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Sentry mining drones for Capital Indy ships

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DisGRUNTled0331
Bent-Not-Broken
#1 - 2012-11-09 18:35:53 UTC
I think an invaluable tool for any established miner, would be giving another option to becoming more productive while sitting in a belt instead of being a massive "jetcan". I feel it would increase productivity to an outstanding new level and bring more incentive to paying a much higher price for an Orca or Rorqual vice stopping at the T2 mining barges. This idea, I feel, would also add more value to the cap size ships, even if only to the Orca, and would bring new light to the market place. I don't feel that T2 mining drones do a cap sized ship justice, seeing as how Carriers have the ability to employ larger drones. Giving Sentry mining drones the relative comparison between the damage dealt between smaller combat drones and Heavy/ Sentries I think would be a fair institution. It would also make the roadmap of skill training time seem more satisfying if you could do more than just sit there in a belt with at most, T2 mining drones, and twiddle your thumbs while suboordinate miners use and abuse your cargo space Lol

OORAH!!

Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#2 - 2012-11-09 18:46:24 UTC
I am having fun with this idea, but I kinda think you are onto something in a way.

Fighter-Bomber styled mining launched from Orca / Rorquals.

Each mounts the equivalent of a T1 strip miner, and returns to the Orca / Rorqual at the end of each load cycle.

Now, you need to keep the host ship in the belt, and keep the asteroid targeted.

Only detail different from drones is that they should follow you into warp, so you only need to recover them when leaving the system or logging.

This would put more indy Caps in the belts, possibly.
DisGRUNTled0331
Bent-Not-Broken
#3 - 2012-11-09 18:49:40 UTC
That is actually a quite interesting a novel addition to the idea. I had not thought about that, but that would definitely be an outstanding idea as a whole!

OORAH!!

Mole Guy
Bob's Bait and Tackle
High Bear Nation.
#4 - 2012-11-09 21:31:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Mole Guy
i would put my rorqual in a belt if i had cap drones.
something on par with a hulk, plus or minus so i can give the mining bonuses for my buds AND mine when we only have a few peeps in the belts.

love it!
even though it would mean more drone training..=)

i would not give them to orca's tho, but since the rorqual not only has drones, but gets a great bonus towards them, game on!