Warfare & Tactics

So, after CCP changed the scanning mechanic, it is no longer possible to fit your ship as unscannable by boosting your sensorstrenght above your sigradius.

However, I found that ships fitted with high sensorstrenght close/equal to their sigradius is still very very hard to find.

I tried on SISI with a max skilled character (scanning and ship skills), a bonused ship, sisters expanded probe launcher with sisters combat probes, full set of low-grade virtue and a slot 8 PPH-2 implants, and i still struggled quite some time before eventually getting 100% using all 8 probes.

What is peoples experience with this? Can it be done with a "lighter/cheaper" setup, no implants, unbonused ships etc?

Well, the case is that I have been scanned down 3 times the last 2 weeks in my supposedly very hard to scan ship. Once by a Helios, and twice by Rapiers. Rapiers ar unbonused ships, so i just wondered how the hell it can be done. My sig was 150m with a sensorstrength of 160 (checked ingame). I dont use sig-increasing mods or ammo either.

heh trust me on this. Four in local, the rapier appearing just seconds after the probes disaapeared from short range scan, with the other 3 combat ships just a few seconds behind.

Eh what? Sorry, you completely lost me.

learn 2 read.

This isnt about getting caught. Its about getting scanned.

If you were in an exploration site, they don't need to find you, just the site. They can locate you on D-scan, and toss core probes in that area to find the plex.

For drone users, your drones are easier to probe down than many of the sites are.

Confirming.

Given my profession, I'm sure you can appreciate how much scanning we do. To that end, I even have a Virtue Alt who is far better than Solo here though not perfect. We've tested on a Loki, even knew where the Loki was approximately sitting and couldn't get 100% w/ 8 probes, close, but no cigar. I think it will require a near max-skilled scanner to get your Loki Booster.

What will probably have happened is that the Rapier is in fleet with
and on grid with the probing ship...the prober does a fleet warp to
you and cancels their warp so only the Rapier arrives,

-- Haze

Ahem. Read the OP maybe, before u answer? I know u can scan any ship. The question was if it was possible in a non-bonused ship, without implants etc.

And I have gotten confirmation that ECCM DOES in fact help. Unless you have a very very pro prober with billions in implants, u will not be scanned down. I just had a brainfart not connecting combat probes to cosmic signature scanning, even if I knew u can use them for that with the same results as core probes.

And for the record. I wasnt caught. The rapier decloaked on the spot, which gave me 5 seconds to warp due to his targeting delay. Plenty if you are alligned. As I was dualboxing, my other character sat cloaked 40km away watching what happend.

Find my lossmail if u can.