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I have an idea hybrid scanning probes
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radkid10
life antimatters
Allied Exploration Front AXXF
#1 - 2016-10-01 15:44:04 UTC
probes capable of scanning everything

I would like to have probes that do everything in the way of scanning so I don't have to switch probes

they do not need to be super good probes
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2016-10-01 15:47:13 UTC
...why? It's not like probes take up a lot of cargohold.
radkid10
life antimatters
Allied Exploration Front AXXF
#3 - 2016-10-01 15:48:56 UTC  |  Edited by: radkid10
I want one kind of probe can do everything

as I hate switching probes out it takes awhile for them to reload

and sometimes I'm just trying to find anything
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#4 - 2016-10-01 15:50:58 UTC
They will either be too good and invalidate the other probes or useless and not used.
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#5 - 2016-10-01 16:06:22 UTC
radkid10 wrote:
I want one kind of probe can do everything

as I hate switching probes out it takes awhile for them to reload

and sometimes I'm just trying to find anything



Isn't reload time like ten seconds?

And why would you be looking for both ships and sites?
Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2016-10-01 16:13:49 UTC
Last I checked, combat probes can scan sites, they are just much weaker than core scanner probes.

If you don't follow the rules, neither will I.
Celthric Kanerian
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2016-10-01 17:07:58 UTC
Laziest suggestion, I've seen on the forum in a very long time.

Absolutely not, because of reasons already stated above.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#8 - 2016-10-01 19:31:38 UTC
radkid10 wrote:
probes capable of scanning everything

I would like to have probes that do everything in the way of scanning so I don't have to switch probes

they do not need to be super good probes


Yay! You've described combat probes. They're already in game.
Christopher Mabata
Northern Accounts and Systems
#9 - 2016-10-02 02:56:47 UTC
what would be the point?
They would still have to be launched out of expanded launchers for balancing and that basically means theres no reason not to just carry a flight of cores and combats (which by this idea are better) unless you want to save 0.05m3 of space for circuits or useless BPC's.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#10 - 2016-10-02 03:02:08 UTC
Omnathious Deninard wrote:
Last I checked, combat probes can scan sites, they are just much weaker than core scanner probes.

bingo, i actually use combat probes unless i have to switch,
spooks the **** out of the locals too which is always good funBlink

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#11 - 2016-10-02 04:46:39 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
bingo, i actually use combat probes unless i have to switch,
spooks the **** out of the locals too which is always good funBlink


And here I thought I was the only one.
Shae Tadaruwa
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#12 - 2016-10-02 05:19:14 UTC
Omnathious Deninard wrote:
Last I checked, combat probes can scan sites, they are just much weaker than core scanner probes.

Yes this.

Combat probes are already dual use, just not quite as good as scanning sigs.

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Valkin Mordirc
#13 - 2016-10-02 06:08:28 UTC
That and CCP tried that with the Hacking mods and that went over really well.


I'd rather not pay 300mil for a set of scan probes. I lose them as it is already.

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Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#14 - 2016-10-02 15:25:56 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
bingo, i actually use combat probes unless i have to switch,
spooks the **** out of the locals too which is always good funBlink


And here I thought I was the only one.

You were never alone, there are many of us who use them.
Great fun to warp into a high sec systems and launch combat probes and watch the mice scurry away. Who needs to kill them when you can scare them out of space simply by launching probes.
Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2016-10-02 16:34:40 UTC
Donnachadh wrote:
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
bingo, i actually use combat probes unless i have to switch,
spooks the **** out of the locals too which is always good funBlink


And here I thought I was the only one.

You were never alone, there are many of us who use them.
Great fun to warp into a high sec systems and launch combat probes and watch the mice scurry away. Who needs to kill them when you can scare them out of space simply by launching probes.

Drone scanning in a mission hub has scared away some runners and they left behind some decent value drones also.Twisted

If you don't follow the rules, neither will I.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#16 - 2016-10-02 17:14:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Ralph King-Griffin
Donnachadh wrote:
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
bingo, i actually use combat probes unless i have to switch,
spooks the **** out of the locals too which is always good funBlink


And here I thought I was the only one.

You were never alone, there are many of us who use them.
Great fun to warp into a high sec systems and launch combat probes and watch the mice scurry away. Who needs to kill them when you can scare them out of space simply by launching probes.

Drop probes
in local "Duuuuuuuuu Dun"

8au scan
in local "Duuuuuuuu Dun"

4 au
" DUUUU DUN dun DUN dun DUN dun DUN "

bonus points if your ship has a sharky name Big smile

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Elenahina
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2016-10-02 20:17:56 UTC
I am not afraid of your combat probes, for I am fitted with the cloak of invisibility, and its cloaky goodness shall surely protect me from your nefarious intentions.

Soo pffbbtt.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#18 - 2016-10-02 20:58:31 UTC
Elenahina wrote:
I am not afraid of your combat probes, for I am fitted with the cloak of invisibility, and its cloaky goodness shall surely protect me from your nefarious intentions.

Soo pffbbtt.

Yeah but you're only doing that when you want to shoo the flys explorers off the sites.
You try and one shot when actually trying to kill anyone.

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