Posted - 2007.03.30 17:40:00 - [2]

 

Ever since the EW nerf I think EW has lost some of it's flair. That being said, every race has a cruiser that has some form of EW, Aribtrator has tracking disruptor bonus for instance, so you can try something like that. Otherwise, Caldari have the best jamming EW and for that the recon ships (Falcon/Rook) are really nice. If you want to get a taste of EW though, I would try the Blackbird or maybe the Scorp.

Hope this helps.

Posted - 2007.03.30 18:31:00 - [4]

 

ibis. by far.

no fun byside.

prolly the blackbird for beginners ( dari ) ecm
the arbitrator ( amarr ) tracking dis
the celestis ( gal ) sensor damp
bellicose ( minnie ) TP

when u get more into caldari ships + bs skills use the scorp.

when u rly wanna be the ecm ***** in your gang then skill for the falcon to all sneaky like uncloak, jamm, cloak, or the rook which can put out pretty bad dmg too ( well its okay ^^ )

Posted - 2007.03.30 18:47:00 - [6]

 

Lachesis for dampeners,
or Rook for Jammers id say.

Posted - 2007.03.30 19:21:00 - [8]

 

ECM is nice if used well, but it dosn't guarantee a permanent jam. ECM's real strength is it's range. If you're looking for a ship that can simply perma jam something, try a gallete recon such as the Arazu or Lachesis. Personally, I can damp two targets down to 10% targeting range at a time in my arazu.

Here's a tip for damping: always overdo it. I fit 4x Phased Muon damps and 2x inverted signal fields, and even with less than perfect e-war skills (signal suppression is only at 3), I get a 90% damp with just two of my sensor dampeners. The other two are there to jam another target if need be.

ECM and sensor dampening ships should be fast. They need to be able to stay at range, so the faster the better. Of course, that's a different story if you decide to fight point blank like some EW pilots. The Pilgrim and Lachesis can successfully fight at close range. Lachesis can easily damp most targets down past web range, and pilgrims need to tackle their opponents so they need to be at close range.

I used the following celestis setup for a long time with alot of success:
High:
2x heavy missile launcher (saves cap and doesn't have tracking)
1x drone link augmentor
1x small remote armor rep
Mid:
1x warp disruptor
4x remote sensor dampener II
low:
1x 1600mm rolled tungsten plate
1x damage control
1x best named cap power relay
Drone bay:
3x hammerhead I or II
2x Warrior II
Cargo:
500 of each heavy missile
5 exotic dancers for luck.

This was mostly a small gang support setup, but it worked well enough solo to kill a handful of cruisers and below.

Posted - 2007.03.30 20:10:00 - [10]

 

Edited by: Robke on 30/03/2007 20:06:06
In my opinion:
best - worst
Jamming - sensor dampening - tracking disruption - target painting.

Tracking disruption is cool, but as it doesn't work on missile ships it's not flexible enough.

Posted - 2007.03.30 21:19:00 - [12]

 

The Rook is good at what it does; but there's a lot to EW apart from just jamming them. Arazu's/Lachesis can be quite deadly, and you get both a tackler and a EW-ship in one package. Curse/Pilgrim is a quite nasty one if you're up against turret-ships - don't forget about the other EW ships, they can be just as deadly :)