20:52:00 -
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At least you gave it some thought. Ingvar has a point about W-space concerns, and I still vehemently disagree that AFK cloaking is any kind of problem at all, but I give you credit for coming up with something beyond the usual. |
![Ninevite Ninevite](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90473373/portrait?size=64)
Ninevite
Shiva
8
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Posted - 2011.12.13 20:54:00 -
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Kittamaru wrote:AFK Cloaks are generally just a PITA. Especially since, if done right, they can be setup to do a hotdrop at any time, meaning you never know if that guy is actually AFK or is just waiting for the system to clear out to bring in a massive invasion force.)
That's the whole god damn point. They are working as intended |
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![Max Von Sydow Max Von Sydow](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90338025/portrait?size=64)
Max Von Sydow
Droneboat Diplomacy
83
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Posted - 2011.12.13 21:42:00 -
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I like it since with this I could have caught an orca that intruded in the WH system I lived in. Stayed for about a week and never seemed to log of. Also contained all kind of sleeper loot and sometimes a T3 cruiser since the guy was running sites with his other account. Was getting really annoyed with having a huge loot pi+Ķata sitting afk in the system without me being able to do squat about it. |
![Xorv Xorv](https://images.evetech.net/characters/323109182/portrait?size=64)
Xorv
Questionable Acquisitions
14
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Posted - 2011.12.13 23:02:00 -
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No your idea fails.
Even if your idea only effected afk cloakers it still fails
Why? Because AFK cloaking isn't a "problem"
Why isn't AFK cloaking a problem you may ask? Because it's the symptomatic imperfect response to the real problem, flawless 100% effortless Intel from Local Chat.
Forget the symptoms, cure the disease, remove Local Chat Intel! |
![Gerrick Palivorn Gerrick Palivorn](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1794819279/portrait?size=64)
Gerrick Palivorn
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
40
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Posted - 2011.12.14 05:31:00 -
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If you remove local, you remove the reason to be AFK in the first place.
If you want to 'cure' AFK Cloaking, this is the easiest and fastest way to do it. The simplist answer is usually the correct one...
Instead of implementing new anticloaking mechanics, put your brainpower to start thinking of improving d-scan so that it'll be more useful, or coming up with a new way to gather intel actively.
There is no problem with AFK Cloaking, Remove guaranteed intel and you remove the reason that people AFK Cloak in the first place, which is to defeat the idea of 100% security. |
![Montevius Williams Montevius Williams](https://images.evetech.net/characters/458696366/portrait?size=64)
Montevius Williams
Eclipse Industrial Inc
163
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Posted - 2011.12.14 06:04:00 -
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Xorv wrote:No your idea fails.
Even if your idea only effected afk cloakers it still fails
Why? Because AFK cloaking isn't a "problem"
Why isn't AFK cloaking a problem you may ask? Because it's the symptomatic imperfect response to the real problem, flawless 100% effortless Intel from Local Chat.
Forget the symptoms, cure the disease, remove Local Chat Intel!
I dont agree with this - While I am all for the removal of local in 0.0, I also think there should be ships/tools in place to scan down cloaked ships - adds more gameplay opportunity which is always a good thing. |
![Icarus Helia Icarus Helia](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1327069720/portrait?size=64)
Icarus Helia
Fine Goods for Fine Gentlemen
35
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Posted - 2011.12.14 08:00:00 -
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I like the concept but I'm not so sure about the execution. I like the idea of being able to kill cloaking macro ratters, or at least force them to log off completely once they have cloaked, but I do not like the fact that it creates certainty in systems with no local chat (which should be delayed anywhere that isn't highsec, and also delayed if in war in highsec.)
that having been said; here's a counter-proposal.
Step 1 - All ships for their duration in space, regardless of system travel and downtimes should be assigned a static signature ID (we'll say that the RP reason for this is related to the ship's own functions and that they are automatically changed for security when docked in any station or maintenance array hmmm?).
Step 2 - allow there to be an overview setting that shows this Id, and also show this ID on D-scans (passive buff to regular PVP probing).
