Gate camp

[Zoe & Kids]

If any of these guys https://ibb.co/3v9Gv3s are reading this, I hope y'all stand on a lego block with no shows on.

In all seriousness, any advice on 'beating' gate camps such as this? (short of simply turning around and going the long way)

My alt is in a cloaked blockade runner but guessing the drone grid is to force de-cloak?

[Kodokuro]

if you are warping in from another gate to THAT in the system you should be fine if you warp to 0 km because you can jump instantly. There is nothing that can stop you. You are dead if you are entering the system throught THAT gate, there is no way to survive. They even have an stiletto and this ship has fastest lock on time in the game.

[Zoe & Kids]

Thanks mate, I will give it a try. (killmail to follow lol)

I am new to low-sec / blockade runners so appreciate the help.

[Myriad]

Originally posted by Kodokuro:

You are dead if you are entering the system throught THAT gate, there is no way to survive.

You're not 100% dead, unless you're unlucky and spawn within 2500m from some debris, which would prevent you from cloaking.

A Blockade Runner has a Covert Ops Cloak. So if you align yourself through the debris, (ideally towards something you can warp to, (safe points if the gankers covered every angle, which you can make by scouting ahead with the Shuttle in your BR,) there's a fairly good chance you can get away.

If you can't warp, due to an obstacle that would break your Cloak, then your best bet is to align to a path through the debris, hit your MWD, Cloak, and hope the tackler misses you when he burns towards your last known location. And then change your heading. Although your chances of escape drop substantially in that situation, because the super fast tackler will be combing the area.

[Ryeloc]

Yeah, just part of it. I died a lot in my first few months and one time I messaged a guy and was like why kill people, he ended up kind of tutoring me for the last 3 months he really taught me a lot, now I've made friends I've made my heron back x30 easy. I've learned so much from one of the first pvper that killed me. Most will actually talk to you, if you're new ask questions.

Really made a massive difference for me.

[Shotgun]

If this upsets you, how about just simply not going through Ahbazon? Quicker travel is a privilege for those who are willing to take on additional risk, and not a right for everyone who wants to save some time.

If you do insist on going through a camp like that, there's no guarantee of safety without pushing your align speed below 2.00 seconds, which is something achievable by a good numbers of ships in the game, such as various frigates, T3 destroyers, and specialized ships like the Victorieux Luxury Yacht. In most cases, even pushing align speed below 3.00 seconds will be enough, until you get unlucky enough to come across a tackler who lives 2 minutes away from the server in London.

[Zoe & Kids]

Originally posted by Shotgun:

If this upsets you, how about just simply not going through Ahbazon? Quicker travel is a privilege for those who are willing to take on additional risk, and not a right for everyone who wants to save some time.

If you do insist on going through a camp like that, there's no guarantee of safety without pushing your align speed below 2.00 seconds, which is something achievable by a good numbers of ships in the game, such as various frigates, T3 destroyers, and specialized ships like the Victorieux Luxury Yacht. In most cases, even pushing align speed below 3.00 seconds will be enough, until you get unlucky enough to come across a tackler who lives 2 minutes away from the server in London.

What part of my statement was emotive or suggested it 'upsets' me?

I was asking for advice which everyone bar you has given without a fish attempt but thanks for the closing advice.

Thanks to all for your input - I made it through without issue as my ship remained cloaked until the gate and then instantly went through. I wasn't even locked.

[Shotgun]

Originally posted by Kimble:

What part of my statement was emotive or suggested it 'upsets' me?

This part:

Originally posted by Kimble:

If any of these guys https://ibb.co/3v9Gv3s are reading this, I hope y'all stand on a lego block with no shows on.

[Zoe & Kids]

Which was clearly been humorous and even lead onto "all seriousness" which is indicative of a joke but sure, latch onto that to justify your fishing attempt if you wish.

[Shotgun]

Sure, in part it was an attempt at humor, but people generally don't express themselves this way unless there's a component of dislike/frustration involved.

But to that extent, it's not like I went off at you or anything, and in fact gave you genuine, practical advice on your best bet at counter-play. Since you can't guarantee that you'll be able to cloak due to the gate clutter, the only thing you can do is have a perfect align time. Under two seconds guarantees you can't be tackled ever. Under three seconds will be enough in most cases even against fast tacklers, unless they are so close to the server that they can minimize the command tick delay. And of course using a scout saves you from having to deal with gate camps entirely.

[Ryeloc]

Yeah, nobody comes to the steam forums after they die because they are happy. They are secretly pissed and just want to make a post about it. Just ask your killer for help.

[Zoe & Kids]

I didn't lose my ship or anything so I had no reason to be "pissed".

I came to ask for advice with an example of a gate camp I hadn't seen before and opened with an attempt at some mild humour.

I had zero feeling, good or bad when I did so as I had logged out in a safe spot and figured I'd ask the question before I re-logged later.

I won't do again as that's been latched onto and used to fish, give a psychological appraisal or just be generally contentious.

I have the answer I sought and effectively marked the forum as closed so thank you.