Everyone,

post 1.9 there have been a lot of calls for EWAR changes and I am all for another spin, anything to shake up the meta.


Can't do
Passive Scan sharing with Squad removal is impossible without extensive refactoring work of the whole scan system
Same applies to precision falloff - this is even more complex

Supposed to do
I am happy with Squad members only getting intel assists, otherwise we are promoting spam

So let's focus on what can be done.

Easy to do
Remove all directional information about the enemy - Enemies can be pure circles without the arrow

Could do
Commando should have better sig profile (-5) than Sentinel, Sentinel has better precision (+5) - skirmisher vs point defense
Assault should have better sig profile (-5) than Logi, Logi has better precision (+5)
Plot twist: Extenders and Plates add signature profile
Spy uplinks - std only heavies, adv only mediums+, pro scouts+, this is to be able to use "motion sensors" to set up a defense in PC
Reduce ultra range of Active Scanners by 50% - no reason for a fully skilled logi to see the whole battle field
Put all frames at same passive ranges at 15, otherwise amplifiers are just too good for scouts and useless for others
STD Active scanner only sees STD Deployables, and so forth, Proximity AV Mines - get much better if they can't be seen, same with uplinks.
Reduce Scan duration across the board
Hand in hand - Gallogi/Cloak and Stealth Scout changes - can be isolated
Focused Scanner should be set at share with Squad only

And more, these were the basic premise. Combined with the Orbital EMP strikes, this could get very interesting indeed.

Math
I didn't go all out and do every combination, but was playing with these scenarios

1) "what if an Assault is running lvl 5 skills"
1) "what if an Assault is running lvl 5 skills and a single complex dampener"

Both of them should have a good incentive to do, 1) should beat a lazy scout with no EWAR and STD Active Scanners, and 2) should beat an ADV active scanner. The key is to not jump to "everyone is a lvl 5proto Gallogi" and design from there.

I believe that most of these make sense and would make EWAR a lot less binary, even if binary in nature, and allow for awesome gameplay that makes skilling properly into roles pay off.

2) Add decoys - like spy uplinks, but show up as a red on tacnet when scanned. Variations could have a constant direction or rotate the directional arrow.