Goldwind
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Posted - 2005.02.19 04:25:00 -
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Ok, lets see here. EW the way it is not working. There should be some set
range to it. Multi's and racial jammers right now have an unlimited range
on them. This should not be the case. The chance of them failing though,
should not be the case either. If you are within your "optimal range," then
jam should be a hard jam. A fall off range is where you should have the
percentage based jamming.
The way jamming works in the real world is this:
A signal is sent out to "black out" the targets sensors. On the radar screen,
the target only sees a bunch white static. He is jammed, blind. Ship or
aircraft weapons don't work. There is no back-up for this other than switching
frequencies. Some systems are better at this than others, and some systems
automatically do this so that they can not be jammed. This coul be the role
of the backup arrays, to switch frequencies in order to break the jam. One
system can only cycle through X number of frequencies though. So, if your
jam strength is higher than the targets sensor strength plus backup arrays,
inside of the optimal range is a hard jam.
Outside of Optimal range in the fall off range is where the percentage of jam
should take place. This could be accounted for various effects of the
area of space you are in. Scattering of the signal (signal loss and
attenuation as different particles split the radio wave, forcing them to bounce
around in different directions) is a factor that is always causing ships
and aircraft to lose a jam on a target. In Earth sense, the signal is
affected by curvature of the earth, pressure and humidity. These three
things affect how effective something can be jammed and at what range. I
am by no means suggesting CCP take into account all of this. I am just saying that
this is why a percantage base would be a good thing once you get outside of
optimal range.
As for the warp scrambling, I feel that there should still be a way of
making it impossible to be scrambled. The warp core of a ship should be able to
be protected from outside interference provided you want to expend the resources it would
require to make it so, IE: power grid, CPU and low slots.
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