So you want to stop your whole squad showing up on scanners? That seems like a tough thing to do and still be competitive. And if you're running relatively close together as a squad, it only takes one of you to show up on someone's scan and you're basically all found.

I'd be more tempted to make sure just one of you has a scanner yourselves to level the playing field. Once someone has LoS on you, it makes no difference anyway.

My two penneth.

Lvl 5 dampening only reduces your scan profile a total of 10%, which isn't enough to hide anything other than a scout suit from even the standard scanners. However, adding complex dampening modules will make a hell of a difference to any suit.

+1

The best way to counter the scanner is scan back, then seek and destroy.

If your running a med frame look for the suit that has the lowest dB and enough available slots to fit your dampened and a decent mission load out. I role the proto min logi for this, it's fast, it has 4 x 4 high low and a hacking bonus. I throw on the quantum scanner as well.

Obviously don't forget to spec dampening to lvl 5.

Once you're dampening lvl 5 regardless of the suit you should be able to defeat a majority of the scanners out there.

So you want to stop your whole squad showing up on scanners? That seems like a tough thing to do and still be competitive. And if you're running relatively close together as a squad, it only takes one of you to show up on someone's scan and you're basically all found.

I'd be more tempted to make sure just one of you has a scanner yourselves to level the playing field. Once someone has LoS on you, it makes no difference anyway.

My two penneth.

Nope.

Dampening V will hide any medium suit from a standard scanner. Why do you think it's the #1 thing on my list of things to skill into? lol

Using dampeners is the only way for anything to hide from an advanced scanner. And only a gallente scout or a logi [well... med frame I guess] using multiple damps is able to hide from the best proto scanner.

If I'm with a group and get 'scan prevented', I scan back (assuming I haven't already lit them up), and then effectively use the group as a distraction while I flank. Obviously only really applies to built up areas where you can use cover to escape LOS, but you can use uneven terrain to mask your flank if the reds are sufficiently distracted.

If I'm with a group and get 'scan prevented', I scan back (assuming I haven't already lit them up), and then effectively use the group as a distraction while I flank. Obviously only really applies to built up areas where you can use cover to escape LOS, but you can use uneven terrain to mask your flank if the reds are sufficiently distracted.

If my math is correct to hide a medium frame from the 28 dB prototype scanners you need two complex dampeners and probably four of them to defeat the 15 dB scanner. I ran into one 15 dB user so far that kept scanning my scout that was at 21 dB. Unfortunately he was in a full prototype Caldari logistics setup and I was in my advanced scout. It never ended well.