Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Right, hi guys! So I was talking to one of the CCP members last night in one of the new player tutorials, more specifically the mining and gas harvesting one and we discussed an idea and I got told to put it in this section of the forums.

So how about a new class of salvaging ship? Think of it as a miniature Noctis, a destroyer sized vessel that has bonuses to salvaging. Kinda like the Venture of salvaging. It would stop people from getting Thrashers and Cormorants and fitting as many salvagers, tractor beams and cap rechargers as you can onto it, give a dedicated vessel towards people who either don't want to spend or can't afford a minimum of 65 million isk for a Noctis and can give something that's dedicated towards small scale salvaging. It could have say a bonus of 5% per skill level to the salvagers cycle time, a % bonus to salvagers (or tractor beams) range and in general give us a new ship to toy around with and make some isk with.

I mean I quite like the idea myself, I can afford a Noctis but don't want to buy something that expensive for salvaging in null sec / wormhole space and it would stop me from getting into a Thrasher fit for salvage and instead using a brand new ship to salvage the wrecks more efficiently and in general having more fun since it's a brand new shiny ship to look at.

So what do you guys think of this idea? Got any criticism, ideas or suggestions, or do you like it? Just throw it at me guys, thanks for reading :)

I like it.

Something similar to a destroyer hull in size, or even a T2 Venture maybe (or not). Some might think there would be cross over between this and regular destroyers (which are already the poor mans salvage ship) but I don't think it will happen so long as it's bonuses are heavily geared to salvaging while still remaining relatively cheap (5-15m).

There could even be a T2 version with additional bonuses toward salvaging or cloaking, but that's just because I would love to go roaming in null sec ninja salvaging. Probably give it enough CPU to use a probe launcher too so you could hunt down lost drones or wrecks from a recently beaten sanctum.

Sure there are ships that can do it now, but I like the specialization of the ORE line in this case and think it merits discussion.

There isn't much reason to add a new salvager when all of the t1 exploratiomn frigates have a bonus to salvagers. Unfortunately the frigates don't have a bonus to tractor beam range, which really isn't needed considering how much faster they can move compsred to a noctis.

Noctis already has destroyer fittings. If a destroyer comes with more warp speed, agility and velocity, even without the extra tractor range, it's still going to make the Noctis completely useless.

Explo Frigs already have a Salvage Time Bonus. Maybe just adjust those?