Well looks like I was wrong, I searched youtube for gameplay footage of Paik before and after patch 1.2 and I found the max distance an enemy could be scanned is the same.
@kregora I tried Paik at the release of the game and only picked her up again to T1 her about a month before patch 1.2. As far as I can tell, her scan range was always short before patch 1.2. Before that patch I would be in close range fights with the scanner on, and enemies would suddenly popup / red and was very disorienting.
The scan was honestly also a hinderance and would get me killed, as I expected the scan to reveal enemies, but it didn't at ranges where I think it should. Now the scan reveals players much farther than what I think it should.
Well looks like I was wrong, I searched youtube for gameplay footage of Paik before and after patch 1.2 and I found the max distance an enemy could be scanned is the same.
Paik tosses smoke and runs and and kills the oblivious highlighted players, and at that point I'm not sure if I'm playing BF or Apex Legends.
Then I watch the Pathfinder/Mackay grappling above me to impossible to reach firing positions and I'm pretty sure I'm playing Apex...😛
DICE TeamChanges to Paik’s EMG-X Scanner are now active to reduce its disruptive impact on gameplay flow:
Scan Range -> 25m
Spot Duration 0.85 -> 0.07s
This means Scanning now acts as a snapshot instead of a prolonged Spot, while also requiring you to be closer to players to Scan them.
/Atic
