two modules.
one takes up a mid slot the other a low slot.
one stops cargo scanning the other modules fitted to a ship. they cannot both be fitted.
This sounds like one module idea instead of two.
You just don’t yet know if it should take a high or mid slot.
As a sensor-based module that blocks a cargo scanner a mid slot sounds most fitting to me, but I’m open for reasons why it should be a high slot.
The module idea is interesting at first sight as it seems to be a counter against cargo scanners, but I don’t think it’s interesting enough for me to ever equip one.
Why would I do that?
Clearly equipping one shows there’s a high likelyhood I’m carrying valuable cargo and am worth to be attacked in which case I’ve wasted a mod slot on this instead of a more practical defensive mod.
Even when using it to bait I’d get better value out of using defensive or offensive modules instead.
Blockade runners have a similar cargo scan blocking effect, and get killed whenever caught, yet those I fly because they’re fast agile covops nullified haulers which just happen to also have a cargo-scan-blocking effect that I don’t care about.
To willingly equip such an (often detrimental) module and spend a mod slot on it is something I’d skip.
I don’t really see new interesting strategies as result of this module.
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Immunity to ship scanner rigs would be pretty cool. Make gankers have more guess work with their attacks, not knowing if the ship is empty or not and if the cargo is even of value for the gank.
Why guess?
Just hit any hauler with the module fit, assuming they’re trying to hide their cargo as they would be less likely to use the module with empty loads.
Sometimes the load will be empty, but on averge I’d think this bet comes out positive.
It would be a nice ‘please gank me!’ sign.
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I’d go out of my way to get grabbed to farm kill rights
Give it a try in a surprisingly tanked blockade runner!
I tried that once but was disappointed at how few people even attempted to lock my hauler and went back to NS.
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Wait, are you saying that you failed in trying to be ganked?
But surely being ganked is commonplace, it’s the biggest problem in highsec, isn’t it?
I once went afk in a sigil from amarr to jita.. 1.5b in the hold.. not a single look as far as I could tell