LaserAngel, on 02 February 2013 - 11:26 AM, said:
I believe people are usually mistaking the reduction in Target Information Gathering time for a lock-on time reduction.
True that, but what would make BAP worth using is...
-Detection of ECM bubble (in canon, BAP is described as to knowing that its being jammed, although not directly seeing what. SO the implementation would be a greyed out circle on your battlegrid when ECM is near.
-360 radar detect within 120m and through buildings (again, sarna describes the BAP as being able to find hidden enemies)
-Decreases Missile lock-on time of enemy mechs (by 25%, take a que from past MechWarrior precedents)
-retain its 3 other properties of detecting shutdown mechs, increase radar range, and information gathering on targets.
Really, BAP should be the strong peice of equipment that is countered by ECM. Not the other way around. But that will require ECM being changed radically to do what its actually supposed to do, instead of ECM being Guardian Angel ECM suite (3052 tech, not even in this timeline!) stealth armor and most of null sig (minus hiding the thermal sig).
Then we could also argue that NARC needs to be changed, which would mean also changing missiles, too.
sarna.net said:
While the original Narc system
provided a superior homing ability for SRM and
LRMs, it proved too unpopular compared to its main competitor, the
Artemis IV, due to the launcher's short range.
See? SRMs DO HAVE HOMING CAPABILITIES! Just they need a narc/tag to do so.
links for reference:
http://www.sarna.net..._Missile_Beacon (not yet in timeline)
Improved NARC
http://www.sarna.net..._Missile_Beacon
NARC
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Active_Probe
BAP
http://www.sarna.net...nd_Active_Probe (Not yet in timeline)
BloodhoundAP
http://www.sarna.net...cquisition_Gear
TAG
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Angel_ECM (not yet in timeline, the ECM we have now and is why we complain)
Angel ECM
http://www.sarna.net...i/Stealth_Armor (the other half of what current ECM does)
Stealth Armor
http://www.sarna.net...ignature_System (
Completely Lostech, unavailable and what current ECM does, too)
Null Sig
PLEASE! Everyone read up on what the actual equpiment is supposed to do! Understand why equipment right now is
a joke not balanced at all!
Edited by mwhighlander, 02 February 2013 - 11:40 AM.