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[GeneralArmchair]

Say goodbye to your sensors, unbind your 'R' button, and sell all your LRMs. They won't be of use to you anymore.

The Arctic Cheetah and Shadow Cat will usher in a new meta of omni-present ECM.

This is only the first wave of the End Times. ECM will only become denser as the Arctic Cheetah, Shadow Cat, and IS giftshop ECM mechs get phased into MC and eventually Cbill distribution.


Calling out targets by their letter designation will become a thing of the past. We'll be restricted to identifying mechs by their model, color scheme, and approximate location.

Are you ready for ArmaGECM?

[Alan Davion]

Only thing the Clans are missing now is an ECM capable assault.

When they get one of those, I'm uninstalling the game.

[Mcgral18]

Alan Davion, on 20 July 2015 - 07:12 PM, said:

Only thing the Clans are missing now is an ECM capable assault.

When they get one of those, I'm uninstalling the game.

Why's that?

[El Bandito]

GeneralArmchair, on 20 July 2015 - 07:00 PM, said:

Say goodbye to your sensors, unbind your 'R' button, and sell all your LRMs. They won't be of use to you anymore.

The Arctic Cheetah and Shadow Cat will usher in a new meta of omni-present ECM.

This is only the first wave of the End Times. ECM will only become denser as the Arctic Cheetah, Shadow Cat, and IS giftshop ECM mechs get phased into MC and eventually Cbill distribution.


Calling out targets by their letter designation will become a thing of the past. We'll be restricted to identifying mechs by their model, color scheme, and approximate location.

Are you ready for ArmaGECM?

My Lurm boats will be collecting dust in the garage for sure. It is ridiculous how simultaneous release of mechs with certain 1-1.5 ton equipment dissuades many players to pack an entire weapon system. I thought the ECM range nerf Paul mentioned would come hand in hand with Scat and Cheetos release but nope.

Oh well, I am currently infatuated with the Timbie-A LT CERPPC sniper, so for the short term, I am fine.

Edited by El Bandito, 20 July 2015 - 07:24 PM.

[Cyborne Elemental]

Even more reason to get rid of the ECm bubble and switch to 1 meter personal stealth.

[Stealth Fox]

Oh no, Heaven forbid, It's not like IS never uses LRMs and simply uses Front Load, Pin Point, Insta Damage to bring down the Clan mechs any way. no..that never happens. Why.. the IS barely ever uses its ACs and Large Lasers with shorter burn times, less heat and Gauss cannons..

Such a shame.

[Redacted]

Edited by Rhazien, 21 July 2015 - 03:33 AM.
Nonconstructive

[Alistair Winter]

People said this when the Hellbringer was released.

... and when the Cataphract XP and GRF-2N were released.

ArmagECM has been delayed a couple of times already. Looks like it may never arrive.

I don't think it'll make much of a difference at all. Nobody's firing LRMs on light mechs anyway, and I don't think the Shadowcat will ever be popular enough to make that big of a difference. A 45 ton mech with ~100 kph speed isn't going to be easy mode. When people realize that, and when the novelty of sniping in a glass cannon with half its weight invested in jump jets, MASC and ECM quickly wears off, people will run back to their Stormcrows and their Nova poptarts. The Arctic Cheetah may be a common mech, but I doubt that the SCAT will be as common as the Stormcrow in the long run.

And apparently, a lot of people are planning to run Streakcrows and Streaktaros the next few weeks. Which means you'll probably have a BAP or two on your team.

Edited by Alistair Winter, 20 July 2015 - 07:29 PM.

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GeneralArmchair, on 20 July 2015 - 07:00 PM, said:

Say goodbye to your sensors, unbind your 'R' button, and sell all your LRMs. They won't be of use to you anymore.

The Arctic Cheetah and Shadow Cat will usher in a new meta of omni-present ECM.

This is only the first wave of the End Times. ECM will only become denser as the Arctic Cheetah, Shadow Cat, and IS giftshop ECM mechs get phased into MC and eventually Cbill distribution.


Calling out targets by their letter designation will become a thing of the past. We'll be restricted to identifying mechs by their model, color scheme, and approximate location.

