Why not have both passive and active scans precision be increasingly better up close and get worse over distance. That way a proto focused scanner on a gal logi would be able to pick up any scout (except gal scout) from roughly 5-10m while facing its direction, but it wouldn't be able to pick up that same fitted scout from any farther. I think that would be beneficial to all scout and scanners, scouts would have to be more careful who and when they walk in front of someone, and it would push people with scanners to be more careful i choosing on when to scan because they need to be looking at the scout and be able to find him befor he passive scans him.

Just wanted some feedback on the idea.

(I posted this in a response on another thread, but decided to make it it's own thread for better response from forums)

Not a terrible idea imo, but 5-10m? So the gal logi can for sure scan a scout that's standing in front of it huh? At such a short range, not much of a point unless both players are having a staring contest.

I liked the idea in my thread, and I like the idea here.

The underlying observation is that with the scanned rather than the scanner winning the EWAR race, imbalance ensues.

If you've been playing in PCs recently on the ground (or even pubbing in Skirmish or Domination), you'll know what I mean, but perhaps I've been killed by cloaked/dampened scouts too many times to be objective on this topic.

If you're active scanning a gal scout from 5-10m away, you're already dead.