Greetings and Salutations, I agree 100% with your ideas on E-WAR, it sounds like a good idea and your ideas seem pretty tactical for people with the itch to use this kind of equipment,

OMG, I was born for this thing!

BTW, some of the stuff that mentioned here could also be included in the logistics type armors. Scout, obviously would have a Spec Ops type drop suit for jamming, while the logistics would have a drop suit for counter-measures and detection.

Also, where does E-bombs fit in all of this? I mean, a scout or a logistics would certainly have access to a special bomb made just for the mere purpose of destroying all forms of communication along with the use of most of any tech object (weapons, vehicles, turrets, etc) that is not protected against this or simply is immune to it (pistols, rifle, sub machine guns or weapons that behave similar to our generation of firearms). Of course, their effects would be temporary (a matter of seconds which would make everything just "restart")

Make the timer work in a matter of seconds, maybe even a few minutes to make the effect heavily stated (put importance in the idea of E-War). Also, there should always be a way to counter it faster (hacking/breaking the jammer, fixing the CRU/D.link with a logistics / scout to reactivate the spawn)... and let's not forget that we could probably just make someone drop another uplink nearby to simply side-step the problem.

There's all the balance that you will ever need.

EDIT: now that I think about it, we could probably use this as another form of obtaining a win in Skirmishes. Like, we could take all of the drop uplinks of the enemy and completely jam their ability to re-spawn in the map for an instant victory. It seems hard to do right now, so it should be a viable option of winning by simply overrunning the enemy camps, taking all of their CRU/up-links and jamming their forward spawn. Maybe that could be a way to set up the MCC "forced drop" (making players drop in any are that they want) or even serving as a setup for an orbital bombardment to at least reclaim the main drop zone area.

Being able to tap in to enemy voice comms would be neat kinda like that splinter cell multiplayer that was out for a while, eaves droping on the enemy team for a short period.

+1 I'm all for this. Well written and thought out post.

this is concerning is the FPS point of view like the mini map? and the names over the players heads?
because in the overview you can see tanks, and soldiers running around...

MMC commander can relay that information and direct the troops from it's RTS point of view...

Very well thought out post Traynor.

Another idea that could use exploring is EWAR vs Orbital Bombardment / Planetary Defense Installations.

While we are not sure how the interaction will fully play out until launch (or a future build), here are some ideas:

Orbital Bombardment Jamming: Possibly a sensor installation (given the amount of power it requires) that jams Orbital Bombardment within a specific range around that installation (Higher Tech versions have larger AoE coverage). Needs to be hacked / destroyed in order to allow bombardment in that area.

Orbital Bombardment Spoofing: Similar to Voice Comm spoofing, needs to target individual Duster that is calling in the Orbital Bombardment, if successful another set of random coordinates are sent to the Strike Ship.

Planetary Defense Installation Jamming: A vehicle module (Drop Ship or HAV) that needs to be activated near the Defense Installation and would jam the weapon from firing. The module requires a large amount of CPU and PG to fit and would most likely be the only module on board the vehicle.

Planetary Defense Spoofing: Open to ideas.

Again this is all hypothetical, until we have the opportunity to interact with Orbital Bombardment and Planetary Defense Installations.

Thermal sensore detect heat.

All energy weapons in the game direct heat against targets.

Lighting fires produces heat.

Explain the logic behind the "no spoofing thermal" part of this system?

I understand in a game set in space, because fires would burn out too fast to be viable, and space is COLD, but on the ground, it makes no sense.

No way except to create a lot of heat sources.

Say, for example, any incendiary device ever?

Flares?

They could have a cluster grenade that releases several small flare-like slow-burning bomblets to divert the sensors. That would be possible with modern technology. Pretty sure New Eden hasn't reverted on their ability to make fire.

I'm sorry. I do have a problem with that sometimes (actually... rather often). I'll try and be more coherent with my feedback in here. You people are more friendly and sensible than the usual forums I frequent.

How about a simple radar jammer thats a piece of equipment, generates random inacurate pings on all radar. Deployable like a nano hive or drop uplink. Various kinds will have expanded AOE for fewer inacurate pings etc.

I haven't checked this in a while, so I'll have to ask:

Has someone thought about drop-uplink jamming?

The idea would be to somehow make it difficult for the enemy to respawn, maybe by increasing the re-spawning in a certain area. Maybe you don't want to capture a CRU so that players get a false sense of security, but you don't also want them dropping in on you every ten to fifteen seconds. Maybe you just want to use an up-link jammer that increases the time it takes for a clone to re-spawn in a given area if only to mess with their heads or make them double-guess the possibility of "there being someone waiting at the other end of that tunnel"... or not. See what I mean?

MY idea, of course would be to have a jammer that could increase the time to re-spawn on a given location by a time dependent on the type of "jamming" that you do to the given spawn point (hack jamming, module jamming, EMP, etc), and, in true New Eden Universe fashion, the trained level of a related skill to this specific ability.

things that go ........ in the night

I agree with most of these however it seems like an awful lot of options. I'd suggest cutting out a few. EMP and the sensors were some of my favorite.

Shot in the dark idea: What if when we have the capability to call in Command Centers and other types of deployable structures we could have a device that when on the field scrambles/distorts/jams enemy communications until said structure is destroyed.

+1
This thread is full of great ideas, and deserve CCP's attention.

I thought about a device that creates false enemy readings on the minimap, and as red chevrons on the HUD, this would be a great equipment device. Glad that its suggested.
I would love to see some EMP weapons, not just grenades, but maybe sidearms. EMP weapons should do lots of damage to shields, and even disable HUD functions temporarily.
Fully upgraded sensor equipment should be able to spot cloaked players.

Really looking forward to non standard vision choices.

Predator sniper time. Yay.

Shamelessly bumping this thread so that new Eve players coming in will see it on the front page....

I was thinking perhaps a particaulr weapon that is specifically designed against shields and to disorientate your opponent.

Take this video for example. You could have a CQC weapon that does exellent damage against shields and staggers the opponent, but does minimal damage to their armour. Perhaps having a light/ heavy weapon for AV, and a sidearm for AI.

The damage would diminish the further it goes, and the damage inflicted would be dependant on how much of the "wave" hits you.

Perhaps it's a ridiculous idea, but perhaps it could be an idea that is the basis of something a little more "game-worthy"

Some games have incendiary grenades whose fire can be used to block off paths. What if an electronic weapon filled that role?
I propose a deployable device using microwave radiation that causes intense pain (resulting in slowed movements, slow animations, and decreased accuracy) on mercs within its radius. It would be a portable version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Denial_System
It won't necessarily block off paths, but it will make certain paths highly unfavorable for enemies.