The active scanner has now become an essential piece of equipment for any organized squad. What does the community think would be suitable as far as its WP reward? I personally, like two methods.

A) Have it count as an Assist when a painted Target is killed/captured. Possibly with lesser gains than an actual assist.

OR

B) A straight up 5 - 10 WP bonus for each Target that is scanned. This would have a WP cap similar to the repair tool.

What do you guys think? Have any ideas of your own?

The active scanner has now become an essential piece of equipment for any organized squad. What does the community think would be suitable as far as its WP reward? I personally, like two methods.

A) Have it count as an Assist when a painted Target is killed/captured. Possibly with lesser gains than an actual assist.

OR

B) A straight up 5 - 10 WP bonus for each Target that is scanned. This would have a WP cap similar to the repair tool.

What do you guys think? Have any ideas of your own?

+2 when people are scanned. but you have to wait another 30 seconds to get scan WPOn the same group of people

I you scanned someone else within the 30 seconds you get wp for scanning them.


+5 Wp for having a teammate kill an enemy who was scanned by your scanner

I think there should be a "Scan Assist" when a teammate kills an enemy who is currently being lit up by your scanner.

Or, contrariwise... 0 points.

If it's as essential to combat as people seem to say it is now... then there's no reason to give an incentive for people to do it.

The benefits will come from

1. staying alive longer

2. being able to go get kills that didnt see you coming.


PS: #2 would be easier to do,if my recent "make maps large all the time" request gets accepted.

Id go for a strait up +5 for every enimy killed by (y)our squad..

Or, contrariwise... 0 points.

If it's as essential to combat as people seem to say it is now... then there's no reason to give an incentive for people to do it.

The benefits will come from

1. staying alive longer

2. being able to go get kills that didnt see you coming.


PS: #2 would be easier to do,if my recent "make maps large all the time" request gets accepted.

The active scanner has now become an essential piece of equipment for any organized squad. What does the community think would be suitable as far as its WP reward? I personally, like two methods.

A) Have it count as an Assist when a painted Target is killed/captured. Possibly with lesser gains than an actual assist.

OR

B) A straight up 5 - 10 WP bonus for each Target that is scanned. This would have a WP cap similar to the repair tool.

What do you guys think? Have any ideas of your own?

So, depending on how process intensive it would be, you could assign a 'revealed' flag to red berries actively scanned that lasts for a time equal to the scanners effectiveness (5-16 sec I think). Kills vs flagged enemies earn the scanning p,Ayer a minor assist score (less than 25 - full assist). Maybe2 or 3 WP

I think +5-10 for a teammate killing a scanned opponent seems reasonable, but I think scans can also show larger troop movements on the field, and therefore give the team a step up on competition. Therefore, I think there should be some bonus for just scanning an enemy (but in this case, I think there should be some added difficulty to performing a scan, like you can't move when scanning, or moving while scanning greatly reduces the efficacy of the scan).

The active scanner has now become an essential piece of equipment for any organized squad. What does the community think would be suitable as far as its WP reward? I personally, like two methods.

A) Have it count as an Assist when a painted Target is killed/captured. Possibly with lesser gains than an actual assist.

OR

B) A straight up 5 - 10 WP bonus for each Target that is scanned. This would have a WP cap similar to the repair tool.

What do you guys think? Have any ideas of your own?

+2 when people are scanned. but you have to wait another 30 seconds to get scan WPOn the same group of people

I you scanned someone else within the 30 seconds you get wp for scanning them.


+5 Wp for having a teammate kill an enemy who was scanned by your scanner

yeah lets hide in a corner , scan into oblivion and back and spam orbitals

yeah lets hide in a corner , scan into oblivion and back and spam orbitals

The active scanner has now become an essential piece of equipment for any organized squad. What does the community think would be suitable as far as its WP reward? I personally, like two methods.

A) Have it count as an Assist when a painted Target is killed/captured. Possibly with lesser gains than an actual assist.

OR

B) A straight up 5 - 10 WP bonus for each Target that is scanned. This would have a WP cap similar to the repair tool.

What do you guys think? Have any ideas of your own?

The active scanner has now become an essential piece of equipment for any organized squad. What does the community think would be suitable as far as its WP reward? I personally, like two methods.

A) Have it count as an Assist when a painted Target is killed/captured. Possibly with lesser gains than an actual assist.

OR

B) A straight up 5 - 10 WP bonus for each Target that is scanned. This would have a WP cap similar to the repair tool.

What do you guys think? Have any ideas of your own?

If you can be bothered searching i made a thread just after the scanner was released with my idea of how the WP reward should work

not that i remember what it said anymore but a dev came along and confirmed they were doing the exact thing i suggested

Planetside 2 uses method A for Infiltrator Recon darts (same basic idea as scanners) and it works really well. You get +10 xp per target killed under your dart which is like 3% of the XP of a kill. Not OP but can rack up if you do dedicated darting on the frontlines.

If the active sanner gets WP then the vehicle scanners should get WP also

For comparison's sake, how many enemies are likely to be in the area of effect for the dart? And how many points is a kill worth normally? And how long does a dart's effect last?

I would play PS2 myself, but my PC isn't up to handling that.

If the active sanner gets WP then the vehicle scanners should get WP also