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Introduction of T2 Salvage Drones
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Loyal Follower
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-09-12 08:26:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Loyal Follower
Hello,

the proposal is quite simple. Introduce T2 Salvage Drones. The Stats of a T2 Salvage Drone could be (may need tweaking):

General
Base Price : 80000 ISK
Tech Level: 2 Level
Meta Level: 5 Level

Drones
Bandwidth Needed: 5 Mbit/sec

Structure
Structure HP: 182 HP
Mass: 3000 kg
Volume: 5.00 m3
Inertia Modifier: 100x

Armor
Armor HP: 100 HP
EM Resistance: 5%
Explosive Resistance: 5%
Kinetic Resistance: 5%
Thermal Resistance: 5%

Shield
Shield HP: 45 HP
Shield Recharge Time: 250.00 s
EM Resistance: 5%
Explosive Resistance: 5%
Kinetic Resistance: 5%
Thermal Resistance: 5%

Capacitor
Capacitor Capacity: 1 GJ
Recharge Time: 2500.00 s

Targeting
Optimal Range: 5000 m
Tracking Speed / Accuracy: 0 rad/sec
Max Locked Targets: 8
RADAR Sensor Strength: 1 points
LADAR Sensor Strength: 1 points
Magnetometric Sensor Strength: 1 points
Gravimetric Sensor Strength: 1 points
Signature Radius: 25 m

Propulsion
Max Velocity: 2000 m/s

Miscellaneous
Rate of fire: 0.00 s
Damage Modifier: 1x
Activation Time / Duration: 8 s
Kinetic Damage Resistance: 0%
Thermal Damage Resistance: 0%
Explosive Damage Resistance: 0%
EM Damage Resistance: 0%
EM Damage: 0 HP
Thermal Damage: 0 HP
Explosive Damage: 0 HP
Kinetic Damage: 0 HP
Activation Proximity: 250 m
Accuracy falloff: 1 m
Signature Resolution: 800 m
Access Difficulty Bonus: 4%

System
scanSpeed: 0.00 s
uniformity: 0.75
incapacitationRatio: 0.75
orbitRange: 100
maxAttackTargets: 0
entityAttackRange: 15000 m
entityFlyRange: 500 m
shieldUniformity: 0.75
Orbit Velocity: 0 m/s
armorUniformity: 0.75
structureUniformity: 0.75
entityChaseMaxDelay: 5.000
entityChaseMaxDelayChance: 1
entityChaseMaxDuration: 5.00 s
entityChaseMaxDurationChance: 1
entiityChaseMaxDistance: 2.500 m

Reprocessing Info
Reprocessing Skill: Scrapmetal Processing
Tritanium: 520
Pyerite: 8
Mexallon: 5
Isogen: 11
Nocxium: 2
Megacyte: 1
Morphite: 1


In order to operate these new drones, a new skill would be introduced: Salvage Drone Specialization

Skill Name: Salvage Drone Specialization
Cost: 10.000.000 ISK
Difficulty Multiplier: 5x
Description: Specialization in the operation of advanced Salvage drones. 3% increase in salvage chance per skill level to the drones requiring Salvage Drone Specialization
Prerequisites: Salvage Drone Operation V and what this Skill Prerequisites Skill tree has


The Skill Set to operate these Drones will be:
Salvage Drone Operation V
Salvaging IV
Drones IV
Salvage Drone Specialization I


TIA
Swiftstrike1
Swiftstrike Incorporated
#2 - 2013-09-22 22:15:55 UTC
I would also like to see T2 salvaging drones. Rather than type out a massive list of numbers, I would like to see them have "Salvage Drone Operation 5" as a prerequisite and have 20% better stats across the board than T1 salvage drones.

On a similar, but distinct topic... salvage drone AI needs improving. They currently salvage in the least efficient manner possible, with the maximum travel time between wrecks that can be imagined. For all I know this may be by design, but it's totally unnecessary if it is. It might just be that nobody thought of optimizing their behaviour for time efficiency. Maybe T2 salvage drones could have a distinct AI from their T1 counterparts?

Casual Incursion runner & Faction Warfare grunt, ex-Wormholer, ex-Nullbear.
Luc Chastot
#3 - 2013-09-22 22:21:48 UTC
Don't use them, but can't see why this would be a bad thing.

Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Darth Khasei
Wavestar Business Ventures Inc.
#4 - 2013-09-23 13:59:08 UTC
Respect. Cool

Needed these the day T1's were introduced.
Stalence
Caldari Colonial Defense Ministry
Templis CALSF
#5 - 2013-09-23 16:47:40 UTC
+1

Can't see any reason why T2 Salvage Drones couldn't be introduced (or why they haven't been already). Seems like low-hanging fruit for CCP to tackle in the next release.

Member of #tweetfleet @stalence // Templis CALSF // YouTube Channel