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Activation Cost: 10 - 12 GJ
Activation Time: 12s
Bonus: UNCHANGED

I've trained all scanning skills to level 5, got 'AR-810' plugged in. When using 'Sisters Combat Scanner Probes', I can only gain 2.8 Base Sensor Strength Bonus if 2 'Scan Rangefinding Array II' are fitted on my Helios.

Is this teeny-tiny bonus considered OP to the Devs?

I highly doubt someone would decloak and put his/her ship in danger for that 2.8 'bonus'.

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'Scan Rangefinding Array II' inactive
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'Scan Rangefinding Array II' active
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i don't even

o.o

because that's clearly how to nerf scanning and not just flat out **** people off that scan

I'll make fine perfectly without them but I cant see any scenerio where these now will be anything but garbage? Is the idea to make them possible to overheat? If so it would be interesting to see the effect in a red giant system. But still. Would never use them for anything actual useful if this change go through.

They were pretty OK when they were passive. Now, when you actually need to decloak to use them, the bonus is way too small to justify the risk.
And please don't tell me to pay attention to overview and d-scan to avoid incoming threats: to successfully scan I already have system scanner and system map to look at.
I propose buffing the bonus on them to compensate for cap usage and introduce passive version of these mods with smaller bonuses.

I like it.

It's a new choice to the prober. Decloak and probe faster, the enemy might see you on d-scan. Probe without them and the enemy might see your probes.

The Virture set club rejoice :)

Guess which modules I will be trashing off all my t3 and t2 cov ops probers?
Yup - all of these.

Good job CCP

Does that mean you have to adapt?

What changes at the concept?

Major nerf to scanning in wormholes ... thx CCP

Hi CCP!

If you guys want to make active scanning modules to help out the people in hisec and nullsec who can't tell their heads from the hole in their backsides, that's cool. Awesome, even. Make new modules. In fact, there are a number of either active-only or passive-only modules that could use their complementary modules (some drone upgrades, omni-resist shields, etc). It will give industrialists more to make and sell, it will give players more to spend money on, and it will even be a net buff to your core areas without harming anyone.

This is another example of a change that you guys are making / have made that will negatively affect W-space. W-space is all about cloaking and stealth ... where active modules do not work. Unless, of course, you're going to make these become a special case of modules that work while cloaked (my humble opinion: don't even start down that road).

Please don't just blindly change what is there; create new to supplement the game.

I've written a post elsewhere that attempts to explain to the outsider what Wormhole life is about. If you don't live there, it's really difficult to wrap your mind around how different life is there. Please take a moment and look over the post. We are a small part of this game, certainly, but we are still a part of this game. And we like to make things explode using much shiny.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4586998#post4586998

How are you going to provide warpins on top of the enemy fleet then? You can't squad/wing warp unless on grid with your prober and you can't set up 50 behind them uncloaked.

At least, not in time for them to not have moved up a few hundred km again.

Pretty big nerf to combat probing, not as big to w-space, just annoying but as said before if you have max skills you don't need these modules anyway for the barely no return (unless probably you scanning things like petes). Pretty big nerf to newer players.

Is this all fallout from the scanning changes? I'm all for making prober harder again so no mad here, just pointing out what's wrong in your post.