EVE New Citizens Q&A

Warp disruptors have "1 point of jamming" scramblers have "3 points of jamming" whatever you want to call it.

Lets say a ship has "1 point of warp" when you use a disruptor it goes down to 0 = ship cant warp.
When you use a scrambler it goes down to "-2 points of warp" = cant warp.

Warp core stabilizers add "1 point of warp" if I remember correctly, so 1 stabilizer counters 1 disruptor, but you need 3 to counter a scrambler.

This is off the top of my head and Im not quite sure if Im correct since its been abit since I had a look at how this works.

Also to clarify.

A heavy interdictor ship (HIC) can fit Warp Disruption Generator.

This module has 2 uses:

1.) It can deploy a mobile warp bubble. This is (like the stationairy bubble - Mobile Warp Disruptor (Small/Medium/Large)) an area of effect weapon, anything in it's range can't warp.

2.) The module can be loaded with a scripts which makes it a so called "infinite point". This means no matter how much warp core stabs you fit on your ship, you won't be able to warp.

The Warp Disruption Generator however is now allowed to be used in Empire space.

EDIT:

Supercarriers and Titans can't be tackled by normal Disruptors or Scramblers. You NEED a HIC to get tackle on Supers / Titans.

Thank you all, I think I understand now!

Also, a warp SCRAMBLER shuts down a microwarpdrive (but not an afterburner), whereas a a warp disruptor does not.

A warp disruptor is also more difficult to fit (more CPU and/or Powergrid), iirc.

After playing eve for a short while, this "webifiers" and "warp scramblers" look to me like a bad kludge to people running away, because if they didn't exist at all, no combat would ever take place with people warping to safety all the time.

Do I think they should be removed? No, but I def would like the concept to be made into a mechanic that actually requires more work by those involved in order to pull of.

If I understand correctly, a single frigate can carry a web and a scram and basically hold a Battleship or even a Titan. That should not be possible.

In a real world scenario with real ships, it is impossible for a ship to just appear right next to another ship, so EVE combat rules can't apply there. EVE needed a way to make fight happen to death a possibilty, and unfortunately, having Warp Drives screws with that. What annoys me is not the concept, just the implementation.

I'm not saying these following idea are good ideas or even a fix, all I'm saying is that they would make more sense either individually or together:

* Small, Medium and Large scrambler for different size ships, each size applies more point of scram ,and larger ship cores are more resistant, meaning it might take 3 frigates to hold a Battleship, maybe even 10 if teh Battleship fits 3 stabilizers. This would mean that a Dreadnaught would need scram pressure from a capital ships to hold it, rather then a single speed tanked frig orbiting at 500m (yes I know it would just get destroyed fast by say, a smartbomb, I'm just saying that it still CAN) It would also mean you cant just keep throwing cheap frig after cheap frig as tacklers, you have to actually plan what to web/scram.

* Change the webbing so that the slowdown from a smaller scram on a larger ship is less efficient. A single frig hitting a battleship should cause only a small change. They move slow already, and doing a base percentage seems wrong. It should take the effect of 4-6+ frigs to cause the same slowing effect on a BS that it does now.

* Speed of movement of the ship casting the web/scram should effect it. As far as I saw, standing still or orbiting at 2000m/s cause the same effect, saying basically that you have a weapon that can hit a target 100% of the time with no range or speed penalty other then the hard cutoff at max range. Even ECM had to be toned down to stop "ECM spam wars" why not this?

I am way too new at this game to actually tell if what i'm saying above actually works/make sense in the current mechanics, or to understand repercussions/exploits/etc, so I'm more then happy to take criticism on the ideas if you are able to point out why in fact they are bad idea, but atm I'm very disappointed on how webs/scram work and it would be nice to get a change.