Never get your ship blown up at a gate again!

Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:47 am by airhog

I found a really good way to make sure you never get shot all up while trying to use a jump gate.

Target the gate right in the middle, but dont use the dock. Wait until you are almost flying through the middle of the gate, then dock. This way you can keep your cruise on all the way to the gate. You can do the same for gates that lead to other systems. Cruise right up to the point where it opens, and then dock, it should almost immediately go to a cut screen. The same also applies to jumpholes, you get really close before docking. With a little work you can do the same at stations, but you have to know which bay it is that opens.

Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:52 am by Idioteque

Yeah it's a good idea but it's already been mentioned a few times

Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:58 am by LordZach

The only problem is every time your poor rhino is being chased by half a dozen rogues there's always some slow transport 500m away trying to use it

Tue Mar 11, 2003 8:10 am by Bhurak Starkiller

Here's my strategy:

(1) When in range, hit dock so your ship aligns with the correct ring.

(2) Then hit 'free flight' (not mouse flight) and cruise/burn to the center of the ring.

(3) Hit dock, and you should do it almost immediately.

With jump gates, you can sometimes get around the queue by forming with a ship that's already going through. Doesn't work all the time, though, and can cause you to take even more time to realign yourself.

Tue Mar 11, 2003 8:18 am by saydo17

I dont remember where but i read somewhere in this fourm that it as be nicknamed "hotlaning"

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Tue Mar 11, 2003 8:20 am by Bhurak Starkiller

I call it quickdocking.

Tue Mar 11, 2003 3:49 pm by Ali-Bubba

when the 'que' is full and you don't want to wait.. get just in front of a lead vessel going thru, then hit formation @ the last second. It will drag you on thru. If you do it early, it will spit you out the side. If you do it late, you'll circle back around in dock mode. Takes some practice to hit it everytime.

Tue Mar 11, 2003 6:58 pm by Marco

Huh, good queue-evasion tip with the formations... I'll have to try that one.

I liked the terms used in a preceding thread..."hotlaning" and "hotdocking."

Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:23 pm by Kokopelli

I'll have to remember that docking trick. It's that damn docking queue that has cause me to almost lose.

Another tip to try that I've used in desperate situations. If you have a stupid cargo carrier in the gate and have a barrage of weaponry, just blast the stupid SOB and it'll clear the path for you.

Of course with the weaponry I have on my frieghter, I usually blast the pirates as they attempt to atack me.

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