Gremrod wrote:Hmm, good question on the geoscanner being a unique equipped item like lwf.
you know what.... i know it
long long time ago, there have been geoscanning missions, that asked you to succesfully scan a mineral several times. so to finish the mission fast, you have just equipped as many geoscanners as scans required and activated them all at once.
same reason why chassis and cargo scanners are unique modules - due to missions.
The "recon" mission got fixed later by disabling scanning the same npcs multiple times counting towards the mission goal, but the modules stayed as they are now.
a second reason for the restriction, that still exists, is to increase the value of T4 geoscanners aside of their accuracy due to their faster cycletime. A termis or argano can reach 100% without a T4.
history lesson - dismissed.
related patchnotes:
http://www.perpetuum-online.com/Changelog:2010-08-24
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