Step 3 - include a new Dscan exclusive to covops, T3, and force recons which will allow you to force a search for a specific sig, cloaked or not. This scan should take about 5 seconds and yield sig-specific results that are otherwise exactly identical to normal dscan. This scan should not result in a warp to beacon showing up on overviews like a cyno, but should show a notification to cloaked ships, or send a graphic through the system indicating that a high energy scan is being run. (think active vs passive sonar)
Step 4 - Include a manual warp system that would allow us to warp towards the camera direction over a custom set distance in km. such that the range function on d-scan gains much more value, and allows us to warp to stationary objects and ships as long as they sit still long enough. in order not to render combat probes obsolete, or unnecessary - force this warp to be initiated and completed in a non-cloaked state. (cloaked warping requires a firm lock on destination blah blah?). this should encourage covops to use probes if they wish to not have their ship show up on grid when warping.
this should allow vigilant people to observe all incoming or uncloaked ships and keep systems relatively secure, while allowing truly sneaky people to get in unseen and still be able to AFK cloak. |
![Robert Caldera Robert Caldera](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1408803754/portrait?size=64)
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
72
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Posted - 2011.12.14 11:32:00 -
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Kittamaru wrote: Okay, so, some people want a way to detect AFK/BOT cloaked ships
some want, some dont.
the ability to find cloaked ships (whether afk or not) would break the game. afk cloaking is viable, legal and even required tactic due to local. HTFU
didnt read the rest. |
![Lord Zim Lord Zim](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1121024806/portrait?size=64)
Lord Zim
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
291
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Posted - 2011.12.14 12:09:00 -
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I see no reason why cloaking can't be a module that consumes some sort of material to keep going. That way you can keep cloaking for a few hours, say, but you need to prepare by loading up on cloaking fuel, and you can't AFK cloak for days on end.
Whatever system would be designed to replace the current cloak mechanics would have to make sure things like recons and stealth bombers aren't nerfed in their primary role, it should only be something that makes camping systems through cloaks something that requires some effort on the camper's side.
If he has a fuel truck with plenty of fuel, then he can stay there quite a while still, I have no problem with that. |
![Ingvar Angst Ingvar Angst](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90276113/portrait?size=64)
Ingvar Angst
Nasty Pope Holding Corp Talocan United
732
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Posted - 2011.12.14 12:57:00 -
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Xtover wrote:Ingvar Angst wrote:Kittamaru wrote:PREFACE - I just typed this out... and then the forums ate my post... goddamnit... so I'm retyping it as best as I can.
Okay, so, some people want a way to detect AFK/BOT cloaked ships, yet we need to make sure we don't disrupt legitimate players using cloaks.
So, lets set the guidelines we need to follow:
A system that can detect an AFK cloak, or a ship sitting unattended, cloaked, in space. A system that will NOT disrupt spying, stalking, transport, or other active-use cloak functions. A system that does no punish players for using a cloak.
So, to that end, here's my thoughts.
Covert Ops ships get a new "bonus/function" - High Energy Scans. Essentially, they utilize their system scanner to search for and give a rough estimate on the location of a cloaked ship. And... you failed. You are breaking cloaks by breaking the ability for someone to be in a system completely undetected and undetectable performing intel. We have dedicated people that will spend hours a day, days on end in a wormhole system cloaked up and just observing, taking notes, planning the attack. Your scan gives away the knowledge that a cloaked ship is in system. Therefore you failed to avoid breaking cloaks. In addition, you have the same effect as everyone else of changing the wormhole meta... these would become required in wormhole systems. Wormholes don't need to be made safer or have their gameplay changed because you see someone scary in local in null space. I think that's cool. Can we change it so I can hot drop your corpmates in W-space? It's only fair. I couldn't care less about cloaking people in space. Hell I do it too and honestly a couple reds/neuts in local is just another day to me. I just think your logic is broken since warfare in W-space is completely different and shouldn't be used "against" someone in K-space.
OK, so basically you only care about your own little corner of carebear null and don't give a rat's ass about where else you may break. This is why you fail.
