Player Features and Ideas Discussion

There have been more and more probing threads popping up on new ships/modules/whatever that would have the capability of finding ships/anoms/whatever.

Well, my topic is obviously a bit different.

There are times when you want to locate a target, but don't have probes and/or a fleet member with probes.

My suggestion is to allow D-scan to triangulate a target in order to find its location.


Now, there are some draw backs to using D-scan in comparison to probes.
1) you will need to have the target within a 5 degree cone.l
2) you will need to pinpoint the target from 3 different locations that are over a certain distance from each other
3) you will still be limited by the current range of D-scan
4) your triangulation calculations would be limited to your ship, thus NOT ALLOWING three independent ships to join up for triangulation


This give all players the opportunity to locate anoms and whatever else without the use of probes, but would take quite a bit longer.
Not to mention this would separate skills pilots from the more lack luster, which Eve needs a bit more of.

It would also have the positive effect of being able to locate an escape point, in the event you get stuck in a WH without probes.

Stuck in the middle of nowhere cause your corp leader accidentally deleted the Corp POS BM?
No problem, just Triagulate the POS... Let's just hope you warp to the right POS...

Some @ss hat trolling you in low sec and you can't find him?
No problem.. Just triangulate his position... Assuming he doesn't move...

As that last piece suggests, you're only able to triangulate a target as long as it stays on its current grid.
If they're AFK MWD'ing across space, you may not be able to catch them while they remain on the same grid, unless you become extremely proficient at it....


Added in the manner I suggest, this would not replace probes but would be a secondary alternative.
This would also give newer players without decent probing skills and/or ship capabilities a way to explore...

Everything in Eve has a less efficient alternative, IE t1 and t2 modules/ships.
This would give exploration a less efficient alternative as well.

Probes are pretty strong, which is why I'm going down in efficiency instead of going up...

Sooo, you read the topic, but likely not the actual suggestion...

It's not like I'm replacing probes or suggesting something better....

I'm literally suggesting a worse alternative to probes that could essentially be used in the event you have no probes...
The better choice is going to always be probes, but at least you wouldnt have to say
"Well, no fun to be had here.. Time to log.."
Or
"Well, can't get out of the WH... Guess I'll self destruct my pod..."

A less efficient alternative to probing.. Not to probes themselves.

It's more like using a BS to mine as opposed to a barge/exhumer.

Or like using a BS to probe instead of an Astero...

What you're arguing for is more like expecting the BS's targeting computer to mine without mods, rather than someone just making sub-optimal choices in his mining fit.

OP just wants to find a way to locate people without scaring them away with combat probes.

Then do it. Throw a probe launcher, some scan rangefinding array IIs, and a mobile depot in whatever ship you're desperate to go scanning in and do it. Or learn how to fit an SoE ship, or a T3. Options exist.