Establishing Warp Vector

[Shang Tsung]

Hey my Covetor is too slow at Establishing Warp Vector...

What items and skills help speed up "Establishing Warp Vector"???

Thank you for your time.

[neoVictrix]

How long does it take your ship to reach max velocity?

[Shotgun]

You enter warp at 75% of current maximum velocity. How quickly you accelerate is determined by a ship's mass with regard to its volume, and by two skills (for most ships - capitals have their own skill): Spaceship Command (2% per level) and Evasive Maneuvering (5% per level). Modules/implants that increase agility/decrease inertia boost acceleration. Similarly, modules that increase mass decrease acceleration.

Warp acceleration (how quickly you reach peak warp speed after entering warp) and peak warp speed itself are both actually a single stat, as doing anything to increase your peak warp speed will also increase your warp acceleration. Only certain implants, rigs, and a small selection of modules can affect warp speed. Warp speed is only really useful in PvP (so you can catch up to your targets as they're running away through multiple warps and gate jumps), while faster acceleration benefits you in any activity.

[Shang Tsung]

Is 'Warp Speed' how fast you Establish Warp Vector?

Do afterburners help?

So acceleration helps, and wat about ship max speed? do they help?

And why would ship agility help?

[Shang Tsung]

if i am at a higher velocity, is my warp speed increased?

[Shotgun]

Originally posted by Shang Tsung:

Is 'Warp Speed' how fast you Establish Warp Vector?

No, warp speed is how fast your ship is moving when it is in warp.

Originally posted by Shang Tsung:

Do afterburners help?

Afterburners are active modules that boost your regular movement speed, so they don't help with warp speed.

Originally posted by Shang Tsung:

So acceleration helps, and wat about ship max speed? do they help?

No, because you always enter warp at 75% of your regular movement speed. However, being faster is good in its own way (during combat).

Originally posted by Shang Tsung:

And why would ship agility help?

It increases regular movement acceleration, which means you reach 75% regular movement speed to enter warp faster.

Originally posted by Shang Tsung:

if i am at a higher velocity, is my warp speed increased?

No (same as the afterburner question).

[Shang Tsung]

Ok.. well what actually directly helps going into Warp? I mean the time it takes to load up the warp drive, not the actual time it takes while warping..

[Shang Tsung]

So when i get down to it, what i mean is.. are there any items or skills which can help activate my Warp Drive faster?

[Shang Tsung]

I just found out Inertial Stabilizers do the trick! :D anything else?

[Shotgun]

Any skills or items that either increase your agility or lower your inertia help you enter warp faster. So the two skills I listed above, low slot modules like Inertia Stabilizers and Nanofiber Internal Structures, Polycarbon Engine Housing rigs, and implants that affect agility.

But I'm going to tell you right now that this is not a stat you should be trying to raise for most tasks, especially for mining. Agility (and by effect entering warp faster) is only useful for faster travel. There are much more important things you should be equipping in a Covetor's low slots, including a Damage Control module so that you are more difficult to gank. There are also low slot modules that make you mine more.

Also, this will be really off-topic, but my recommendation is that you don't mine as a new player. Focus on learning how to fight, and do exploration content instead.

[Shang Tsung]

k thanks for the help! what are the low slot modules that help you mine more?

[Shang Tsung]

Are there any upgrades to permanently increase your ships max speed/acceleration?

[Shotgun]

Originally posted by Shang Tsung:

k thanks for the help! what are the low slot modules that help you mine more?

I forget the names since I don't mine, but just explore the market categories until you find them. Anything to do with resource processing is a good place to start.

Originally posted by Shang Tsung:

Are there any upgrades to permanently increase your ships max speed/acceleration?

Only skills and implants permanently increase your ship stats (and implants are lost if you lose your pod). Modules can be equipped and removed at will. Rigs can also be equipped at will, but removing them destroys them.

So no, aside from skills, you can't do something to a ship that permanently raises its stats somehow. Anyway, I'm hoping that you read the advice in my previous post...

[Shang Tsung]

By permanent i mean passive item abilities.