About the Scanner...

Rik

So, I think the scanner a very complex device to be created so easily.
(2x titaniums and 1x battery? seriously?).
It would be interesting to put it as an additional of pods?
My opinion is that the Scanner should follow two paths:

- Creating a modified recipe in order to be a more complex item
or
- Add It in pods, with the excuse that:
"The scanner can be used to read various structures and creatures,
and consider whether certain living forms or mineral
can be ingested in case of dehydration or starvation"

The players are asking for more "realism" in the game, so I think this is an interesting point. What do you think?


[Update]
they could add the scanner in one of the Pods destroyed or some debris Aurora, marked with the "radio signal" as did one of the most recent updates... i like that idea too

Nautical_Nick

Yeah, sounds like a cool idea. Just change the recipe to include some other stuff like wiring. But finding one in a downed pod might make it to easy. Perhaps instead of just finding it you would find the blueprints in PDA like things. Collecting all of those will open up the scanner for crafting.

Sigmalx

I have a lot against this, as it is one of the three items you need to get started, the other two are the knife and the welder/habitat builder. They have very simple build paths to allow the player to understand what they need and how to get it. For a long while, you'll be staying around the shallows, kelp forest, grassy plateaus. Once you get around to getting a glider, you'll expand outward to the sparse reef and the edge of the grand reef, as well as the island. Once you get a sea moth, the ocean is yours. The scanner allows the retrieval of fragments to be found around, making that essential stepping stone more than it is, a battery and a bit titanium to be built... Maybe a bit of glass will help... I ranted for a bit, don't worry