Substantia Nigra
NFI industrial
Revival Of The Talocan Empire
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Posted - 2012.01.25 23:58:00 -
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Lots of different views so far it seems, but happy to throw my tuppence into the ring. Of course, the utility of maxi scanner skills will depend on what you want to use them for.
I have astro 5 and all others at 4. My scanner alt has all scanning related skills, including skills for T3s, at 5. Most of my scanning work is in w-space, with a little bit also chasing down explorations sites in nullsec / lowsec systems that my w-systems connect to.
IMO:
- Astrometrics 5 is very useful. It lets you use deep space probes (DSPs) and it lets you deploy eight probes at once. DSPs are great for watching / monitoring a system (huge range and 'see' ships like combat probes) when you're doing stuff and exposed to attack. DSPs are also great time-savers when you want to quickly catalogue the contents of a system and decide whether / what to scan in more detail. They can also be useful if you use 'sig size' to triage a system's contents while you're looking for a specific wormhole.
Until recently I did not believe that using eight probes offered much benefit. I watched a video link posted somewhere in these forums and am now a convert. Using eight probes (RSS core) has made a huge difference to my scanning speeds ... and I was already a fairly quick and able scanner. (I'll try find that video link and edit-post it here)
- other scanning-related skills. Moving from astrometrics5-and-all-4s-otherwise to all-5s doesn't allow you to do anything new ... it just makes everything scanning-related faster and easier. With astrometrics5-and-all-4s-otherwise you can resolve the toughest little signatures, it will just take you a little longer than (say) my perfect-scanner alt. I can scan down everything I ever need to, but it's quite a bit quicker when I use my scanner-guy.
- Other, non-skillbook, factors. Experience, ship, equipment, and implants also influence how easily you can scan sites.
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