The Newbies Full Guide To D-SCAN! || EVE Online

[@MikelosM]

A very good explanation of the mechanics! I would conditionally disagree with your statement of not worrying too much about non-combat probes, though. Especially if you're in j-space & as an example, let's say you're huffing gas in a Prospect and there's only 1 gas site in the system: it's just as likely that an Astero, Stratios or stealth bomber is using core/sister scanner probes to scan the sigs as any other type of ship, and once they scan that single gas site, they're going to immediately know where you are (in all likelihood; based on your ship) and can warp to your location. Sure, you have some time to prepare & warp off etc, but if you're in any type of site (sig) where it's "one of a kind" in the system, the safest action is to immediately dock up/cloak/warp off. This goes double for anomalies in my opinion - not only because they don't have to be scanned down of course, but because it's an early warning notice (again, being j-space specific here) that someone is in system.

[@captainbenzie]

Oh 100% agreed and I probably could be clearer here. This was intended to essentially help those folks out mining etc in K-Space. In my Wormhole Survival series I do espouse the need to keep an eye on everything but very good points to raise!

[@johndinovo4168]

Just started listening to your content. What I like very much is that you don't use a lot of EVE jargon that is incomprehensible to the absolute newbie like me. Thanks for that!

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you enjoy it and glad I can help!!

[@BradyRay_333]

I second this.

[@matthewmclaughlin848]

True

[@ShaftyMegee]

Third this

[@markregan7639]

Are you still playing?

[@hellangel2604]

I very much appreciate your content coming into a 20+yo Eve Online as a brand new player. You do an excellent job of actually going deep enough into the topic to make it understandable, which ALOT of other people don't and assume there's already a bunch of "background knowledge". I will continue to scroll through your videos for the topics I would like to learn more about.

[@captainbenzie]

Awesome! Hope I can help!

[@wilyoldtimer]

Watched this video today as a newbie never knew about d scan, had been in a wormhole for a few hours when I spotted combat probes so I got out of there. For sure saved my ship, loot and the two hours that I had invested in that wormhole. Thanks

[@captainbenzie]

Well done!

[@wilyoldtimer]

My question is, can you have d scanner in one window and probe scanner in another next to each other as most of my time is spent looking for relic / data sites and I only d scan when I have finished locating a site 100% Thank you

[@captainbenzie]

@wilyoldtimer Yes, absolutely. If you watch my videos, I have my DScan on the left of my HUD, and my Probe Scanner to the right

[@wilyoldtimer]

@@captainbenzie brilliant, I will watch that one. Many thanks.

[@justinn5357]

Your tutorials are so freaking helpful, keep them up!

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you like them!

[@novoca1n3]

Thank you. As a new player (2 days) I found this extremely easy to follow and understand.

[@captainbenzie]

Glad it helped!

[@Gruxx42]

Very good and useful video for new players. I knew what D Scan is as I've heard it mentioned in other guides but I didn't know how to get to it or use it.

[@captainbenzie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alimantado373]

Whatever I see on this channel I download or save for future Eve conflicts, Im still on AIR career 👍👍

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you're finding them useful and good luck!!

[@alimantado373]

@@captainbenzie Thanks for making these for us noobies. so many of EVE channels Tutorials seem to forget we dont know the basics and talk as if we have full knowledge. like a Fullstack coder 😄👍👍

[@autismsdad1752]

Thanks Capt! I have been playing since 2016 but never bothered with D-Scan LMAO! How the hell have I survived!? Well.. it does explain the lost couple of Orca's and a Raven... oh and a Golem.... ;-)

[@captainbenzie]

😂😂 it's a very powerful tool, especially if you're based in J-Space like I am! Hope you enjoy, and good luck!!

[@grandmastasash7376]

Got yesterday the chance within Catskull to join a training session for D Scan. Now I will have a critical look into the new video ;-)

[@grandmastasash7376]

Well done, thanks a lot. Need to train more I think

[@xAC1DR31GNx]

I hear ya! Haha was a fun little fleet and it's nice to visually see how it's done too.

[@Timithos]

Thanks for the refresher. I came here to remember how to see the cone moving around. By the way, slight correction. That "asteroid belt" you were scanning in the cone had a bunch of other celestial objects "tightly" packed together: 5 moons, 1 planet, 3 stations, and 1 asteroid belt all in one spot. So that mobile depot could have been at any of those though the asteroid belt is a likely place, it also could have been at one of the moons for some sort of moon mining reason.

[@captainbenzie]

A good point, but no moon mining in Hisec though.

[@Timithos]

@@captainbenzie You can moon mine in high sec but not many do it because the best reprocessing facilities are outside of high sec and it's difficult to move moon goo.

