I've just tried it - mined 25 platinum and taken it to Harris Construct - go a probe; When I deployed it it was smaller than the ones I've seen other people use - this one was only a quarter of a sector!From post: 137306, Topic: tid=9019, author=MiaZ wrote:Are you sure about that, did I miss something here?From post: 137296, Topic: tid=9019, author=westernnomad wrote:I just discovered that you can make long range probes using 25 platinum at a construction station. These will significantly increase the range of your nav map.
For instance, I was able to locate a planet in w116 from the star in f862. Anyone know what the actual numbers are for the range boost?
I can only make standard probes and they don't extend beyond the sector I am in.
EDIT: I think the bigger sensor areas I've seen (most of a sector) are from deployed sensor arrays - no time limit and they disappear when the creator (so to speak) leaves the sector
[Edited on 3-6-2012 by DaveK]
