Hi there,
again i have played against the most annoying ability the Game has.
I shoot down a ECM ship to approximately 1% of hull strength and then… oh yes, the invincibility cocoon.
In fact that ability is much too strong in comparison to its cooldown.
The stunning itself is annoying to but most terrible in this ability is the unability to fight an ECM hunter in 1 on 1-battle because of the temporary invincibility.
So i would suggest something to make up strengthen the ability but also to decrease its “annoyingness”. This would be my new “ability description”.
Metastable Energy Field Generator
When activated, the ship’s speed slows to zero, and refills the player’s shield to full power. After 7 seconds, the shield is set to zero, knocking out the systems of nearby ships for 3-4 seconds.
Have you tried timing a missile for the exact moment when the ECM will come out of the cocoon?
Profit.
Yes ECM are annoying, but there are counters. Provided there aren’t 3 of them cycling their stuns…
when it has stayed in white for 0.5 seconds or so, shot a missile and hopefully it will hit perfectly. the metastable goes white when its about to release.
You can also go out of its range as soon as you see the ecm try to metastable. You can do this in fighters and inties very consistently, and frigs… still rather consistently. It’s got about 1600 m of range, if I recall correctly. Get to 1601 or something, and start shooting when the bubble turns white. Believe it or not, when the ECM bubbles, it tends to be at its most vulnerable.
Or, if you’re in a covert ops, plasma arc right before the bubble bursts.
Or, if you’re in a gunship, combat reboot right before the bubble bursts. Or start shooting your firestorm missiles a bit before the bubble bursts.
Or, if you’re in an ECM, bubble right after the other ECM.
This is one of those times where being able to consistently count out seconds comes in handy. Learn to do that, and you’ll know exactly when to fire. If not, you can still pay attention to the colour of the bubble.
We should make a guide called 100 way to kill a cocooned ECM 
On Engineer you can use drone and torp, guard pulsar and slow and torp, lrf snipe or torpedo.
Have you tried timing a missile for the exact moment when the ECM will come out of the cocoon?
Profit.
Yes ECM are annoying, but there are counters. Provided there aren’t 3 of them cycling their stuns…
Attack drones are the worst way to do it. The engineer’s just sitting there looking at you, know that he can take the stasis and kill you. The ECM knows he’s waiting to die by firing squad.
Attack drones are the worst way to do it. The engineer’s just sitting there looking at you, know that he can take the stasis and kill you. The ECM knows he’s waiting to die by firing squad.
It’s like when all your heals are on cooldown, you have 500 hull left, and just got hit-and-run by a covert ops with plasma web. God, that’s the worst feeling.
My way to kill ECM.
I’m on Long Range
ECM goes into bubble i wait.
Pew
Done.
We should make a guide called 100 way to kill a cocooned ECM
haha that i would like to see
I’ve always seen the bubble as a huge draw back to what would otherwise be an awsome affect. I enjoy ECM, every time I use the meta field I know I’m dead…
I’ve always seen the bubble as a huge draw back to what would otherwise be an awsome affect. I enjoy ECM, every time I use the meta field I know I’m dead…
it’s a nice tool to cap beacons with and sometimes using it in the middle of chaos on full health it can be useful but if u use it on low hp there is a low chance of survival