[@captainbenzie]

@@Timithos I thought you could only do it in 0.5 or lower?

[@Timithos]

@@captainbenzie Well 0.5 is high sec, but I'm not keeping up on any other recent changes especially since I'm not a moon miner and just returning.

[@painusmaximus]

Hey, do you have a video for your „Overview“ setup?

[@jeanclaude2794]

wow thank you for these videos! very helpful cheers

[@captainbenzie]

Glad to be able to help!!

[@zulwe]

Outstanding explanation. Thank you

[@captainbenzie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Dragonn411]

How did you make the subscribe button do that when you said subscribe 12:15 How have I never seen that before

[@Submanca]

Suprized you don`t use the 90, 45, 22.5, 12, 6, 3 degree thing. It seems to work great for finding those wrecks.

[@goldnotwoodya8449]

Love Ur videos From vaults of Terra to now Taking all donations to ( Commander kidney shifter ) Isk would help me out at the moment took some big losses over the weekend still learning and trying out builds ... But enjoy so far .. Ur vids helped me heaps

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you're enjoying

[@dredthizz87]

You can sometimes use D scan to attempt to land on grid with a ship if you do not have combat probes by using the the range adjustment but of course they have to be not paying attention... Ik ik this video is ment for newbros... Edit by making a "safe" when warping past/near them

[@Timithos]

How do you break your own warp?

[@WarpingWombat]

You dont. You look in the system map and observe where your Marker is in Relation to the Destination you think your enemy is and make a Bookmark while warping (you can make Bookmarks with CTRL+B)

[@rcgonzo144]

Thanks, what would also be helpful is an overview on what to look out for. More then half the time i dont even recognize dangers in dscan. Like the things listed there i cant really tell what that is or what it means.

[@captainbenzie]

Basically, any ship, but also combat drones etc.

[@rcgonzo144]

@@captainbenzie fair, I wouldn't even be able to tell that a rattlesnake is a ship 😂

[@jessicalee5487]

I am here because I was wondering how the hell I move my scan position and you answered it within minutes into the video. Thanks!

[@daddex9222]

Nice to see you got the hang of it ! :)

[@captainbenzie]

Hey, thanks!

[@LvBillyM]

Great videos, do you have an overview setup video

[@rayderrich]

Good stuff Captain, thank you.

[@captainbenzie]

Very welcome!

[@ragingoracle6239]

GR8 Vid! Whats up with these NPC security stations? those NPCs wrecked me in 3 hits. I just wanted the Relic in WH space lol.. What am suppose to do there? What, train the combat missions and try to kill everything 1st?

[@captainbenzie]

Unsecured Data and Forgotten Relic Sites are a blend of combat and exploration. I've covered them on this channel a few times. Check out my Wormhole series! Wormhole Life! || EVE Online: kzbin.info/aero/PLweq846y_h9Y1mxvJKJFbj-RE6A7w2_JI

[@TheCynysterMind]

I owe you a like and a subscribe for this one. Been playing for (looks it up) 10 months... and I never had any clue how to keep the windows up... Everyone just kept saying... "keep smashing D-scan" well that was not helpful if D-scan is full screen by default :/ Thank you!

[@captainbenzie]

Lmao happy to help!!

[@davidnobular9220]

Doesn't help with the cloaked pirates who sit near belts does it ? That's my big issue.... Or have I got that wrong ?

[@TheCynysterMind]

@@davidnobular9220 Cloaked ships do not show on D-Scan but they do show up in local chat

[@davidnobular9220]

@@TheCynysterMind Ok...thanks. I'll bear that in mind next time I get surprised while mining Silver Omber in a 0.4 sec in a Velator....

[@Nitidus]

​@@davidnobular9220I left HiSec for the first time yesterday to check out a 0.4 system and kill some NPCs. After searching for almost an hour and not finding a single 0.4 system without other players (it was early morning EU and middle of the night US time), I settled for one where I only saw a bunch of miners who I guessed were bots. Well, after 5 minutes and two belts checked out, I was oneshot by some person in the middle of a fight against pirates. Immediately convinced me of never leaving HiSec again until I'm prepared to defend myself. I D-Scanned every few seconds with pretty much the settings recommended in this video, nothing turned up at any point. Not even the miners who I tried to stay away from as far as possible.

[@alimantado373]

o7 Salute to you sir for this tutorial.

[@captainbenzie]

You are welcome!

[@Shaabhekh]

Good tutorial; do you have a particular filter type for d-scan? i find the overviews to be a little cluttered sometimes and having to sift through celestial objects and such like to find a player ship can be a pain.

[@captainbenzie]

I just use the Signal Cartel overview - type it into Google and you'll see how to get it in game. Then for D-Scan, I set it to "Capsuleer - No Drones"

[@Shaabhekh]

@@captainbenzie- Appreciated o7

[@Trac3r.]

