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ECM module question
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VKhaun Vex
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2011-12-11 09:47:07 UTC
I was looking at Kitsune fits on battle clinic, and I don't understand why people use the sensor-specific ECM modules. It seems like pointing two multispectral jammers at someone would lock them down just fine. Four would lock two enemies. Why would you fit four different sensor specific jammers that add up to less chance to jam any given target? I must be missing something about ECM.

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Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
#2 - 2011-12-11 10:07:27 UTC
Each race has a type of sensor strength. Caldari - Gravimetric. Gallente - Magnetometric. Amarr - Radar. Minmatar - Ladar.

Your ECM jammer needs to have enough strength of the specified type to jam a specific ship. A multispectral jammer has a balance of all these, and racial jammers have **** strength in three and high in one. Racial jammers also use less cap.



As long as there is at least one target of each race (e.g. you're using ECM in a fleet situation) then racials are a better idea. No one is going to bring an ECM boat to a fleet to jam just one target.
VKhaun Vex
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2011-12-11 10:30:50 UTC
Kahega Amielden wrote:
Using ECM in a fleet situation) then racials are a better idea. No one is going to bring an ECM boat to a fleet to jam just one target.


Fleet is probably my answer. Makes sense to bring one of each racial (or four of the right racial if you have intel) in that context. For small gang where you could run into anything, of any size, I guess I'd bring four multispectral. Maybe bring two multi and two racial of something common like Caldari to try and get the jump on a falcon if we bump into another small gang.

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Toshiro GreyHawk
#4 - 2011-12-11 12:41:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Toshiro GreyHawk
And older guide on using Electronic Warfare:

Clearing the Fuzz: Understanding Electronic Warfare

Another EWar Question on Multispectrals.



The user Guide link has percent signs in it (I can't even put one in this text message and had to spell it out) so it won't post on this board - but - the link below has a link to it that will work. Just go to the bottom of the page.

Electronic Warfare.

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#5 - 2011-12-12 05:08:49 UTC
Look at the range differences. Flying an ECM boat, range is your tank.
Khanh'rhh
Sparkle Motion.
#6 - 2011-12-12 11:22:13 UTC
It's all about cumulative probabilities.

In a single ship jamming situation. one on-type + one off-type gives a better jam percentage on a Kitsune than 2 multispecs. Depending on skills and target variation, this can be replicated all the way up (2 on and 3 off, etc)

In a fleet situation, you put the right jammers on the right targets, so multispec is never necessary.

Then there is the mentioned cap and range benefits.

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