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Mobile Depot Appreciation Thread!
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Ivan Krividus
Cold Lazarus Inc
The-Expanse
#1 - 2013-11-21 03:30:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Ivan Krividus
Just as ISIS received its appreciation thread, I felt that capsuleers' new best friend - the mobile depot - deserves one too. This is one of the most brilliant things i have ever witnessed and there endless uses for it. In addition, it is nice and small and can conveniently be carried around with you everywhere for use in any situation. Just some of the myriad of clever uses are listed below:

-Switching between mining/combat drones when mining with 25m3 drone bay
-Changing out mods in missions for cruiser/frig/BS heavy rooms (room 2 of Worlds Collide comes to mind)
-Fitting a barge for full yield, baiting gankers, and refitting for full tank when they show up
-Extra cargo space/refitting service in remote space
-A method by which trade-hub station pvpers can give themselves the suspect flag
-Refitting a marauder or scan-fit t3 (both have tractor bonuses) to salvage instead of taking in another ship for that
-More drones if they get popped in battle (this would be hilarious in PvP situations)

suggestion:
EDIT: apparently you can rename them, i must've missed that
-The named depots have hardly any advantage over the regular ones and are, in my opinion, never worth using except for special situations that i can not think of in which one needs slightly more cargo space for refitting his mods, as if he couldn't do so one at a time.

Post any ideas or any Mobile-Depot love here!
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#2 - 2013-11-21 03:37:20 UTC
Ivan Krividus wrote:
Just as ISIS received its appreciation thread, I felt that capsuleers' new best friend - the mobile depot - deserves one too. This is one of the most brilliant things i have ever witnessed and there endless uses for it. In addition, it is nice and small and can conveniently be carried around with you everywhere for use in any situation. Just some of the myriad of clever uses are listed below:

-Switching between mining/combat drones when mining with 25m3 drone bay
-Changing out mods in missions for cruiser/frig/BS heavy rooms (room 2 of Worlds Collide comes to mind)
-Fitting a barge for full yield, baiting gankers, and refitting for full tank when they show up
-Extra cargo space/refitting service in remote space
-A method by which trade-hub station pvpers can give themselves the suspect flag
-Refitting a marauder or scan-fit t3 (both have tractor bonuses) to salvage instead of taking in another ship for that
-More drones if they get popped in battle (this would be hilarious in PvP situations)

Two suggestions:
-Like a dog in real life, the mobile depot has become an indespendible compannion on one's escapades; A pilot should be allowed to name his depot
-The named depots have hardly any advantage over the regular ones and are, in my opinion, never worth using except for special situations that i can not think of in which one needs slightly more cargo space for refitting his mods, as if he couldn't do so one at a time.

Post any ideas or any Mobile-Depot love here!


You can rename them

The main point of the named ones is the sensor strength

They have WAY more sensor strength, and the ratio between sensor strength and sig radius determines scanablility, they're harder to find if you leave them in a SS in nullsec

The Drake is a Lie
Ivan Krividus
Cold Lazarus Inc
The-Expanse
#3 - 2013-11-21 03:57:16 UTC
Xercodo wrote:


The main point of the named ones is the sensor strength

They have WAY more sensor strength, and the ratio between sensor strength and sig radius determines scanablility, they're harder to find if you leave them in a SS in nullsec


Hmm... It just doesnt seem better enough, seeing how it goes into reinforced for two days anyway and you can scoop it.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#4 - 2013-11-21 05:24:16 UTC
Ivan Krividus wrote:
Xercodo wrote:


The main point of the named ones is the sensor strength

They have WAY more sensor strength, and the ratio between sensor strength and sig radius determines scanablility, they're harder to find if you leave them in a SS in nullsec


Hmm... It just doesnt seem better enough, seeing how it goes into reinforced for two days anyway and you can scoop it.



You don't get out to nullsec much...do you...

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Mr Pragmatic
#5 - 2013-11-21 06:04:57 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Ivan Krividus wrote:
Xercodo wrote:


The main point of the named ones is the sensor strength

They have WAY more sensor strength, and the ratio between sensor strength and sig radius determines scanablility, they're harder to find if you leave them in a SS in nullsec


Hmm... It just doesnt seem better enough, seeing how it goes into reinforced for two days anyway and you can scoop it.



You don't get out to nullsec much...do you...



When you live in opulence why mingle with the peons?

Super cali hella yolo swaga dopeness.  -Yoloswaggins, in the fellowship of the bling.
Infinity Ziona
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-11-21 07:13:28 UTC
Needs to be only usable outside of combat. Needs to be jettable so you can jet one to a corpie. They are my only two complaints over the depot.