Massive help thank you

[@captainbenzie]

🫡

[@AbdulSoomro-kj5lt]

I have so much to learn about this game; I am a complete newbie; I only had this game for 5 days: can you teach me how to not only buy the weapons but to fit them into the ship? I can’t seem to get the modules from the station to my inventory

[@captainbenzie]

You have to be docked at the same station they're in. You don't need to put them in your cargo - just dock, open inventory, and then drop them into the fitting video. I've done a video on "how to fit your ship" that may help!

[@AbdulSoomro-kj5lt]

@ I meant to ask is I buy all the modules from the wrong station; how do I find the right station?

[@captainbenzie]

@AbdulSoomro-kj5lt there's an inventory window called "Personal Assets" that lists everything you own, divided by the station it's in. You can find the items, see which station they're in, then right click the name of the station and set it as a destination so that you can navigate to it.

[@ShaftyMegee]

Thanks for the vid :)

[@captainbenzie]

Hope it helps!

[@stevencook1050]

I've been playing for almost 2 weeks now and I still can't figure out how to sell my ore on the market or fit my corvette with new, better weapons.

[@captainbenzie]

The answer with the Corvette is "don't". Do the Career Agents in your starting system. You'll get better ships, new modules etc. As for ore, head to a station, move the stuff from your ship into the Station Hangar, right click and sell.

[@NarrowAscent]

Are you able to filter out stuff from Dscan that you don't need to keep an eye out for? Thanks for the video.

[@captainbenzie]

Yes. You can use ANY of your overview filters for D-Scan

[@baconsandwichbaconsandwich727]

you didnt cover the filters which is the best for defense? also if you click an item in dscan one of the options is remove from overview which is confusing I'm in dscan not overview

[@captainbenzie]

This video was meant purely as a "How D-Scan Works". Making filters is a personal choice based on what you want to see

[@BergsteinnJonsson]

A slight correction. Gankers do whant hit you hard and hit you fast. But they do not get out before Concord comes in. They will loose their ships to Concord. They are after two things in most cases. The kill mail and your loot. Ganker ships tend to be dirt cheap because they are made to die. The ganker is just going to jump into his next ship that is exacly the same and move on to the next target.

[@captainbenzie]

Only in Hisec. You can get ganked in Nullsec or J-Space too

[@Timithos]

@@captainbenzie Yes, but you said, "and escape from Concord". No one escapes from Concord in high security space, and if in fact the gankers somehow pull that off that is considered by CCP a violation of terms of service and an exploit. And culturally in Eve, players use the term "ganking" only for hisec. All other regions of space are considered fair game, and though killed you have not been "ganked", even if you are "ganged up" on by 10 ships or are flying an absolutely defenseless ship.

[@captainbenzie]

@@Timithos so, if you're ratting with an MTU, folks will often shoot that to bait you into shooting them. No criminal timer. No CONCORD. If you're running Abyssals of certain tiers in Hisec, you'll get a Suspect Timer. No CONCORD. If you're tricked into looting a can and gaining suspect, no CONCORD. Plenty of ways for it to happen. We also definitely use ganking in Nullsec and J-Space too. Just means getting jumped unexpectedly.

[@Timithos]

@@captainbenzie Ok, but they got tricked. Once Concord is on the gankers, and they somehow escape, CCP considers that a violation. There's no escaping Concord. And your expanded knowledge on how to trick highsecers into getting ganked is starting to look sus 🤣

[@j-heratiochrist9105]

Many thanks capt, why those cheap buggers do not make starter vids you must watch before even getting into the game is beyond me (other than it's $$$ they don't want to spend) too bad ccp doesn't just have all the knowledgeable players like you and others with their respective expertise in whichever category do a few vids and put them all together for the prospective players to see at the start and or maybe even as they progress into the game, like say when you go to probe things, a video could pop up for a crash course like you did here- it would be cheap on the business side and more realistic and relevant to us new players. Well i prattled on likely for nothing, cuz we all know that kind of co-operation tween the $$$ people and the players will never happen But thank you for the videos, I've only seen a few of yours, and some from other folks, and hope the sub and like is enough, I can count on 1 hand how many of anything online I've even given that much :)

[@captainbenzie]

There actually are tutorial videos and animations in the game. In the AIR Career Program you can view tutorials.

[@johnsmith-nd9yo]

I've been playing for 21 years - never used it once. Looks exhausting.

[@captainbenzie]

Can't live in wormholes without it

[@kodykj2112]

Can't tell if it's sarcasm but I made the MB4 on my mouse dscan and it's so much more convenient for me that way.

