OR have an Orca in fleet that does this for you.

OR have an Orca in fleet that does this for you.

Thank for for your reply. But please do read the thread before making a knee-jerk form reply.

"As it is essential to have the scanner on the barge itself in order to mine efficiently by locking/unlocking on asteroids directly from the scanner, having the scan bonus on the capital ship is ineffectual."

I did read it. As Shah pointed out, it is not essential for a barge to have an ore scanner to mine effectively. The tools are already available in game to allow you to do this efficiently. Hint: It requires teamwork.

This.

Have the Orca broadcast the asteroids for you.

But you aren't a miner, so you don't get it, and are just trolling.

Miners lock and unlock asteroids directly from the scan result window (not the overview) - where the status of each asteroid can bee seen.

The capital ship having a scan result window does not allow the miner to lock on asteroids from it. So barges must have the scanner.

The entire premise of the thread is fleet mining with a capital ship. Restating that a capital ship should be present when mining with a capital ship is a fairly clear indicator that you didn't read it and are trolling.

OR have an Orca in fleet that does this for you.

And if you have three toons, and only one monitor WTF then.

The non-miners *really* don't get it, do they?

What would be really useful is to have ships in a fleet share scanner results (for any type of scanner) automatically.

For a long time fleet miners have needed a survey scanner that matches the mining range of their barges.

As it is essential to have the scanner on the barge itself in order to mine efficiently by locking/unlocking on asteroids directly from the scanner, having the scan bonus on the capital ship is ineffectual.

This is especially so now that Hulks are purposed for fleet mining they're likely to always have an increased laser range. Their laser range is 26km and the best scanner is 22 leaving a sizable hole

Proposal:
A Role Bonus for Hulks to boost survey scanner range
-or-
Extend capital ship bonus to fleet members, perhaps as a leadership skill.
-or-
Increase range of Survey Scanner II

The OP is correct.

Scanners must be on the Hulks. Hulk pilots need to constantly monitor asteroid levels in order to efficiently manage their laser cycles.

Only trolls and non-miners give the 'dur, an orca kan du eet, dur!' answer.

Good idea, long overdue.

The Hulk Role Bonus is the most selective of the proposals with the least auxiliary impact.

+1

No.... no need for a role bonuses.... Just make a faction Mod to get that extra 20% range you covet...

The Role Bonus still takes up the tank slot you covet...

The barge pilot needs to be able to see how ore levels have changed in order to unlock asteroids before they deplete FROM THE SCANNER WINDOW so he unlocks the correct laser. Otherwise he wastes cycle time on empty asteroids. With many asteroids having only 1-2 cycles in them this is a constant process and not doing it can cut your m3/hr by upwards of 40%.

The only way to mine efficiently is for the scanner to be on the barge.

Harden up and take it like a man. Teamwork, organization, and communication should be the only tools needed to accomplish effective mining.

Harden up and take it like a man. Teamwork, organization, and communication should be the only tools needed to accomplish effective mining.

Pro tip: Don't mine multiple rocks at the same time. Focus on one mining at half cycles if necessary. Mining 2-3 rocks ar the same time is over complicating it. But the scanner could still buffed a bit.

Another approach I'd prefer to see would be to have the mining laser field enhancement gang module increase your scanner range as well as laser range.

Makes more sense to me that way rather than adding another ship bonus or increasing the base scanner range, when those are perfectly fine as they are for mining when you're not fleeted.

Pro tip: Don't mine multiple rocks at the same time.

Bump...can we get this in Odyssey?

The non-miners *really* don't get it, do they?

The point of the scanner isn't to know which rocks are best, it's to know when to turn off *your* mining lasers so that you don't waste 50% or more of a cycle on a dead asteroid. This is not information that can be transmitted from the support ship as they don't have all the data necessary to make that call.

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What would be really useful is to have ships in a fleet share scanner results (for any type of scanner) automatically.

We have that whole subspace network thing going, it would make sense for such primitive data to be shared out along with general telemetry and such.

...But you aren't a miner, so you don't get it, and are just trolling...