The way I see it is you have to give up an equipment slott for the acctive scanner and tgat puts you at a disadvantage. I personally dont mind everyone ballerinaing every where . If someone has the smarts to scan everywhare then let them .

It's not possible to do a 360 with most scanners (certainly with DS3).
Each scanner has it's own stats for scan duration and it's this plus turn speed that dictates the possible angle.
Only the proximity scanner will allow 360 scans at the cost of distance and results duration.
It's not an unintended consequence it's a feature of scanning.

IMO it's almost certainly an unintended "feature", AKA a bug that made it through QA. I bet they're not even sure quite how to remove/fix it at this point.
And yes, you're thinking of the flux scanner. 30 degree scan area, 150M range.

It's not possible to do a 360 with most scanners (certainly with DS3).
Each scanner has it's own stats for scan duration and it's this plus turn speed that dictates the possible angle.
Only the proximity scanner will allow 360 scans at the cost of distance and results duration.
It's not an unintended consequence it's a feature of scanning.

One of the CCP mentioned that they were displeased with the spinning tactic. My guess is that they went with the easiest implementation and didn't realize the consequences.

IMO, the best possible solution is to tie the range scanned to the duration of scan. For example, if you had a 200m scanner with a 10 second scan, at 5 seconds into the scan you would be revealing enemy locations at the 100m range. This would mean those who spin while using the scanner, their scan would cover a spiral shape, kinda like this. This would also make scan time actually a negative instead of a positive.

The way I see it is you have to give up an equipment slott for the acctive scanner and tgat puts you at a disadvantage. I personally dont mind everyone ballerinaing every where . If someone has the smarts to scan everywhare then let them .

One of the CCP mentioned that they were displeased with the spinning tactic. My guess is that they went with the easiest implementation and didn't realize the consequences.

IMO, the best possible solution is to tie the range scanned to the duration of scan. For example, if you had a 200m scanner with a 10 second scan, at 5 seconds into the scan you would be revealing enemy locations at the 100m range. This would mean those who spin while using the scanner, their scan would cover a spiral shape, kinda like this. This would also make scan time actually a negative instead of a positive.

Yet another topic where CCP and the Community see eye to eye... I like these.

Okey I use al the scanners and there is 1 or 2 that it's hard to do a 360 scann..however I don't c the problem, in my mind there is OTHER things in this game that need attention before into this.

Like the AA, lock 4 tanks/cars/DP, PVE, etc etc I can go on like forever, this matter has at least for me a low priority extremely low be honest.

So what about the scanners with the longer scan duration? They must obviously be made to do swirls with? Why else you they give you a higher amount of scan time to look about?

(I mean the amount of time the scanner is actively scanning, not the red dot duration which I think is bugged anyway)

And by the way, I dislike this thread as I feel its yet another stab at scouts, indirect but that's what it feels like.

So what about the scanners with the longer scan duration? They must obviously be made to do swirls with? Why else you they give you a higher amount of scan time to look about?

(I mean the amount of time the scanner is actively scanning, not the red dot duration which I think is bugged anyway)

And by the way, I dislike this thread as I feel its yet another stab at scouts, indirect but that's what it feels like.

...to come face to face with a fully equipped prototype heavy.

Eh, at this point it is more like common sense.

One could simply give a sharp drop to tracking speed while scanning. This would make it impossible to do a full 360 and will force players to focus more on the exact area they wish to scan.

Just a thought.

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`Sigh. Just another fun game of DUST.

Another idea is to have a 'lock time' where a red dot isn't scanned until - say - half a second of scanning aimed at them. Merely sweeping the scanner will not make them visible for the full time, but focusing on a smaller corridor will lock onto the dropsuits signals.

I tend to like this, but take it further. Results are not given at all unless the enemies are in your "cone" for the entire duration of the scan. Twirling would give absolutely no results. It would force people to scan one area at a time, but not negate their ability to move (ie slowing tracking). Tracking is needed so people can rotate the scanner as they move past the area they are scanning.

If CCP went with that solution, it shouldn't require the entire duration. That's too much. How about 66%? As a red dot spends more time under your scan cone, they "fade" in on your radar. Once they hit 66% of scan time, the scanner has a strong enough reading on them and publishes it on the tacnet.