If you move your ECM mech so that the guy isn't in it anymore, you're fine. Enemies in the bubble stops ECM coverage for all mechs, including your ECM Carrier, but doesn't remove any charges. AIs are too stupid to be able to adapt to a situation they have not been specifically designed to handle. Pretty sure there was only 2 turrets so maybe the first one had to act when I waited to turn one?Īnyhow, I'm 100% sure this would be too dumb to work against a real opponent. Then past that, only the turrets could lock me down, and they always acted on turn one. For starters, I think only a handful of mechs had the skill required to lock. There was a lot of danger nullification in my methodology there. Originally posted by Eagle_of_Fire:Is there enemies in your bubble when that happen? Because that count for the first stealth charge.Īlso, notice I said I'm not even sure the AI is capable of taking advantage of of the fact that my Raven would be revealed. Just took the hell of a loooooooooooong time to finish that mission. Most of the time my Raven was behind cover and still shooting indirectly simply to make sure it could not get fired upon. Until most of the enemies acted (and they could not target any of my mechs).

So basically, all I did that mission was wait, wait, wait, wait. I'm not even sure the AI is smart enough to do that. Because then you'd need two sensor locks to become visible. Second is to make sure NOT to attack if you think you're going to have a chance to get sensor lock. First thing is of course to make sure that no enemy is able to enter your ECM bubble. See, the key part here is to make sure to play with the fact that the Raven itself has TWO charges of stealth. I built my Raven with only long range weapons and extremely low armor (several parts of it don't even have armor!) and yet I managed to barely get shot at, at all. Is this just the deal or am I missing something? In one of those missions you absolutely need low tonnage mechs, I used a Raven to get out of the mess I got myself into. First contact, sensor locked, almost blown to hell. In the mission you are up against multiple turrets and lrm units the raven is meant to counter. Originally posted by Thrace:So I'm using the raven for the first time, and as far as I can tell it is useless as soon as it get's sensor locked. I got lucky enough to find an ECM unit for sale for 2.5m, and it means I take so much less damage. if only one of your mechs is visible, well, that's where the incoming fire is going.ĮCM is pretty powerful, though. It could really use some ER Medium Lasers. It might also be worthwhile to up its armor, though that will eat into its already limited tonnage for weaponry. That'll help make it less likely to be targeted. When using it, you might want to keep it a bit further back, having your other mechs at the forward edge of the ECM envelope. The Raven is a light mech, and as such, can't take much punishment. And lastly, something that might have been able to fire had to spend its turn doing sensor lock instead. Also, any enemies who took their turn prior to the sensor lock happening didn't get to shoot at you. You also fought in range of the turrets, which is never ideal if the enemy can sensor lock. It could have been one of the other three. You had the bad luck of your Raven getting sensor locked. Indirect fire into ECM gets a penalty, so you most likely got hit with fewer missiles then you would have otherwise, provided the fire was indirect, of course. It does not store any personal data.Sensor Lock is a counter to ECM, yes. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'.

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