Are you ready for ArmaGECM?

Paul said he's halving the ECM range, my LRM90 Mad Dog is going to have a blast.

[Alan Davion]

Mcgral18, on 20 July 2015 - 07:15 PM, said:

Why's that?

The clans will have, 3 lights, 1 medium and 1 heavy that are ECM capable after tomorrow.

As it is, I hardly ever see any Adders being used, even after the flamer was made removable, it's almost always Kit Foxes, maybe a Myst Lynx every now and then.

The Shadow Cat will almost certainly be used as much as, or more than the Nova or Stormcrow. I hardly ever see any Ice Ferrets these days.

The Hellbringer is still pretty much the most used heavy I see, with the Timber and Jaguar hot on its heels. The Mad Dog is somewhere in there, and the Summoner is all but extinct for crying out loud.

Get an ECM capable assault and it'll be the cherry on top of the Clan ECM war machine.

[Redacted]

Edited by Rhazien, 21 July 2015 - 03:34 AM.
Nonconstructive

[MechaBattler]

But guys they're making the radius smaller. So that you have to spam ECM mechs if you want the full coverage.

[Devilsfury]

Bring a tag on your LRM mech and that solved 90% of the problems. Granted, ECM hurts LRM mechs but at some point you should learn not to use zero skill weaponry. Once you learn to use Gauss Rifle effectively, you never want to use much else.

[Alan Davion]

MechaBattler, on 20 July 2015 - 08:00 PM, said:

But guys they're making the radius smaller. So that you have to spam ECM mechs if you want the full coverage.

And that's exactly what we're afraid of. By reducing the range, we'll have even more ECM mechs running around, and that's not good.

Now, back to what I was saying before... Actually, the Clans already have ECM capable assaults, the Dire Wolf C, a "Hero" Gargoyle, the Kingfisher, the Turkina and the Imp.

Out of those mechs, only the DW-C is not applicable as it's currently 'out of timeline' due to it having ATMs equipped. That still leaves 3 complete chassis' available to be used, and 1 more variant for the Gargle.

God forbid if PGI ever gets to the Kingfisher and Turkina.

[MechWarrior5152251]

If half the mechs have ecm then some are going to counter ECM, so it will remain the same.

[One Medic Army]

MechWarrior5152251, on 20 July 2015 - 08:20 PM, said:

If half the mechs have ecm then some are going to counter ECM, so it will remain the same.

You're funny.

[MechaBattler]

Alan Davion, on 20 July 2015 - 08:14 PM, said:

And that's exactly what we're afraid of. By reducing the range, we'll have even more ECM mechs running around, and that's not good.

Now, back to what I was saying before... Actually, the Clans already have ECM capable assaults, the Dire Wolf C, a "Hero" Gargoyle, the Kingfisher, the Turkina and the Imp.

Out of those mechs, only the DW-C is not applicable as it's currently 'out of timeline' due to it having ATMs equipped. That still leaves 3 complete chassis' available to be used, and 1 more variant for the Gargle.

God forbid if PGI ever gets to the Kingfisher and Turkina.

I wish they would just give nerfing the function of ECM a shot. Like just make it so LRMs are effected by having more spread. And perhaps making it so people can't piggy back locks when a target is under ECM.

Nerfing the radius is just a lousy band aid.

[DjPush]

I dont use lock on weapons soooo... Pretty sure I will be fine.

[Khobai]

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Only thing the Clans are missing now is an ECM capable assault.

clearly we need the Daishi-C with ECM and JJs.

[H I A S]

ECM is a good thing. It makes people use real weapons

[RedDevil]

I was expecting this thread to be about the ECM nerf to 90m leading to a whine fest. I didn't expect this to be another ECM OP NERF thread.....

[CancersCincar]

Alan Davion, on 20 July 2015 - 07:12 PM, said:

Only thing the Clans are missing now is an ECM capable assault.

When they get one of those, I'm uninstalling the game.

Man I sure hope IS 'mechs never get an ECM-carrying 'mech in every weight class! There'd be ECM everywhere. LRMs would be useless. No Holy Doritos for LRM boats. I think I'd just uninstall the game!

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