| Author |
Topic |
Genital Necrosis |
Posted - 2010.12.15 19:06:00 - [ 1]
Whenever I see gatecamps they are always done awfully inefficiently. A mass of players camping only 1 gate at a time, or just sitting there taking turns being shot by sentries and needlessly sacrificing gank for tank and making themselves painfully obvious.
What we do when we gate camp is much more effective. We sit off grid aligned to the gate. Our cloaked scout sits on the other side of the gate and hammers the directional scan at a direction and range that means that any incoming targets will be landing on the gate. When he sees something worth killing he gives the word and we all warp to the gate to catch them as they appear on our scouts side them jump through. Not only does this cut down on your exposure to gate gun fire and allow you to fit for more damage as you don't need to worry about tanking the sentries for more than say 20 seconds and help to disguise your profile from potential gate-busting fleets but it also allows you to catch targets you wouldn't be able to.
If we see something that is likely to be a scout we just let it pass, doing this we have caught plenty of Freighters, Faction Battleships, normal battleships, small gangs and more. Players who are smart enough to scout usually know how to fit their ships better too. Or have something much more worth protecting. Boy were they surprised to see 20 of us waiting for them on a gate that was clear only seconds ago.
Furthermore if the gates are in a cluster somewhat close together you can project this tactic to camp multiple gates at one time with your full fleet. |
Rawrclaw |
Posted - 2010.12.15 19:23:00 - [ 2]
thats how I gate camp, so no your not the only one |
Haines McNasty |
Posted - 2010.12.15 19:51:00 - [ 3]
awww.. look at the cute little pirate. he taking his first baby steps. |
Panda Name
Amarr
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2010.12.15 19:53:00 - [ 4]
lol. |
Spruillo
Gallente
Spruillo Corp
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Posted - 2010.12.15 20:02:00 - [ 5]
Edited by: Spruillo on 15/12/2010 20:09:24
Scout for battleships/ I use battleships for scouts then jump the fleet outta wormholes like a ninja when you take the bait and none of your camp scouts see that coming your like which gate did they come from wtf were watching them all are scouts are SPAIS and then all your tackle drams go down in fire cause I fit all small guns on BS's with like 5 trackers |
Aiwha
Caldari
101st Space Marine Force
Nulli Secunda |
Posted - 2010.12.15 20:21:00 - [ 6]
Lowsec gate camps.  Because that stabber could **** you up bad, better bring a fleet. |
DethApostle
Amarr
Ammo and Tag
Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns |
Posted - 2010.12.15 21:10:00 - [ 7]
 Originally by: Genital Necrosis
Whenever I see gatecamps they are always done awfully inefficiently. A mass of players camping only 1 gate at a time, or just sitting there taking turns being shot by sentries and needlessly sacrificing gank for tank and making themselves painfully obvious.
What we do when we gate camp is much more effective. We sit off grid aligned to the gate. Our cloaked scout sits on the other side of the gate and hammers the directional scan at a direction and range that means that any incoming targets will be landing on the gate. When he sees something worth killing he gives the word and we all warp to the gate to catch them as they appear on our scouts side them jump through. Not only does this cut down on your exposure to gate gun fire and allow you to fit for more damage as you don't need to worry about tanking the sentries for more than say 20 seconds and help to disguise your profile from potential gate-busting fleets but it also allows you to catch targets you wouldn't be able to.
If we see something that is likely to be a scout we just let it pass, doing this we have caught plenty of Freighters, Faction Battleships, normal battleships, small gangs and more. Players who are smart enough to scout usually know how to fit their ships better too. Or have something much more worth protecting. Boy were they surprised to see 20 of us waiting for them on a gate that was clear only seconds ago.
Furthermore if the gates are in a cluster somewhat close together you can project this tactic to camp multiple gates at one time with your full fleet.
welcome to 2006 |
Java Hun
Rockey Mountain Lumber Co. |
Posted - 2010.12.15 21:35:00 - [ 8]
Edited by: Java Hun on 15/12/2010 21:34:52
Maybe if you didnt spend all your time gate camping, you wouldn't be such an idiot |
Schwa88
The Priesthood
The 0rphanage |
Posted - 2010.12.15 23:21:00 - [ 9]
Originally by: Java Hun
Edited by: Java Hun on 15/12/2010 21:34:52
Maybe if you didnt spend all your time gate camping, you wouldn't be such an idiot
Seems likely. |
Jaggati Khan |
Posted - 2010.12.15 23:59:00 - [ 10]
cool story pro... |
Headerman
Minmatar
Quovis
Shadow of xXDEATHXx |
Posted - 2010.12.16 03:05:00 - [ 11]
Dumbass |
Goddess Ishtar
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation |
Posted - 2010.12.16 08:49:00 - [ 12]
Look at the little kiddies and their low-sec gate camping. So cute! |
Dekiri
Gallente
Useless Inc. |
Posted - 2010.12.16 11:38:00 - [ 13]
I can see a serious downside to your "novel" gate camping tactics..
