It doesn't seem viable. Where would you use it? CRU? Hack it or blow it. Otherwise with spawn pads there are no ways of covering the whole map and the effect range would have to be huge to be usable and that would border on broken.

Just my .02 ISK

It doesn't seem viable. Where would you use it? CRU? Hack it or blow it. Otherwise with spawn pads there are no ways of covering the whole map and the effect range would have to be huge to be usable and that would border on broken.

Just my .02 ISK

I would prefer that CCP would allow the player to join FRESH battles (like I've been asking ). That way, we won't need all this......

But I do have one question........would this item transport you to another beginning battle in the same area or a different place entirely? Would the team that won be able to step in and help the losing team?

Could be interesting.

Interesting idea, but the area of affect you have listed is waaaaaaaaay to big by 50%.

I think you need to clarify your OP. The description sounded like the device would prevent players from joining the match(which would suck), but then in the details it starts to sound like a uplink/objective/cru spawn jammer(which would be awesome).

I think you need to clarify your OP. The description sounded like the device would prevent players from joining the match(which would suck), but then in the details it starts to sound like a uplink/objective/cru spawn jammer(which would be awesome).

It's both, it would block Scotty from throwing you in a match that has 3 bars left in Blue/Red MCC armor.
The matches that are almost over. I hate those and it's just a big waste of time.

Love the idea, but I think preventing all spawns is a little OP. I'd rather see the device lengthen the timer on spawns.

Make it a smaller radius, around 100m is better imo. Also, give Caldari Scouts a bonus towards this (as well as any other type of jammer), And I'm in.

Actually, I think that if our lovely Aurora announcer (I'm calling her that, deal with it ) says "MCC damage critical" (not shield critical, armor critical) or for Ambush matches, "Clone reserves critical" then the match becomes locked out from joining it.

Actually, I think imma head over to the Feedback/Requests section now...
*scrolls up to navigate there... and realizes...*

****!

EDIT: Done.

Back on topic: I think this would be interesting to see.... but I would hate to see it block out objective spawns.... MCC spawn.... eeeehhh... maybe....

However, I see another problem...

Or rather it's the same problem, but instead of Uplinks, they are now replaced by Spawn Jammers...

Caldari scum. LOL

I like the concept.

It would be annoying though if these became very common, and made it so that you are constantly spawning back at the default spawn point. And Also, what if somebody sits on the MCC and deploys one, and deploys one at the ground spawn as well... The player would be unable to spawn at all.

I like how it blocks both teams' uplinks though, creating sort of a 'no mans land' with each teams spawns resting on the other side of it. Gameplay-wise this could actually work out pretty well.

It shouldn't affect CRUs. I know that if it did, I would just drop one on every CRU (on top of it with the help of a dropship so nobody could see it and thus get at it) just for lols. Also it wouldn't make sense, seeing as CRUs have physical clones. Drop uplinks are purely electronics. You can stop electronics with jamming but you can't stop flesh and sinew.

The CRUs still need to connect to the TAC Net for you to spawn at it. My thoughts on the subject is that it blocks Tac Net communication between the uplinks and your clone. CRUs can also be destroyed and in this respect it would affect CRUs much less than destroying one would. A simple well placed Flux grenade would destroy the Jammer thus making the CRU usable. This is still a work in progress.

Ideas similar to this have been proposed in the past and it's a solid idea. I think OP's goal is better achieved with more competent matchmaking but the idea is great for E-War.

I've always pictured a jammer that lengthens spawn timer on uplinks, CRU etc not just killing ability to spawn. Maybe like 2x,3x,5x as long for STD,ADV, PRO. I think the ranges proposed are too large but I like being able to combat uplink spam without destroying their usefulness entirely.

But a variant with a very tight range that locks an area down would be cool. Used more to lock down OBJs and CRUs rather than uplinks (because you probably close enough it's just easier to destroy them). This requires an active defense rather than merely the "spawn defense." Imagine overwhelming an OBJ and hacking without worrying about that lucky spawner who ends up right behind you.

If you have it blocking all uplinks except covert op uplinks. Create a special operations uplink that only special operation scouts can use, the uplink would only spawn 6 mercs but would work anywhere.

Make a special operations scout suit with a bonus that allows spec op uplinks. If we can ever get things worked out we can get down to actual suit specializations that perform one role well.

It only prevents spawns within the AOE, so with a scanner sized range it does not prevent all spawns, only all deployments from MQ, preventing Scotty from placing you in a battle already underway. When the device is killed, the effect is terminated. How many times have you spawned into a match to find your team down to 10 clones and the other team at 100+ clones. Basically the unwinable short match that won't even pay for you to spawn in anything other than a BPO suit? This situation has happened to me hundreds, possibly thousands of time over a two year period. Nothing has changed with the matchmaker that has lessened the number of late joins. This may help and it may not, if the enemy destroys your jammer then fresh spawns from MQ will come.

I don't mean to discourage someone who has obviously put a lot of thought into their suggestion, but...Scotty doesn't deploy you on the map, he locates battles you would fit in...that's it. So in order to jam all links on the map, a team would have to block the spawns in their own red-line, including their MCC. Why would a team not want reinforcements? The only practical application would seem to be defensive, not match-making related. I like the idea of a portable jammer, but this could get just as out of hand as droplink spamming unless really restricted, either with extremely high pg and cpu or limit of 1 carried and active, perhaps a combination of both. If a fix to poor match-making is what you seek, this would not fix the issue. It's a great idea nonetheless +1 for the effort.

I'll take any SP/ISK sink they give us as long as it adds different ways for people to play.

bump for a dev response.