Here's some ideas about sensors, scanners and exploration I've been accumulating over the last few days:
Sensors/Scanners:
The current sensor packages should stay as they are.
Additionally, there should be two new packages, allowing for specialization:
Exploration Scanning:
As inspired by a few threads and suggestions on Reddit, it'd be awesome if there was more feedback on scanning progress than the animated indicator. One suggestion I liked and will add on to: Have the body's stats appear in the "Info" box as the body is being scanned, in a kind of 'typed out' fashion like this.
Depending on what all information this displays, it might also let an explorer know if it's worth taking a closer look at this planet ("0.01 Earth Masses? Is that a planet, or a potato?") without needing to reopen the system map. The final bits about "Class 2 Gas Giant" (which determines credit value) or whatnot should wait until the scan is finished though.
Sensors/Scanners:
The current sensor packages should stay as they are.
Additionally, there should be two new packages, allowing for specialization:
- Tactical Sensors: Tactical sensors have a bonus to detection range and improved ship scanning times, as well as improving lock times for cargo scanners, warrant scanners, wake scanners, and missiles. However, they are much slower at detecting and identifying stellar bodies and require a closer approach.
- Science Sensors: Science sensors have a bonus to stellar body scanning times and detection range (including boosting the range of a basic/intermediate discovery scanner, ADS range is already infinite), but at the cost of reduced tactical capabilities. (Lower ship detection range and longer ship scanning times).
Exploration Scanning:
As inspired by a few threads and suggestions on Reddit, it'd be awesome if there was more feedback on scanning progress than the animated indicator. One suggestion I liked and will add on to: Have the body's stats appear in the "Info" box as the body is being scanned, in a kind of 'typed out' fashion like this.
Depending on what all information this displays, it might also let an explorer know if it's worth taking a closer look at this planet ("0.01 Earth Masses? Is that a planet, or a potato?") without needing to reopen the system map. The final bits about "Class 2 Gas Giant" (which determines credit value) or whatnot should wait until the scan is finished though.
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