You wont be jumped by a fleet of carebears if you are not static at a gate and loads of carebears usually have really nice loot=p
Also it is way to low risk if you do it like you do, and risk is what makes the boring gate camps a lot more interesting. |
carbomb
Super Team Munkey |
Posted - 2010.12.16 11:55:00 - [ 14]
Edited by: carbomb on 16/12/2010 11:59:19awesome use of the words "gatecamp" and "pro" in same sentence. Here's another one... "contradiction" Originally by: DethApostle
welcome to 2006
This ^ |
Rawrclaw |
Posted - 2010.12.16 12:00:00 - [ 15]
Originally by: Spruillo
Edited by: Spruillo on 15/12/2010 20:09:24
Scout for battleships/ I use battleships for scouts then jump the fleet outta wormholes like a ninja when you take the bait and none of your camp scouts see that coming your like which gate did they come from wtf were watching them all are scouts are SPAIS and then all your tackle drams go down in fire cause I fit all small guns on BS's with like 5 trackers
I really hope you don't mean Dramiels, pirates never use anything smaller then cruisers, EVER. |
Pod Amarr |
Posted - 2010.12.16 12:12:00 - [ 16]
So let me recap this. I am the poor bastard that is warping to 0 on the scouts side. He sees me on the scan ,he gives the word, you warp to the gate, jump through. You attack with me already at gate at 0, I tank for 3 seconds, jump to the other side maybe only one tackler that did not agress can jump behind me. I jam [please insert random action to break point] and ...  Real Pro |
Hollow Confrontation
Decepticle Corp
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Posted - 2010.12.16 12:41:00 - [ 17]
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Rico Minali
Gallente
Sons Of 0din
Fatal Ascension |
Posted - 2010.12.16 13:32:00 - [ 18]
Am I the only person who likes to have ice cream with apple pie? The rest of you amateurs just have custard... Man you guys fail hard at apple pie... I am apple pie pro... |
Diesel47 |
Posted - 2010.12.16 13:34:00 - [ 19]
This is the start of the mindframe that will soon change him into a blobber, the thing that is singlehandedly ruining EvE PVP.
Soon he will never venture out to PvP space unless he has 10 friends covering his ass and will not engage a t1 frigate unless he has a fleet behind him.
It's sad.. Really. |
Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE |
Posted - 2010.12.16 21:42:00 - [ 20]
Originally by: Rico Minali
Am I the only person who likes to have ice cream with apple pie? The rest of you amateurs just have custard... Man you guys fail hard at apple pie... I am apple pie pro...
Real pros have rhubarb pie. But yeah, icecream is definately better. |
Herping yourDerp |
Posted - 2010.12.16 23:42:00 - [ 21]
TL;Dr-
i'm pro because instead of blobbing the gate tanking the guns we warp to cloaked guy kill the scary cruiser with over 20 of our ships and run from the guns cause they are scary
i wish everyone was as pro as us, because gate camping is the skillzor |
Deja Thoris
Invicta.
Rooks and Kings |
Posted - 2010.12.17 00:20:00 - [ 22]
Originally by: Genital Necrosis
What we do when we gate camp is much more effective. We sit off grid aligned to the gate. Our cloaked scout sits on the other side of the gate and hammers the directional scan at a direction and range that means that any incoming targets will be landing on the gate. When he sees something worth killing he gives the word and we all warp to the gate to catch them as they appear on our scouts side them jump through. Not only does this cut down on your exposure to gate gun fire and allow you to fit for more damage as you don't need to worry about tanking the sentries for more than say 20 seconds and help to disguise your profile from potential gate-busting fleets but it also allows you to catch targets you wouldn't be able to.
Whats so great about this? I've killed plenty of you "pro gatecampers" with a bait maller and a bridge. The campers die super easy because they went lol gank and not tank. Are you one of those that complains about getting blobbed when your plan to kill a maller with 6 people backfires? |
Ka Jolo
The Tuskers
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Posted - 2010.12.17 00:27:00 - [ 23]
I will say this: People who really know how to camp gates like pros (and actually do so) are very few and far between. Most people who camp gates miss a lot of potential targets and end up getting ganked, while most people who really know how to camp gates do something else instead.
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Mail Lite
FLA5HY RED
The Defenders of Pen Island |
Posted - 2010.12.17 08:18:00 - [ 24]
Posting in a fail thread.
Anyone who knows how to camp are very unlikely to get ganked. People who sit on a gate with GCC deserve to be ganked.
OP - Where did you see such stupidity? |
shakedatazz |
Posted - 2010.12.17 10:16:00 - [ 25]
Gatecamping is for suckers. And Goons. |
Ai Enma |
Posted - 2010.12.17 16:01:00 - [ 26]
Originally by: Genital Necrosis
If we see something that is likely to be a scout we just let it pass, doing this we have caught plenty of Freighters, Faction Battleships, normal battleships, small gangs and more. Players who are smart enough to scout usually know how to fit their ships better too. Or have something much more worth protecting. Boy were they surprised to see 20 of us waiting for them on a gate that was clear only seconds ago.
If u are able to catch ppl with scout, they are obviously not smart and fail at scouting. Just saying! |
iBlob TheBuilder |
Posted - 2010.12.17 16:20:00 - [ 27]
Originally by: Misanth
Originally by: Rico Minali
Am I the only person who likes to have ice cream with apple pie? The rest of you amateurs just have custard... Man you guys fail hard at apple pie... I am apple pie pro...
Real pros have rhubarb pie. But yeah, icecream is definately better.
Boston Cream Pie or GTFO. It's pro cause its a cake in disguise that's truly a lie. |
Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE |
Posted - 2010.12.17 22:49:00 - [ 28]
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Lexa HeIIfury |
Posted - 2010.12.18 01:33:00 - [ 29]
****, I've always wanted to be a pro gatecamper, but have never been able to figure out the complexities behind it. Now, with the help of this epic step-by-step guide, I can finally fulfill my dream of sitting in the same system for hours on end waiting to hit f1 with 20 of my friends. |
I likegirls
Minmatar |
Posted - 2010.12.18 02:04:00 - [ 30]
Confirming that my dscan does not scan out to 10,000 km, and that I do not use D-Scan at all while scouting. |
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