Appia Vibbia
Ancient Exiles.
Renegade Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.05 13:20:00 -
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A little fun info about the game. Profile Dampeners have stacking penalties. The system DUST uses to calculate numbers always rounds to the most inconvenient number. And the "Changes" to Scout suits is just taking their current suit bonus and making it innate. The profile of a Scout is not effectively going to change unless they are a Gallente Scout.
The changes to Scanners coming in 1.8 seems like CCP missed the point entirely. Making it a "snapshot" scan is fine, as that was the original intention. Making the duration shorter and cooldown longer is not however the solution to scan spam. It just means that more Assault people will be running a scanner instead of just a single person in a squad being responsible.
I think the mechanic itself should be, in Scan Precision vs Scan Profile. If the profile is under then they are not scanned, if the profile is above then they are scanned, and if the profile and precision are equal it causes "margin of error."
I think the proper balance of the scan values should be for Active Scanner vs Medium Frame Dampening.
Since Medium frames start with a Scan Profile of 50, lvl 1 in the skill and a basic dampener should create a "margin of error" reading. ADV scanner should get a margin of error from lvl 3 and 1 enhanced dampener, while PRO should be 5 and a complex
These Numbers would be 42 dB, 38 dB, and 34 dB for Standard, Advanced, and Prototype levels respectively. (50*.98*.85 rounded up, 50*.94*.8 rounded up, and 50*.9*.75 rounded up)
For Scouts the current change would mean that regardless of suit level they can innately be scanned only by prototype scanners and with level 2 dampening will create a margin of error.
While I think that the Focused Scanner should be changed to 28 dB. For a Scout this means they will need at least level 3 Dampening and a Basic Profile Dampener to beat
The Gallente Logistics bonus being what it is would change the values of the Standard Scanner to 40/38/36/34/32 dB as they progress through the level.
It would make the Advance Scanner 37/35/33/31/29 dB
And the Prototype Scanner 33/31/29/28/26 dB
And the Focused at 27/26/24/23/21
Given the numbers from the bonus to Gallente Logistics Active Scanners I think that the bonus per level to scan precision should be 4% per level instead of 5%
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