User blog comment:DBD Abyss/9 months of hell. AKA 9 months of Ghosts/@comment-70.28.86.39-20140808134039/@comment-1187559-20140811075735

I think they should have made it so the first SAT COM placed has a very long time, or is indefinite until destroyed, because the "eyes on" effect is somewhat redundant. If you can see someone, you're gong to shoot them before you look at your minimap. And if someone else sees someone and then dies chances are by the time you get to the radar ping they're gone. Then any further SAT COMs have a timed usage before expiring like a normal UAV. Or maybe all SAT COMs should last indefinitely. It sounds annoyingly OP, but I swear during early interviews they spoke about how SAT COMs were meant to heighten the idea of hiding them, and encourage players to find them. Frankly the SAT COM was only ever a good idea. In practice it's a complete flop.