Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hi all, I had an idea that I think probers and scouts might like. I wanted to share it here because although this would be a relatively small change, I'm sure at least one of you will be convinced it could break the game... and if not hey maybe we can get this done and save ourselves some time and create a new and exciting game mechanic :)

The idea is very simple...allow pilots to link their probing results. This would mean a group of probers could enter a system drop their probes, warp off etc and together start a coordinated scan down of the system like they do now except the GUI now supports this task by sharing their ignored entries. This can be achieved a number of ways, but honestly im not really sure how it will affect balancing and whatnot... so either you can check a box in your scanning overview to link entries with fleet members or if people are concerned its too much of an advantage we could introduce it as a link by way of module or rig placement.

Anyway that's the idea, want to keep it simple... please leave feedback and thank you!

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I don't see the point.
People can do that already simply via, what we old folks call, talking.

Yes it is as some of you have said, already possible to coordinate with a group of people and effectively accomplish the same thing through verbal communication and third party programs. However, my point is that instead of the hassle of communicating arbitrary letters and numbers (which by the way can easily be miss-communicated through accents and language differences) or having to install third party apps/use websites,, simply provide an option in the current interface to link ignored entries or not. This obviously streamlines the process of probing down a system and frees up the scout to communicate other, potentially more vital, pieces of information.

Thank you for the feed back keep it coming!

Technically difficult to do and already has solutions via 3rd party. I would much rather have results be saved through session timers so I don't lose all the sigs when I jump out and back to a system.

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Chat channel...text.

I realise it would be technically difficult - but imagine that you're part of a small fleet and, having probed down the site you believe your targets are running you could drag the green, warpable signature bar into the chat channel and have it update the probe scanners of every other pilot in that channel and system...
You can do something similar now with corp bookmarks but they aren't suitable for the NPSI groups and they aren't really ideal for something as ephemeral as sites (which might diasappear within minutes) and it takes just that extra bit of work to use them to eliminate sigs others have found from your own scanning.

It isn't a vital, must-have change - but it would be cool.

If using combat probes you dont really have to guess what site they are at... you can see their ship. Being able to share warp-tos via channel links I think might be a little too far reaching..but i agree it would create some interesting changes. sharing ignored entries actually changes the game in a big way im afraid. but imo, its a good way, that encourages more people to become scouts or start scout alts, buy scout ships, etc

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