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What’s the point of scanning?

Antar3sAntar3s ✭✭
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Can anyone enlighten me? It’s completely useless as far as I can tell!

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  • Secret JourneySecret Journey ✭✭✭✭
    If you pay for scans the 8th scan is almost always a 5* character...
    DB = Climbing up an endless wall...
  • Secret JourneySecret Journey ✭✭✭✭
    Secret Journey wrote: »
    If you pay for scans the 8th scan is almost always a 5* character...

    Ok no it’s not. I just wanted to see what something useful looked like in writing...
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  • PallidynePallidyne ✭✭✭✭✭
    Helps you get your 200 honor for getting your daily actions.
  • Banjo1012Banjo1012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I get mostly transmissions with scans. To me, that’s useful
  • Antar3sAntar3s ✭✭
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    Need I remind anyone in this thread that I recently brought up the idea of Scan-Only Crew

    Love that idea!

  • (HGH)Apollo(HGH)Apollo ✭✭✭✭✭
    What bugs me most about scans is the insane dilithium price for extra scans. One of the perks of being a higher vip is more scans a day but when the extra scans are so expensive and give so little it really isnt a perk.
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  • Speckles the Destroyer of WorldsSpeckles the Destroyer of Worlds ✭✭✭✭
    I imagine it was thrown in there at the beginning in hopes of luring in-app purchases from gullible people and accidental presses.

    It is still there now because it costs nothing for them to keep it there, and might bring in a couple of extra bucks every now and then.
  • Mirror CartmanMirror Cartman ✭✭✭✭✭
    Scans force players to log in at least three times a day, or twice a day adwarping the third. They generate DB money from advertisers. If DB implemented the idea of warp only crew, or other benefits, then people would be more likely to adwarp them, and we would all be happy.

    Perhaps DB could add better rewards for scans after the third one, e.g. holoemitters.
  • [BL] C6pilot[BL] C6pilot ✭✭✭
    It's time for scans to go bye-bye. DB has added plenty of freebees via voyages and can easily add a few more to make up for any lost scan loot. It's more than an annoyance at this point and wastes screen space.
  • Dirk GundersonDirk Gunderson ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mirror Cartman wrote: »
    Scans force players to log in at least three times a day, or twice a day adwarping the third. They generate DB money from advertisers. If DB implemented the idea of warp only crew, or other benefits, then people would be more likely to adwarp them, and we would all be happy.

    Perhaps DB could add better rewards for scans after the third one, e.g. holoemitters.

    I prefer to use ad-warps for grinding high-chron missions. If there were good rewards from scans I would probably use some of those on scans but due to cooldown restrictions I don’t think I would use any more ad-warps than I currently do.
  • Vice Admiral StarfishVice Admiral Starfish ✭✭✭
    Don't forget scanning Risa with 2* Riker, and 3* Wesley and Lefler gets you the elusive K'tarian headset Easter egg.
  • Lady GaghgaghLady Gaghgagh ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mirror Cartman wrote: »
    Scans force players to log in at least three times a day, or twice a day adwarping the third. They generate DB money from advertisers. If DB implemented the idea of warp only crew, or other benefits, then people would be more likely to adwarp them, and we would all be happy.

    Perhaps DB could add better rewards for scans after the third one, e.g. holoemitters.

    I don't know any sane person who would use their ad-warp for scans. We all save them for high chron components or to get an extra 10 chrons during the daily chron gifts.
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  • Banjo1012Banjo1012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2018
    I get mostly transmissions with scans. To me, that’s useful
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    Mirror Cartman wrote: »
    Scans force players to log in at least three times a day, or twice a day adwarping the third. They generate DB money from advertisers. If DB implemented the idea of warp only crew, or other benefits, then people would be more likely to adwarp them, and we would all be happy.

    Perhaps DB could add better rewards for scans after the third one, e.g. holoemitters.

    I don't know any sane person who would use their ad-warp for scans. We all save them for high chron components or to get an extra 10 chrons during the daily chron gifts.

