Planet Jumping

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:56 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNhGuvfIrRc

edit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUFbZVyowbA

its always the leaving that hurts ain't it?

[Edited on 2-10-2009 by verbosity]

Post by **Vice** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:58 pm

Wow, with what looks like almost no damage!

Chork · Post by **Chork** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:05 pm

That's incredible!

I won't ask you how many times you tried, though.

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:20 pm

nope no damage on the way in,

I took me several tries to get it right ( and I probably couldn't have done it without 'cave jump training' ) Rami owes a bit of credit here, something he did helped me figure out the adjustment I needed to make to be successful.

Strangely, I can repeat this with near 100% success, but when I tried to film it, it took 15 attempts, and I had to make even finer corrections to manage it.

The same goes with leaving the planet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUFbZVyowbA

its always the leaving that hurts ain't it?

[Edited on 2-10-2009 by verbosity]

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:26 pm

Very, Very Cool!!!

BraveHart · Post by **BraveHart** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:31 pm

That is Hot.... Have to give that a try

Zenith · Post by **Zenith** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:51 pm

Whoa! Very nice stunt you have there Verbosity, I'm definitely intriuged as to how it's done.

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:56 pm

HeHe,

I'm running out of jumps, blackhole jumps were here before I started playing, as were ( to an extent ) cave jumps, but I proved that for renegades, and now lots of pilots are doing that. There is one other 'extreme jump' I have up my sleeve, but I promised I'd keep thata secret, since it involves something thats not well known yet...........

I don't there is anything left, unless there is a secret 'hollow moon station'

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:52 pm

You are "jumper" leader.
Awesome...

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:11 pm

you can do the "jump out of the city manouver without taking any damage ( just not with fraps recording it seems :-/ )

for those of you who haven't seen it before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JMkdM43qNk

this was the first example of a into and out of cave jump, until this point it had been assumed that it was not possible, now its almost 'standard practice', and some pilots have found several locations for such jumps.......

[Edited on 2-11-2009 by verbosity]

Knight Rider · Post by **Knight Rider** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:39 pm

How long did it take to perfect the skill?

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:51 pm

lets see i joined in 9-7-2006 so that makes it............

its easier to jump out of caves than to jump in, but once you have a 'jump out' point, you can use that ( at a 180 turn around) to jump in. took me about an hour to find the first one, it gets quicker after that.

planet jumps? well I'd tried and failed before, but exploring a asteroid cave gave me an idea, once I'd proved it it took about an hour to pin it down.

Skiiwa · Post by **Skiiwa** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:15 pm

LOL I love this!

tk7223 · Post by **tk7223** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:04 pm

Holy C@#$!!...that's awesome!!! Who needs the Force?! When you can plot your Fulcrum drive that accurately you can jump right thru your enemies shields too!! Hats Off!!

Winter Owl · Post by **Winter Owl** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:23 am

Now I want to try it. Cool.

Hopsalot · Post by **Hopsalot** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:06 am

Very cool!

Watch your mailbox, you will eventually get a nasty-gram form planetary air traffic control.

Have you tried tactical micro-jumps "The Picard Maneuver"?

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:35 am

Originally posted by Hopsalot
Have you tried tactical micro-jumps "The Picard Maneuver"?

There are several in use by other pilots (and to an extent myself) already

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:50 am

I thought I'd give some helpful pointer to pilots trying this out.............

1.shields and hull
beef up, first few time you try youre gonna fry, so get yourself a big ship with top shields
2. choose your city
accurate co ords are vital, dock at the city and note down your exact postion, and also the heading you'll need to take to be flying head-on into the docking tower ( ie at a planet pitch of 90 ), anything else and your likely to fly through the docking area -
3.adjust destination cords
generally i adjust my co ords by 2500 in the direction i want to go, this means you come out of your jump darn near the docking port. hitting the docking port is vital since its your main means of stopping!

4.set your ship
have your shields set to full, turn to your choosen heading, and if possible turn your inertial on and reverse thrust till you are going backwards at the highest velocity you can

5.do the jump
before hitting the f2 button you want to be ready to do two things, 1. hold your reverse thrusters and 2. reinforce your front shield. Hit f2, hold the reverse thrust and tap the shield button as much as you can!

you can get away with jumps both into and out of planets without using the cities, but its harder to survive - though easier to setup

------------------------------------------------------------------------
on another note - combat micro jumps:

warp missile:
this is usefull for attacking a fleeing ship - you need to have a missile lock on the ship before jumping

set your destination location to nearby - you want to retain your lock when you come out of the jump, jump and while in jump fire your missiles - with a little practice this can be as deadly as the 'exodus drop' - though getting the timing right takes some practice.
please note though that some pilots have found a way to turn a defensive stratagy against this into a ruthless counter-attack

strafe attack:
I use this as my default attack against capital ships.
stick your ship on inertial,set your energy bias to energy, jump near the head of the ship and fire your guns as you fly past. combined with missile attacks ( I aim for the weapons systems myself

), its a safe quick and easy way to take out any capital ship...........
I've used varients of this technique on human opponents with some success.....

[Edited on 3-13-2009 by verbosity]

Exim · Post by **Exim** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:26 pm

actually with some close observation of how to game works... most jump are very easy... most caves I jump right in just before the docking bay with the docking tractor beam stopping me...

the hollow moon jump... if I am correct... that is not a moon right?

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:28 pm

Originally posted by Exim
the hollow moon jump... if I am correct... that is not a moon right?

Shhhhhhhh

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:31 pm

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:31 pm

Planet Jumping, Wow incredible!!!

Is this possible also on the Planet with five Cities the one with the storms that is impossible to dock on in ER?

Waisted all my fuel on this trying to dock and get needed supplies, got hungry on the long flight to this one, needed to find a good restaurant!:P

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:08 pm

Originally posted by Maarschalk
Is this possible also on the Planet with five Cities the one with the storms that is impossible to dock on in ER?

not sure of the planet you're talking about, but yes its possible in ER, and was possible in EA -

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:21 pm

I am not sure, I think it was one of the uncharted hidden ones I stumbled upon!

Blackthorne · Post by **Blackthorne** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:01 pm

That's the planet in the Wolf Zone.
You *can* dock there, but you'll explode a short moment later.

-Blackthorne