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[-Quiet-]

now the "NEW" lame thing of the unbalanced(still) ECM IS:
every 1 get the same mechs ..
ok cool small mech are useful again ...but this is lame...

dont get me negative - i like ecm but...
should add some kind of small version of ecm - counter "only" (like the block option that the ecm have but per sensors lock) for missile boats or bigger mechs (or something like that)
to make the ecm more interesting

Edited by bioscmos303, 30 December 2012 - 07:26 AM.

[Cranky Poed]

Tag works great..

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

new and interesting post

but honestly itd be nice if they seperated guardian and angel (especially since Angel doesnt come for two years) rather than combining them as they are now

Because Guardian doesnt block streaks

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

IronEagle, on 30 December 2012 - 07:31 AM, said:

Until we get that lagshield fix I would like to have ECM a 12 slot 15 ton 6 million device and available for all
mechs that are able to carry it. It would be in line with a gauss or AC20 at a price of a XL engine or a module.

in before the screaming ecm fanbois

[Livewyr]

I think Guardian ECM should just be guardian ECM...

[Cache]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 30 December 2012 - 07:25 AM, said:

Because Guardian doesnt block streaks

Angel doesn't block streaks either. It blocks the homing, not the firing.

[Red squirrel]

Cranky Poed, on 30 December 2012 - 07:23 AM, said:

Tag works great..

No it doesn't


I used to drop with light mech 80% to 90% of the time.
But since ECM came out this quickly dropped to <5%.
It is just too cheesy and I dont want to be the guy with the non ECM mech in my team
since you mostly got paired with an ECM light on the other team by the matchmaker.

Also the lag shield feels like cheating for me.

Edited by Red squirrel, 30 December 2012 - 02:13 PM.

[Snib]

Red squirrel, on 30 December 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:

No it doesn't

Yes it does, but having to go one energy weapon short because of it whereas ECM requires no such sacrifice is the issue.

PS: But yeah, welcome to thread #2193847 about this.

Edited by Snib, 30 December 2012 - 02:13 PM.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

Snib, on 30 December 2012 - 02:12 PM, said:

Yes it does, but having to go one energy weapon short because of it whereas ECM requires no such sacrifice is the issue.
PS: But yeah, welcome to thread #2193847 about this.

TAG does not work against ECM light mechs. TAG doesn't work period if the enemy mech. gets within 180m of you, it also requires you to track the 150kph mech while it moves around buildings and terrain. And finally TAG does 0 damage, so even if you land TAG on an ECM protected mech BFD.

Maybe the devs will get around to reading one of these topics when we get to thread 2193848.

The RVN-3L was already the most popular Raven chassis since it could move 150kph, but I'm willing to be that its use rose several thousand percent with the advent of ECM.

You know the best way to tell if something is overpowered, only offer it on Pay-to-Play mechs. If ECM was only available on FLAME and FANG people would be freaking out, well freaking out even more.

[-Quiet-]

just..leave everything on a side for a moment..
i mean look at all the posts about ecm....
when ECM realist it add some nice addon to the game -
bottom line:
it also toke some fun from the game for a lot of players...
less mechs variety..less players..less fun..less clients

Edited by bioscmos303, 30 December 2012 - 03:41 PM.

[Hillslam]

ECM is a nice counterbalance to the fubar-ness of net-code powered scout streak easy mode limp richards.

ECM recently balanced my checkbook.

Yesterday ECM washed and waxed my car and got out those nasty swirls.

ECM cleans shower tile mildew.

ECM comes with its own cockpit airfreshener, in 3 appealing scents.

ECM makes you attractive to the opposite sex (in the case of scout pilots, yes this means beyond your moms)

ECM smells like win.

ECM, when combined with lead and chicken broth, makes gold bullion.

ECM is an effective cure for rickets.

ECM does windows.

ECM just negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and Iran.

ECM FANBOI!!!!!

Edited by Hillslam, 30 December 2012 - 03:50 PM.

[BlackArab]

I think the answer to ECM is simply ECCM in some form.

[Snib]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 30 December 2012 - 02:22 PM, said:

TAG does not work against ECM light mechs. TAG doesn't work period if the enemy mech. gets within 180m of you,

News flash, neither do LRMs, so that hardly matters. Also within 180m either your own team's ECM protects you or counters the enemy light's ECM.

Oh, you're standing alone, far away from your team? In that case the light will finish you off regardless of whether you have ECM or not.

Edited by Snib, 30 December 2012 - 04:12 PM.

[Abraham Moneybags]

Not to try and burn canon but I would have loved to have seen the Awesome get ecm instead of the Atlas. After playing all of the assaults extensively I'm now of the opinion that if you are in an assault its a ddc. Picking any of the others is just nerfing your team as you will invariably be matched with a ddc.

[Dakkath]

Moving to suggestions area.