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Author:  madman1228 [ Tue May 07, 2013 10:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

I am currently hunting for TO troop carriers but they are very hard to find. I've heard that scanning improves your chances of finding rarer NPC's but I'm unsure if that is true

The wiki doesn't mention whether or not scanning affects you ability to find NPC's so I'm wondering if anyone in the forums knows for sure;

Does having a higher scan give you a better chance at finding rare NPC's?

Author:  Joseph4 [ Tue May 07, 2013 10:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

Here's the thing. You need at least 50 scan to find T.O. Troop Carriers. Anything more than that will not help you find them.

Author:  madman1228 [ Tue May 07, 2013 10:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

Joseph4 wrote:
Here's the thing. You need at least 50 scan to find T.O. Troop Carriers. Anything more than that will not help you find them.

Ok, so some ships have a scan requirement then?

Author:  Joseph4 [ Tue May 07, 2013 10:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

madman1228 wrote:
Joseph4 wrote:
Here's the thing. You need at least 50 scan to find T.O. Troop Carriers. Anything more than that will not help you find them.

Ok, so some ships have a scan requirement then?

Yep, and T.O. TCs are one of them.

Author:  ICBLF [ Tue May 07, 2013 10:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

madman1228 wrote:
Ok, so some ships have a scan requirement then?


Specifically, some NPCs have cloak. You can dig around in the wiki for the cloak on various ones. But to answer your initial question, as long as you have enough scan to see an NPC, having more scan than that does not increase the spawn rate of it.

Author:  madman1228 [ Tue May 07, 2013 10:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

Ok, thanks guys!

Author:  Chloron [ Tue May 07, 2013 10:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

madman1228 wrote:
Ok, so some ships have a scan requirement then?

Here is also an elite NPC Chart to help out (listed by Minimum level to see):
Code:
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . Min Lvl . . . Max lvl . . Cloak
Akkiren, Drannik Hub . . . . . 60. . . . . 150 . . . . 0
Yahnosh, Sha'din Hacker. . . . 55. . . . . 175 . . . . 150
Lazuli Factory Complex . . . . 50. . . . . 180 . . . . 0
Sketh, Stryll Predator . . . . 60. . . . . 180 . . . . 0
The Dark Ring. . . . . . . . . 60. . . . . 450 . . . . 200
Svax, Stryll Punisher. . . . . 65. . . . . 200 . . . . 0
Vortul, Crimson Annihilator. . 75. . . . . 200 . . . . 0
Lazuli Refinery Center . . . . 100 . . . . 600 . . . . 0
Sha'din AI Matrix. . . . . . . 125 . . . . 600 . . . . 200
Renegar, Lazuli Station. . . . 125 . . . . 600 . . . . 0
Okkilor, Drannik Hub . . . . . 130 . . . . 600 . . . . 0
Stalar Command Center. . . . . 150 . . . . 500 . . . . 300
Reynard, Lazuli Titan. . . . . 150 . . . . 600 . . . . 0
Dark MegaComplex . . . . . . . 150 . . . . 750 . . . . 300
Graxis, Stryll Prison. . . . . 160 . . . . 700 . . . . 0
Lazuli Fabrication Plant . . . 160 . . . . 9999. . . . 50
XRP-Prototype. . . . . . . . . 200 . . . . 900 . . . . 300
Silthion Queen . . . . . . . . 200 . . . . 9999. . . . 50
Silthion Hive Colony . . . . . 200 . . . . 900 . . . . 0
Xavox, Stryll Punisher . . . . 200 . . . . 900 . . . . 0
Vortul, Crimson Annihilator. . 201 . . . . 400 . . . . 0
Korteth, Crimson Carrier . . . 220 . . . . 650 . . . . 0
Sha'din Hypergrid. . . . . . . 250 . . . . 1200. . . . 500
Dark Command Nexus . . . . . . 260 . . . . 2000. . . . 600
Xiloy, Drannik Encephalon. . . 275 . . . . 1000. . . . 0
Rethion, Lazuli Superhauler. . 300 . . . . 2000. . . . 400
Telarys Carrier. . . . . . . . 300 . . . . 2000. . . . 0
XRP Warp Station . . . . . . . 350 . . . . 2000. . . . 1000
Sha'din Hyperport. . . . . . . 600 . . . . 3500. . . . 3000
Grivv Prime. . . . . . . . . . 700 . . . . 3600. . . . 5000
Kelethor, Crimson Hauler . . . 750 . . . . 3600. . . . 4500
Attiroth, Lazuli Carrier . . . 900 . . . . 3800. . . . 3000
Pevreon, Dark Specialist . . . 900 . . . . 3500. . . . 2000
Silthion Hybrid Cluster. . . . 900 . . . . 3800. . . . 2500

Author:  Uy23e [ Wed May 08, 2013 1:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

Excess scan will technically REDUCE your chance of finding other stuff because it will cause your pool to be diluted by higher cloaked NPCs. This is why when assassin first came out ppl begged for it to be more than 50 cloak XD

Author:  Devastation [ Wed May 08, 2013 12:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

Uy23e wrote:
Excess scan will technically REDUCE your chance of finding other stuff because it will cause your pool to be diluted by higher cloaked NPCs. This is why when assassin first came out ppl begged for it to be more than 50 cloak XD

Yep. I've been working on wiping out all my mission NPCs for the purpose of increasing the rates of everything else (more specifically, the good stuff I'm after).


Darn Dark Iso-Runners. >_<

Author:  Flux [ Wed May 08, 2013 12:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Scanning, does it help find rare NPC's?

XxDarthDexterxX wrote:
Uy23e wrote:
Excess scan will technically REDUCE your chance of finding other stuff because it will cause your pool to be diluted by higher cloaked NPCs. This is why when assassin first came out ppl begged for it to be more than 50 cloak XD

Yep. I've been working on wiping out all my mission NPCs for the purpose of increasing the rates of everything else (more specifically, the good stuff I'm after).


+1 on both

same here - disable all mission spawn NPCs and have scan just higher than cloak of NPCs you look after.
There is no evidence, that it increase the spawn rate of rate/elite NPCs but definitely it helps if you exclude:
* the mission NPCs which can spawn till the mission is not done
* the NPCs with cloak higher than your scan
* kill all space entities ASAP!

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