    My name is Banjo 1012 and I admit, I use ad warps for scans. I feel it’s worth it to get transmissions. I will say I make sure I have an ad warp at all three chron boosts but other than that, yes I use them for scans.

  • DavideBooksDavideBooks ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    Mirror Cartman wrote: »
    Scans force players to log in at least three times a day, or twice a day adwarping the third. They generate DB money from advertisers. If DB implemented the idea of warp only crew, or other benefits, then people would be more likely to adwarp them, and we would all be happy.

    Perhaps DB could add better rewards for scans after the third one, e.g. holoemitters.

    I don't know any sane person who would use their ad-warp for scans. We all save them for high chron components or to get an extra 10 chrons during the daily chron gifts.

    I did it while moving. Took the move time from Washington to Arizona without a cell phone and managed to complete daily tasks using free wifi at Walmart twice a day for three days. The ad-warp came in handy.

    But that was an exception. I like that I get a few extra transmissions and sometimes credits and it doesn't take any effort.
  • Gib - Admiral MarinersGib - Admiral Mariners ✭✭✭✭
    If I am going to be doing something other the shuttles and scans, I save them. I ad warp a scan at least once a day, sometimes more, if i am on wifi.
  • Dark MatterDark Matter ✭✭✭
    If you feel you spend not enough time rolling dices you can always throw them once more and do some scanning. Just one more gambling opportunity in casino run by DB.
  • [QH] Oxmyx[QH] Oxmyx ✭✭✭✭
    I ad warp the scans as well, every time I try to use the chron ads I get the white screen of death and don’t get the rewards. At least with the scans it actually works properly more often and it’s one less scan I have to remember to do for the 200 Honor
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  • <TGE> Clifford<TGE> Clifford ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    Mirror Cartman wrote: »
    Scans force players to log in at least three times a day, or twice a day adwarping the third. They generate DB money from advertisers. If DB implemented the idea of warp only crew, or other benefits, then people would be more likely to adwarp them, and we would all be happy.

    Perhaps DB could add better rewards for scans after the third one, e.g. holoemitters.

    I don't know any sane person who would use their ad-warp for scans. We all save them for high chron components or to get an extra 10 chrons during the daily chron gifts.

    Some people have especially busy lives and like to complete their dailies in three hours in the evenings.

    I'm not one of those people, I readily admit that. But I can see how if you have four shuttles, dailies can be done in three hours if you have an adwarp to use on a scan.
  • [Retired] BeamMeUpScottie[Retired] BeamMeUpScottie ✭✭✭
    edited April 2018
    Do facebook/steam players also have ad warp now?

    I am thinking to delete the app from my phone and instead playing on steam
  • Data1001Data1001 ✭✭✭✭✭
    [QH] WhiteClifford wrote: »
    Lady Gaghgagh wrote: »
    Mirror Cartman wrote: »
    Scans force players to log in at least three times a day, or twice a day adwarping the third. They generate DB money from advertisers. If DB implemented the idea of warp only crew, or other benefits, then people would be more likely to adwarp them, and we would all be happy.

    Perhaps DB could add better rewards for scans after the third one, e.g. holoemitters.

    I don't know any sane person who would use their ad-warp for scans. We all save them for high chron components or to get an extra 10 chrons during the daily chron gifts.

    Some people have especially busy lives and like to complete their dailies in three hours in the evenings.

    I'm not one of those people, I readily admit that. But I can see how if you have four shuttles, dailies can be done in three hours if you have an adwarp to use on a scan.

    I try to get all (or almost all) of my dailies done right away after the reset. The reset happens before midnight where I live (and I tend to be awake later than that anyway), so it's usually not a problem. Lately, however, I've been playing my main account mostly on Steam, so of course I can't ad-warp anything there. But on my alt accounts, which I play on my phone, I always ad-warp one of the scans, and try to catch the third one before going to sleep. (As for shuttles, I'll sometimes just run 3 shuttles on one of my :30-second factions and then 4 normal ones, just to get them out of the way, so I don't have to remember to do them the next day, in case I get caught up in something.)


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