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== The MWD/Prototype Cloak Trick: ==
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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.
There is a lot of misinformation on the forums and in-game about the "cloak/MWD trick."  Here is the straight deal from the Dooobles.
 
 
 
=== Why? (Porque?!) ===
 
Because you want to be able to remain uncloaked for less than .5 seconds so a lucky interceptor doesn't lock you before you can cloak.  By "lucky interceptor" I mean the OCD intie pilots who sit on gates with point and sensor boosters hot waiting for something to jump through so they can click it. 
 
 
 
=== What? (Do wuhat?) ===
 
This is a trick that will cloak you while you align to something after jumping through a gate and then let you almost instantly warp the second you break cloak.
 
  
 
=== How does it work? ===
 
=== How does it work? ===
* Hit align to your point of interest
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* Hit align to your point of interest (dropping the gate cloak if you have one).
* Immediately after hit the cloak
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* Immediately after, activate the ship's cloak, then the MWD.
* Immediately after you hit cloak hit your MWD (this '''does''' work, you can activate your mwd for a second after you activate the cloak.  Yes it works. Just so it's clear... this works.)
 
 
* 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. Verily, if you practice this 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.
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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. If you practice this you can be uncloaked for literally less than a second total on a gate.  Practice in high-sec is recommended.
  
=== Bonus pro-tip side note: ===
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=== 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.
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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.
  
Convo Dooobles in-game with your questions but this is pretty straightforward.
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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.