Combined ADS and DSS

[CrushBug]

When it comes to exploring, I always feel bad that I have "wasted" two class 2 slots with one Advanced Discovery Scanner and the other with one Detailed Surface Scanner. I think it would be nice if we could have a single class 2 unit that is a combination ADS and DSS.

There should be a slight cost and weight penalty for this, so something like:

ADS/DSS
Class: 2
Cost: 2,000,000 Credits
Weight: 4.5 T

It would sure free up some wasted class spaces on the larger ships.

Any thoughts or feedback on this, please fire away.

 

[Strangepork]

When it comes to exploring, I always feel bad that I have "wasted" two class 2 slots with one Advanced Discovery Scanner and the other with one Detailed Surface Scanner. I think it would be nice if we could have a single class 2 unit that is a combination ADS and DSS.

There should be a slight cost and weight penalty for this, so something like:

ADS/DSS
Class: 2
Cost: 2,000,000 Credits
Weight: 4.5 T

It would sure free up some wasted class spaces on the larger ships.

Any thoughts or feedback on this, please fire away.

You're not the first to say this, also in the competition for the first player power, the Explorer group, (who lost out), proposed this as thier special module.

 

[MBaldelli]

You're not the first to say this, also in the competition for the first player power, the Explorer group, (who lost out), proposed this as thier special module.

He might not be the first, but he's definitely the first this week. And this has been going on for years.. Guess when this is going to happen...

... Yep, somewhere between not any time soon and never.

 

[Nitross]

I don't care if he's not the first to say it; I'd say we need to repeat it until it happens.

I don't know about the pricing but, with the ever increasing module options for various builds, offering a combined version just makes sense.

And I'm not just saying this because I posted a quick line about this in another thread minutes before seeing this one... -_-;

 

[CrushBug]

I am actually happy to hear I am not the first. That means the idea makes some sense and it has seemed logical for others. Cool.

I did actually search this forum and read through the first few pages to see if it had been said, but I didn't notice anything. To be fair, searching for common Elite words like scanner and such really gets a lot of results.

 

[CMDR Yates]

FDev have hinted at a complete overhaul of exploration tools in 2018, making exploration more involving, so it may soon be that the current ADS/DSS modules and game mechanics no longer exist in their current forms.

 

[GJ51]

I've mentioned several times that the days of justifying scanners taking up module slots for balance purposes has long passed.

ADS/DSS should just be internal upgrades to the basic scanner, which should be an internal system.

In light of engineers, if all ships were thus, it would have little/no impact to balance.

 

[Nevian0225]

I've mentioned several times that the days of justifying scanners taking up module slots for balance purposes has long passed.

ADS/DSS should just be internal upgrades to the basic scanner, which should be an internal system.

In light of engineers, if all ships were thus, it would have little/no impact to balance.

I'm seeing a hardpoint mounted parabolic antenna for some reason.. I wonder what my unconscious is trying to say.

Confused,
Nevian0225

 

[Whatnow]

When it comes to exploring, I always feel bad that I have "wasted" two class 2 slots with one Advanced Discovery Scanner and the other with one Detailed Surface Scanner. I think it would be nice if we could have a single class 2 unit that is a combination ADS and DSS.

There should be a slight cost and weight penalty for this, so something like:

ADS/DSS
Class: 2
Cost: 2,000,000 Credits
Weight: 4.5 T

It would sure free up some wasted class spaces on the larger ships.

Any thoughts or feedback on this, please fire away.

I would be ok if it was even a class 3 size.