If that one guy is managing to scan you at 200 meters, good for him considering the only scanner that does 200m is the Prototype Flux Active Scanner meaning theyGÇÖve put a lot of SP into it.

As for Profile Dampeners they are a wise choice to skill into if you are worried about being scanned all the time; as they reduce your dropsuit scan profile making you undetectable to most scanners. Each suit has their set scan profile, which is tied to GÇ£Dessa BellsGÇ¥ or dB:
Light Dropsuits - 45 dB
Medium Dropsuits - 50 dB
Heavy Dropsuits - 65 dB

Each level in Active Scanners have their own level of scan precision; meaning they can only scan certain suits within that dB range:
Basic - 46 dB
Advanced - 36 dB
Prototype - 28 dB
Focused Prototype - 15 dB
As you can see the basic scanner won't be able to scan a scout suit as itGÇÖs dB profile range isn't within the scanners dB range: A 46dB scanner cannot acquire something that has a 45 dB scan profile.

If you are running in a medium suit and looking not be be scanned, this means your going to need to gain a 29% reduction to your profile. One way to do this is acquiring level 5 in Profile Dampening and fitting a Complex Profile Dampener, this mean you now be unscannable to any form of advanced scanners. However, if they are indeed using a prototype scanner youGÇÖll be sacrificing too much tank to be unscannable, if they are using a Focused Prototype you're pretty much screwed!

Anyway I hope all that helped to understand Active Scanners.

As for Profile Dampeners they are a wise choice to skill into if you are worried about being scanned all the time; as they reduce your dropsuit scan profile making you undetectable to most scanners. Each suit has their set scan profile, which is tied to GÇ£Dessa BellsGÇ¥ or dB:
Light Dropsuits - 45 dB
Medium Dropsuits - 50 dB
Heavy Dropsuits - 65 dB

The thing is, 200m is way too much, you can stand in the center of the largest map module we have and scan the entire area with a quick 360. I'm not even gonna begin to talk about how this game became Scan514 because unless you invest to ADV/PRO scanners/dampeners, you'll be lit up like a christmas tree. If you run into the guy I did, he literally just sat on the outskirts of the map and scanned over and over revealing my entire team. If you dont see how this is problem, then sorry you dont play shooters enough.

Dampeners went from useful, to required.

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Htfu. It's something that took an obscene amount of so to use, lots of PG/CPU to fit, and if u invested in dampeners, you would be fine. This is the beginning of ewar- adapt or die.

Anyone else find this ridiculous? I'm literally walking around the whole map, everyone on my team are like little dots far away, and out of no where "You have been scanned". Really? Do I seriously have to walk 201+meters around that one guy who can just do a 1 second 360 no scope with the active scanner and scan an entire map module?

CCP, have one of your dev stand somewhere on dev island, and have another guy stand 200 meters away on the other side of dev island and let me know if you can hear him yelling.

Was I talking about dampeners?

Was I talking about dampeners?

well, kind of, yes. it'slike saying tanks are op when u dont have any AV on your team.

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SCAN514, AR514, LAV514, ETC
Htfu. adapt or die.

If that one guy is managing to scan you at 200 meters, good for him considering the only scanner that does 200m is the Prototype Flux Active Scanner meaning theyGÇÖve put a lot of SP into it.

As for Profile Dampeners they are a wise choice to skill into if you are worried about being scanned all the time; as they reduce your dropsuit scan profile making you undetectable to most scanners. Each suit has their set scan profile, which is tied to GÇ£Dessa BellsGÇ¥ or dB:
Light Dropsuits - 45 dB
Medium Dropsuits - 50 dB
Heavy Dropsuits - 65 dB

Each level in Active Scanners have their own level of scan precision; meaning they can only scan certain suits within that dB range:
Basic - 46 dB
Advanced - 36 dB
Prototype - 28 dB
Focused Prototype - 15 dB
As you can see the basic scanner won't be able to scan a scout suit as itGÇÖs dB profile range isn't within the scanners dB range: A 46dB scanner cannot acquire something that has a 45 dB scan profile.

If you are running in a medium suit and looking not be be scanned, this means your going to need to gain a 29% reduction to your profile. One way to do this is acquiring level 5 in Profile Dampening and fitting a Complex Profile Dampener, this mean you now be unscannable to any form of advanced scanners. However, if they are indeed using a prototype scanner youGÇÖll be sacrificing too much tank to be unscannable, if they are using a Focused Prototype you're pretty much screwed!

Anyway I hope all that helped to understand Active Scanners.

Use profile dampeners. Q.E.D

''if they are using a Focused Prototype you're pretty much screwed!''

EXACTLY THIS. Even while proto, scanners should not be able to pick up scouts. NEVER....

''if they are using a Focused Prototype you're pretty much screwed!''

EXACTLY THIS. Even while proto, scanners should not be able to pick up scouts. NEVER....

You should be, as that is the best way to avoid getting scanned.

Skilling to enhanced dampeners and slapping two on a medium class suit will reduce your profile to around 25dB, which means you are impervious to all scans except the proto one that goes down to 15dB. But most don't use that one over the 25 second 28dB proto one.

''if they are using a Focused Prototype you're pretty much screwed!''

EXACTLY THIS. Even while proto, scanners should not be able to pick up scouts. NEVER....

gotta agree with you, here. one should be able to stealth tank scouts, to an extent.

He was talking about medium and heavy suits, a gallente scout can avoid focused scanners but they'll have to give up all their low slots. Not sure about min scout, I'll have to check out there slot loadout.