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Do sensor backup arrays work in PVE?

I still seem to get jammed quite a bit when using a Multi Sensor Backup Array and wonder if they even work against NPCs.

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eth

My experience is 'no' sensor arrays/jamming don't do anything against NPC's. A corp mate of mine brought a Manticore Stealth Bomber into a mission thinking that because he could lock my battlecruiser right down to nothing for range that it would work on the NPC's... He managed to get out of the mission with his hull still intact, but it was very apparent that nothing was working against the NPC ships...

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canhasgank
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I think you’re confusing the question. This is not about Remote Sensor Dampeners but Sensor Backup Arrays.

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canhasgank [ Moderator ]

While I don't know the answer to your question exactly, allow me to comment on Sensor Backup Arrays in general.

Fitting one or more Sensor Backup Arrays does not guarantee that you do not get jammed. It merely reduces the chance of a successful jam by increasing your ships sensor strength.

As an example, a max skilled Falcon pilot has an approximate chance of 51% (depending on Falcon fittings) to jam a Megathron fitted with one Multi Sensor Backup Array II.

Whether or not NPCs are affected will be up to someone else to comment on, but I would guess that they are affected in the same way that players are.

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naye666

Its gives somethin. ANY SHIP above 100 sensor str.have a 1% chance to be jammed so the backup arrays in example help a caldari ships to dont be jammed and harder to be scanned down

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sluggz [ Editor ]

EDIT: This post is in referece to ECCM, not SEBO's.

Yes they do help in certain missions (Guristas). Jamming is a % chance dice roll, and the higher your sensor strength the less chance they have to jam you.

Evidence of of Jam frequency vs. Sensor strength from The Assault, Level 4 Guristas mission:

  • Sensor Strength 16 (ran mission once) = jammed "over and over"
  • Cerberus SS 16 (ran 3 times) = times jammed 13, 17, 24
  • Drake SS 19 (ran once) = 10 times
  • Nightmare SS 23 (ran twice) = 4, 6 times
  • Sensor Strength 29 (ran once) = 3 times
  • Sensor Strenth 49 (ran twice) = 0 times, 1 time

Reference: - http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=Assault4gu

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canhasgank
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Your sample size is way too small to give any sort of valid conclusion to the correlation between sensor strength and the probability of a rat landing a successful jam. It does, however, indicate that sensor strength may have a role in the equation.

sluggz
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I just did a regression on the above data and R-squared = 0.91 (power fit due to inf@zero and zero@inf boundary conditions)…

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