Haniblecter Teg
F.R.E.E. Explorer
Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2009.08.21 17:12:00 -
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Edited by: Haniblecter Teg on 21/08/2009 17:14:03
Why this 'fix' to the directional scanner is baaad, mmmkay.
Reason one: warp speed.
My cheetah with two warp speed rigs (hyperspatial...blah blah) can do a blazing 19.4 au/second. Key word in that statistic is second. That means it clears 40 Astronomical Units every two seconds (at full speed, mind you). Which means scanning whilst zipping around a solar system in a covert ops so fitted is useless, you'll get one scan of 14au radius, everyone 40au. Does that sound f'ed to you? Does to me.
w/o the rigs its 13.5 with max skills (cause I'm leet), so that's 27au crossed for everyone 14au scan, not very cool.
Reason two, locating speed:
It can take as little as 15 seconds for a ratter to identify a new +1 in local, align, and warp. Faster if they're a macro'er and aligned. That means under the new system we have only 7 chances at finding them in that time. Get real.
In fact, here's a run down of what happens under the old mechanics:
Enter system, neutral in local (lets assume he's ratting):
Bust a scan at the gate, you get nothing so you warp to the nearest large cluster of planets/belts. Lets say its takes 6 seconds to get there in your inty/cov ops/whathaveyou. When you get there, you do a 360 degree 14au scan, POW raven. 180 degree scan, nothing, another 180, POW raven. 90, 60, then a little sniping as you decide which belt on the planet, OR, warp to a belt at the planet and scan the others as you're landing.
To narrow down which belt that sucker is in requires MANY scans within a TINY amount of time. Because, that clock starts ticking the second you jump in, and you need to narrow down possibilities as quick as possible.
A 2 second delay runs right in the face of this, what is one of the most skill intensive things you can do in EVE. If CCP wants to cut out the 'skiing' of EVE (old tribes term) then go right ahead, but I think that's about as smart as your banks playing with CDO's was.
Get rid of this 'fix', not every game feature should be sacrificed on the alter of speed.
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