LordNothing, on 29 August 2015 - 12:53 PM, said:
give ecm 3 modes.
counter: works the same as before, can break the other 2 modes unless also countered by an enemy ecm
stealth: protects you and only you from radar, unless countered. does not alert enemy mechs to radar disruption (or perhaps at a reduced range).
protect: protects all non ecm mechs in the bubble, essentially giving them stealth. the mech in protect mode however is completely detectable and targetable. 2 ecm mechs in protect mode cannot shield eachother, however a mech in protect can shield a mech in distrupt. protect bubbles have no effect on ecm mechs in stealth mode.
I like this idea. Im not sure about all the positives and negatives though. I am 100% sure Omni mech pilots wont be to happy about ECM being weakened in any way. The 90 meter update is very weak so I am not surprised it isnt being shot down.
So many mechs running ECM sometimes that it seems to be calling for some nerfs. I like the none ability to stack ECM mostly because it makes BAP actually worth taking. Anything requireing a lock at the moment is next to useless even if a player has BAP making not only lock required weapon useless but also BAP.
I am of the opinion that the counter measures need to be strengthened, not that ECM needs to be removed or made to weak. This includes AMS. This also encourages none weapon tonnage in a game where every ton is being used for weapons except for ECM users... None weapon tonnage is a direction this game should be going and would make things alot more interesting.
Narc is something I have not considered taking to this day for example.
Hardly related it would be great if AMS would function as a single offensive auto target machine gun when not engaging missiles. This makes AMS alot more fun and makes the toggle that was added for on/off AMS more usefull.
I will mention again that having a TAG toggle on/off would be great to and improve its usefullness without making it stronger. Or just make it an on always thing if thats to much trouble because Im sure most will leave it on. Some may say they want an off switch for stealth reasons or what ever, but then they can just take NARC or BAP.
A few minor improvements to counter measures and alternatives to ECM and the playing field gets alot more fun and ECM alot less OP.
Edited by Johnny Z, 29 August 2015 - 01:28 PM.