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Networked Probe Launchers
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Darius Caliente
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#1 - 2013-03-16 05:21:24 UTC
A random thought and I figured I'd toss it up here for ridicule... err feedback.

We have core probe launchers and expanded probe launchers, what if a new type of launcher with a new skillbook was added.

Network Probe Launcher [HIGH]
Network Probe Controller [LOW]
Astrometric Networking [SKILL]

The concept is simple (in my mind). You have a group of people covering a system, each person fits a network probe launcher and launches their probes. They can then assign their probes to a single member of fleet that has a Network Probe Controller. This single person can then build a mesh / grid of probes (up to 100) [allowing for everyone in a squad to launch and assign up to 10 probes]. The numbers could be completely off, i'm just picking these for examples.

This would allow you to easily monitor the entire system with a much higher level of accuracy than a single person could do... potentially hitting 100% on a ship as soon as it pops-up or minimizing the number of times you need to reposition to get a ship to 100%

You'd need enough pilots to launch the probes and each pilot would have to recall their own probes.

Anyways, just a thought.
Gerrick Palivorn
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-03-16 05:26:21 UTC
Good idea... and by feedback you mean trolling?

Jokes aside I like the idea, but when I read the topic I immediately thought of linking probe results rather than handing over direct control of the probes. That way everyone with a module could take an area to scan and the entire probing team could share results. Might be to overpowered but it's an idea.

MMOs come and go, but Eve remains.  -Garresh-
Darius Caliente
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#3 - 2013-03-16 05:41:05 UTC
Gerrick Palivorn wrote:


Jokes aside I like the idea, but when I read the topic I immediately thought of linking probe results rather than handing over direct control of the probes. That way everyone with a module could take an area to scan and the entire probing team could share results. Might be to overpowered but it's an idea.


Shared results would be pretty cool too, maybe feed the results into the person running the controller for correlation. I just figure with one person responsible, you'd get better triangulation.