Feb 5, 2013 · Spiralling in practice is actually much more direct than the picture suggests. It feels like you're doing huge angles because of the way that eve's camera angle works, but you're usually only heading about 15-20 degrees from the target. In most cases, you're path looks more like a curve than a spiral.

Aug 11, 2024 · The best technique for frigate pilots to do this is to 'spiral in' on the target rather than simply approaching directly. The cruiser pilot knows that medium weapons struggle to properly hit the frigate –- and the frigate will have the speed advantage, and so can make itself very hard to track.

Jun 13, 2022 · If you figure out their strategy and run in a straight line, they can adjust their spiral to be more elongated so the longer paths are the parts where their movement is perpendicular to you.

Apr 4, 2013 · Firstly, is the best way to do Spiraling these days to use the D-scan to automatically focus the camera on your target? Since from what I can tell, a lot of spiraling revolves (urgh pun) around having the enemy ship in the center of your screen.

Manual piloting is the act of manoeuvring a ship without using commands relative to another object, like orbit, keep at range, approach, etc. It is achieved by double left clicking on empty space. Your ship will then orient itself and move in that direction.

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EVE Advanced Manuever Spiral

Sep 10, 2008 · Combining the two (say "Orbit At -> 2500m" mixed with "Approach") will give you a approximate spiral that continues to close to the target at a good clip. Using "Orbit At -> Current Distance" doesn't do ANYTHING to get you closer to the target - it just produces a 90-degree turn as your ship tries to orbit.

Jan 6, 2013 · In this article we'll cover the use of this method, and how you can use the new changes in Retribution to make it easier to execute. The "Spiral Method" is a manual navigation technique that allows you change your transversal velocity with another ship to reduce tracking while moving closer.

Feb 6, 2019 · This is a GREAT guide on the Eve Spiral and should help people find their way to settlements, towns and, sometimes, old spawn locations they’ve had. The first time I followed this advice I found one of my former large towns.