Swamp Kitsune
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Posted - 2008.02.18 15:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Cpt Oort
Edited by: Cpt Oort on 18/02/2008 15:51:09
Originally by: Taedrin
Originally by: Cpt Oort
Sorry, still pretty new to the game, but why is it suggested you continue to move while cloaked versus standing still and cloaked?
Also, is that what the onboard scanner is for? To also pick up any cloaked ships?
ha, ha, very funny. But due to the very, VERY remote chance that you are not trolling, and also for new players who might be reading this, you move after you cloak because it is harder to hit a moving target than a still one. Consider a real life example. You are playing "Hide and Seek" in a 1000m^2 area. Let us presume that the seeker can see the hider if it is within 1m of the seeker. Let us also presume that the hider stands perfectly still during the entire game. In order to guarantee that the seeker will find the hider, all the seeker has to do is guarantee that all points within the 1000m^2 area are within 1m of the seeker at some point during the search. The easiest way to do this is to stop at the southwestern corner of the play area, travel east 1000m, then north 2m, then west 1000m, then north 2m, then east 1000m, etc... Sooner or later the seeker will come within 1m of the hider, no matter where the hider is.
However, if the hider moves, then the seeker can no longer presume that the hider is not in any of the areas that the seeker had searched before. As such, there is no pattern that the seeker may take to guarantee that the hider will be found.
That is why it is best to move while cloaked, than to stay still. Obviously, though, if you are safe spotted, then it is *HIGHLY* unlikely that those searching for you will be able to find your grid, and even if they did, they have no way of knowing if that grid is the right one.
Sorry, I am not a troll. The day I become a troll is the day I shall kill myself, heh.
But anyway, thanks for the response. I really am new.
EDIT: And to continue my run of newbness...what is "safe-spotting"? Thanks again!
Hehe that's not all you can do. Me and my friends had a program that modified the bits being sent towards the server, because atck spd was monitored client side, to make our skills not have their delay. So instead of going "pierce, pierce, pierce, pierce." with my knight, it was going "PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP". People would flip out and go, "My guild needs your build, -now-". Could drop holy priests solo with it.
That game had so many holes in it. <3 no-sp teleport bots.
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