Talk:Scanner Room Range Upgrade/@comment-97.85.141.162-20170120062836

The devs really ought to consider changing the way this thing works if they want it to be worthwhile. Having the scanner room be the origin of the scan makes the 100m maximum scan range pointless, but substantially boosting that could also make it pretty darn overpowered. Here is how I would change it:

1) Make range upgrades increase the range that the drone can travel INSTEAD of the range of the scan. If the default distance is 500m before signal loss, make each range module at 125m, for a maximum of 1000m (double the default distance).

2) Make the selected drone the origin of the scan. You pilot it out to the area you want to scan, and then "ping" the area for the selected resource you're looking for. Adjust the range of the scan as necesarily to properly balance having a mobile origin.

ALTERNATIVELY: Drop the scanning altogether, replace the scan modules with camera drone upgrades, and give them the functionality to "tag" resources by looking at the resource and clicking. Drone upgrades could include range, number of tagged items, or energy usage.