Posted - 2008.11.22 01:43:00 - [1]

 

Edited by: Kittamaru on 28/11/2008 16:20:23
Problem: AFK Perma-Cloaking kinda sucks... and the fact that cloaking is 100% uncounterable is kind of stupid.

Solution: Three modules

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ON GRID DETECTION:

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New Skill: Electromagnetic Pulse Wave Systems
Rank: 10
Pre Reqs: Astrometrics lvl 5, Electronic Warfare lvl 5

Effect: Allows the use of EM Pulse Wave modules. Decreases capacitor use by 15% per level, Decreases cycle time by 5% per level. Reduces variation by 5km per level.
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Module: Electromagnetic Pulse Wave Generator
Fitting Reqs: 50 CPU, 5 PG - ONLY ONE EM PULSE MODULE PER SHIP
Fitting Penalty: -25% to total Capacitor Recharge Rate, -75% to scan resolution
Activation cost: 250 cap
Duration: 420 seconds
Range: 500km (full grid)
Variation: 25km

Effect:
When you activate the module, your tactical display is brought up on screen and 3 coloured arrows appear. Red indicates the X axis, Blue the Y, and Green the Z. These initially appear in the CENTER of the tactical display. When the module cycle is completed, they will move to the 10km line and give bearings towards the target - by lining them up, you can find a general direction towards a cloaked enemy vessel. HOWEVER, these lines do not update until the end of the module cycle (300 sec), meaning if you go to fast, you'll overshoot. This means it will take time and patience to narrow down where a cloaked vessel is hiding.

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New skill: Electromagnetic Pulse Beam Systems
Rank: 12
Pre Reqs - Astrometrics lvl 5, Electronic Warfare lvl 5, Electromagnetic Pulse Wave Systems lvl 3

Effect: Allows the use of EM Pulse Beam modules. ecreases capacitor use by 15% per level. Increases range by 5km per level (+25km lvl 5). Reduces variation by 2km per level.

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Module: Electromagnetic Pulse Beam Generator
Fitting Reqs: 100 CPU, 1 PG - ONLY ONE EM PULSE MODULE PER SHIP
Fitting Penalty: -25% to Capacitor Recharge Rate, -90% to scan resolution
Activation cost: 250 cap
Duration: 300 seconds
Range: 25km
Variation: 10km

Effect :
When you activate the module, your tactical display is brought up on screen. Three coloured arrows (Red, Blue, and Green) appear. Red indicates the X axis, Blue the Y, and Green the Z. These initially appear in the CENTER of the tactical display. When the module cycle is completed, they will move to the 10km line and give bearings towards the target - by lining them up, you can find a general direction towards a cloaked enemy vessel. HOWEVER, these lines do not update until the end of the module cycle (15-30 seconds depending on skills), meaning that unless you are careful, you'll overshoot.

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This gives a way to find cloaked ships WITHOUT nerfing cloaking itself OR intelligence gathering.
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The numbers have been updated thanks to feedback from Willage Girl and a handful of others. The primary idea is this:

The modules have a long enough cycle time to allow escape from even a large T2 bubble camp IF the person cloaked is smart enough to make the odd course correction to throw the scanners off. The durations should give more than enough time to evade, especially in a ship with a cloak bonus.

Think of it like this:

Cloaked Ship - X1, X2
Scanner Ship - Y

Y



X1-------------X2

The cloaked ship is at X1 when the scanner module starts. Thus, Y will get the location of X1 when the cycle finishes. However, assuming he's moving, the cloaked ship will be at X2, so at next cycle, the picture is this.

Y--------------X1------------X2

A simple course change and X2 can rinse and repeat, and escape.