New class of vessel

[AdmV0rl0n]

Stealth Scanner ship

This ship in its simplest form, would be a research option. Once researched, it could be sent on a mission to get all the scans from the target planet on the landing tick (News, planet, resource, AU scan, Unit, all the scans.)

In a more complex form, you could have a research tree that lets the basic ship land and do, say, a News scan, and a Planet scan. Other scans would be researchable items.

To counter this, constructions could be built. If you go for the more complex ship research option, you could have a construction that can be built to counter each new type of ship.

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This ship would allow some players, galaxies, clusters, alliances to actually do some intel on planets that have a lot of distorters. It would basically be another intelligence gathering method in game. The cost of using them of course is the fleet cost, and ETAs.

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[Smudge]

really no point in this idea, for every dist whore there is an amp whore

[RuBBeR]

I don't think many people would make use of that, specially when it will cost you a hole fleet spot. Not when you could just as easily ask someone in your galaxy/alliance/trans to do the scan for you.

And would that outgoing fleet come up on your opponents galaxy status when you launch?

[AdmV0rl0n]

Originally Posted by Smudge

really no point in this idea, for every dist whore there is an amp whore

Not every player has full access to a scanner, or has only limited access, scanners off line, etc.

And, amp whores may have to consider building the constructions to block these vessels, rather than just dists..

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[Smudge]

Originally Posted by AdmV0rl0n

Not every player has full access to a scanner, or has only limited access, scanners off line, etc.

#transcendancy?

[AdmV0rl0n]

scans for other people = support planets ?

[furball]

The MHs are planning to make the support planet rule a lot clearer; scans for other people will not count as support planets.

[Gerbie2]

I don't like features that take away fleetslots as they are already scarce.

I would like something like a JGP and AU that you can do when close to a target. Like a JGP that only shows fleets with the same eta as you. Perhaps scanning could be something like: succes = amps/distorters*eta > 10
So that at eta 10 it is the same as now, but at eta 5 you need only half the amount of amps.

[Makhil]

Originally Posted by Gerbie2

I would like something like a JGP and AU that you can do when close to a target. Like a JGP that only shows fleets with the same eta as you. Perhaps scanning could be something like: succes = amps/distorters*eta > 10
So that at eta 10 it is the same as now, but at eta 5 you need only half the amount of amps.

I think it is a very bright idea. Would you use the same system for FAs ?
I don't think AUs should be included, only scans on fleets moving towards yours (meaning the FA would require having at least 1 ship home).