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Watching for combat probes
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Melted Yeti
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-07-09 02:08:47 UTC
So I am starting to nose my way into low sec to do some exploration and I am looking for a little advice on watching for probes. Since you are unable to see combat probes when you try and use overview settings the list for things on scan can go for pages in some systems.

One solution I have seen, the guy mentioned just watching the size of the scroll bar and watching it to shrink, but this can be a little unreliable when you people are popping in and out of the system. I have also sorted alphabetically which helps a little but since there are a few different names for combat probes, you still have to scroll around a bit.

When scanning for probes I have been keeping my scan range on max, can I maybe shorten it up to help, or is that unadvisable?

Any advice on using the scanner to watch for probes would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-07-09 02:37:14 UTC
Sort the scans out by type, scroll down to C.

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Abdiel Kavash
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-07-09 02:39:00 UTC
Only keep the things you really care about seeing on your overview (and thus the scanner). The most common source of clutter are POS modules - when you remove these, it should be relatively easy to spot any probes or unknown ships.
Breezly Brewin
Vril Metaphysics Society
#4 - 2012-07-09 05:00:03 UTC
i'm not gonna pretend to be an overview/d-scan expert, but there's a default tab "PvP" that has served me very well in many situations. i also rarely change the range from max or the angle from 360 - when watching my own @ss that is.
Forest Archer
State War Academy
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-07-09 07:27:50 UTC
When a d-scanning do not only look for combat probes there are multiple types core/combat, sisters, and rss. If you are in a plex and someone is seeking you out they do not always use combats because they can take longer.

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Lost Greybeard
Drunken Yordles
#6 - 2012-07-09 08:22:46 UTC
Set up a combat overview that lets you see things for what you're doing but not much more. What I use is, roughly:

Player ships
Enemy NPC ships
Scanner Probes
Combat Scanner probes
Large Celestial Objects

Then check the "use overview settings" checkbox on your dScanner. Since celestials and NPCs don't show up on dScan by default, that'll keep your stuff pretty clear of everything that's not potentially dangerous.

The main mistake to make with dScan filter sets is to add wrecks, those will clutter the hell out of your list.
Melted Yeti
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-07-09 14:17:46 UTC
Thanks all for the advice. I was under the assumption that if I had checked "Use Overview Settings" that combat probes would not show up, I will have to double check that once back home tonight.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#8 - 2012-07-09 15:43:18 UTC
Melted Yeti wrote:
Thanks all for the advice. I was under the assumption that if I had checked "Use Overview Settings" that combat probes would not show up, I will have to double check that once back home tonight.

Way back CCP broke the filter for probes, so the only solutions were:

A. Not to use filtering (overview settings).

B. Use a custom overview settings with probes enabled.

Most people didn't know about option B.

CCP has since added probes back to the filtering options.
Othran
Route One
#9 - 2012-07-09 16:06:15 UTC
Google "Brother Benthor"

Download his overview pack.

That will give you a reasonable set of overviews, although you'll have to tweak them (player has no standing etc).

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Kalea Hashur
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2012-07-09 18:05:40 UTC
Melted Yeti wrote:
Thanks all for the advice. I was under the assumption that if I had checked "Use Overview Settings" that combat probes would not show up, I will have to double check that once back home tonight.


It depends wholly on the overview tab that you have selected. Say you have a tab for mining and a tab for pvp. Your d-scan results will differ if you have "Use Overview Settings", depending on which tab is active when you hit scan.
Master Tarn
Keeping Up Appearances
#11 - 2012-07-09 18:20:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Master Tarn
Bridgette d'Iberville
Better Killing Through Chemistry
#12 - 2012-07-09 18:54:21 UTC
I generally add probes to all of my overview tabs since I rarely have them on grid with me.

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