Soren Audeles
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Posted - 2011.09.09 15:11:00 -
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First, let me apologize ahead of time if this idea has been previously mentioned. I did some backtracking and did not find much outside the commonly suggested Salvaging Drone or half measure to prevent ninja salvaging. That and I am still rather new to EVE, so please be gentle.
1. Restoration Drones: Instead of drones acting as replacement salvagers and, I believe, trivializing the profession, why not use drones as a form of salvage enhancement?
Details: First, Restoration drones function superficially in the method of regular drones. They have control range, bay and bandwidth requirements, structure, armor and the like, but are weaponless and cannot be ordered to interact with anything save a wreck. And of course are modified according to pilot skill, rigs, and modules.
What restoration drones do is they are deployed to, as their name suggests, 'restore' a wreck within their control range. The drones travels to with loot range of the wreck (2500m or closer) and runs a timed cycle (not unlike a regular salvager) with a percentage chance of success, modified by the salvaging skill (or a similar new or existing drone skill).
The cycle represents the drone using a sort of "mini-salvaging laser" to expose semi-intact compartments or loosen salvageable parts of the wreck. In essence, 'preparing' the wreck for salvage.
The Restoration Drone has, as aforementioned, a chance of success and the results come out to that similar to using a regular salvager:
1. Restoration Successful: The pilot is notified ([wreck name] has been successfully restored). The name of the wreck on the overview changes, adding the "Restored" title to both the wreck name (IE Restored Gistii Haunter Wreck)and the wreck type (IE Restored Angel Small Wreck). In this instance the wreck will offer a ranged and random amount of extra salvage components when salvaged.
2. Restoration Unsuccessful: The pilot is notified ([wreck name] was restored unsuccessfully). The drone restoration attempts fail. The drone will run another cycle automatically, like a salvager, until the restoration is successful or the drone is ordered to do otherwise (or the pilot exits control range, in which case it will stop and return to orbiting range).
3. Unable to Restore: The pilot is notified (Unable to restore [wreck name]). In this instance, the wreck is too badly damaged and though it can be salvaged, it cannot be restored. The name in the overview changes, adding the "Damaged" title to both the wreck name (IE Damaged Gistii Haunter Wreck) and wreck type (IE Damaged Angel Small Wreck). The wreck can no longer be interacted with by restoration drones but can still be salvaged as normal.
Other details: Activity: If a drone successfully completes a cycle (is successful in restoration or the wreck cannot be restored), like a combat drone automatically acquiring new targets, it will move to restore the closest wreck, so long as it is within control range and the drone is of proper type to do so (mentioned below). If no other wrecks that can be restored are in range, the drone will return and orbit.
Sizes:Restoration drones could come in different sizes, able to restore larger wrecks depending on the size of the drone. Small drones for small wrecks, medium drones for medium wrecks, and so on. Keep in mind that each size is exclusive. A medium drone could not restore a small wreck (or a large wreck obviously) or a large drone restore a medium wreck. The idea behind this is that, for example, the tools (salvaging lasers and other cutting/restoration implements) used by a medium drone are too large and imprecise to properly restore a smaller wreck (as they were made to part larger medium wrecks), and not large and powerful enough to properly restore large wrecks.
(Continued)
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