On 1/28/2013 8:53 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> Most everything I could see the video I looked at were the larger ships,
> which are probably not very maneuverable.  There could well have been a
> swarm of more agile ships darting around in there that were too tiny to
> really see well.  Or maybe in a battle this size small ships are less
> helpful, I dunno.
>
Actually, the opposite. Larger weapons systems, like the ships, are much 
slower. A small frigate, especially rigged with some extra speed, may 
literally ***never*** get hit by a large carrier, or the like. Think - 
'so small they are evading our turbo lasers' lol The drawback being that 
you either need a huge mess of them, or you need the bigger ships on 
your side to be hammering the target with heavy fire, so that the weaker 
attacks from the frigates can penetrate the defenses.

Also, there are "drones" and now "fighters". Both of these are bloody 
small, and, in the case of drones, they range from adding extra defense, 
to extra repairs, to energy transfers, etc., as well as attacking, 
depending on the type of drone. So, you are likely to see stuff so small 
that its not even visible to most smaller ships, buzzing around, and 
high speed, in there.

Hmm. There is this:

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/EVE_Visual_Effects_Cheat_Sheet

But, not seeing "pink" in there. So, not sure what that flash is.

No, wait - its "smart bomb", here is another page with a better list:

http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Identifying_Visual_Effects

Smart bombs basically detonate at a set range, and take down shields 
**very fast**, while doing some damage, I think, to armor as well. They 
however need to be used at range, and there are not so smart in the 
sense of hitting only the enemy. They will hammer *everyone* in range of 
the detonation, friend of foe. Often, they are used, in mass, to send 
out a wave of explosions, into the path of an approaching fleet, in 
hopes that they catch a) any drones that have been launched (it will 
vaporize them just about instantly), or b) frigates, near the front edge 
of the attackers, which would have less defensive ability, and may not 
be able to repair the damage/recharge shield, before they hit firing 
range on your own fleet. And, those long range, really slow, will never 
hit your frigate when orbiting a huge ship, guns... **will** hit your 
frigate, at 15k+ away from the enemy (while you, probably, won't be able 
to hit jack, in a frigate, until like 5k from them, or closer.) That is 
an awful lot of space, even at high speeds, to pass through, with your 
defenses ripped up by a smart bomb.

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