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Making it hard to be probed... without the use of a chastity belt!
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Red Fortune
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#1 - 2015-11-18 09:24:24 UTC
Hi,

I understand that fitting a ship to achieve a ratio of sensor strength to signature radius of over 1.08 to 1 will ensure anyone trying to locate you with probes will need max scanning skills and the Virtue inplant set.

Is there any point going beyond 1.08 though as I can achieve a ratio of over 2 to 1?

Thanks,

Red
ChromeStriker
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2015-11-18 10:58:46 UTC
Im not sure its possible to get better, unprobable isnt a thing any more (thankfully).

No Worries
W0lf Crendraven
The Tuskers
The Tuskers Co.
#3 - 2015-11-18 11:07:06 UTC
ChromeStriker wrote:
Im not sure its possible to get better, unprobable isnt a thing any more (thankfully).


This, its hardcapped.
Red Fortune
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2015-11-18 14:07:04 UTC
Had a feeling that was the case, thanks for the prompy replies.
Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#5 - 2015-11-19 11:05:47 UTC
It use to be possible to completely hide from probers with ships like T3's with certain fits that got better than 1.08 ratio. CCP made changes (specifics I don't recall, maybe they capped the benefits past 1.08 or something) to how sensors and sig affected the electronic stealthiness of a ship with respects to probes a good while back. Mainly because it is rather unfair to be able to have that degree of immunity and safety in space like that, which gives the players who would be probing no alternative way to even the odds.

"Tomahawks?"

"----in' A, right?"

"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

"----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."
Syrias Bizniz
some random local shitlords
#6 - 2015-11-23 17:04:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Syrias Bizniz
You should keep in mind that the patch which introduced the hardcap also introduced scanning mods. Thus, it became a lit easier for the probers to reach high scanstrenghts.
The value of 1.08 was prepatch, and all ccp did was say that there is a hardcap now, but not at which value. Naturally, i'd assume it to be different now and that you need more signal strength or a lower sig.
RcTamiya
Magister Mortalis.
#7 - 2015-11-25 09:41:07 UTC
to probe my ogb loki you need to be at 0.5 au, max skills, scanimps and at least 2 t2 scanmods ... i'd say it's still safe enough
Barrogh Habalu
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2015-11-25 12:55:22 UTC
Syrias Bizniz wrote:
You should keep in mind that the patch which introduced the hardcap also introduced scanning mods.

Are you sure? I think that scanning mods came no earlier than 2013 while the cap is ancient as, well, probably T3s themselves. That's what I remember, at least.

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Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#9 - 2015-11-26 20:08:39 UTC
The same basic formula still applies, so even though it is not possible to hide from probes in anything that is not cloaked you can still use the ideas to make yourself harder to scan.