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Monkey MAC
killer taxi company
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2013.08.29 11:40:00 -
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Protected Void wrote:From the 1.4 patch notes: "Active Scanner now causes detected objects to pulse on the HUD/minimap/overview map so that you can more easily identify scan results"
Any chance this also applies to objects detected by the passive scanner? It would make it so much easier to gauge the effectiveness of investing in the passive scanner skills.
Unlikely, your passive scanner is actually taking a slight nerf with the tacnet changes, only enemies YOU have passively scanned will appear on your radar!! |
Monkey MAC
killer taxi company
General Tso's Alliance
37
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Posted - 2013.08.29 11:46:00 -
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Protected Void wrote:Monkey MAC wrote:Protected Void wrote:From the 1.4 patch notes: "Active Scanner now causes detected objects to pulse on the HUD/minimap/overview map so that you can more easily identify scan results"
Any chance this also applies to objects detected by the passive scanner? It would make it so much easier to gauge the effectiveness of investing in the passive scanner skills. Unlikely, your passive scanner is actually taking a slight nerf with the tacnet changes, only enemies YOU have passively scanned will appear on your radar!! Yes, I'm aware of that. I actually think that's a good thing, though. I'm a scout, and the removal of shared scanner results helps me be more stealthy. But it would still be nice to have some indication of the effectiveness of my passive scanner, shared results or not.
The passive scanner is useless, once you up your electronics the only things that appear are heavies!! But maybe a pulse would be nice to catch your eye while hacking!! |
Monkey MAC
killer taxi company
General Tso's Alliance
37
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Posted - 2013.08.29 12:01:00 -
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Protected Void wrote:Monkey MAC wrote:Protected Void wrote:Monkey MAC wrote:Protected Void wrote:From the 1.4 patch notes: "Active Scanner now causes detected objects to pulse on the HUD/minimap/overview map so that you can more easily identify scan results"
Any chance this also applies to objects detected by the passive scanner? It would make it so much easier to gauge the effectiveness of investing in the passive scanner skills. Unlikely, your passive scanner is actually taking a slight nerf with the tacnet changes, only enemies YOU have passively scanned will appear on your radar!! Yes, I'm aware of that. I actually think that's a good thing, though. I'm a scout, and the removal of shared scanner results helps me be more stealthy. But it would still be nice to have some indication of the effectiveness of my passive scanner, shared results or not. The passive scanner is useless, once you up your electronics the only things that appear are heavies!! But maybe a pulse would be nice to catch your eye while hacking!! Huh? The what now? Are you referring to the Electronics skill specifically? Does that influence the passive scanner? Got any source for that? At times, I've been surprised by heavies that failed to show on my minimap. I find it unlikely that there are a lot of heavies out there that invest in scanner skills to hide themselves. On the other hand, I often "see" enemies through, say, a container, and I'm pretty sure it's not because my team mates have eyes on them.
In the skill tree under "dropsuit upgrades" the electronics has a plus 3 or 5% to cpu, (cant remember) behind that are skills for scanning range, suit cross section and scan prescision, each improving by 5% a level, so assult suit become 12.5 radius , and whatever the profiles are I cant remember them of hand, but if a heavy has level 5 scan profile, he could sneak under a lvl 0 passive scanner!!
Actions like sprinting make you easier to see, and if you have eyes on ylu can see them through objectes for a short time!! |
Monkey MAC
killer taxi company
General Tso's Alliance
37
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Posted - 2013.08.29 12:05:00 -
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Smooth Assassin wrote:Active scanners are only useful when your infiltrating somewhere else of the map but what would you do? drop a drop-pad or go solo with your scanner?
Logi, and do both, with some re to take down high value structures like crus |
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