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[1Exitar1]

Just got done with a match in the Canyons. I was in my Myst Lynx, standing next to an Atlas. We kept getting peppered by a stealth Locust, so I popped a UAV. The Locust, nor the 3 other enemy mechs, showed up on radar as a solid dot. All I was getting was the red blob from my seismic sensors. Considering the Locust was standing just 20 meters away on the other side of a hill, directly under the UAV, you would think he would show up!

This is the first time I have noticed this problem. I have used lots of UAVs since the last patch and never noticed it happening. Has anyone else noticed this?

[ScrapIron Prime]

Not experienced this, no.

Did the UAV fail to launch because you were standing under a rock or bridge? Do you think it might have been quickly shot down?

[PsionicMantis]

Stealth doesnt show up with uav. You either need to keep a tag on it or hit it with a ppc to disrupt the ecm.*I believe narcs also bypass stealth

Edited by PsionicMantis, 06 June 2022 - 09:20 AM.

[ScrapIron Prime]

PsionicMantis, on 06 June 2022 - 09:18 AM, said:

Stealth doesnt show up with uav. You either need to keep a tag on it or hit it with a ppc to disrupt the ecm.*I believe narcs also bypass stealth

Right, but that should just mean the locust couldn't be seen. Unless all the red mechs nearby were stealth armor?

[PsionicMantis]

Im not completely sure on how stealth ecm applies to nearby mechs. Its possible the uav got immediately shot down as well.

[1Exitar1]

The UAV launched fine, it is open terrain. It also was not shot down. I don't know why they didn't, but it stayed up for its whole duration. As for the other mechs, I'm not sure if they were stealth or not as I boogied out as fast as possible (too many for me to take!) I don't believe they were close enough for the Locusts ecm to cover them.

UAVs don't show ecm mechs? I could have sworn they did.

[ScrapIron Prime]

1Exitar1, on 06 June 2022 - 06:30 PM, said:

The UAV launched fine, it is open terrain. It also was not shot down. I don't know why they didn't, but it stayed up for its whole duration. As for the other mechs, I'm not sure if they were stealth or not as I boogied out as fast as possible (too many for me to take!) I don't believe they were close enough for the Locusts ecm to cover them.

UAVs don't show ecm mechs? I could have sworn they did.

UAVs show ECM, yes, but not active stealth armor.

it’s possible that the UAV was in range of an ECM bubble and had its sensor range reduced. But honestly, I’m not sure if that works against UAVs or not.

[Escef]

This is the first I've heard of this... Makes me wonder if it might be due to the recent skill tree changes?

Best I can suggest is record or stream matches, something to preserve what you are seeing in match, and if you see it happen again post some video.

If you have some friends willing to fool around in a private match I would recommend trying to replicate this with varying concentrations of ECM/stealth and related skills. And if you can replicate it, even if it isn't consistent, share the results.

[cazeral]

Seen this before even on non-stealth mechs, so yes, its a thing even when using a maxed out skilled UAV.

Broken mechanic that is being abused; PGI, "Working as intended" when you raise a bug report.

[w0qj]

IS Stealth Armor mechs (eg: Locust Pirates Bane hero mech) does not show up even with UAV within sensor range.

I've tried this (duh...newbie mistake...) a few days ago on Polar Highlands... wasted a UAV

[Ronan]

Maybe it was a numbers game... I _think_ one UAV can counter one ECM, so if more than one enemy mech had ECM active you lost the numbers game?