Thread: COVERT OPs fix
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Unread 12 Jan 2019, 13:24   #12
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Re: COVERT OPs fix

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Originally Posted by budious View Post
Look at it as there are two options to block or counter the subversion broadcasts, the target can either continue to hoard distorters to limit the number of potential broadcasters or increase alert sufficiently to counter subversion broadcasts. Since the number of distorters imposes a significant cost opportunity in resources and non-distorter structures, it makes sense to raise the cost of the scan according to the number of amps possessed by the scanner, or at least by the minimum penetration ratio required to overpower distorters.
It goes against everything else scan wise though, and pretty much reverses the logic. A fixed cost might not be too much of a departure, but increasing based on amp count makes no sense.
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