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Auto Repeat Dscan would be the best invention evahr!!

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Hemmo Paskiainen
#1 - 2011-12-01 14:52:49 UTC
Y/N? pls discuss

If relativity equals time plus momentum, what equals relativity, if the momentum is minus to the time?
Drew Solaert
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2011-12-01 15:09:29 UTC
No.

It's already far to easy to evade prober's and pirates, this would make it even harder from them

I lied :o
B DeLeon
DeLeon Industries
#3 - 2011-12-01 15:18:52 UTC  |  Edited by: B DeLeon
+1

It wouldn't modify any core game mechanics just make scanning more comfortable. Pushing the scan every few seconds when a neut is in the system is just silly and funkiller. Or at least give a hotkey to the dscan button
Hiram Alexander
State Reprisal
#4 - 2011-12-01 15:21:45 UTC
Drew Solaert wrote:
No.

It's already far to easy to evade prober's and pirates, this would make it even harder from them

+1 to the "No" idea. However...

I might be tempted to reconsider *IF* and only if, it was achieved through the use of a CPU intensive Mid-slot module... That way it would be compensated for by (self-gimping) to a degree...
Vachir Khan
Rugged Ruff and Ready
#5 - 2011-12-01 15:23:06 UTC
I bet your bots would have it a lot easier if it was on auto repeat. (if you want, replace "bots" with "non-effort grinders", it's essentially the same thing anyway).
Hemmo Paskiainen
#6 - 2011-12-01 15:32:23 UTC
Vachir Khan wrote:
I bet your bots would have it a lot easier if it was on auto repeat. (if you want, replace "bots" with "non-effort grinders", it's essentially the same thing anyway).


bots use server information, thye dont use the Dscan nor local window

If relativity equals time plus momentum, what equals relativity, if the momentum is minus to the time?
Gempei
Marvinovi pratele
#7 - 2011-12-01 15:36:05 UTC
1. remove local, 2. autorepeat dscan Cool
Soma Khan
State War Academy
Caldari State
#8 - 2011-12-01 15:36:10 UTC
Hemmo Paskiainen wrote:
Vachir Khan wrote:
I bet your bots would have it a lot easier if it was on auto repeat. (if you want, replace "bots" with "non-effort grinders", it's essentially the same thing anyway).


bots use server information, thye dont use the Dscan nor local window

lol you are stupid and gullible
Ujagar Sommdax
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2011-12-01 15:37:24 UTC
Good for the prey, bad for the hunter. Bad idea.
Krezly Snipes
Brittas Empire
Pandemic Horde
#10 - 2011-12-01 15:39:17 UTC
Would be cool to have some kind of rotating radar sweep in the corner, the current system is a bit clunky not really very futuristic.

Maybe combine it with the removal of local Twisted
Famble
Three's a Crowd
#11 - 2011-12-01 15:49:34 UTC
There's no doubt it should auto repeat, it's silly that it doesn't. -1 for the mid slot to effectively perform this for the user. Would your ship really need to sacrifice a slot to effectively press a button for the pilot? No, that's just silly.

Look I've been tapping that button forever so this won't make me any safer but it will make my life easier and better living through better software (and pharmaceuticals) is always a good thing.

Make it so already.

If anyone ever looks at you and says,_ "Hold my beer, watch this,"_  you're probably going to want to pay attention.
Ingvar Angst
Nasty Pope Holding Corp
#12 - 2011-12-01 15:56:06 UTC
I live in a wormhole, so of course using DScan is second nature. Would an auto DScan thing make it easier? Yeah, sure. Is that a good thing? No, not really. There's supposed to be an element of danger out there. If you can't handle clicking DScan to give you the 14AU intel you want when you need it, perhaps you're not ready for anything outside of high sec yet.

