Eve online Field Test 1-a

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Fua Consternation

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Published on May 13, 2020 10:54:19 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEn-uL5iG-A

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EVE Online (2003)

Duration: 6:03

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TL;DR - attempting to put into practice a possible solution to the problem i brought up in my "prospects + crystals" video earlier.

NOTE: this is for high sec only. this is also exclusively an asteroid belt scenario.
parent video: https://youtu.be/AW5ZNofnZRc



first attempt, with alot of glitches. pretty much misclicks and bass-ackwards things. definitely will improve for sure.
#1 getting the whole mobile depot anchoring before my prospects run out of dense veldspar
#2 turning off my command bursts at the same time as step 1 since they share the same cycle time (60s)
#3 turning off hardeners just before anchoring is complete (cycle times for those are a mere 12 seconds)
#4 "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" when using the fitting window...lots of lag.
#5 prealigning the freighter was a good idea, i'll definitely continue that
#6 those afterburners help slow down the align time
#7 i goofed on selecting the heavy drone and clicked the folder collapsing it. derp
#8 speaking of which, i really should just hit F2 and then click on the heavy drone. two birds with one stone.
#9 definitely need to target the landing prospects as well just in case (rats do prefer to go after the same class as them, so just in case the logi trick doesn't work)

watching the video, it's clear that i was rushing it. missing obvious things (like deactivating and stuff like that)

critical points:
1) i was able to launch my drones before the "warp drive active" disappeared...i need to find out when i can do this (assuming i can judge by distance readout to warp destination)
04:37 - drones launching
04:38 - freighter exits warp first (interesting)
04:39 - orca exits warp
https://i.imgur.com/JjghUv8.jpg 04:40
see the drone folder? it's still trying to populate and it's been 3 seconds since i started seeing them launching from the bay...whether that improves if the Ddos calms down and lag drops is another question entirely.
...anyways, and instant later it's populated and the prospects are still in warp.
04:42-04:43 all four prospects exit warp during the 42nd second

so that means that 3.7s lock time for the berserker is 1.7 seconds too late...although thankfully that's full seconds where the berserker is on field before the prospects exit warp, meaning for just under two seconds the prospects are vulnerable to be switched to before the logi kicks in.

it's not ideal.
two further questions arise:
a) how often do triglavian rats switch targets?
b) how long can that republic fleet's shields survive under attack from a full 5 spawn trig patrol?

====== FOLLOWUP
at 10:55 eve time i got jumped by 3 trigs who immediately went for one of the prospects. so....yeah, i was able to land ancillary reps on it and ordered fleet warp (cancelling it for the orca and freighter) to tether BM.

Conclusion: sadly, prospects won't work with the ersatz logi trick. Corollaries:
i.) i don't need to worry about my drones...i can have a full flight of five medium drones and not worry about them being ganked
ii.) i need to be able to land reps on prospects from the get go...which will be a hell of a thing if i land on a belt with a trig spawn on top of me (which, btw, would necessitate me launching zerk and warriors)
iii.) both those means i'll have 10 assembled drones in my bay that hampers the launch shortcuts i've grown to love...i'll most likely 'favorite' the medium drones and right click to launch the alternative when i spot trigs on grid as i warp in.

questions still remain: can i gank the drones before my ancillary runs out of juice? is there an ancillary shield rep that will last longer or are they all pretty much going to run out of juice at the same time? does orbiting under AB power even help a little bit to reduce incoming dps from trigs (it'll certainly slow the warp align time)? Do i need to think about tanking my prospects with RR in mind? if i start tanking i'll need to go back to meta-named mining lasers losing the crystals.

====== FINAL THOUGHTS (just after DT)
i think the solution is going to have to be that i simply warp the orca first, while the others align to the next belt...and since belts don't move i'll be able to adjust where my team's bookmark is set so i can align and not worry about bumping into roids while i wait for the orca to land at the next site.
That will solve the issue of rats nomming on prospects before i get set up...if trigs land in the last belt i can simply warp using the freighter (being squad leader already to set the orca as tag "0") to squad warp.

so, yeah, definitely an evolving solution to a problem in utilizing squishy mining vessels that attracts way too much attention from trigs...whether i can keep them alive is going to be for another video

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