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Noctis and salvage drones upgrade
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Mikhem
Taxisk Unlimited
#1 - 2017-07-23 21:10:32 UTC
I have noticed that salvage drone behavior has changed. Salvage drones no longer automatically salvage wrecks. This is good change. I however propose change how salvage drones work with Noctis ship making this fairly expensive ship better.

- Salvage drones used with Noctis ship should be automatic. Every drone independently salvages random wreck. Drones even salvage yellow wrecks allowing stealing salvage in high numbers.
- Salvage drone bandwidth use should be reduced to 1 Mbit/sec.
- Noctis ship drone bandwidth should be reduced to 5 Mbit/sec.
- Noctis should receive speed boost for drones.

Comments are welcome for my idea.

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Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#2 - 2017-07-23 23:03:02 UTC
Please don't make the noctis drone bay for salvage drones exclusively. Ecm drones are useful as well.
And making unique drone ai for a ship? Sounds like a pita for something thats gimmicky.

Speed bonus per level wouldn't be bad idea though.

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Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#3 - 2017-07-24 14:32:10 UTC
Numbers added by me for reference.
Mikhem wrote:
1- Salvage drones used with Noctis ship should be automatic. Every drone independently salvages random wreck. Drones even salvage yellow wrecks allowing stealing salvage in high numbers.
2- Salvage drone bandwidth use should be reduced to 1 Mbit/sec.
3- Noctis ship drone bandwidth should be reduced to 5 Mbit/sec.
4- Noctis should receive speed boost for drones.

Comments are welcome for my idea.

1 - No and not just as it relates to the Noctis. All attack / salvage actions should require the player to initiate them. Going off topic momentarily removing the aggressive mode is perhaps the single best way of dealing with AFK drone ratting etc.

2 - what is gained? As Daichi notes there are many valid uses for other drones with the Noctis and this change would eliminate those options.

3- see #2 above.

4 - I would rather have an access difficulty bonus myself.
Matthias Ancaladron
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2017-07-24 19:27:04 UTC
But then you can't tank a noctis out with crazy shield regen and bait people and have drones to fight with.
Cade Windstalker
#5 - 2017-07-24 19:28:02 UTC
Salvage Drones still auto-salvage wrecks within range if you assign them to salvage without a wreck as an active target.