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Ty 'SweetCheeks' Borg
Seraphim Initiative.
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Posted - 2012.11.02 11:51:00 -
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The thing I have experienced is that it seems to work best in the small installation maps. I've had it work on the larger ambush maps, but it seems to be better on the installation ones. I've literally got the basic scanning skills. I think long range lvl 2 and not sure about the others. I've been using pretty much the same setup as you, but with the basic active scanner.
I decided the other night to test it out a bit. I've done it a bit before, but it seemed to work when it wanted to tbh so I've not really bothered that much or putting more skills into it. Since I'd hit the sp cap I figured I'd test it some more.
One thing I noticed that was really strange was that I was in a match with 3 squad mates against another squad in the early hours. The game put us up against each other on three maps and because it was late nobody else was in the match. In the first two matches it worked great picking up all four guys whenever they were in the inner ring on the mini map. However, in the the third map it just refused to work.
Now bare in mind it was the same 4 guys in 3 different matches.
The first map was Ashland and it worked fine. The second was on line harvest and so was the third, but it was using a different mood and the scanner refused to work. The strange part is that on the exact same map, with the exact same guys the scanner was failing. The only difference was the mood.
Now with this in mind I asked my squad mates if atmospherics were maybe at play. The reason I asked is because the mood was a really dark one with fog and various other eerie effects going on. I can't think of any other reason why the scanner was working on all 4 guys previously, yet when we went on to the third map I couldn't pick up any of them. It was really odd and I couldn't explain it. |
Ty 'SweetCheeks' Borg
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2012.11.02 11:59:00 -
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I tend to agree, but unfortunately there is no way to do this. I also wanted this option added to practice with my corp.
It does seem strange that in a beta test of a game there's no way to do controlled testing and we're simply left to guess. |
Ty 'SweetCheeks' Borg
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2012.11.02 13:22:00 -
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Vrain Matari wrote:My question is what about the vehicle modules? Is the behavior the same?
I've been in a match or two where i'm pretty sure LAVs had scanner modules on them, given how quickly they were able to find me.
For the vehicle modules, I've yet to even make them work unfortunately. They do give off a pretty cool scanning sphere however whilst it's active. If you think a vehicle is running this module, you'll be able to see it giving off a bluey bubble type thing.
I think that as mentioned earlier once your passive skills are up a certain way and if the guy your scanning has low dropsuit command or a heavy suit, they'll flash when they come into the inner sphere on the radar. I've had this happen a few times now but had put it down to the scanner, yet I've had it happen whilst not even running the thing.
So who knows lol, I'd love to know how it works properly.
I also used to think that the scanner works in a cone in the direction your facing, I've later discovered that it's definately a radial scan as I've found people behind me.
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