A New, Improved Xeno Scanner Has Become Available!

Flossy

Volunteer Moderator
Wonderful news! Though I have no intention of ever using one, at least now I won't get people asking to use my influence with FD, as they seem to think I have some sort of 'pull' with them! :D
 
Greetings Commanders!

That's right!

Commander voices have been heard amidst continued combat efforts...


A new, improved xeno scanner has been released, gracing those who will benefit from an extended range of up to 2 km!

More information can be found via GalNet.
www.elitedangerous.com/news/galnet/xeno-scanner-upgrade



Happy to report that the new scanner* is now available from military, high-tech and industrial planetary bases, as well as rescue megaships.

*To be absolutely clear, this is, as I say, a >new< scanner. This is not an upgrade to your current scanner.​


Best of luck out there, Commanders.

o7
Thank You!

Can we get BFG 10000 Guns please :D
 
Technically you would be nuking the site from the site and watching the explosion from orbit... but yeah, close enough.
Only if your ship is faster to orbit than the the reactor’s time to boom.

Keep in mind you will have to walk/run/fight your way out of the middle of the PWR building to your ship as well.
 
It's almost like Galnet (circa 3309) are picking up on your forum posts (circa 2023).

You haven't been leaving messages on a mysterious answer phone have you?

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Hi! This is my First post overall here in this Forum. I would like to say: "A BIG Thank You!" I got multiple AX Ships but all of them, expecially that ones with gimbeld or turreted Aegis Weapons, got the same Problems with the Hearths of the Thargoids. Because of the different function, then of the fixed Guns it was a huge challenge to Scan the Thargoid Interceptors, the big Ships got the Problem of curse more then the smaller ones. I always was thinking: "500m was to short, WHAT Kind of Genius has said 500m is enough for this Module?" 2 - 2,5 km Range would be fine. So a Big "Thank You!" again, and greetings from Germany! :D I hope it this Message is readeble , even with strong Akcent^^
 
Well Herndon Point, military planetary port doesn't have it. And so starts the Elite meta - trying to find stuff in game.
 
I think I'll finish getting the pre-engineered shard cannons (im still garbage in FA Off)...but this will be great on additional builds for more casually defending stations

Was actually able to take down my first interceptor lately using gimballed enh. AX multi-cannons and regalar shards...just un-target the goid when the heart appears and ram it with guns blazing. LOL I'm nowhere as graceful as those veteran AX pilots but it gets the job done.
 
This feels like a new era. Finally it's practical to get scans of Interceptors in AXCZs. Huge boom to gimballed and turreted AXMCs, obviously, but it also benefits loadouts that strictly don't need a scan. Nice to get feedback on how you are hitting if you are new. With the new stabiliser in the mix as well, the dusty old meta has been given a nice shake. Can't wait to see what kinds of builds people come up with.
 
I already use Krait Mk2 with stabiliser and enhanced xeno scanner, with 2 large gimballed enhanced AX MC + 3 Salvation Shard Cannons. Good to kill scouts and to save shard's ammo only for interceptors, and to not generate heat during scouts phase of fight. It will be more interesting with class 5 stabiliser - to try big ships, to decide which combination
of 6 weapons, and which ship? First I will try T10. Would be fun to try 6 Salvations shards with premium ammo, this is huge damage - but i think impossible to solve heat problems.
 
First I will try T10. Would be fun to try 6 Salvations shards with premium ammo, this is huge damage - but i think impossible to solve heat problems.

Well, let us know how it will go.
My not-so-wild-guess would be that the T-10 size 7 PD wont be able to keep up at all. Which will make the heat issue even worse.
The fact that T-10 convergence is really bad, suddenly comes as secondary :)

No, for T-10 i'd recommend:
  • 4 gimbaled Large AX MC,
  • 2x small whatever (preferably gauss since they dont lose piercing value with the downsize, else salvation plasma chargers or salvation shards)
  • the 3 mediums can be efficient/long range thermal vent laser turrets that you can use when interceptors shields are UP, then switch to AX MC.
  • or you can put some flaks in teh mediums, but using flak in an AX CZ will put you at odds with NPC/Players due to friendly fire if you are not careful were you fire those flaks
 
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