PvP Logout Timer

The PvP Logout Timer

How does the PvP logout timer work?

PvP Timer

The PvP timer is split into three 15-minute periods.

Whenever you are engaged in a player vs. player fight, the first timer starts. It is refreshed whenever that anything happens in combat, including when you get fired upon (even if you do not fire back), and if you are attacked in the moments after logging out. If you log off within 15 minutes of this timer's activation, the other two will kick into action.

Note: If you were attacked after logging out (without a PvP timer), you will disappear as normal within 1 minute, and the PvP timer will not come into effect unless you login again within 15 minutes.

The second timer starts once you log off. Your ship will be warped to a random part of space and will remain there for another 15 minutes. Note that if the enemy has warp scrambling abilities, he can keep you in place for those 15 minutes and fire at you all the while. The phrase "sitting duck" comes to mind.

If your ship gets destroyed, the third and last 15 minute timer will start. This time, it's your pod that does the emergency warp and remains in space for the duration of the timer.