Six months in the hole... it changes a man.
ITTigerClawIK
Galactic Rangers
#13 - 2011-12-01 15:56:15 UTC
auto scan every 5 or 10 seconds and maybe a rework of the D-Scan interface would be nice.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#14 - 2011-12-01 16:00:05 UTC
Poor server… Cry
Ingvar Angst
Nasty Pope Holding Corp
#15 - 2011-12-01 16:15:10 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Poor server… Cry


Heh... odds are that I'm clicking faster than any automated thing would, but that's a seriously valid point... imagine everyone sending DScan clicks every few seconds to the server?

Ouch.

Six months in the hole... it changes a man.
IGNATIUS HOOD
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2011-12-01 16:15:42 UTC
Ingvar Angst wrote:
I live in a wormhole, so of course using DScan is second nature. Would an auto DScan thing make it easier? Yeah, sure. Is that a good thing? No, not really. There's supposed to be an element of danger out there. If you can't handle clicking DScan to give you the 14AU intel you want when you need it, perhaps you're not ready for anything outside of high sec yet.


Even with D-scan you can still get royally screwed. You have seconds to see someone on the warp in to a Sleeper sight.

Likely you have less than a minute if you're at a Mag/Lad/Grav becuase the predator needs probes unless they've scanned down the sites prior to you goign to work them.

Thats what makes it Fun. The threat of fiery death hangs over you every second you're outside of your POS shields.

+1 to the removal of Local in Null and LowSec though.
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."   --H.L. Mencken
Serial Chi
White Knights of Equestria
#17 - 2011-12-01 16:27:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Serial Chi
ccp should introduce probes that do it for you. probes you can drop wherever you are gonna hang out at. expire timer just like normal probes, configurable so you can set the timer on it. cant be picked up once launched and needs a high slot to launch to make sure you pay a price for using them.

its not the the fact thats its annoying to constantly hit that d scan every, almost all the time, its all the needless clicking/strain it can put your fingers/hand after long periods of time. i dont like botters but if ccp doesnt fix this, i dont see why people just wont create macros for it.
Ingvar Angst
Nasty Pope Holding Corp
#18 - 2011-12-01 16:31:54 UTC
Serial Chi wrote:
ccp should introduce probes that do it for you. probes you can drop wherever you are gonna hang out at. expire timer just like normal probes, configurable so you can set the timer on it. cant be picked up once launched and needs a high slot to launch to make sure you pay a price for using them.

its not the the fact thats its annoying to constantly hit that d scan every, almost all the time, its all the needless clicking/strain it can put your fingers/hand after long periods of time. i dont like botters but if ccp doesnt fix this, i dont see why people just wont create macros for it.


You know those little squeezy spring things you can use to strengthen your hands and fingers?

Yeah, they're cheap and effective.

Six months in the hole... it changes a man.
Aina O'Sinnor
Drop of Honey
#19 - 2011-12-01 16:37:47 UTC
I support this idea. Hey this is a sci-fi game, a scanner running permanently is not that far fetched.

You tear harvesters starting to cry because numb rescanning gets easier for people? Go one step further, let a sound play when something new appears on DScan or make new entries bright green background which dissolves with every scan cycle, say after 10 seconds of scanning it's 'old' and not highlighted any more.

I'd also support putting local into delayed mode everywhere.
Ingvar Angst
Nasty Pope Holding Corp
#20 - 2011-12-01 17:24:34 UTC
Aina O'Sinnor wrote:
I support this idea. Hey this is a sci-fi game, a scanner running permanently is not that far fetched.

You tear harvesters starting to cry because numb rescanning gets easier for people? Go one step further, let a sound play when something new appears on DScan or make new entries bright green background which dissolves with every scan cycle, say after 10 seconds of scanning it's 'old' and not highlighted any more.

I'd also support putting local into delayed mode everywhere.


Dude, I live in a hole. Making DScan automated would help me and I think it's a bad idea. No tears, no whines, just the simple fact that some areas of the game don't need to be over-simplified. DScan is an active means of intel gathering, not passive. You want the data, you actively click to get the data. If they automated it, turned it to a passive intel, it would have to be nerfed significantly to balance it.

Six months in the hole... it changes a man.
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