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Why couldn't I scan this Relic site down?
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Corinth Jakuard
Sebiestor Renewal Foundation
#1 - 2013-07-08 10:22:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Corinth Jakuard
I came across a relic site while moving my stuff to a new location. Since I was in my Imicus, I figured I'd do some scanning on my way from one place to the other. I scanned it down to about 66% and was able to get my probes at the spot with a range of 0.25AU.

I had the yellow symbol completely in the center of my center probe with the smallest probe range (I had the yellow symbol centered and every rotation I did at the closest zoom in indicated that it was at the center of the probe). When I'd rescan, it would move the yellow symbol somewhere else (not near the center of my center probe). The best I could get was 70%.

What am I doing wrong here?
Fishymonster
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-07-08 10:30:11 UTC
your skills aren't good enough. you need to get most if not all of the probing skills to 4 before you can scan all sites down. some are harder than others. until then your probe strength will be too low to get some of the 2.5% sites.
J3ssica Alba
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-07-08 10:33:25 UTC
move along, there's nothing to see here, scanning is broken and worthless, no need to do it
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#4 - 2013-07-08 11:00:47 UTC
Fishymonster wrote:
your skills aren't good enough. you need to get most if not all of the probing skills to 4 before you can scan all sites down. some are harder than others. until then your probe strength will be too low to get some of the 2.5% sites.



Yup. This is probably an issue with Scan Deviation, so you need to up your Astrometric Pinpointing.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
witchking42
Doomheim
#5 - 2013-07-08 13:23:27 UTC
Get your Astrometric skills higher
Get Scanning Implants
Use Sisters Probes
Use Sisters Probe Launcher
Use a scanning bonused ship
Use a T2 scanning bonused ship.
Fit Gravimetric rigs to above ships
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#6 - 2013-07-08 15:05:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Inxentas Ultramar
Also, there are now modules for ships that increase the Astrometric values. Having 4/4/4/4 in all skills will still result in some sites being unscannable past 75% in a bonussed CovOps with a T2 scan strength rig and Sister Probes.
Corinth Jakuard
Sebiestor Renewal Foundation
#7 - 2013-07-08 18:29:46 UTC
I didn't realize that I hadn't trained up some of the skills (I did on another character and forgot that I hadn't on this one). Oops!

Plus I added the SOE launcher (Had a bunch of SOE LPs available, so it didn't cost much, either).

Thanks to everyone here.
Paul Otichoda
Perkone
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-07-09 10:18:15 UTC
I've had sometime like this a couple of times

I scan down a relic or data site to about 95% or the like but cover I configure the probes it never gives me 100% and warp link. Its can be annoying.
Haramir Haleths
Nutella Bande
#9 - 2013-07-09 10:49:53 UTC
You need skill for probing nowadays ?
Alternate Poster
Zerious Fricken Biziness
#10 - 2013-07-09 11:32:28 UTC
J3ssica Alba wrote:
move along, there's nothing to see here, scanning is broken and worthless, no need to do it


Listen to this person.
Relic sites are there to distract you from your true purpose of moving your stuff to a new location.
Even if you managed to scan the site down with a fluke of the Random Number Generator there's nothing worth recovering from the site.
These are not the relics you are looking for.
Templar Knightsbane
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2013-07-09 12:09:12 UTC
Alternate Poster wrote:
J3ssica Alba wrote:
move along, there's nothing to see here, scanning is broken and worthless, no need to do it


Listen to this person.
Relic sites are there to distract you from your true purpose of moving your stuff to a new location.
Even if you managed to scan the site down with a fluke of the Random Number Generator there's nothing worth recovering from the site.
These are not the relics you are looking for.


Dark Blood Control Tower BPC

just sayin
Alternate Poster
Zerious Fricken Biziness
#12 - 2013-07-09 13:12:12 UTC
Templar Knightsbane wrote:

Dark Blood Control Tower BPC

just sayin


Whoosh.
Just sayin
Templar Knightsbane
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2013-07-09 13:14:32 UTC
Alternate Poster wrote:
there's nothing worth recovering from the site.


you were just whooshingly wrong in sayinBlink
Alternate Poster
Zerious Fricken Biziness
#14 - 2013-07-09 13:21:36 UTC
Templar Knightsbane wrote:
Alternate Poster wrote:
there's nothing worth recovering from the site.


you were just whooshingly wrong in sayinBlink


If you insist.

OP, we don't want you on our money train.
Failing that, skill up a bit, then be patient.
Templar Knightsbane
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#15 - 2013-07-09 13:27:11 UTC
CHOOO CHOOO!!!
Murk Paradox
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2013-07-09 13:33:31 UTC
witchking42 wrote:
Get your Astrometric skills higher
Get Scanning Implants
Use Sisters Probes
Use Sisters Probe Launcher
Use a scanning bonused ship
Use a T2 scanning bonused ship.
Fit Gravimetric rigs to above ships





The new modules are also VERY good to have.

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