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ECM Revamp
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Cuseppa
Tardigrade
#1 - 2015-12-26 00:57:13 UTC
Hi guys !

An idea here :



Problem


ECM are not very used in Eve online, cause most players hate put their lives in something base on randomness/probability. It's very hard to balance it, it's you can perma jam a ship, it's "cheated", but if you make it too hard, it become almost unused.


Why do not change this system :

- A ECM module will regulary break the target base on the ratio ECM strengh / ship strengh, but only break, and not keep the ship untable to loack again. If ECM strengh = ship strengh, lock will be breaked every tic, so the ship is permajam.

So it will seriously decrease the DPS of big ship on small ship (cause it takes long to lock them), it'll reduce moderatly DPS on same size and it'll have almost no effect on ship attacking larger ship (1-2 to lock).

But you'll be SURE that in a fight, your jammer will be (at least a little) effective, and not "maybe i'll sucess to jam him, and we'll won, and maybe i'll fail, and we'll lose" that annoy, i think, a lot of ppl.

Tell me what you think.
elitatwo
Zansha Expansion
#2 - 2015-12-26 02:53:52 UTC
Can you elaborate on your : idea?

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GhostBlaze Razgriz
Imperious Invictum
#3 - 2015-12-26 03:17:29 UTC
So when it comes to ECM the effectiveness of your jams are based on skills and ship type. I myself get a little frustrated when playing ECM BC not only am I primary, but i don't always get the jam on the ships either. If you use the racial jams then you are going to get the jam more than you would the multi spectral. As i am working towards perfect ECM skills BC I love ECM I would like to see a bit of an adjustment. Perhaps giving the jams more signal strength and better optimal and falloff.

If you have any further questions about ECM plz don't hesitate to mail me.
Zimmer Jones
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2015-12-26 03:44:54 UTC
Another thread with ideas is still on page one, I don't even have to add the following:

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https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=446879&find=unread

And just for completion....

Just one more nerf.

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Atomeon
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2015-12-27 01:40:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Atomeon
Cuseppa wrote:

Why do not change this system :

- A ECM module will regulary break the target base on the ratio ECM strengh / ship strengh, but only break, and not keep the ship untable to loack again. If ECM strengh = ship strengh, lock will be breaked every tic, so the ship is permajam.


no no no.
If every 20 secs the jam breaks target, a BS or even a Capital ship, will NEVER lock a smaller ship.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#6 - 2015-12-27 01:55:42 UTC
I don't know how to say "hell no" in enough languages to describe how bad I think this idea is.

They seriously need to make this sub approved submissions only.

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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2015-12-27 02:58:11 UTC
Obligatory link to other ECM proposals



This proposal is somewhat similar to mine, although mine is a bit more fleshed out. In my proposal, sensor strength still plays a big role, but it softens the boundary between a successful jam and a failed jam. In my proposal it is very much possible to jam a ship completely or to fail your jam so badly it doesn't even notice its being jammed, but often times jams will fall somewhere in between, perhaps breaking some already acquired locks and may reduce max locked targets too low to reacquire all of the previous targets.

Link to my proposal

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