Class Specific Scanners

[Hidamari]

The idea itself aside, how do you suggest we actually implement this?

Unlike equipments such as guns, shields and whatnot, we can't define actual classes for scanners, which means we can't restrict or allow the use of a specific type of scanner on a specific ship class. In other words, this idea can't be implemented the way you're suggesting it, so if have any functional alternative to that in mind, you're more than welcome to share and we'll give it a look.

add the scanners into thech nerf plug in if one wants 100% tech nerf in order to fly with other then his shipclass scanner let him do so.

that would work.

It would also be good if ships could have scanners as powerful as a ship maybe 2 or 3 tiers above them on the valley chart for LOTS of extra money.

so for example a top of the range LF scanner would cost 50-100 mils, for a HF to have the same scan range as a top of the range LF scanner it would have to spend 250 mils, for a VHF it would have to spend 500-600 mils and for bombers to have the same range as top of the range VHF scanners it would cost 800-900 mils (making it as important as Cap 8) just for that extra piece of situational awareness tech.

tl;dr the further into the valley you are the more money it should cost to get higher up the incline.

of course these are just test figures but you can see how a huge money sink web can be made out of a system like this, the numbers I used are just based on a single "best scanner" there could be several for each class each decreasing in value. some people may agree with it some may not, i do they more of these things need to exist though.

you could have faction specific scanners like Police scanners with a specially long cargo scan range, a system like this would really open the door to a lot more possibilities

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