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The '''"cloak trick"''' is a maneuver that takes advantage of the secondary effects of cloaking devices to reach 75% of maximum velocity (and thus enter warp) more quickly than would normally be possible. This maneuver is primarily used to avoid being targeted after jumping through a gate by aligning whilst cloaked. | |||
=== What is it? === | |||
=== What is it? | |||
This is a technique that enables pilots to cloak while aligning after jumping through a gate. When done properly, this allows the pilot to almost instantly warp the second he breaks cloak. Information on further cloaking techniques can be found at the [[Cloaking]] class page. | This is a technique that enables pilots to cloak while aligning after jumping through a gate. When done properly, this allows the pilot to almost instantly warp the second he breaks cloak. Information on further cloaking techniques can be found at the [[Cloaking]] class page. | ||
=== Modules required === | |||
=== Modules | |||
You will need: | You will need: | ||
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* a wrongly-sized microwarpdrive - doesn't give enough velocity bonus | * a wrongly-sized microwarpdrive - doesn't give enough velocity bonus | ||
* an afterburner - doesn't give enough velocity bonus | * an afterburner - doesn't give enough velocity bonus | ||
* an Orca - too heavy for the 500MN to provide enough velocity ( | * an {{sh|Orca}} - too heavy for the 500MN to provide enough velocity (however, [[#Warping with larger ships|see below]]) | ||
With the Odyssey 1.1 industrial rebalancing, "fast-role" industrials (Sigil, Badger, | With the Odyssey 1.1 industrial rebalancing, "fast-role" industrials ({{sh|Sigil}}, {{sh|Badger}}, {{sh|Wreathe}}, {{sh|Hoarder}}, and {{sh|Nereus}}) are able to easily fit 50MN MWDs and cloaks in addition to their tank and cargohold fittings. | ||
The following T1 Industrial haulers don't have the raw power grid available to fit a 50MN MWD, and without extensive fitting for extra PG and higher skills pilots may not be able to fit them at all. As such, don't count on being able to do the cloak trick with these ships without sacrificing cargo capacity (low slots will need powergrid modules, and even rig slots may be needed for enough powergrid) and lower engineering skills. | |||
* {{sh|Bestower}} | |||
* {{sh|Tayra}} | |||
* {{sh|Kryos}} | |||
* {{sh|Epithal}} | |||
* {{sh|Miasmos}} | |||
* {{sh|Iteron Mark V}} | |||
* {{sh|Mammoth}} | |||
=== How does it work? === | === How does it work? === | ||
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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. With practice, you can be uncloaked for literally less than a second total on a gate. Practice in high-sec and you will find this is actually pretty easy and effective. | 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. With practice, you can be uncloaked for literally less than a second total on a gate. Practice in high-sec and you will find this is actually pretty easy and effective. | ||
=== Videos that demonstrate the technique === | === Videos that demonstrate the technique === | ||
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrlUMiRL1jU MWD Cloak Video 2, Detailed Instruction] (15:52) | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrlUMiRL1jU MWD Cloak Video 2, Detailed Instruction] (15:52) | ||
=== | === Warping with larger ships === | ||
You can use the same MWD trick to accelerate a big ship ( | You can use the same MWD trick to accelerate a big ship (such as an {{sh|Orca}} or {{sh|Rorqual}}) to warp speed without the cloak involved. Align, pulse the MWD ''once'' (click it twice in a row) and warp in 10 seconds instead of 30. The cloak trick technically still functions, but pilots will need to observe 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. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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*[[Cargo Hauling with the Cloak Trick]] | *[[Cargo Hauling with the Cloak Trick]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Guides]] | ||