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Murfang
Barataria Bay Reserch And Developement
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Posted - 2011.09.16 03:52:00 -
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Howdy Ya'll! O.k. well, I FINALLY trained up the Widow (sweet ship) and did a few missions in it, but, one day I formed a fleet with my brother and we strolled out to a mission, and I hit the ecm burst, now, for all ya'll not famileir with this ecm it acts more like a smart bomb in that good old concord show'd up and blew my ship up, I was left in my pod and in shock for a good half hour, I didn't know why concord did that and my brother high tailed it out of their, afraid concord had done lost their minds! I started looking a the logs and found out that I had 'targeted' my brother and he's in a differant corp, I read and re-read every discription about the ecm burst but to no avail. Even the eve wikki gave no info that was relevent
It's time we updated the info screen for the ecm burst to give an acurate discription of its function and what will happen if you use it in hi sec. |
Comy 1
Ore Mongers Indecisive Certainty
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Posted - 2011.09.16 04:18:00 -
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From the description of the ECM burst
"Emits random electronic bursts which have a chance of momentarily disrupting target locks on ships within range."
ECM Burst Radius 5000 m
With those two one would suspect that it is indeed an area of effect module, and therefore it would be an unwise decision to use it in high security space.
Out of curiousity, why would you ever use a Widow to run missions?
:not sure if troll: |
Nurse Elise
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.09.16 06:27:00 -
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Why use an ECM Burst on a mission ? ECM burst can be handy when you re in a hauler and run into a small (1-3) camp or on a BS / orca used for WH folding. I use em a lot, but before i enter HS.....I disable them. |
Othran
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.16 06:51:00 -
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There's nothing wrong with the description - unlike a lot of other modules in Eve, that one is quite clear.
You screwed up - simple as. |
Vjorn Angannon
Fleet Escort Services
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Posted - 2011.09.16 12:04:00 -
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IIRC, isn't there also a popup warning of dire consequences when attempting to use in HS?
I could be wrong tho. |
Cyniac
Twilight Star Rangers Black Thorne Alliance
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Posted - 2011.09.16 12:32:00 -
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Vjorn Angannon wrote:IIRC, isn't there also a popup warning of dire consequences when attempting to use in HS?
I could be wrong tho.
Confirming this to be the case. However I believe you can disable the warning as well... looks like a chain of mistakes here, lets recap:
1) Used a widow to run missions 2) Fitted an ECM burst on said widow to run missions 3) Activated ECM burst during said mission 4) Failed to take into account warning on Illegal actions (or had disabled such warnings) 5) Hit a neutral/friendly ship with ECM thus provoking Concord aggression.
Conclusion - Dead Widow.
I guess that's a lesson learnt or two. A bit expensive but hey... tell me you didn't faction fit the widow on top of it?
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Lady Go Diveher
The Independent Troll Society
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Posted - 2011.09.16 12:49:00 -
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CONCORD performed a pity kill.
The good engineers of Kaalakiota heard that someone was mission running in a BLACKOPS battleship with an ECM burst fitted and paid CONCORD to restore the balance of sanity in the 'verse. |
Dorian Wylde
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2011.09.16 13:32:00 -
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If you know that it works like a smartbomb, how could you possibly be confused about this?
Unless you don't actually know what smartbombs do. |
AFKCloaked AltSpy
MasterMined Technologies
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Posted - 2011.09.16 17:09:00 -
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Murfang wrote:Howdy Ya'll! O.k. well, I FINALLY trained up the Widow (sweet ship) and did a few missions in it, but, one day I formed a fleet with my brother and we strolled out to a mission, and I hit the ecm burst, now, for all ya'll not famileir with this ecm it acts more like a smart bomb in that good old concord show'd up and blew my ship up, I was left in my pod and in shock for a good half hour, I didn't know why concord did that and my brother high tailed it out of their, afraid concord had done lost their minds! I started looking a the logs and found out that I had 'targeted' my brother and he's in a differant corp, I read and re-read every discription about the ecm burst but to no avail. Even the eve wikki gave no info that was relevent It's time we updated the info screen for the ecm burst to give an acurate discription of its function and what will happen if you use it in hi sec.
