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I’ve heard rumor. THat if you get within the optimal of a falcon, blackbird, or scorpion their ecm has a harder time getting a jam on you. Is this true?

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dakota smith

Other way around. If you get in the falloff of an ECM, the chance for jamming diminishes. Within the optimal its at full chance, just like guns.

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philip richardson
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Pretty much this. ECM isn’t affected by tracking, so there’s no such thing as getting “under the guns” for ECM.

The three core defenses against ecm are: 1> Killing the ECM ship 2> Getting out of range completely 3> ECCM

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vol power

But in practical use. The further away I seem to get from the jammer, the more consistent I’m jammed, but when I burn in their face I tend to be able to hold point at least every other jam cycle to every 1/3 jam cycle. it’s really a question I’d like to see the dev’s answer.

As with turret tracking. You suck when too far out and you suck when entirely way too close…

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bonsi scott
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Yes, you’re right about tracking. But you’re wrong as well as ECM-Jammers don’t havy any tracking issues at all.

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vol power

You guys are focusing on the wrong aspect. You get too close within optimal you tend to miss a bit more (with guns, due to tracking). I’ve noticed in actual pvp against falcons (with bc’s and above) if you get right in their face. WAAAAAAAAAY within their optimal…they tend to miss a bit more…

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matt_12
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Being chanced based it is just random that you would seem that way. Unless things have changed in Incursion/Incarna there is nothing in the database about ECM having Tracking stats therefore reliant on rad/s. ECM has maximum chance within optimal and a reduced logarithmic chance in falloff.

If you have experienced otherwise you have either been lucky/unlucky or much more likely by getting in close you actually force the Falcon pilot to focus on survivability rather than Jamming, this is more a human error rather than a function of ECM though.

deantwo
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i am with on this… and why do you post your questions/complains as answers? it’s rather annoying…

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