CCP Fozzie “We can see how much money people are making in nullsec and it is, a gigantic amount, a shit-ton… in null sec anomalies. “*

Kaalrus pwned..... :)
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#7 - 2013-11-21 07:59:57 UTC
Infinity Ziona wrote:
Needs to be only usable outside of combat. Needs to be jettable so you can jet one to a corpie. They are my only two complaints over the depot.


I normally try to see the positive side of people, but you really are the bitter vet.

Nothing positive to say in an appreciation thread, just complaints.
Yummy Chocolate
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-11-21 08:06:43 UTC
Ivan Krividus wrote:
Just as ISIS received its appreciation thread, I felt that capsuleers' new best friend - the mobile depot - deserves one too.


That would be correct if those depot had variations with big enough ship hangars. I'm guessing those would be too big to shove into the cargo bay of a combat ship but you can still work with that thanks to the presence of hauling oriented ships that have big cargo holds.

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Felicity Love >... was thinking "moar popcorn"... but now, seeing the truly awesome contribution this thread is going to make to the Greater Glory Of EVE.... imagonnamakkadapizza....
Infinity Ziona
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2013-11-21 08:14:09 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
Infinity Ziona wrote:
Needs to be only usable outside of combat. Needs to be jettable so you can jet one to a corpie. They are my only two complaints over the depot.


I normally try to see the positive side of people, but you really are the bitter vet.

Nothing positive to say in an appreciation thread, just complaints.



Thank you

CCP Fozzie “We can see how much money people are making in nullsec and it is, a gigantic amount, a shit-ton… in null sec anomalies. “*

Kaalrus pwned..... :)
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#10 - 2013-11-21 08:16:14 UTC
Infinity Ziona wrote:
Thank you

No problem.

I hope to be the bitter vet one day too, so I mean nothing bad by it.
JamDunc
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#11 - 2013-11-21 10:43:02 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
I hope to be the bitter vet one day too, so I mean nothing bad by it.


ahhh noobie dreams :-)
Lolita Troublemaker
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-11-21 13:35:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Lolita Troublemaker
I have to say they are one of the best things to come out ingame in the last 10 years, black ops get a lot of use out of these mods. I agree that they should be able to be jettisoned to others in space.
RadiantShadow
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2013-11-22 01:52:45 UTC
I haven't tried this yet, but shouldn't you be able to put it in a can, and let someone else pull it out ? then they use as they need.... seems like it should work. For speed sake everyone should use their own, though. otherwise it sounds like a single point of failure.
Abdiel Kavash
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#14 - 2013-11-22 01:55:21 UTC
Jettison a piece of ammo, then drop the depot into the can? Or does that not work for some reason?
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#15 - 2013-11-22 02:05:22 UTC
Mr Pragmatic wrote:

When you live in opulence why mingle with the peons?


Someone has to clean the toilets, opulence or no. There will always be peons. There have to be peons, so that there can be opulence.
Derath Ellecon
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2013-11-22 02:14:06 UTC
Ivan Krividus wrote:
Xercodo wrote:


The main point of the named ones is the sensor strength

They have WAY more sensor strength, and the ratio between sensor strength and sig radius determines scanablility, they're harder to find if you leave them in a SS in nullsec


Hmm... It just doesnt seem better enough, seeing how it goes into reinforced for two days anyway and you can scoop it.


Go try scanning down a yurt.
Infinity Ziona
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2013-11-22 05:55:38 UTC
Abdiel Kavash wrote:
Jettison a piece of ammo, then drop the depot into the can? Or does that not work for some reason?

Normally you could do that, however it gives the Planck error even when packaged. Perhaps a bug.

CCP Fozzie “We can see how much money people are making in nullsec and it is, a gigantic amount, a shit-ton… in null sec anomalies. “*

Kaalrus pwned..... :)
Jarod Garamonde
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-11-22 06:21:52 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
Infinity Ziona wrote:
Needs to be only usable outside of combat. Needs to be jettable so you can jet one to a corpie. They are my only two complaints over the depot.


I normally try to see the positive side of people, but you really are the bitter vet.

Nothing positive to say in an appreciation thread, just complaints.




You got a problem with bittervets, there?

That moment when you realize the crazy lady with all the cats was right...

    [#savethelance]
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#19 - 2013-11-22 06:35:08 UTC
Infinity Ziona wrote:
Needs to be only usable outside of combat.

They're extremely easy to reinforce, and once they are you can't refit off of them. Combat use is just fine.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Czeris
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#20 - 2013-11-22 06:43:32 UTC
Your mom is a mobile depot.
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