# Get rid of dscan hotkey already! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243 "2018-03-05T16:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Igaan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/igaan/32/58085_2.png) [@Igaan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Igaan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/1 "2018-03-05T16:46:19Z")
Automate it. It’s not the 80s anymore. Inb4 “arguments” to keep it as is: They are all invalid. ---
**Author:** ![Caldari\_Citizen\_537695236](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/caldari_citizen_537695236/32/11436_2.png) [@Caldari\_Citizen\_537695236](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Caldari_Citizen_537695236)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/2 "2018-03-05T16:58:33Z")
“By making it automatic, not only those who regularly dscan now but also those who never bothered will start spamming dscan when they don’t even have to as long as they are in space, which is not something CCP is ready to handle server load wise.” Something like this was the dev answer iirc. ---
**Author:** ![Zircon\_Dasher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zircon_dasher/32/36736_2.png) [@Zircon\_Dasher](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zircon_Dasher)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/3 "2018-03-05T17:12:24Z")
No… ---
**Author:** ![Alever\_Caldari](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alever_caldari/32/152907_2.png) [@Alever\_Caldari](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alever_Caldari)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/4 "2018-03-05T17:46:48Z")
yes you can set it to run it would run all the time only when you told it, and I don’t even use dscan. ---
**Author:** ![Dom\_Arkaral](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dom_arkaral/32/462611_2.png) [@Dom\_Arkaral](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dom_Arkaral)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/5 "2018-03-05T18:05:25Z")
Uh no Lol Why don’t you disable your hotkey? ---
**Author:** ![Scipio\_Artelius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/scipio_artelius/32/408264_2.png) [@Scipio\_Artelius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Scipio_Artelius)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/6 "2018-03-05T19:04:29Z")
It increases server load, especially for large fleet fights and would crash nodes. It’s not just about convenience, having it automated would impact game performance, and automation would see TiDi kick in a lot earlier than it does now. That wouldn’t be good. ---
**Author:** ![Beast\_of\_Revelations](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/beast_of_revelations/32/413187_2.png) [@Beast\_of\_Revelations](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Beast_of_Revelations)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/7 "2018-03-05T20:10:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Get rid of dscan hotkey already! I said this years ago. People defended the status quo then, and people will defend it now. It’s obvious that ships, especially in any kind of futuristic sci-fi setting, should have a ‘radar’ or call it whatever you like. And it should be real-time, as much as the overview or whatever else is. I get the argument that the way things are designed, it would increase server load. So be it. But then things should be redesigned (not that I expect that to happen). ---
**Author:** ![Gadget\_Helmsdottir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gadget_helmsdottir/32/374037_2.png) [@Gadget\_Helmsdottir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gadget_Helmsdottir)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/8 "2018-03-05T20:24:02Z")
Hopefully, ships in the future won’t need to worry about all of space/time crashing because of overuse of some bit of technology. OTOH, there was the one ST:TNG episode where all ships had their warp speeds limited due to tearing up all of space/time… 🤷‍♀️ –Gadget just hopes the future has a reset button ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/9 "2018-03-05T20:55:12Z")
I love it when someone’s argument is “But in the future…” Well, guess what. The game is set in the future, but the technology running the game is set in the present. Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/your_ex-girlfriend/32/429252_2.png) [@Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Your_Ex-Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/10 "2018-03-05T20:58:57Z")
Your entire premise is invalid. ---
**Author:** ![Anderson\_Geten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anderson_geten/32/390041_2.png) [@Anderson\_Geten](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anderson_Geten)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/11 "2018-03-05T21:03:59Z")
you live in the 80’s ? ---
**Author:** ![Toran\_Mallow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/toran_mallow/32/55286_2.png) [@Toran\_Mallow](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Toran_Mallow)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/12 "2018-03-05T21:25:31Z")
So enough people could force TiDi in a big fleet by repeatedly dscanning? ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/13 "2018-03-05T21:31:15Z")
Or using thousands of drones, or fireworks, or pretty much anything else in a large fleet battle… ---
**Author:** ![Piugattuk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/piugattuk/32/292316_2.png) [@Piugattuk](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Piugattuk)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/14 "2018-03-05T21:50:40Z")
Hahahaha, present, the code running EVE is well antiquated hence legacy code, EVE has so many patches it makes Raggedy Ann look like regular Ann. ---
**Author:** ![Toran\_Mallow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/toran_mallow/32/55286_2.png) [@Toran\_Mallow](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Toran_Mallow)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/15 "2018-03-05T21:50:41Z")
Time to employ our greatest defense. TiDi tanking using fireworks and repeated dscans. ---
**Author:** ![Loutro\_Fift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/loutro_fift/32/195473_2.png) [@Loutro\_Fift](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Loutro_Fift)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/16 "2018-03-06T01:21:16Z")
> [@Igaan](#): > > Automate it. It’s not the 80s anymore. > Inb4 “arguments” to keep it as is: They are all invalid. You’re invalid ---
**Author:** ![Galaxy\_Pig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/galaxy_pig/32/374625_2.png) [@Galaxy\_Pig](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Galaxy_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/17 "2018-03-06T01:37:18Z")
Wait a minute! Then how would wormholers kill inattentive people? ---
**Author:** ![Gadget\_Helmsdottir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gadget_helmsdottir/32/374037_2.png) [@Gadget\_Helmsdottir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gadget_Helmsdottir)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/18 "2018-03-06T03:43:55Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/2/d/2d51d8ff870711f2f8af4a45dd6786590f2b1317.jpg) Gadget also hates 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Remiel\_Pollard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/remiel_pollard/32/242272_2.png) [@Remiel\_Pollard](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Remiel_Pollard)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/19 "2018-03-06T03:49:59Z")
> [@Igaan](#): > > Inb4 “arguments” to keep it as is: They are all invalid. You don’t even make a valid one yourself, and dismiss all counters as invalid before you even know what they are. You pretty much invalidate yourself with that kind of intellectual dishonesty. ---
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243/21 "2018-03-06T06:15:13Z")
I think I could live with a d-scan module that scans at a limited range say, every 10s or so. [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-dscan-hotkey-already/61243.md?page=2)