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Bones McGavins
TacoCat Industries
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Posted - 2013.05.07 17:17:00 -
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The percision on these things seemed very high and almost not useful. What is the advantage of using a 46 percision scanning tool when my light suit starts with passive scanning with a lower percision and awesome range? |
Bones McGavins
TacoCat Industries
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Posted - 2013.05.07 18:16:00 -
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hmmm, i might have misread. I thought the light suit had 10+M?
Also, does my own scan percision have any impact on the scanner? If not, it seems too easy to slip under it, even through passive skills. |
Bones McGavins
TacoCat Industries
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Posted - 2013.05.10 14:21:00 -
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I could not seem to get these to work confidentally. I speced up to the advanced level. I would 100% know enemies were in an area, I would see them run behind a building, or know they were on top of a building or behind a rock etc. So I would use the scanner...36 or so percision, nothing. Nothing on my radar or my screen.
So how does they work? Is there a delay after the scan completes for them to pop up? Do I need to continue having the scanner out after it scans to have them on the radar?
There were times it maybe seemed like I exposed a TON of red dots, but then I wasnt sure if maybe a team mate had spotted them instead. But then there were times I 100% knew an enemy was in a location and I couldnt scan them... |
Bones McGavins
TacoCat Industries
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Posted - 2013.05.10 20:33:00 -
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So, can anyone who successfully used these tell me what Im doing wrong? How come I can see a heavy or assault run behind a rock, then scan right at him, without him appearing on my radar? Is there a delay after the scan is complete to pick them up? Do I need to continue holding the scanner after it completes for it to continue showing them for the full duration of the scan result?
I would love to use this if it worked properly. I love recon esque roles in game (in bad company two, the scanner nades were like my favorite thing!). But so far I have zero confidence in the result of my scan. I was jokingly yelling for my buddies to wait for me to scan before going in, because it was so useless we all laughed at the concept. When in reality, if it worked good, it wouldnt be funny at all, and would be just simple teamwork. |
Bones McGavins
TacoCat Industries
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Posted - 2013.05.10 20:52:00 -
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Well, it would be one thing if it happened one time, but literally nobody ever showed up. Im assuming I might have made a mistake once or twice with assaults or scouts. But one time, there was a Heavy on a hill above me, we shot him and he retreteaded behind a rock. So I literally scanned just to see if it would finally show someone on my radar...
Nope.
He was maybe 10 meters away?
So for 1) At least once it was def a heavy
2) I forget the name, its an advanced scanner though, with the 30-something percision.
3) This could be my issue. Is there a MINIMUM distance they have to be to scan? Ive always assumed they will scan everything in frotn of me up to the 100M
4) Maybe? Ill have to look into how to record vids from my PS3...havent ever done anything like that.
Im honestly suspecting Im doing it wrong. Basically I scan, wait for it to finish, then I am putting the scanner away. I've tried keeping it out, and maybe noticed some success with that, but its hard to tell if they are on my radar from scanning or from being spotted. But in a bunch of cases where I KNEW someone was there and didnt show on my radar, I had put it away after scanning. |
Bones McGavins
TacoCat Industries
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Posted - 2013.05.20 16:27:00 -
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You could make it so you only get WP for squadmates that kill a target you scanned, instead of any team mate. That would limit the ability to just spam it.
Personally Im ok with no WP for it. The intel it provides is a good enough incentive to use it. It helps me get WP by making it easier for me to murder red dots.
That being said, I still have a few questions abou tit.
1) When does the scan actually complete? Can I "sweep" an area with it, to get a scan of everything I moved the scan across, or does it only register a snapshot of the last area I was scanning when it finished?
2) What does the message after scanning mean? I always get the message about how it went perfectly and there were no issues. What is the point of that? Is there another message I could get? If so, what does it mean? |
Bones McGavins
TacoCat Industries
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Posted - 2013.05.20 20:06:00 -
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Thats a good question. From what Ive seen, no, but I definitely dont know 100%. |
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