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Marconus Orion
D00M.
Northern Coalition.
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Posted - 2010.08.30 15:32:00 -
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Anyone else having ship probing issues? Been using a tried and true pattern forever, now today, I can't seem to prob any ship down.
Is it just me?
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Bel Rigean
Gallente
GoldLeaf Industries
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Posted - 2010.09.16 00:42:00 -
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I've had my share of probing troubles.
My skill level allows me to find stuff when my probe range is still at .5 or 1 AU, most of the time. Then there are days where I narrow down the probe range to .25 AU and can only get an 85% lock even when there are five probes overlapping the target.
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CCP Applebabe
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Posted - 2010.09.16 03:25:00 -
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Moved from EVE General Discussion.
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Skippermonkey
Suddenly Ninjas
Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
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Posted - 2010.09.16 10:28:00 -
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Originally by: Bel Rigean
I've had my share of probing troubles.
My skill level allows me to find stuff when my probe range is still at .5 or 1 AU, most of the time. Then there are days where I narrow down the probe range to .25 AU and can only get an 85% lock even when there are five probes overlapping the target.
The urge to troll that comment is quite strong
Originally by: CCP Capslock
OH GOD THE TESTING
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Lady Spank
Amarr
Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta
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Posted - 2010.09.16 10:56:00 -
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Originally by: Skippermonkey
Originally by: Bel Rigean
I've had my share of probing troubles.
My skill level allows me to find stuff when my probe range is still at .5 or 1 AU, most of the time. Then there are days where I narrow down the probe range to .25 AU and can only get an 85% lock even when there are five probes overlapping the target.
The urge to troll that comment is quite strong
5 probes is the mark of a noob yes.
(here we go again  )
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RavenPaine
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Posted - 2010.09.16 15:30:00 -
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Some ships are fitted specificly to be unprobeable. Or perhaps your target see's the probes in space and bounces out ?
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Marcus Gideon
Gallente
Federal Defense Operations
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Posted - 2010.09.16 15:38:00 -
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Originally by: Lady Spank
Originally by: Bel Rigean
I've had my share of probing troubles.
My skill level allows me to find stuff when my probe range is still at .5 or 1 AU, most of the time. Then there are days where I narrow down the probe range to .25 AU and can only get an 85% lock even when there are five probes overlapping the target.
5 probes is the mark of a noob yes.
(here we go again )
But but but... moar probes = gooder scanz, rite?
Probing - The Scanning Process
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Once a solid hit has been achieved by four different probes at the same time...
Using 5 probes only allows for -more- deviation. The game bounces the signal off 4 -random- probes, and is in fact more likely to return multiple signals or the annoying red ring, instead of a stronger hit.
Use 4 probes per sig. No more, no less.
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Footoo Rama
Gallente
Cast-a-Ways.
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Posted - 2010.09.16 18:41:00 -
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Interesting I thought using 5 was a good idea, north/south/east/west with a 4 leaf clover, and a center one making 5. I was under the impression that the 5th helped prevent the duplicate return, as well as help keep a lock when the normal 4 had issues esp if something is above or below the plane of the system.
I often use 5 set to small around planets/gates with no overlap to remove returns from friendlies, or get a rough lock of hostiles so I understand why the skill allows for more then 4.
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Feyrin
Amarr
Navis Nobilitae
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Posted - 2010.09.16 21:39:00 -
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Eve is 3 dimensional, you scan in using an equilateral pyramid. And seems likely in respose to the first poster that you are trying to scan something that might be unprobable with your skills.
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Gavin DeVries
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Posted - 2010.09.16 22:24:00 -
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When I'm scanning for sites I tend to use 5, the center plus four in the cardinal directions. It does occasionally cause problems; when that happens I just deactivate the middle one and scan again. For ships, I normally use 4.
Now, assuming you're not running into unprobable ship setups, you probably got bugged. There have been cases where ship/skill bonuses randomly stopped being applied. If that happens to a prober, your probes suddenly lose a massive amount of sensor strength. That's probably what happened to you.
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Marcus Gideon
Gallente
Federal Defense Operations
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Posted - 2010.09.16 23:02:00 -
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Originally by: Footoo Rama
Interesting I thought using 5 was a good idea, north/south/east/west with a 4 leaf clover, and a center one making 5. I was under the impression that the 5th helped prevent the duplicate return, as well as help keep a lock when the normal 4 had issues esp if something is above or below the plane of the system.
I often use 5 set to small around planets/gates with no overlap to remove returns from friendlies, or get a rough lock of hostiles so I understand why the skill allows for more then 4.
The other reason for training the skill higher, is that at Lvl V, you can deploy and use 8 probes. That allows you to scan 2 separate sigs at once. |
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