[Suggestion] Tactical Scan?

Discussion in 'PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion' started by AntDX316, Dec 25, 2020.

  1. AntDX316

    Tactical Scan for War Assets somehow? Always need to spawn in as an infiltrator but to have some kind of aerial scan system would be cool or it could be unbalanced.
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  2. RabidIBM

    That would definitely step on the infil players' toes, but it would probably be ok if it were brief. If it cost 10 green for a 15 second shot of motion spotting across the entire territory that wouldn't be out of line.
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  3. AntDX316

    yeah, probably like 2 blue for 5 second scan?
  4. Zipr

    Would it be visible and somewhat announced to the enemy Also would it incur the same restrictions of other means ie. Walking players not visible based on implant equipped

    Guess the bigger picture would be how you would like to emulate Game already provides some resemblance to amount of enemy forces present at a base Granted much left to imagination if real, in the Air, Armor, or on the ground... Would you just like the ability to randomly see all those numbers depicted? I would caution once again even vehicles can run full stealth...

    Wouldn't seem all that hard to implement based on what I have seen the game provide firsthand Since such a feature is found in other games Mind taking a stab at why it hasn't been implemented previously
  5. Zipr

    Might be something worth looking at as having multiple levels of usage Base (Route) provides a quick scan (Hi-Lvl Aerial report) Next level (Zone) reconnaissance involving more visual detail Finally some form of a "Special" purpose warhead offering something like an Emp affect Potential for such things as ability to destroy various items and/or provide possible presence of some forces ie. Stealth targets in the area or something (Such effects lasting only momentarily as is typical w/ some blasts) Green scan / Blue Scan / Purple scan
  6. AntDX316


    10 green for a 5 second scan or 1 blue for 10 seconds would be balanced imo. You can easily throw an infiltrator dart but some areas are so contested and the cap timer is down so low you don't have time to set that all up so a scan into an Orbital or Citadel Shield would be great. Used to do that in Battlefield as the Commander role to set bombardment.