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Marc McIntyre Crendraven
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#1 - 2013-12-01 03:06:25 UTC
hey I have a question, Is it possible to have say 5 tractor beam structures in my cargohold and drop them in each pocket of angel extravaganza and all of them work while I am not there? this way I can come back to each pocket in a noctis with only salvagers and salvage everything in one spot. can i only have one tractor unit working at a time or is this idea viable?

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Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#2 - 2013-12-01 04:45:28 UTC
I'm pretty sure this is the idea. Prob is they're kind of bulky.

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Celia Therone
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-12-01 10:54:51 UTC
Yes, you can drop one tractor unit per room and come back later.

The tractor units can be scanned down and blown up however so you may want to be careful where you do this. They're also bulky enough that it's not very practical for some ships to do this (I wouldn't bother in a tengu as you can only fit 4 in the hull and then not enough ammo to finish AE.

Some people have reported a bug with mission towers shooting tractor units after you leave the room.

I tend to drop one near the out gate, let it tractor as I kill then scoop it and go to the next room. It saves a lot of clicking and mousing even if you still have to manually hoover up some remaining wrecks.
Ifly Uwalk
Perkone
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-12-01 13:03:19 UTC
Where is this?
Zenith Gravit
LionGate Enterprises
#5 - 2013-12-01 16:58:45 UTC
I was under the impression that the mobile tractor unit only worked if you were on grid with it.
nahjustwarpin
SUPER DUPER SPACE TRUCKS
#6 - 2013-12-02 00:54:20 UTC
Zenith Gravit wrote:
I was under the impression that the mobile tractor unit only worked if you were on grid with it.


i'm pretty sure that this is the way it works.
Lady Naween
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2013-12-02 02:30:17 UTC
Zenith Gravit wrote:
I was under the impression that the mobile tractor unit only worked if you were on grid with it.


nope. tested it and they still work when you are not near
IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-12-02 02:41:41 UTC
You don't even have to be logged on. Just make sure you bookmark each one you deploy.
Marc McIntyre Crendraven
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#9 - 2013-12-02 03:00:56 UTC
IIshira wrote:
You don't even have to be logged on. Just make sure you bookmark each one you deploy.


was running some tests and it works when you are not on grid, I have not tested multiple units though

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Zenith Gravit
LionGate Enterprises
#10 - 2013-12-02 14:10:37 UTC
Well that's awesome to know that they work once you leave! I might have to start using a few.
Dextrome Thorphan
#11 - 2013-12-02 14:35:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Dextrome Thorphan
Marc McIntyre Crendraven wrote:
hey I have a question, Is it possible to have say 5 tractor beam structures in my cargohold and drop them in each pocket of angel extravaganza and all of them work while I am not there? this way I can come back to each pocket in a noctis with only salvagers and salvage everything in one spot. can i only have one tractor unit working at a time or is this idea viable?



Are we talking about the mobile tractor units? Won't you end up paying more for those units than you will get in loots though? What?


EDIT: OMG, you can scoop it back up?! I thought it was a one-use item lmfao LolOopsLol
Black REiiGN
#12 - 2013-12-02 16:49:42 UTC
I know you are talking about one in each pocket, which is perfectly fine and you can do it. That 100 mass is a killer though.

However, from a little test of mine, do not deploy multiple tractor units in the same area. They'll start to tractor each other's wrecks and leave a bunch of wrecks/cargo containers still out there.
Jeanne-Luise Argenau
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2013-12-02 20:56:33 UTC
Black REiiGN wrote:
I know you are talking about one in each pocket, which is perfectly fine and you can do it. That 100 mass is a killer though.

However, from a little test of mine, do not deploy multiple tractor units in the same area. They'll start to tractor each other's wrecks and leave a bunch of wrecks/cargo containers still out there.


i did that for a small mining op and yeah they play with each others wreck but it still works. so u can even drop multiple in one pocket. downside is 5km from each other and 100m³ cargo, means u probably wont have enough cargospace to use 5 of them