General FDev, you need to update the long time outdated scanners (KWS, HWS, MCS) if you want us to use them in PP 2.0

[Insane4un]

Just as title says, we have been dealing with this issue for awhile. But with introduction of PP 2.0 this problem is getting out of hand. There are only few ships which are able to run 2 rather important scanners at the same time. Small ships are completely out of business on this one. And generally speaking the majority of player base refuses to waste 2 utility slots for both scanners. So, no one actually ever use HWS in gameplay. And rarely even bother with KWS for that matter.

Suggestion is very simple: create 2 new modules which will be multi-scanners.

Scanner 1 - designed for bounty hunters. It have 2 modes: Kill Warrant and High Wake.

Stats are:

2.6T
Integrity 20
Power Draw 1.6MW
Scanner range 2500m
Max angle 12.5
Scan time 6s

Can't be engineered.

Scanner 2 - designed for Pirates. It have 2 modes: Cargo manifest scanner and High Wake scanner

Stats are:

2.6T
Integrity 20
Power Draw 1.6MW
Scanner range 2.500m
Max angle 12.5
Scan time 6s

Can't be engineered.

Thank you for listening. At least I want to believe you do.

 

[Mrc_NorthEast]

I agree. The only time I have ever run a Kws was for pirate massacre missions when I want/need the $$$. I have never used the wake scanner

 

[aRJay]

As I don’t bother with missions I tend to fit a KWS on anything intended for combat to the point where it feels wrong to be in an armed ship without it.

I do use the wake scanner in game play but it is in a specialist branch of play known as lets scan some wakes for a while to collect data not to chase things.

I have no use for both scanners in a single ship, and in eight years I haven’t considered buying a manifest scanner.

To be honest unless those stats are better than for a dedicated KWS scanner I would not be interested.

 

[JohnnyDangerous]

There are so many modules that need to be combined. When they said they were making a multi-limpet controller I was like "finally" but they didn't implement them right (collector should always be an option in all of them, they should all be available in all sizes etc).