iNFoRMaLiTY11
Lone Star Exploration
Lone Star Partners
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Posted - 2012.01.20 09:08:00 -
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Im sure there will be somone arguing like a madman but i managed to pinpoint mags, radars, ladars and combat sites in low sec, C1 and C5 wormholes (didnt test other places) in all of them without having rangefinding and pinpointing at all. However i did have amarr frig 5 and sisters launcher with sisters probes in magnate.
So far from my experience i can tell you that to actually get 100% you dont have to have pretty much any support skills at all. Just basic crap should be fine in theory.
However there are 2 catches:
One is that with low skills you need to have near perfect placement of probes at minimum and/or near minimum AU settings to get 100% (i.e. warpable) hit. This can take literally seven frustrations and advanced irl anger management trained to 5 to do.
Besides frustration there is time constrain. These days with good supports, cov ops, sisters or T2 gear and low PPH + PPF implants (if you feel silly rich why not even low grade virtue set, i dont do it) it takes far far far less effort to get 100% hit and some sites can be found even with 2 AU settings and the time it takes me less can be measured in multiples.
Also pro tips and very common mistakes people do:
When overlapping speheres it is better for the signature to "touch" the edge of spehere rather than inside of bubble.
4 probes per sig is the crappiest number for probes. Easiest multiple probes is 7 - north, west, east, south, up, down +middle. More probes allow bigger offsetting on probe accuracy.
Deviation modifier from gear/skills is actually the factor of how much you can be "wrong" of your placement of bubbles. This is retardedly underestimated by majority of community in how fast you can scan your sig down and people use probe strength as if it was stat made by god himself.
Combat sigs (pos structures, ships etc. with combat probes) take a LOT less strength with worse placement of bubbles to pinpoint.
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My theory that i can not prove which means "gut feeling true facts" is that the strength and deviaton required is based on type of site not system you probe in. I only have this feeling as i tend to pinpoint crappy gravs and wormholes fastest compared to high end radar/mags regardless of which class wh or wheter in low/null im in.
Edit: Once i am able to confirm or deny a few theories i have regarding probing im considering making a guide out of it. |