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[Lightfoot]

In several matches tonight and yesterday spotting TAG on an ECM active mech did not allow missile lock or show the TAG icon. These targets were all TAG-ed at 300 meters or less so the TAG laser was clearly hitting the target for several seconds at a time.

I am going to guess it was a Lag assisted desync since other things were not working quite right. My ping is around 100 milliseconds.

This is a game breaker since it cost me my mech each time, being at 300 meters and not being able to return fire.

[Lightfoot]

Still happening. This time on a Atlas D-DC at 200-300 meters. The game was running fine. Didn't happen last week.

I remember that TAG does not work within 180 meters of an ECM mech, but the Atlas above was at 240 and TAG did not work.

I suppose it's possible there was an ECM mech nearby that I didn't see though. There seem to be 4-5 ECM mechs on average in games these days. At some point, your version of ECM will destroy game balance. The Loki has ECM on every variant I believe. That will probably be the day you see 8 plus mechs per team with ECM.

Edited by Lightfoot, 10 September 2014 - 07:43 PM.

[Cyborne Elemental]

If you see target boxes and friendly Icons flickering, and a red box on the right hand side of you screen popup with 3 bars on it, Its enemy ECM doing it.

Otherwise, just try to get your aim more on target.

[Lily from animove]

confrmed, had this happening yesterday the first time.

its kidna bit complicated if you want to ssrm with a tag.

[Kjudoon]

This issue is 5 months old. Sent in a service ticket. Response : "Working as intended".

I reported it after an ECM piloting dev killed me because it would not tag him for 500m of approach where I had tag on him and there was no other ECM mech with him.

Edited by Kjudoon, 10 September 2014 - 11:19 PM.

[Lightfoot]

I expect the Loki (Hellbringer) will be a good mech and they all have ECM. Probably BAP will break ECM at 500-600 meters, TAG may get a buff in range too. ECM works better when blocked by terrain so maybe BAP would need Line of Sight.