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Scanning system ideas that would reduce clicking headaches and ded requests

Author
Annrea
Revival.
OnlyFleets.
#1 - 2012-01-20 07:10:19 UTC

Hello,
I have some ideas for exploration and scanning. First off, I would like to say the last upgrades ccp performed to the scanning system were very good. But, it would be cool if there was a shortcut that separated your probes for you when you first deploy them. The alt-drag trick only works once you separate all four of your probes yourself. Also, an option to select your target or sig and have your screen center on it would be really helpful. If you really wanted to make it lazy then add a shortcut to bring your probes center point to the target your have selected and I am in no way against this one. All of these options mean less clicking headaches for scanners. Next, CCP's upgrades to ded and radar/mags were good but I would like to see more complexes still. The complexes dont escalate much at all and ded is still farmed to hell.(For NPC null sec and low sec) A system were maybe more lower end ded's spawn at completely random times but every constellation is guaranteed to spawn at least one ded and/or other complex every so often. There are plenty of complex items that exist to show info but are extinct because no ded space or complex escalation drops them, so please make more ded sites and complexes/escalations and bring life back to the dead items.

Thanks
Ken Dennis
Golden Oak Amalgamated
#2 - 2012-01-21 00:23:16 UTC
Annrea wrote:

... it would be cool if there was a shortcut that separated your probes for you when you first deploy them. The alt-drag trick only works once you separate all four of your probes yourself.


You can use formations with more than four probes, but it would be nice to have a way of "saving" the formation and "applying" it the next day, without having to tediously drag around probes each time.

Annrea wrote:

Also, an option to select your target or sig and have your screen center on it would be really helpful. If you really wanted to make it lazy then add a shortcut to bring your probes center point to the target your have selected and I am in no way against this one.


Considering that alt-dragging already has a "center" of the probe formation, this should also make a great improvement to scanning time and enjoyment. Please CCP, can we have this soon?

Thanks,
Ken