Replace it with;

'PREPARE TO DIE!'

you have been scanned... 5 seconds later you have been scanned
you have been scanned... 5 seconds later you have been scanned
you have been scanned... 5 seconds later you have been scanned
you have been scanned... 5 seconds later you have been scanned

pretty much every game

Replace it with;

'PREPARE TO DIE!'

Its called tactical awareness, my 6 man squad likes to know where all of the enemies within 100m are for ~25 secs. We have escaped several flanking attempts because we have scanned the enemy and can see them coming.

You don't like it, I understand that. I personally don't like being scanned as I am Logi and I die if someone looks at me wrong. But at least I know that they are within 100m (on average) of me.

I will drop 6 heavies on ur head from 200m up. You wont see that one coming!

So! Many! Exclamation! Marks!

Its called tactical awareness, my 6 man squad likes to know where all of the enemies within 100m are for ~25 secs. We have escaped several flanking attempts because we have scanned the enemy and can see them coming.

You don't like it, I understand that. I personally don't like being scanned as I am Logi and I die if someone looks at me wrong. But at least I know that they are within 100m (on average) of me.

The more you whine on these forums void, the more I wonder why you bother playing?
This game doesn't cater to your tastes, and I don't think it ever will!

Now I will assume you have seen the results in an active scanner?
You can see where they, and via yojr radar get an approximate distance and the direction they are facing!

If someone can see that kind of info on me, I wanna bloomin well know, and so should you!

I think that if the scan precision of the scanner is 20% less than the scan profile of the suit, the 'you have been scanned' message shouldn't appear.

For example, using the basic active scanner with a precision of 46db against a medium dropsuit with a profile of 50, the message would appear. But using the advanced with a precision of 36 wouldn't show the message.

Just to make the ADV and Protos better scan precision worth it besides being able to scan the occasional scout.

How about replacing "you have been scanned" with "merc giving out free bacon."?

They still NEVER find me! I'm up in the tree dumb dumb!

There is a HUGE difference between knowing someone is following/hunting you, and knowing someone is following/hunting you AND that they know PRECISELY where you are at EVERY second. FFS! Are the implications of that difference that freakin' subtle?! If you're scanned, you can't effectively flank, or play with REs. There's no possibility of sneaky ninja moves or managing to lose the enemy in an installation. If you come head to head with someone who scanned you, they're going to get the first shot every time. If you're standing just around a corner and you get scanned, you're about to eat a cooked core locus grenade! Scanning is amazing, and being scanned sucks, and I can't understand why you don't want to know about it.

Of course I know where the enemy is generally, but if I want to be able to cook grenades with perfect accuracy, and know exactly where to throw it for a triple kill before I even poke my head out around the corner, or line up my SCR headshots before strafing out, or know that there's some kid with AV nades and a nanohive lurking on that rooftop, I'm going to need a scanner. It's a tool, and an extremely useful one at that.

If you really want to get rid of your notification, that's fine by me. You're just gimping yourself. Knowing when you're scanned and when you're not is important information.

There is a HUGE difference between knowing someone is following/hunting you, and knowing someone is following/hunting you AND that they know PRECISELY where you are at EVERY second. FFS! Are the implications of that difference that freakin' subtle?! If you're scanned, you can't effectively flank, or play with REs. There's no possibility of sneaky ninja moves or managing to lose the enemy in an installation. If you come head to head with someone who scanned you, they're going to get the first shot every time. If you're standing just around a corner and you get scanned, you're about to eat a cooked core locus grenade! Scanning is amazing, and being scanned sucks, and I can't understand why you don't want to know about it.

Of course I know where the enemy is generally, but if I want to be able to cook grenades with perfect accuracy, and know exactly where to throw it for a triple kill before I even poke my head out around the corner, or line up my SCR headshots before strafing out, or know that there's some kid with AV nades and a nanohive lurking on that rooftop, I'm going to need a scanner. It's a tool, and an extremely useful one at that.

If you really want to get rid of your notification, that's fine by me. You're just gimping yourself. Knowing when you're scanned and when you're not is important information.

There is a HUGE difference between knowing someone is following/hunting you, and knowing someone is following/hunting you AND that they know PRECISELY where you are at EVERY second. FFS! Are the implications of that difference that freakin' subtle?! If you're scanned, you can't effectively flank, or play with REs. There's no possibility of sneaky ninja moves or managing to lose the enemy in an installation. If you come head to head with someone who scanned you, they're going to get the first shot every time. If you're standing just around a corner and you get scanned, you're about to eat a cooked core locus grenade! Scanning is amazing, and being scanned sucks, and I can't understand why you don't want to know about it.

Of course I know where the enemy is generally, but if I want to be able to cook grenades with perfect accuracy, and know exactly where to throw it for a triple kill before I even poke my head out around the corner, or line up my SCR headshots before strafing out, or know that there's some kid with AV nades and a nanohive lurking on that rooftop, I'm going to need a scanner. It's a tool, and an extremely useful one at that.

If you really want to get rid of your notification, that's fine by me. You're just gimping yourself. Knowing when you're scanned and when you're not is important information.

You have been scanned.

Action Button: Counter Hack

Person who scanned you is over there. Follow the little red light.

Would be nice in EWAR scenario.

It's a simple request to have an on off switch. I could care less if you want it flashing in your face all the time! I want it to turn off!

Like I ALREADY said, I run front line! The ENTIRE match for me is "YOU'VE BEEN SCANNED". Its not like you cowards hiding somewhere never being scanned! I already know what time it is when I step onto the field!

All of you who say the message is useless are truly ignorant.

All the text in the world isn't going to convince you the scan message is a good idea.

Makes me wonder if all of you are just playing ambush al the time...

Well if people want to turn it off, let them turn it off! I have no problems with that.

If a little text really makes them that angry then hell, give them an option to turn the damn thing off. I think its a foolish mistake however.
For me as a scout it makes a lot of difference if I get scanned or not (Most the time I have prevented the scan) so IF I see I have been scanned I know someone else is using a good scanner. For me that is highly useful information.

So yes make it optional, lets not turn this into an argument.