No, we can't make it so you can "hot drop" (via cyno) in wormholes... wormholes are all out of range of each other and empire. Also you'd break the mass limitations wormhole systems have to deal with by being able to go around the wormholes with cynos. Imagine cynoing in a fleet of supers into a C1? Completely breaks the system. But... you knew that, you were simply suffering a self-delusion of cleverness, weren't you?
Your proposal breaks a significant portion of the game (significant for many at least) unnecessarily. You break cloaks, which your OP alleged you didn't intend to do. It is necessary and required for cloaks to be able to function continually to allow you to remain completely undetected and undetectable (at least in wormhole space). We don't want these horribly ill-conceived ideas nerfing wormholes to make them safer. That's what null is for. Six months in the hole... it changes a man. |
![Ingvar Angst Ingvar Angst](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90276113/portrait?size=64)
Ingvar Angst
Nasty Pope Holding Corp Talocan United
732
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Posted - 2011.12.14 12:58:00 -
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Lord Zim wrote:I see no reason why cloaking can't be a module that consumes some sort of material to keep going. That way you can keep cloaking for a few hours, say, but you need to prepare by loading up on cloaking fuel, and you can't AFK cloak for days on end.
Whatever system would be designed to replace the current cloak mechanics would have to make sure things like recons and stealth bombers aren't nerfed in their primary role, it should only be something that makes camping systems through cloaks something that requires some effort on the camper's side.
If he has a fuel truck with plenty of fuel, then he can stay there quite a while still, I have no problem with that.
It's been explained many times why this fails and how you break wormhole intel gathering completely with such a poorly thought out idea. That doesn't even go into the issue of covops ships needing to carry extra fuels and such... Six months in the hole... it changes a man. |
![Lord Zim Lord Zim](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1121024806/portrait?size=64)
Lord Zim
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
292
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Posted - 2011.12.14 13:30:00 -
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Ingvar Angst wrote:It's been explained many times why this fails and how you break wormhole intel gathering completely with such a poorly thought out idea. That doesn't even go into the issue of covops ships needing to carry extra fuels and such... Really? How would it break wormhole intel gathering? By making the covops be visible while it refuels? |
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![Lucien Visteen Lucien Visteen](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90592943/portrait?size=64)
Lucien Visteen
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
50
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Posted - 2011.12.14 13:40:00 -
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Lord Zim wrote:Really? How would it break wormhole intel gathering? By making the covops be visible while it refuels?
They have to be mobile. Apperantly that is a bad thing The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. |
![Nariya Kentaya Nariya Kentaya](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90637232/portrait?size=64)
Nariya Kentaya
Celestial Ascension
91
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Posted - 2011.12.14 13:45:00 -
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Really? How would it break wormhole intel gathering? By making the covops be visible while it refuels?[/quote] refuel? from WHERE? all this does, whetehr talking about fuel or ways to scan out cloaked ships, uis guarantee that ANYONE who uses a cloaked ship WILL DIE either the second they enter local and get scanned, or the second they run out of fuel and have to fly all the way out of hostile space and HOPE they survive long enough tor efuel.
*edit*= hit the wrong reply button, hehe |
![Lord Zim Lord Zim](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1121024806/portrait?size=64)
Lord Zim
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
292
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Posted - 2011.12.14 13:57:00 -
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We have transports that can be brought in to act as refuelling bases, and I have no problems with ships being able to keep enough fuel to keep camping a system for, say, a few days if he wants to. The only thing I want to get to grips with, is the fact that AFK cloakers are exactly that, AFK. I've done it myself, all I do is get in a system and cloak up, and I never touch that client again until downtime. I think this is a silly part of the mechanic.
As for running out of fuel, well, if you manage to run out of f.ex a few days' worth of fuel (or whatever they would decide to allow if they were to do any changes to cloaking), I'd say you're playing it wrong and should prepare more.
