Dunk Dinkle
Caldari
Caldari State 1st Protectorate
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Posted - 2009.10.31 17:14:00 -
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A few things about taking on the ECM role:
1) You will be primaried.
2) You will lose your ships, repeatedly.
3) Your enemies will curse your name.
4) You are invaluable to your fleet's success.
I fly ECM in faction warfare, mainly in a Blackbird. Occasionally in a Scorpion if we are running a battleship fleet. I fly Falcons on rare occasions when I'm feeling randy. Learn to fly Blackbirds until it is straightforward before you try a Falcon. Losing a 100+ mil ship is no fun.
In perfect conditions, you should be orbiting a gate at optimals (50km+) waiting for the enemy. The DPS will be at their optimals, usually much closer in. If the FC calls for a specific jam target, jam that. Otherwise, jam any enemy ECM first, any enemy logistics second, and then it's their high DPS stuff.
Try to leave one jammer ready in case you get tackled.
You maybe asked to protect other ships as your fleet goes through a camp. Meaning you'll jump into a camp with your fleet holding cloak. Your fleet will attempt to warp. You job is to not warp, but stay briefly to break the locks of anyone that is tackling one of your fleet's ships. So if the Raven in your fleet is tackling, you need to break the tacklers locks, so he can get free. If you are lucky, you both get away. About half the time, the ship you protect gets away, but you get tackled or primaried and don't. But you did save a 100 mill ship with your 5-10 mill ship.
Here's my usual Blackbird fitting, balanced for effectiveness and the fact that it's unlikely to survive any prolonged engagement.
[Blackbird, I was primary]
Compulsive Signal Distortion Amplifier I
800mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Compulsive Multispectral ECM I
CZ-4 Concussive Spatial Destabilizer ECM
'Hypnos' Ion Field ECM I
'Umbra' I White Noise ECM
Enfeebling Phase Inversion ECM I
1MN MicroWarpdrive I
'Malkuth' Heavy Missile Launcher I, Thunderbolt Heavy Missile
'Malkuth' Heavy Missile Launcher I, Thunderbolt Heavy Missile
'Malkuth' Heavy Missile Launcher I, Thunderbolt Heavy Missile
Salvager I
Medium Particle Dispersion Projector I
Medium Particle Dispersion Augmentor I
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