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[Poll] Ecm On All Mechs?


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Poll: ECM on all mechs (296 member(s) have cast votes)

Should ECM be available to all mechs?

  1. Yes (44 votes [14.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.86%

  2. No (252 votes [85.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 85.14%

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#81 BFalcon

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 05:33 AM

View PostJoseph Mallan, on 03 December 2012 - 05:04 AM, said:

Not all Mechs Need ECM but all Mechs deserve ECCM. Make a ECCM unit that every mech can have.

Justa, You are probably right. I know I want ECM on most of My Mechs, but if a Team mate is carrying one, cool.

But by limiting it to the scouts, you are taking away one of the PRIMARY uses of the ECM unit. Scouts are rarely "near" their team mates. And that is taking away a layer of protection from them. Put an ECM in an Atlas/Catapult, have the team form up inside the ECM "bubble", Advance as a unit. This is how an ECM can be effectively used. Scout carry two ECMs so they can have the protection AND be able to counter an enemy ECM at the same time.


Disagree with this. Scouts need it so they can do their JOB properly - TAG is a line-of-sight weapon with a 450m range... you can't expect them to sit still and wait for impending LRM death without that ECM to keep them alive, can you?

How, then, do the heavier mechs "deserve" it? Maybe later on, when the tech levels jump up, maybe, but in 3049, I don't think we really need EVERY mech running around with it, do we?

#82 Joseph Mallan

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 05:33 AM

View PostBFalcon, on 03 December 2012 - 05:30 AM, said:

Voted No... too much ECM would make the game too awkward for certain weapons... thinking LRMs and (possibly) streaks here.

Protecting scouts for their TAG duties, on the other hand, I'm all for. :)

Though scouts having them is good. How useful is a scout if his unit is dead cause they could not be protected from Advanced targeting?

#83 Ransack

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 06:22 AM

no, I do not believe that all mechs should get ECM. I do not believe that all scouts should get ECM. I think that there should be one variant of each class that is capable of running ECM. Keep it specialized, but nerf the proposed usage. It should not be a cloak of invisibility.

#84 Shiney

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 06:56 AM

It's going to take out a great deal of LRM and Streak usefulness as is, can't wait to see the battlefield with every mech sporting it. *rolls eyes*

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 07:10 AM

If ECM is on all mechs it might as well not be on any mech.

#86 Purlana

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 07:16 AM

View PostFiachdubh, on 03 December 2012 - 07:10 AM, said:

If ECM is on all mechs it might as well not be on any mech.


If ECM is on all mechs, we may as well remove missiles from the game.

Edited by Purlana, 03 December 2012 - 07:16 AM.


#87 AlexWildeagle

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 07:21 AM

ECM should only be available to mechs that don't have missile hardpoints.

View PostPurlana, on 03 December 2012 - 07:16 AM, said:


If ECM is on all mechs, we may as well remove missiles from the game.


well as it is now missiles are overused. BT was never meant to be dominated by missile rainbows, especially since they seem to ignore cover way too often.

#88 ICEFANG13

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 08:12 AM

I kinda like that idea. Every mech that can use ECM has no missiles, but the Raven, which is the ECM mech right now could not use it at all, so it can't really stay.

#89 Alik Kerensky

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Posted 05 December 2012 - 02:45 AM

i'm betting on pay to play variants being added to the roster to allow popular mechs to have it too. :o

#90 Stormwolf

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Posted 05 December 2012 - 03:05 AM

I'd limit ECM to mechs that were designed for the electronic warfare role like the Raven, Spector, Firelfy, etc.

Edited by Stormwolf, 05 December 2012 - 03:05 AM.


#91 Mason2501

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Posted 05 December 2012 - 11:12 AM

Won't be good if ALL mechs had a ECM. Role war fare. But I'm thinking wouldn't be too bad if at least one underpowered less played variant for each Mech class had ECM. Nice fun mix and reason to play the less optimized variants.





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