The other alternative that I've seen in this forum, anti-cloaker probes, sounds OP to be honest. Just make the act of actually cloaking up in a system for an extended period of time something which requires vigilence from the cloaker, not just the guys in the system the cloaker chose, and I think that'll suffice. |
![Gizznitt Malikite Gizznitt Malikite](https://images.evetech.net/characters/294286434/portrait?size=64)
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
75
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Posted - 2011.12.14 17:57:00 -
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Lord Zim wrote:We have transports that can be brought in to act as refuelling bases, and I have no problems with ships being able to keep enough fuel to keep camping a system for, say, a few days if he wants to. The only thing I want to get to grips with, is the fact that AFK cloakers are exactly that, AFK. I've done it myself, all I do is get in a system and cloak up, and I never touch that client again until downtime. I think this is a silly part of the mechanic.
As for running out of fuel, well, if you manage to run out of f.ex a few days' worth of fuel (or whatever they would decide to allow if they were to do any changes to cloaking), I'd say you're playing it wrong and should prepare more.
The other alternative that I've seen in this forum, anti-cloaker probes, sounds OP to be honest. Just make the act of actually cloaking up in a system for an extended period of time something which requires vigilence from the cloaker, not just the guys in the system the cloaker chose, and I think that'll suffice.
What next, a tool to boot afk pilots out of a station???
Seriously, AFK cloaking is NOT an issue. Let a pilot hang out in system for 10 days.... the pilots in that system need to learn how to cope with the constant pressence of danger!!! That's part of life in nullsec. If you can remove the cloaker, then you can remove all the danger in system... if you feel like you aught to be able to do this, then go back to hisec!!!!!!
"Oh... but hotdrops..." Perhaps this means there is a problem with hotdrops.... it is NOT a problem with cloakers!!!! |
![Lord Zim Lord Zim](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1121024806/portrait?size=64)
Lord Zim
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
295
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Posted - 2011.12.15 08:38:00 -
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There is a constant pressure of danger, it's called "roaming gangs", and it involves "paying attention to eve online: a bad game". vOv |
![Lucien Visteen Lucien Visteen](https://images.evetech.net/characters/90592943/portrait?size=64)
Lucien Visteen
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
51
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Posted - 2011.12.15 14:29:00 -
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Gizznitt Malikite wrote:Seriously, AFK cloaking is NOT an issue. Let a pilot hang out in system for 10 days.... the pilots in that system need to learn how to cope with the constant pressence of danger!!! That's part of life in nullsec.
Yet it is completely ok for a player to travel to a system and be completely safe for the same ten days. Where is the presence of danger for that player?
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. |
![Averyia Averyia](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1476746138/portrait?size=64)
Averyia
3
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Posted - 2011.12.15 14:47:00 -
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Anti-Cloak that doesn't break the game is an oxymoronic statement. The real solution to AFK cloaking is to remove local or remove cloaked ships from local unless the pilot has posted something in local. |
![Lord Zim Lord Zim](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1121024806/portrait?size=64)
Lord Zim
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
299
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Posted - 2011.12.15 15:02:00 -
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Or make the cloaker have to do something to remain cloaked for an extended period of time. |
![1Of9 1Of9](https://images.evetech.net/characters/780549325/portrait?size=64)
1Of9
The Circle Inver Brass
4
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Posted - 2011.12.15 15:22:00 -
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+1. like the base idea. |
![Gizznitt Malikite Gizznitt Malikite](https://images.evetech.net/characters/294286434/portrait?size=64)
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
78
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Posted - 2011.12.15 16:16:00 -
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Lucien Visteen wrote:Gizznitt Malikite wrote:Seriously, AFK cloaking is NOT an issue. Let a pilot hang out in system for 10 days.... the pilots in that system need to learn how to cope with the constant pressence of danger!!! That's part of life in nullsec. Yet it is completely ok for a player to travel to a system and be completely safe for the same ten days. Where is the presence of danger for that player?
Where is the sense of danger to the docked pilot?? Should there be a tool to boot people out of stations too???
A cloaked ship represents potential danger, nothing more until it decloaks. It's the potential danger you want to remove, that way you don't have to deal with the true dangers realized when the ship decloaks. Cloaking is an AWESOME Mechanic, in that it prevents people from completely removing all forms of danger from a system. By cloaking in a system, one character can insure there is always a potential danger to other characters. Hotdrops are the only tool that unbalances the scale... and they do so in more gameplay areas than cloaky campers. Cloaking is fine!! |
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