What’s the point of class 8 sensor ?
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There is none, people cried to not have sensor grade/size tie into weapon accuracy,
so it only is tonnage, tied to ship size to slow down the ship.
Hilariously stupid design choice.
so it only is tonnage, tied to ship size to slow down the ship.
Hilariously stupid design choice.
320 tonnes for the win!
Well, I suppose you could handwave it somewhat by saying that big ships need more screening for the sensors because of the greater interferece that the other systems on a big ship will generate? And some ships generate more interference than others?
My exploration Krait has A-rated sensors with g5 Wide Angle, just in case I'd otherwise fly past something I'm looking for. At least that mod doesn't increase the mass (unlike Long Range). Other ships tend to get D-rated, but I might gradually replace those with A-rated g5 Lightweight. Perhaps I should put Long Range on my stealth DBX, so that I can spy on other ships from beyond their sensor range.
My exploration Krait has A-rated sensors with g5 Wide Angle, just in case I'd otherwise fly past something I'm looking for. At least that mod doesn't increase the mass (unlike Long Range). Other ships tend to get D-rated, but I might gradually replace those with A-rated g5 Lightweight. Perhaps I should put Long Range on my stealth DBX, so that I can spy on other ships from beyond their sensor range.
HW raming frigate memeroies
does not make sense, as this would imply the same sensor class on different ships and sizes would have different effect, which it doesn't
My explorer Anaconda's unladen jump range with its engineered 8D sensor = 75.44
Exactly the same build with an 8A sensor = 61.62
Pretty huge.
6.8ly on my build. I can’t stand for others but it’s quite huge to me.
I’m not stripping everything thing down to limit, and keep it around 50ly with 4 Class 6 passenger cabin, acceptable fire power and minimum defense (800MJ equivalent shield HP against thermal). Some passenger missions do have enemy ships tailing you all the way.
The difference should be more significant if stripping everything down to limit.
In real life an ground antenna array system that big can snatch signals from within hundred kilometers. Longer if the frequency band is VHF or lower.
That’s the main reason I’m complaining, about its unmatched performance.
Which is why I said I fit A-rated sensors to all my ships that will benefit from them.
An exploration ship has different priorities, and isn't likely to benefit from A-rated sensors.
The 8A actually shines when engineered long range, only a few of the heavys are capable of fitting it (wish it was available for my cold running T-10 Cascade killer) I have class 8 long range on all the heavy ships in my fleet that can fit one, jump range is not an issue.
Have never seen any point fitting it for anything outside of PvP Combat.
Edit - Should add during one of the last beta's I was testing it PvP and PvE around a station, I was able to launch torps into the NFZ whilst essentially being invisible to everyone else on sensors, even ATR couldn't find me. Logged it as a potential griefing tool, guess the devs had bigger things to focus on.
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I understand what you are saying, but what your argument misses is the fact that your PC or console cannot handle that level of rendering.
the point is for things to be very expensive for a large ship.
A take it that is stock? Just checked an old post of mine, my T-10 has a 13,000m range once G5 long ranged. Do you have the stats for G5 Long range class 5 & Class 8.
Cheers
Class 8A is 13.44km at long range. 5A is around 12.18 km. According the Coriolis.
Meanwhile, IRST and EOS systems installed on modern 4th and 5th generation fighters can see targets out to that range, easily, and are light enough to fit into planes that weigh a fraction what an Anaconda does.
It is a frikin game, those same sensors can detect ships billions of miles away..
@Kamiyoda - Nice one mate.
