Sharee Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Posted this in another thread but i think maybe it needs some more exposure: There is a sensor dampened gunship you want to hunt. So naturally, you want to mod your scout with full sensor range upgrade, right? Wrong. Right now ships can see each other at 15000m no matter what. The gunship's sensor dampening reduces your detection by 11500m, from 20000m(assuming 2500 extra range from crew member) to 8500m. But thanks to the minimal see-you distance, you will see it at 15000m If you stuff your scout full of sensor upgrades, you will increase your detection from 20000m from 25000m. The gunship's dampening will reduce your detection again by 11500m, from 25000m to 13500m. But thanks to the minimal see-you distance, you will see it at 15000m Result: use sensor upgrade or don't use sensor upgrade, you will see the sensor dampened gunship at 15000m no matter what. -------------------------------------- Okay, so you fill the sensor slot with dampening instead, making the gunship not see you until it's late, right? Wrong again. The gunship can see you at 17500m(assuming it has treek as crew member). But thanks to the minimal see-you distance, the best you can do is to reduce the 17500m to 15000m. All you need for that is to have treek as your crew member (4000 dampening). Any dampening upgrades you stuff into the sensor slot have absolutely no effect. ------------------------------------ Morale of the story, stuff your sensor slot with communication range upgrade, that at least does something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseGrims Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 that makes sense, i was upgrading one of my scouts with that to sneak up on them better and was wondering why it seemed to have little to no affect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zharik Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Boosts to your sensors are not wasted completely. There are other ships out there that don't even get the option for dampening beyond the 4km from crew members. I'm not saying that communication is a bad choice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeimp Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Play a gunship. See people up to 50k away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slivovidze Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) I think that the whole sensors thingy needs some tweaks. I just mastered the range sensors to have that slot mastered, and not worry about it anymore. I might do that communication sensors thingy though, and see if it does anything. Play a gunship. See people up to 50k away What for? You can still only shoot 15k. And for hunting gunships, who needs sensors, they are our little suns on the battlefield, I can see that bare-eyed from 25k. Edited January 4, 2014 by Slivovidze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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