Tried to join w/other Convoys - Can''t get thru Jump gates w

Tue Mar 18, 2003 6:07 pm by Zem

Guys, it *does* work. It just does not work reliably. It depends a lot on your position within the formation at the moment the formation breaks up because the NPCs have jumped (or disappeared, it doesn't really matter which). It's just generally not worth bothering with for those times you are not in the right position and you get turned away from the gate because not only did you not jump with that group, you are also not in line to jump and you may have to wait on *another* group to go through.

Tue Mar 18, 2003 7:15 pm by Sapient6

"If they don't actually jump, how come you can see them get interrupted when travelling through a trade lane?"

Because this discussion is not about trade lanes, it's about jump gates. Think "New York -> Colorado" not "Pittsburgh -> Fort Bush".

This issue comes up because a very effective way of running your freight alone along trade lanes is to group with an NPC convoy going the same way-- that way if the trade lane is disrupted you can often count on that convoy's escort for defense. The complaint is that this very same technique does not work for jump holes because 1. Your formation often gets broken from the convoy as it enters the jump hole and 2. That convoy won't be there on the other end of the jump hole because, supposedly, they don't really go through....

... which is kind of a bummer because it would be nice to be able to run a freighter in long distance freight convoys in SP, rather than going it alone and having to play your freighter as a fighter.

Tue Mar 18, 2003 7:23 pm by Artic

mhh, you cant be certain a convoy vanishes, as you have to wait a while before you can enter the hole, and in that time the convoy could have taken the tradelane, and you would have lost them.

any one tried to jump before the convoy?

Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:43 pm by Ether Dragon

I am certain. They vanish. I've followed enough of them through to know that they don't come out the other end of the jump gate. Here's a trick: when you come to a jumpgate and are put in the que behind some big train, break off and move to about 1m from the jumpgate. Then hit "dock" again. Once the train passes through, you'll be about two seconds behind them. When you come out the other side, there will be no train leaving the jumpgate ahead of you. Try it as many times as you like.

A train, those really big freighters, does not just vanish from sight inside of two seconds.

Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:10 pm by Comont54

Yeah, they do vanish, I formed up with a convoy, and being a fighter i flew ahead of it and entered the gate before them, then waited on the other side. They did NOT exit the gate, but it isnt too bad because there usually lots around that are going to the same place you are. I remember I would have never survived a Cambridge run with my old rhino if it wasnt for convoys.

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