DUST Search - Thoughts on the Equipment Changes

Arx Ardashir wrote:

Cenex Langly wrote:

The first is the "fix" to active scanners and what you call "abuse". Being blind on any battlefield causes serious death. Players who scan and SPIN to try to see what is around them should should not be called abusing the mechanic. Having a screenshot of the field is going to seriously break scanners. Much like reducing the splash damage of the flaylock pistol. No one EVER uses that gun now. And as such, no one will ever use the scanner. The cool down timers were the correct fix, but further reducing the functionality is going to seriously hinder its role. The battlefield is a dynamic place where people constantly move around, taking a snapshot of an ever changing field is just as bad intel as not having any screen shot at all.

No, it was definately bad for the game to have 360 scans that lasted for 15+ seconds, tracking everyone's movement (or non-movement) and to punish flanking manuevers by having someone's crosshairs already trained on your face before you even came around the corner.

As someone else said, this is a scanner fix, and not a nerf. They were never supposed to be 360 scans. They were supposed to take 1-2 seconds to complete the scan and then display all movement in whatever direction you pointed it in. If it was supposed to be 360, then they wouldn't have included the scan angles.


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Michael Arck Onuoto Uakan Huogaatsu Lokun Listamenn 3430	Posted - 2014.03.14 17:52:00 - [1] - Quote Yea, I disagree with the scan nerf since the influx of scanners came when folks wanted WPs tallied for kills. When that happened, everybody got scans...then the "scannerina" as they say, was born. That's why I disagree, folks agreed to it and then it happened and folks complained about scanning. It's that constant flux that is bad sometimes. You asked for it and now you wanted it to change. Boo. The cloaked enemy hacking objective doesn't bother me. The letter will be flashing. I know someone is hacking it. As always, I will throw a grenade or just blast left of the panel. Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu. Are you OUKH?
Michael Arck Onuoto Uakan Huogaatsu Lokun Listamenn 3431	Posted - 2014.03.14 18:01:00 - [2] - Quote Arx Ardashir wrote: Cenex Langly wrote: The first is the "fix" to active scanners and what you call "abuse". Being blind on any battlefield causes serious death. Players who scan and SPIN to try to see what is around them should should not be called abusing the mechanic. Having a screenshot of the field is going to seriously break scanners. Much like reducing the splash damage of the flaylock pistol. No one EVER uses that gun now. And as such, no one will ever use the scanner. The cool down timers were the correct fix, but further reducing the functionality is going to seriously hinder its role. The battlefield is a dynamic place where people constantly move around, taking a snapshot of an ever changing field is just as bad intel as not having any screen shot at all. No, it was definately bad for the game to have 360 scans that lasted for 15+ seconds, tracking everyone's movement (or non-movement) and to punish flanking manuevers by having someone's crosshairs already trained on your face before you even came around the corner. As someone else said, this is a scanner fix, and not a nerf. They were never supposed to be 360 scans. They were supposed to take 1-2 seconds to complete the scan and then display all movement in whatever direction you pointed it in. If it was supposed to be 360, then they wouldn't have included the scan angles. But that was the purpose of the scans though. It's rather silly to have a scanning equipment and you can't spin around to use it. I know this isn't it, but it likes telling Ripley and Hudson they can only snapshot with their tracking equipment in Aliens. You had the capable means to avoid scans at your disposal. Plus folks wanted these scans. When scans didn't have WP gain attached to it, no one used it. The scannerinas weren't happening. When folks wanted WP gain for killed scan targets and CCP considered, people rallied for it, in which I was strongly against for the possibility of abuse. Well, it happened and now folks want it change. To me, that's kind of silly. Folks need to think beyond one small point to see the whole big picture. So scans will probably be rendered useless again...or maybe not. Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu. Are you OUKH?