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Cyno Field Jammers seem not that useful
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Sir Dude
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2017-02-10 07:23:43 UTC
So, I was looking into these and unless I'm missing something - which I'm happy to have pointed out to me - they don't seem all that useful.

We all know that they prevent the use of normal cynos within a 100 km of where they are deployed and I thought "Great, that will give you time to bail if a gang of unfriendly types want to show up from nowhere on top of you and poop the party."

However, then a fellow player pointed out that they are not that useful as they show up on the overview and all said unfriendly gang has to do is to cyno in within however many thousand km away they show up on the overview and warp to you and pop...done. Better to not attract the attention to yourself in the first place.

Wouldn't it be better to make it so that they [cyno field jammers] don't show on overview so that they where actually useful? Not to mention they are like 65-70 million a pop.

Cheers for any replies.
Wander Prian
Nosferatu Security Foundation
#2 - 2017-02-11 16:48:09 UTC
They are actually pretty nice as a tool for the attacker, especially when killing capitals or supers, by delaying the response-fleet.

Wormholer for life.
Skelee VI
Appetite 4 Destruction
#3 - 2017-02-14 15:54:41 UTC
Not as useful, considering they can be popped too!
I guess if you are hunting a known dropper with no backup cyno, you could get setup