Mark Weston
Caldari
The Graduates
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2010.08.12 10:43:00 -
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Edited by: Mark Weston on 12/08/2010 10:44:07
 Originally by: Fragglewump
Edited by: Fragglewump on 30/07/2010 02:54:50
last night i was in a 4 man fleet of BS one running a eccm t2 and the other 3 running duel eccm t2's now the problem we had was one scorpion perma jammed 3 of the 4 ships and the 3 ships where the duel eccm's witch is 75 points each, i'm still a little fuzzy on ecm but that just dose not seem right a little over powered my thoughts.so Its ether boost eccm more or nurf ecm
A maxed out Scorpion (level V skills, T1 rigs, 3 SDAs in lows) has a racial jam strength of just under 10.4.
Your double-ECCM BS should have a sensor strength of 60-65 (we'll call it 60 to be on the conservative side).
That Scorpion is "permajamming" 3 BS so we'll assume two ECM modules per target, and (by some miracle) that the racial mix that the Scorpion has fit exactly matches the targets he wants to jam (already pretty unlikely, but we're trying to give the OP the benefit of the doubt).
Single ECM jam probability is 10.4/60 = 17.3%
Probability of jam each cycle (with 2xECM) = 31.6%
Now "permajammed" is such a usefully vague term, but let's say OP meant that they were jammed for two minutes. Two minutes seems quite short even for a small gang fight, but being permajammed for 2 minutes would certainly decide it.
So, probability of successful jam for 6 cycles in a row = 0.099%
Probability of a 6-cycle permajam on three targets = 0.00000987%
Or, approximately, one in ten million.
So the OP is the unluckiest PVPer in the universe, or he's lying to us. Or - more likely - he and his friends are lying to themselves and each other. Much easier to yell "I was permajammed too, ECM is OP" then to admit you messed up and analyse your own mistakes, right?
PvP that just consisted of applying damage to tank and seeing who broke first would be the most boring thing in the world. ECM is part of the diversity of options that keeps PvP in EVE interesting, complex and tactically deep. Stop whining just because you get jammed every now and then. Stop lying about how long you were jammed.
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