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T2 Salvage Drones are overdue
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Nothing Interesting
Nothing Interesting Corporation
#21 - 2015-03-16 15:20:48 UTC
Vanadium1 wrote:
Nothing Interesting wrote:
Paul1 wrote:
Id be happy with a AI tweak that made salvage drones split up and hit different targets when focus fire was unselected.
I guess you could call it a fix as this is the purpose of this tick box is it not?


This is the most important thing mentioned in this thread. That tick box is a joke. Even if i have it ticked it, unless i dont order my combat drones manually to attack the same target, after some time they will split and attack different target. I get it that some bugs just remain, but why the **** do salvage drones ALWAYS focus the same target, doesnt matter if focus fire is ticked or not ...

I dont mind that salvage drones have worse access chance, as you should be rewarded for actively salvaging and not just semi-aft, like with drones. But wth is with the focus fire function, it doesnt work at all.

I guess that tick box doesn't affect salvage drones at all. But they DO NOT always target the same target. As far as I know they target the nearest wreck to your ship. So when I begin to fly around wrecks the drones begin to target different ones.


You are right that it is not always, as i have tested today, but from the ideal case (1 drone on 1 wreck) is the reality quite far away (best i have observed was 3 drones on one wreck and another one on second wreck).
You also need quite a fast ship, so that the closest wreck changes and a lot of wrecks. Quite a few conditions for something that should work automatically.
Kabark
Schilden
#22 - 2015-03-16 15:54:52 UTC
Running a Golem with 2 T2 salvagers and 5 salvage drones at level 4, I can burn through L4s as fast as my tractors can pull in wrecks. However, I don't see anything wrong with adding T2 salvage drones. Bump the bandwidth up to 10 and base salvage chance to 5%.
Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries
VOID Intergalactic Forces
#23 - 2015-03-16 19:18:27 UTC
yes they are over due.
a depot and another mod also taxes up excess room when your doing deep space exploration. ive almost had to leave behind parts of the ship for some things due to the limited hold and the multirole it is required todo.

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