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[Latvanis]

In my opinion!
To ballance ECM make it should be a upgrade. Costs 1 million to upgrade mech witch ECM and 500k to downgrade back with out it.
It asks for 14 crittical slots. Weights 5% of mech total tonns.
Gives ECM to mech.
Would this make ECM ballanced?

Edited by D1irte, 16 January 2013 - 10:50 AM.

[Magitek]

Making it cost more does not stop the issues. It's very clear that it wouldn't, because ECM would still work as it does now. On the latest NGNG stream one the players packed LRMs and was unable to help very much do to the ECM. In the matches that enemy ECM was not around, once team mates had eyes he could fire. I don't know how to fix it, but at this time using LRMs is a gamble.

[Mordin Ashe]

Well, I like your way of thinking, but ECM is broken on the level of mountable equipment and needs to be adressed on this very level. Either nerf it or introduce enoughnmountable stuff with effect canceling the ECM. No other way ... The thing is, you can always change game mechanics so that ECM would have smaller impact, but eventually you will tighten the space for fun and usefull modules people may install instead of ECM.

[Ceric]

Magitek, on 16 January 2013 - 11:44 AM, said:

Making it cost more does not stop the issues. It's very clear that it wouldn't, because ECM would still work as it does now. On the latest NGNG stream one the players packed LRMs and was unable to help very much do to the ECM. In the matches that enemy ECM was not around, once team mates had eyes he could fire. I don't know how to fix it, but at this time using LRMs is a gamble.

Using LRMs being a gamble I think is a good thing. If not then LRMs would need a large nerf.

[Kaeb Odellas]

LRMs were already a gamble before ECM. If the enemy manages to close within your minimum range, you lose most of your attack power.

[Yanlowen Cage]

whatever, nothing will be fixed

Edited by Yanlowen Cage, 16 January 2013 - 03:24 PM.

[keith]

D1irte, on 16 January 2013 - 10:49 AM, said:

In my opinion!
To ballance ECM make it should be a upgrade. Costs 1 million to upgrade mech witch ECM and 500k to downgrade back with out it.
It asks for 14 crittical slots. Weights 5% of mech total tonns.
Gives ECM to mech.
Would this make ECM ballanced?

ppl did not read what u posted:P as stuipd as that would be for to put on ecm it would be about the cost for the power it is now. but it no where near the cost for TT ecm. PGI needs to balance the ecm mechnic itslef

[Captain Chloroform]

ECM's should carry a "face value" meaning: for the initial beginning of the matches, the scouting it should offer all of the camoflauge it does now (as of 1-16-13), but once targeted and full targeting info is recieved, there should be some sort of a "cooldown" mechanism so the mech carrying the ECM would need to stay out of sight/hidden, or just power down (or any combination)for a duration of time (cooldown) i.e.: 30 seconds to 1 minute (estimated possibility) to recieve the "full benefit" of what the ECM initially started out with. I think that would give it some sort of balance carrying a slight penalty but keeping all benefits if used with caution and care.

[INSEkT L0GIC]

I don't think making it like upgrading / downgrading Artemis would balance it out much.