I don't think you need an active ECCM at all, STC ran into this problem when we were running missions on Norhoop,  you corral the NPC's inside a box of walls.  We did it all the time, its not hard, just takes about an hour to do.  No biggie.  Its not like all the Beta islands are gonna have every field under a NPC spawns.  Adapt and survive.

Arga wrote:

DEV Zoom wrote:

Well, good thing it's optional

Oh, come on.

You just said it, either you give up the slot, or you get perma-jammed and can't do anything. How is that optional?

You're talking about this as if all fields would have NPCs from now on

It's optional in the sense that if you decide to mine a field with NPCs, you'll be likely better off with the module. Obviously you don't need it for an unguarded field.

It's really about the choice whether you want to sacrifice mining performance for your locking peace.

Heliaso wrote:

The problem here is not BETA or GAMMA, the problem is NPC on minerals field.

well its not only high risk. it might also be hard to get. that would mean to get a few combats as well to keep the npcs of the miners. its a mmo if i remember correctly. so maybe epriton will not always be for the casual single player miner. and i think there is nothing wrong with it.

Heliaso wrote:

How mining mission will work on beta if the field is under NPC ?

It's impossible to tank them with an industrial bot.

Well, how did they work so far? As far as I know there are missions right now asking for other minerals than epriton.

Zortarg Calltar wrote:

if a person that is not set for kill by the turrets is shooting a mpc then he should be set to a hostile target for that corps networks (plural) for a period of time (24H).
also should give the ceo/co-ceo a notice that this has happend (so they see that even when not online).

This would be a good idea BUT, I used to death home point on turrets, if you did this It would set you hostile, or if you are experimenting with turrets.