| Note that using multispectrum jammers over racial jammers is not so advisable. They have way less range, use more capacitor and have less jam strength in general. If you have time and you know the race you are going to go up against, refit to jam that race specifically. If you're not sure, fit a mix of all racial types. However, multispectral jammers should not be disregarded completely. They are useful as backup jammers on specialised Ewar ships when facing enemies of unknown race. Excluding the griffin, all Caldari ECM ships have 5 or more midslots, 4 of which should be accommodated by the racial jammers. The remaining slots can be used to fit multispectral jammers. Using this setup, the ECM ship will identify the enemies ships, attempt to jam with the corresponding jammer. For example, if a blackbird with 4 T1 racial jammers and 2 T1 multispectral jammers is engaging a stabber. The stabber has a base ladar strength of 13. The blackbird activates its ladar ECM against the stabber. This has a 3.45/13 x 100% = 26.54% chance of success with 0 skills, a lack of signal distortion amplifier but including the 15% ECM ship bonus. Say it fails, and the multispectral jammer is activated. On its own, its success is 2.3/13 x 100% = 17.69% chance of success. However, when these two actions are carried out one after the other, the probability of a successful jam is (1-(1-3.45/13)x(1-2.3/13))x100% = 39.54% (2 d.p.). With the 2 multispectrals activated after the racial the chances are (1-(1-3.45/13)x(1-2.3/13)^2)x100% = 50.23% (2 d.p.). This is a nice little bonus, and with the right skills, T2/named modules, signal distortion amplifiers, and ECM complementing rigs the chances are increased. The equation used here is very simple, and can also be found on Evelopedia. P = 1-(1-p)^N, where P is the overall probability of the jam, p the probability of an individual jammer's jamming probability (jammer strength/ship scanner strength), and N the number of the same jammer. For calculating differing jammer probability, use P = 1-(1-p1)x(1-p2)x...x(1-pn). | | Note that using multispectral jammers over racial jammers usually (though not always) unwise. They have way less range, use more capacitor and have less jam strength in general. If you have time and you know the race you are going to go up against, refit to jam that race specifically. If you're not sure, fit a mix of all racial types (a so-called 'rainbow' fit that includes all four colours of jammer). |
