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=== D-SCAN: === | === D-SCAN: === | ||
* Just because you are not actively PvPing, doesn't mean you shouldn't use D-SCAN. You should. Even if you are doing PVE. | * Just because you are not actively PvPing, doesn't mean you shouldn't use D-SCAN. You should. Even if you are doing PVE.</br> | ||
* ALWAYS D-scan. Maximum range, 360º degrees. Even if you don't see a WT in Local. | * ALWAYS D-scan. Maximum range, 360º degrees. Even if you don't see a WT in Local.</br> | ||
* Don't know how to D-Scan? | * Don't know how to D-Scan? Read about it [http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Directional_Scanner_Guide/ HERE] (for the basics) and [http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/D-Scan_102/ HERE (D-scan 102)]. </br> | ||
''Q: Why should I D-Scan if there are no WTs in Local?'' | ====Common D-scan Questions and answers:==== | ||
A: It's simple: OOC Alt. | |||
OOC Alt means Out of Corp Alt. The WT's have OOC Alts, that are not at war with us, so they don't show as WT's in local. One of those OOC Alts might be watching you. | *''Q: Why should I D-Scan if there are no WTs in Local?''</br> | ||
''Q: But I'm in a PVE site. How can they find me?'' | A: It's simple: OOC Alt.</br> | ||
A: Combat Probes. | OOC Alt means Out of Corp Alt. The WT's have OOC Alts, that are not at war with us, so they don't show as WT's in local. One of those OOC Alts might be watching you. </br> | ||
That WT's Alt could be scanning you down with combat probes. So if you see combat probes on D-Scan, warp out and dock. Immediately! | *''Q: But I'm in a PVE site. How can they find me?''</br> | ||
(People can use combat probes to scan you down and find you. Then they can warp right to you and start shooting!) | A: Combat Probes. </br> | ||
''Q: Why should I be afraid of combat probes if a WT is not in the system or reported in nearby systems?'' | That WT's Alt could be scanning you down with combat probes. So if you see combat probes on D-Scan, warp out and dock. Immediately! </br> | ||
(People can use combat probes to scan you down and find you. Then they can warp right to you and start shooting!)</br> | |||
*''Q: Why should I be afraid of combat probes if a WT is not in the system or reported in nearby systems?''</br> | |||
A: Well. Maybe he IS in the system. He's just not logged in. As soon as his alt probes you down, he logs in, undocks, warps to you and kills you!<br> | A: Well. Maybe he IS in the system. He's just not logged in. As soon as his alt probes you down, he logs in, undocks, warps to you and kills you!<br> | ||
Or he might be in the next system and nobody has spotted him!<br> | Or he might be in the next system and nobody has spotted him!<br> | ||
Bottom line is: ''You never know''. So as a rule of thumb, if you see combat probes on D-scan, DOCK. Don't wait. Just dock. <br> | Bottom line is: ''You never know''. So as a rule of thumb, if you see combat probes on D-scan, DOCK. Don't wait. Just dock. <br> | ||
Some people think a WT needs to be on grid with you to be able to hunt you down. They don't.<br> | Some people think a WT needs to be on grid with you to be able to hunt you down. They don't.<br> | ||
A good pilot can dscan you down to a narrow margin and -BAM!- find you with a single combat probe scan. | A good pilot can dscan you down to a narrow margin and -BAM!- find you with a single combat probe scan.</br> | ||
* Keep D-scanning. Press that button regularly. Always! | * Keep D-scanning. Press that button regularly. Always! | ||