Scanner Bug???

{OF}GreyGhost · 10-11-2006, 11:06 PM

Ok, maybe i'm not understanding everything about this game yet, but if my ship has scanners at level 25 and I scan a sector with a single low level independent planet and the scan shows 0 torps and around 4,000 fighters, shouldn't I be safe to enter the sector with a Voyager class ship?
I guess not. When I entered the sector I was attacked by over 800,000 fighters that destroyed my ship. How does this happen? Is this a bug?

Soul · 10-12-2006, 10:09 AM

Scanners are never 100% accurate - no matter what. Rule of thumb is to scan 3-5 times to get a feel for the values.

{OF}G_Man · 10-12-2006, 11:25 AM

Also, if you read the FAQ for this game, this is by design. If you look at the tech settings for Independent planets, even though they may have a low average tech level, there may be a fairly high tech level in jammers and cloak. This will intentionally give false readings to someone scanning, even if scanned bya a fairly highly teched up voyager. I have seen many of the independent plantes with jammers and cloak at 25 or better. My scanner tech level is one of the first I try to get to 30 as soon as possible.

{OF}GreyGhost · 10-13-2006, 09:55 AM

So, the tech level of the planet directly effects the ability to scan not only the planet, but also the sector defences? I did not know that. Ouch. That was a hard lesson! LOL

{OF}G_Man · 10-13-2006, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by GreyGhost

So, the tech level of the planet directly effects the ability to scan not only the planet, but also the sector defences? I did not know that. Ouch. That was a hard lesson! LOL

I believe it's the highest tech level on any given planet in a sector that will determine what happens with the sector defenses.

{OF}GreyGhost · 10-13-2006, 11:13 AM

Oh. So if my planet has a tech level for jammers at level 30 and everything else is 15 then sector defences will be level 30? Did I get that right?