Improved Craftable Surface Probes

[VR SenseiMatty]

After testing the new system during the beta and now in the live version I still keep my opinion that finite probes would have been better.
But I don't want to break anyone's fun so I wish to see soon Improved Craftable Probes because:

- with the new POI system I enjoy landing on planets more than before, in fact I found myself collecting materials on my SRV more often and more efficiently than before.
- personally, and this is my own opinion, I don't like the probing mini-game. All planets, except gas giants, can be probed with the same pattern so there's no challenge in that.
- I never probe gas giants because I find it frustrating and not rewarding.

So I wish FRONTIER will release soon an Improved Craftable Probe that can probe a planet with 1 shot. The game would still be balanced because the time that you save from probing is still required to collect the materials and it's breaking no one's fun.

 

[Factabulous]

Basic probes work fine. Zero need for this.

 

[Exeider]

Basic probes work fine. Zero need for this.

Especially since there are engineering options to future improve the probes.

 

[M00ka]

A litte confused with the OP. If using probes for normal planets etc is boring because you have worked out exactly how many to fire and where, won't just firing one probe be as boring, if not more boring?

 

[VR SenseiMatty]

Especially since there are engineering options to future improve the probes.

As far as I know the engineering increases the quantity of probes that you can launch, not the area covered by a single probe. Am I wrong?

 

[VR SenseiMatty]

A litte confused with the OP. If using probes for normal planets etc is boring because you have worked out exactly how many to fire and where, won't just firing one probe be as boring, if not more boring?

Same... but since you need only one probe to cover the complete planet (gas giants included) I don't waste my time there.

With this path I cover all planets with efficiency target at 6/7 probes:

Spoiler

If you find a water world with target 6 or 7 you can directly shoot and go away before the first probe hits the planet. You'll get the 100% scan message while you're charging the FSD for the next jump. Based on that I would like more challenge, collecting some material would work fine for me, and since this would be an optional feature there's no reason to reject it imho.

 

[Kamiyoda]

As far as I know the engineering increases the quantity of probes that you can launch, not the area covered by a single probe. Am I wrong?

There is a radius increase, havent found anyone that increases the ammount of probes you can launch yet.

 

[Batman 14]

Using the picture above if you grade 5 increased probe radius you can do that type of world with 4 probes
I would fire first at the centre then at the 12 o'clock position followed by the 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock positions targeting the three dots to cover the planet quite comfortably and quickly