Talk:Sensor Jammer/@comment-188.104.217.86-20150702202735/@comment-25999489-20150831134719

That depends entirely on what you hope to do. Many people say that sensor jammer is bad, because so many people use focus actions anyway, why bother making a hit into a focus. I personally think that sensor jammer is invaluable in a number of situations.

The most obvious use outside of simply dodging shots is making your opponent SPEND focus tokens. Once it is gone, it cannot be used for defense, and if you force your opponent to use a focus token that he or she otherwise would not have, then you may get a hit (or two or three) in later that otherwise would not have happened. Conversely, many people will not use the focus token to turn a focus into a crit if they will be shot at later, thus allowing you to evade an extra shot for free. Lastly (on this vein of thought) if you have several high PS pilots, you can knock tokens off of potential attackers before they even have a chance to decide, allowing you, again, to dodge shots for free.

Additionally, there are some nice synergies with Sensor Jammer. I fly a lot of TIE interceptors, and Carnor Jax makes sensor jammer extremely valuable. Many opponents will forgo focusing in favor of target locking once Jax makes it into the fur-ball. Sensor Jammer negates a large part of the advantages of target locking, and that combo has served me well (I typically run it on a phantom with Jax around.  Whisper, VI, ACD, Sensor Jammer, Recon Specialist.  Feed me your focus tokens while I effortlessly dodge your stuff, mwahahahahaaaa). Also, one of my favorite pilots in the game is Guri. Guri, flying the Virago, uses sensor jammer in an awesome manner. To ensure that I get maximum benefit of the android wonder, I try to pair her (it) with Palob (opportunist, k-4 security droid, blaster turret. Unless you get unlucky, you should end up with a 4 dice blaster turret attack every round, with a target lock and a focus token to modify with). Palob, like Jax, often forces enemy ships to forgo focusing, and it makes Guri even more survivable.

Sensor Jammer is a big investment for a ship upgrade, but with a plan going in it pays off massively. Without one, it's 4 wasted points. Dissertation over.