[@johnsmith-nd9yo]

@@kodykj2112 nah not sarcasm, I just run lev 4's in empire these days....no one in my system. I only use scanners/probes if I forget my tractor. Oddly enough though, I was ganked last week in a mission - but they failed and all died and dropped some nice loot. I make about 10 billion per month and have nothing to spend it on. Why take a risk ?

[@BlueNETGaming]

I just started playing Eve Online for a few days and decided to stick with it and learn how it works and I am a bit overwhelmed. In the past I tried it but quit after a few hours because it is so big, now I figured out a few basics but after watching this video I feel that I know nothing 😢 Thanks for the video’s and I will be watching a lot more to get to grips with the mechanics

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome to EVE Online! I'd recommend running all of the Career Agents in your starting system (even if you don't think you'll like the playstyle, you may be surprised) as they're a great source of ISK, ships, and learning. From there, have a look at the AIR Career Program in game and try to find a good corp 😉 I've got videos on those things in the Catskull Academy playlist on my page

[@captainharlock31]

If I'm being scanned am I notified like in Echoes?

[@ArchAngelThomas]

No

[@johnmcguigan3489]

Only way to know you’re being scanned is by paying attention to D-scan for probes. Presence of other ships doesn’t mean you’re being scanned, if you see combat probes in close then you’re most likely being probed down. It is possible to use D-scan offensively too though, so never be too complacent just because you don’t see probes immediately……. Keep hitting scan. How do you use it offensively? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXLJg2hqqayYZrc

[@johnsmith-nd9yo]

Good video.

[@captainbenzie]

Thank you

[@eliasl332]

Mine is broken. I 360 scan and get 0 ships and in almost every belt i find enemy NPCs.

[@captainbenzie]

D-Scan doesn't pick up NPCs. Only players and objects.

[@gabrielspring4401]

@@captainbenzie I just wasted 1 hr trying to understand dscan and overview filters to answer this very question - why i was never seeing enemy npcs - and this is the answer. This is critical to bring up! You said that you can use any filter on dscan as you can on your overview, which is true, except the key is that the filters can't be relied-on if they include displays of enemy npcs.

[@akashrh3726]

worth of Subscribing

[@captainbenzie]

Thank you!!

[@ScudLance]

Thanks bro

[@captainbenzie]

You're welcome!

[@wnuktomas5642]

great

[@captainbenzie]

❤️

[@RaineErasmusWalker]

Ha ha I just saw the other day there actually is a system called Cat 🐈😆 love EvE, I have so much free time to play virtually anything but I just keep mining and trying to learn new shit about the game. Captain Benzie is so #based, I think I'm a Benzhead now. I will never not D-Scan again 👽 #CCPGames #EvEOnline

[@captainbenzie]

We couldn't resist settling Catskull in Cat 😂 And this is one of the most awesome comments I've received, thank you! Never heard the term "BenzHead" before 🤣 just glad I was able to help!!

[@RaineErasmusWalker]

@@captainbenzie Thanks to your help I managed to jetcan mine about 50.000 m3 of ore in 0.1 space with complete peace of mind! Nothing on the radar as far as D-Scan can see for hours save for the passing Frigate (=obviously engaged in Factional Warfare judging by the surrounding sites). I also managed to judge the nationality of some players based on the name of their ships and note which potential ganker I am liable to see again during my game hours based on their time zone, a useful piece of information I would not have been able to gain without your guide! 🙇 Thank you very much o7

[@captainbenzie]

@@RaineErasmusWalker really glad that I've been able to help!!

[@davidnobular9220]

Yeah...there is also one called Adeel. I wonder if CCP re-named it after newbie Adeel Muddah-Farquar - I saw him near Duripant the other day....

[@Timithos]

The way system names work in Eve, if you thought you saw Cat you actually saw Catopiekijahadegy or something.

[@kiddz06969]

If in doubt, warp out

[@captainbenzie]

Always this

[@andrewpinkham9904]

wasnt much help. I cant narrow down target direction

[@captainbenzie]

That comes with practice

[@lucienArindelDomingo]

o7

[@Lovewisdom-Gothamjoke]

So thats how they find me so fast and gank me :/

[@captainbenzie]

Yup

[@gabriellovin7227]

I love watching your videos!! I’m New to the game and I already lost two asteros just hours apart 😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ If anyone want a o help me boost with anything you wanna donate, my name is SHEFUL!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️

[@captainbenzie]

Stop flying Asteros if you're running low on funds 😂 the Astero is NOT a good starter explorer, or a PvP ship. It's a very niche vessel. For exploring, stick to T1 Explorers or the T2 Covert Ops (or maybe a Metamorphosis). For PvP, go with standard combat Frigates (like the Tristan, if you like drones)

[@veryolddave]

i owe you nothing!

[@captainbenzie]

😂