Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Whoever had the bright idea of putting 4 jamming battleships into Dread Pirate Scarlet needs to brought out back and shot. I have been jammed straight for nearly 15 minutes now. This is ridiculous and unacceptable.

Before any of you chime in with "use eccm" or the like, get informed. The **** does nothing to stop it. So far the best strategy I've had against it is a Backup Sensor in the lows and a Sebo with scan res in the mids to hopefully lock up fast enough between a jam and get a volley or two off before I'm jammed again.

This **** needs fixed.

I just lost my Vargur. Last room of Dread Pirate, All the dps caught up to me and I couldn't get it off me. My drones wouldn't engage the scam on their own. I couldn't do anything but watch. This is the first time I've ever had so much trouble with this mission. The first room was Angels, then all the rooms after were Guristas. I'm so pissed right now.

If it wasn't for the fact I would find it extremely boring, it's tempting to mine to earn isk. It seems to offer more isk with less risk.
The scram/dampening combo is overkill for a high sec mission.

I haven't come across belt rats that can scram and come in great enough numbers to pop any miner that happens to be there mining...

CCP please remove the jammers / disruptors from level 4's. They are literally impossible now. I lost a paladin within 2 hours of logging in for the first time in a year. I bought a replacement paladin and with more caution was able to stay alive easily but could not HIT anything. Before you tell me that i need drones I can tell you that my t2 drones are not doing enough damage to overcome the NPC tank. THIS NEEDS TO BE NERFED

all you need is sensor compensation skills to 4 and dont pop the trigger befor your ready

Whose idea was it to give the NPCs an ability that is uncounterable and its only effect is making you unable to do anything for 20 seconds? That does not sound fun.

It wouldnt be so bad if it were say... a every 30 seconds a chance for a 5 second jam cycle.

Looks like someone values their internet spaceships way too much


One of the downsides of flying a t2 ship is that you are not able to insure it for its full value. Working as intended.



...Yes. You're completely right. ECCM does nothing to stop it, but another, weaker module that does the same thing but worse (Sensor backup array) does. All those people who think that sensor strength and jam probability need to get informed.

if you're mining, and you already have your drones out, as soon as a rat tries to scram you, sucessful or unsuccessful, your drones go and pop them anyway.

It is counterable.

Been slumming in caldari space forever. Talons, eccm, sensor backup array and tengu (sensor sub'd). This will unless RNG hates you get maybe 1 jam the whole mission. HG talons optional actually....I have another alt trained for tengu no talons that goes mostly jam free. Either way I just roll through these missions. This was before the new skill hit the server, have not tested after release yet.

PVE is kind of like PVP. Sometimes you need more than 1 ship to have the the right tool for the job. Marauders are not the right tool for the job against gurista (weak base sensor, even my talon'ed clone had issues with ecm in a golem). Loki sub'd to boost sensor strength would be in op's case most likely fair much better. With a speed tank to laugh off missile damage to ride out the storm whiile jammed.

Don't want more than 1 ship, really have a a hankering for a maruader to hit rats with....then turn down gurista missions. To offset this being a pita, leave caldari space. Their mission distribution rates drop off when you do this. Or hell stay in caldari space. Of late I have been getting spammed by sansha, drones and merc missions. When RNG gets in a groove I don't see gurista very often.