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Why do people use more than 4 probes while scanning?
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Thor Kerrigan
Guardians of Asceticism
#1 - 2012-11-21 16:55:32 UTC
I use 4. With the shift/alt shortcuts I find using 4 is faster than trying to use more, but I could understand why one would like to keep a 5th one in the center.

I see people using 7 or 8 probes at once though and I just wonder, is there some secret technique that makes scanning actually faster with more probes?

On paper 8 would scan twice as fast as 4 when you have more than 1 signature, but the alt key shortcut makes it faster to just use 4 on both sigs.
Sentient Blade
Crisis Atmosphere
Coalition of the Unfortunate
#2 - 2012-11-21 16:57:37 UTC
You can cover more area and detect intersections quicker.
Demolishar
United Aggression
#3 - 2012-11-21 16:58:52 UTC
Because they changed probing from the old system - now the more probes you have the better sig strength you get.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#4 - 2012-11-21 16:58:56 UTC
A year or so ago the probing math only used the best 4 when figuring out the scan results and strength of signatures. When it got changed it allowed ALL probes to contribute to the sig strength. Because of this the scanning algorithm was changed to factor in the new maximum. Now, 7 probes is the preferred number to still maintain good scan strength without taking the extra skill time that astro 5 takes. Also using 7 to do the 6 sides of a cube and then one in the center is still easy to manage :D

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Kobal81
HR..
#5 - 2012-11-21 17:16:04 UTC
Thor Kerrigan wrote:
I use 4. With the shift/alt shortcuts I find using 4 is faster than trying to use more, but I could understand why one would like to keep a 5th one in the center.

I see people using 7 or 8 probes at once though and I just wonder, is there some secret technique that makes scanning actually faster with more probes?

On paper 8 would scan twice as fast as 4 when you have more than 1 signature, but the alt key shortcut makes it faster to just use 4 on both sigs.



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Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#6 - 2012-11-21 17:35:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Xercodo
Kobal81 wrote:
Thor Kerrigan wrote:
I use 4. With the shift/alt shortcuts I find using 4 is faster than trying to use more, but I could understand why one would like to keep a 5th one in the center.

I see people using 7 or 8 probes at once though and I just wonder, is there some secret technique that makes scanning actually faster with more probes?

On paper 8 would scan twice as fast as 4 when you have more than 1 signature, but the alt key shortcut makes it faster to just use 4 on both sigs.



"Because I fecking can"


No, I believe that's response to..

Why are you flying a laser machariel?
Why did you fly a pre-Inferno procurer?
Why did you fly a pre-Inferno procurer with a smartbomb on it?
Why were you mining in an abaddon?
Why did you mine a full can of veldspar with only 4 turrets on marauder and then turn the can blue and announce in local "FREE ORE" while tractoring it around with a MWD on? (and get chased by a equally silly Golem?)

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Thor Kerrigan
Guardians of Asceticism
#7 - 2012-11-21 18:00:47 UTC
Demolishar wrote:
Because they changed probing from the old system - now the more probes you have the better sig strength you get.


You sure? I'll test later and see if that's true.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#8 - 2012-11-21 18:37:51 UTC
Xercodo wrote:


No, I believe that's response to..

Why are you flying a laser machariel?
Why did you fly a pre-Inferno procurer?
Why did you fly a pre-Inferno procurer with a smartbomb on it?
Why were you mining in an abaddon?
Why did you mine a full can of veldspar with only 4 turrets on marauder and then turn the can blue and announce in local "FREE ORE" while tractoring it around with a MWD on? (and get chased by a equally silly Golem?)


I've just got some really strange looks because of the amount of snorts and laughter this post produced, you sir have just won the most amusing post I've seen all day award.Big smile

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Aralieus
Shadowbane Syndicate
#9 - 2012-11-21 18:45:08 UTC
Question to the OP...Where do you primarily scan at? Ie; low sec, null, high cause this matters as far as signal strength is concerned.

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Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#10 - 2012-11-21 18:48:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Xercodo
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
Xercodo wrote:


No, I believe that's response to..

Why are you flying a laser machariel?
Why did you fly a pre-Inferno procurer?
Why did you fly a pre-Inferno procurer with a smartbomb on it?
Why were you mining in an abaddon?
Why did you mine a full can of veldspar with only 4 turrets on marauder and then turn the can blue and announce in local "FREE ORE" while tractoring it around with a MWD on? (and get chased by a equally silly Golem?)


I've just got some really strange looks because of the amount of snorts and laughter this post produced, you sir have just won the most amusing post I've seen all day award.Big smile


The kicker is that they're all true.

Procurer went something like this:

"Hey 1v1 my vexor"
"Okay I'll try with my glass cannon omen to see how it does"
*pew pew explode*
*dock*
*undock*
RAWRARHAHAHHA PHEAR THE BOMBER PROCURER
*hits an iteron as it undocked*
*CONCORDOKEN*

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#11 - 2012-11-21 18:50:39 UTC
lol I know they're true, I've done similar, normally involving a cruiser with an outsize weapon from another race and a cargo full of npcs

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Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#12 - 2012-11-21 18:59:33 UTC
8 because I can?

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2012-11-21 19:04:18 UTC
In before "It takes 4 to operate the handtruck to lug my massive balls around" Big smile

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BoBoZoBo
MGroup9
#14 - 2012-11-21 19:27:20 UTC  |  Edited by: BoBoZoBo
It makes a difference.

More area covered
Better triangulation & fewer ghosts
Faster sig acquisition

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YoYo NickyYo
Doomheim
#15 - 2012-11-21 21:01:29 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
In before "It takes 4 to operate the handtruck to lug my massive balls around" Big smile



It worries me that you have chosen a female avatar, but still need to lug your balls around with a handtruck.....Oops



I am not, nor will I ever be...Nicky Yo.... The question you should ask is.....When will they release the NICKY!
Kenneth O'Hara
Sebiestor Tribe
#16 - 2012-11-21 21:39:47 UTC
YoYo NickyYo wrote:
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
In before "It takes 4 to operate the handtruck to lug my massive balls around" Big smile



It worries me that you have chosen a female avatar, but still need to lug your balls around with a handtruck.....Oops




No dude, she's badass like that.

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Nexus Day
Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
#17 - 2012-11-21 21:43:46 UTC
Location, scanning ship, signal strength, probe type....I usually find 5 is faster than 4, but in some WH's I have had to use 7 combat probes to scan down an anomaly in an exploration Tengu.
Kenneth O'Hara
Sebiestor Tribe
#18 - 2012-11-21 21:51:29 UTC
Cheetah + 7 sister combat probes = win

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Ginger Barbarella
#19 - 2012-11-21 22:37:50 UTC
I succeed quite well (and quickly) with 4 probes; only RARELY do I need a fifth, and that's typically because I wasn't paying attention. Using all 6 or whatever just because you read something about it on the forums is really kinda silly.

Get your Astro skills up to at least L4 on all, use Sisters gear plus Grav Cap, and throw in a bonused ship for good measure, and you don't need to embarass yourselves posting non-sense on the Forums anymore.

Unless you're into that...

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Jack Miton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#20 - 2012-11-21 22:45:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Jack Miton
Use 8 probes.
I'll leave this here as a reference as to why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TisDb8c2aS4

Yes, you CAN use 4 probes to lock down any sig.
That said, it's about as efficient as running L4 missions in an armour tanked drake.

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