Best post evar ya'll |
tsukubasteve
The Park Bench
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Posted - 2011.09.22 16:27:00 -
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Hey, lets remember what's important here, there's nothing wrong with putting an ECM burst on a widow, in fact, it's great for dealing with tacklers, drones, etc, even other ships when solo, (thanks to an ECM burst range bonus). However, harass the OP for using a widow in the manner he/she did. That is gross negligence, I demand that your Pilots license be revoked by concord immediately. Widow is a pvp support bridge. _IF_ ever used in combat, would only be to provide ECM support in RARE occasions, otherwise simply bridge in friends, jump, cloak, bridge out friends, jump, cloak.
EDIT: Your ecm burst performed it's intended role as per the description and attributes of that module. You failed to understand what it does. It is not a targeted weapon, it is area of effect. |
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brutorans
V I R I I
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Posted - 2011.09.25 16:54:00 -
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You hit your brother with an ECM burst? concord does not support brotherly feuding! |
Orlacc
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.25 17:01:00 -
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Another example of why you should not buy toons... |
Murfang
Barataria Bay Reserch And Developement
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Posted - 2011.09.25 19:54:00 -
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why not use it in missions, if nothing else It pay's for itself, but really it sucks at lvl 4 missions, so I see your point, should have trained up a golem sooner.
As for the discription, I think they still need to clarify it. |
Murfang
Barataria Bay Reserch And Developement
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Posted - 2011.09.25 19:57:00 -
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Vjorn Angannon wrote:IIRC, isn't there also a popup warning of dire consequences when attempting to use in HS?
I could be wrong tho.
yes their is but I had disabled it a few months ago, lol I have sence then re-enabled that popup |
Murfang
Barataria Bay Reserch And Developement
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Posted - 2011.09.25 20:02:00 -
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Nurse Elise wrote:Why use an ECM Burst on a mission ? ECM burst can be handy when you re in a hauler and run into a small (1-3) camp or on a BS / orca used for WH folding. I use em a lot, but before i enter HS.....I disable them.
well, I'm new to the whole ecm usage, so initially I thought I would give it a try, turns out that I knew less than I thought I did, but you have made some very good points and thank you for the info, it will come in handy sometime. |
Kitty McKitty
In Praise Of Shadows
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Posted - 2011.09.25 20:09:00 -
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lol "Why can't I be different and original, like everybody else?" |
Murfang
Barataria Bay Reserch And Developement
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Posted - 2011.09.25 20:11:00 -
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Orlacc wrote:Another example of why you should not buy toons...
if your impying that I bought this account than you are wrong but thats ok I'm wrong sometimes too
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Fedimart
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2011.09.25 20:27:00 -
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Just to make it idiot proof they could add this to all turrets and other modules that will provoke a Concord response.. "If you use this module in highsec to attack an unauthorized target Concord will destroy your ship. Please remember to obey all laws and regulations when using this product. Read the instruction manual for a complete list of safety warnings"
Next step is to make it where you have to sign something promising not to use the module to harm anyone.... Oh I love Eve! |
beor oranes
The Capitalist Protectorate Mad Scientists
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Posted - 2011.09.25 20:55:00 -
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Hang on lets take this back a bit...you bought a Widow for missions?!
Yeah its a pretty ship and for bridging gangs of bombers around 0.0 it works really well but really for missions? |
Istyn
Tactical Knightmare
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Posted - 2011.09.26 12:55:00 -
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Murfang wrote:Nurse Elise wrote:Why use an ECM Burst on a mission ? ECM burst can be handy when you re in a hauler and run into a small (1-3) camp or on a BS / orca used for WH folding. I use em a lot, but before i enter HS.....I disable them. well, I'm new to the whole ecm usage, so initially I thought I would give it a try, turns out that I knew less than I thought I did, but you have made some very good points and thank you for the info, it will come in handy sometime.
It's cool, the falcon's a much better level 4 mission runner anyway bro. |
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