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When Scanning, a method to center probes on a sig.

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Newt BlackCompany
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2015-04-23 17:02:16 UTC
When scanning a system, when doubleclicking a sig, you center the map on that sig. I'd like to see a 'shift-doubleclick' control that also centers the probes on that sig, so you don't have to move them manually.
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2015-04-23 17:07:10 UTC
...No, you cannot have an 'automatically scan down this thing for me' button.
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2015-04-23 17:08:52 UTC
Danika Princip wrote:
...No, you cannot have an 'automatically scan down this thing for me' button.


I just want a "put loot from that thing in my hangar" button.
Newt BlackCompany
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2015-04-23 17:20:25 UTC
Danika Princip wrote:
...No, you cannot have an 'automatically scan down this thing for me' button.


Read the OP.
Baali Tekitsu
AQUILA INC
#5 - 2015-04-23 17:32:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Baali Tekitsu
Moving probes around quick and efficiently is a fun part of the minigame and a part where I can outdo my competition due to my higher/lower player skill and not just some stat in my character sheet. I dont want it gone, -1

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Iain Cariaba
#6 - 2015-04-23 17:39:05 UTC
Newt BlackCompany wrote:
Danika Princip wrote:
...No, you cannot have an 'automatically scan down this thing for me' button.


Read the OP.

I read the OP. No, you cannot have an "automatically scan down this thing for me" button.

You can already center the system map on a sig. If you can't manage to center the grouped probes on that dot using the provided movement tool that already displays the center of the group, then you need to find another career path besides a prober.
Memphis Baas
#7 - 2015-04-23 17:54:59 UTC
Though on the plus side, "center probes on signature" would put the center probe right next to the target (on grid), so maybe that's balanced. You get a tight grouping, the target gets advanced notice, win win.
Chance Ravinne
WiNGSPAN Delivery Services
WiNGSPAN Delivery Network
#8 - 2015-04-23 18:08:24 UTC
This kind of removes the skill and finesse of probing. Plus I think there'd be a lot of problems when the signature is reporting multiple possible points or areas.

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Newt BlackCompany
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2015-04-24 06:02:38 UTC
Yes. This would only work when you've got a sig scanned down to a single 'dot'. If you can double click it to center the map on the sig, It would be nice to be able to 'shift doubleclick' it to also center the probes on the sig. You still have to resize the probe scan diameters.

It won't work while the sig is still poorly defined as a blob, circle, or multiple dots.

'Shift doubleclicking' to center your probes on a sig just makes it a few seconds faster to center the probes without having to swing around and see the sig from multiple directions. For me, that's the slowest part of scanning, and I live in a wh, so I scan a lot.

I don't think it removes any skill or finesse in probing. Combat probing requires a different set of skills as you really want to locate your target as close as possible with the dscan, and then lock them with the combat probes in a single scan so they hopefully miss combat probes on the dscan. "Shift-doubleclicking" to center your probes on a sig won't help you here.
Cade Windstalker
#10 - 2015-04-24 06:04:32 UTC
How quickly and efficiently you can narrow down a target is a big part of probing and has serious implications in PvP. This is already ridiculously fast with good skills and implants and doesn't need to be make any faster (which this would do).

-1 from me.
Iain Cariaba
#11 - 2015-04-24 19:35:14 UTC
Newt BlackCompany wrote:
Yes. This would only work when you've got a sig scanned down to a single 'dot'. If you can double click it to center the map on the sig, It would be nice to be able to 'shift doubleclick' it to also center the probes on the sig. You still have to resize the probe scan diameters.

It won't work while the sig is still poorly defined as a blob, circle, or multiple dots.

'Shift doubleclicking' to center your probes on a sig just makes it a few seconds faster to center the probes without having to swing around and see the sig from multiple directions. For me, that's the slowest part of scanning, and I live in a wh, so I scan a lot.

I don't think it removes any skill or finesse in probing. Combat probing requires a different set of skills as you really want to locate your target as close as possible with the dscan, and then lock them with the combat probes in a single scan so they hopefully miss combat probes on the dscan. "Shift-doubleclicking" to center your probes on a sig won't help you here.

I don't know how bad your scanning skills are, but with all scanning skills at 3 in a buzzard with sister's launcher and sister's core probes, I can get every sig but a sleeper site down to the dot on a 16au scan, and every ship that's larger than a frigate, and not a t3, down to the dot at an 8au scan. As it currently sit, if I really try, I can probe a cruiser down in under 45s. With your idea allowing me to auto-center my probes on that same cruiser, the only limit to how fast I could lock it down would be flight time and scan time of the probes, potentially as little as 15-20s.
Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2015-04-24 20:16:17 UTC
No, this would be the worst thing since the discovery scanner showing all signatures.

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Nasar Vyron
S0utherN Comfort
#13 - 2015-04-24 20:41:54 UTC
I make a motion that we bring back quest/pursuit/comb/sift and the like so kids can learn to appreciate what they have.
Arya Regnar
Darwins Right Hand
#14 - 2015-04-24 21:11:40 UTC
Anything that further simplifies eve minigames just makes everything press x to get cash.

And I don't want that.

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