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| − | + | The "MWD/Cloak" trick allows you to align while cloaked. Normally, the cloak slows the ship down so much that getting to align speed is very hard. However, you can activate an MWD immediately after cloaking. The MWD will cancel itself after that first cycle if you don't drop the cloak, but if you drop cloak once the MWD cycle is almost finished then you'll come out of the cloak at near-align speeds. | |
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=== How does it work? === | === How does it work? === | ||
| − | * Hit align to your point of interest | + | * Hit align to your point of interest (dropping the gate cloak if you have one). |
| − | + | * Immediately after, activate the ship's cloak, then the MWD. | |
| − | * Immediately after | ||
* When your MWD cycle is about 90% complete you drop cloak and spam warp to your point of interest. | * When your MWD cycle is about 90% complete you drop cloak and spam warp to your point of interest. | ||
| − | Because the MWD boosts your (cloaked) speed by 500% for one cycle while you are cloaked you will end up at right around warp speed when you deactivate the cloak right before the MWD cycle is complete. Since you hit align before the cloak you will be aligned and at warp speed when the cloak drops. This equals near insta-warp. | + | Because the MWD boosts your (cloaked) speed by 500% for one cycle while you are cloaked you will end up at right around warp speed when you deactivate the cloak right before the MWD cycle is complete. Since you hit align before the cloak you will be aligned and at warp speed when the cloak drops. This equals near insta-warp. If you practice this you can be uncloaked for literally less than a second total on a gate. Practice in high-sec is recommended. |
| − | === | + | === Aligning with an MWD === |
| − | You can use the same | + | You can use the same MWD trick to accelerate a big ship (say an orca or rorqual) to warp speed without the cloak involved. Align, pulse the MWD ONCE (and once only, just click it twice in a row) and warp in 10 seconds instead of 30. You could do the cloak thing, but you'll have to see the specifics on how to time dropping the cloak and it may require more time uncloaked at the end of the MWD cycle to get to just the right speed. The cloak trick requires a tad more practice but makes annoying acceleration waits *slightly* less annoying and a little safer. |
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Revision as of 17:36, 20 September 2010
The "MWD/Cloak" trick allows you to align while cloaked. Normally, the cloak slows the ship down so much that getting to align speed is very hard. However, you can activate an MWD immediately after cloaking. The MWD will cancel itself after that first cycle if you don't drop the cloak, but if you drop cloak once the MWD cycle is almost finished then you'll come out of the cloak at near-align speeds.
How does it work?
- Hit align to your point of interest (dropping the gate cloak if you have one).
- Immediately after, activate the ship's cloak, then the MWD.
- When your MWD cycle is about 90% complete you drop cloak and spam warp to your point of interest.
Because the MWD boosts your (cloaked) speed by 500% for one cycle while you are cloaked you will end up at right around warp speed when you deactivate the cloak right before the MWD cycle is complete. Since you hit align before the cloak you will be aligned and at warp speed when the cloak drops. This equals near insta-warp. If you practice this you can be uncloaked for literally less than a second total on a gate. Practice in high-sec is recommended.
Aligning with an MWD
You can use the same MWD trick to accelerate a big ship (say an orca or rorqual) to warp speed without the cloak involved. Align, pulse the MWD ONCE (and once only, just click it twice in a row) and warp in 10 seconds instead of 30. You could do the cloak thing, but you'll have to see the specifics on how to time dropping the cloak and it may require more time uncloaked at the end of the MWD cycle to get to just the right speed. The cloak trick requires a tad more practice but makes annoying acceleration waits *slightly* less annoying and a little safer.
