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Ivan Krividus
Straightedge and Compass Industrial
26
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Posted - 2013.11.21 03:30:00 -
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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! |
Xercodo
Xovoni Astronautical Manufacturing and Engineering
2934
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Posted - 2013.11.21 03:37:00 -
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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
Straightedge and Compass Industrial
26
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Posted - 2013.11.21 03:57:00 -
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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
7499
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Posted - 2013.11.21 05:24:00 -
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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
722
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Posted - 2013.11.21 06:04:00 -
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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. -á-Yoloswaggins, in the fellowship of the bling. |
Infinity Ziona
Cloakers
817
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Posted - 2013.11.21 07:13:00 -
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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. |
Scipio Artelius
The Vendunari
End of Life
24
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Posted - 2013.11.21 07:59:00 -
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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.
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Yummy Chocolate
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
2562
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Posted - 2013.11.21 08:06:00 -
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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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Infinity Ziona
Cloakers
817
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Posted - 2013.11.21 08:14:00 -
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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 |
Scipio Artelius
The Vendunari
End of Life
25
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Posted - 2013.11.21 08:16:00 -
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Infinity Ziona wrote:Thank you
No problem.
I hope to be the bitter vet one day too, so I mean nothing bad by it.
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JamDunc
Team JK
158
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Posted - 2013.11.21 10:43:00 -
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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
17
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Posted - 2013.11.21 13:35:00 -
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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
Dred's Mission Runners
0
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Posted - 2013.11.22 01:52:00 -
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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
Paladin Order
Fidelas Constans
1940
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Posted - 2013.11.22 01:55:00 -
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Jettison a piece of ammo, then drop the depot into the can? Or does that not work for some reason? |
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
Boarderline Cartel
1388
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Posted - 2013.11.22 02:05:00 -
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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
Washburne Holdings
Situation: Normal
1616
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Posted - 2013.11.22 02:14:00 -
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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
Cloakers
824
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Posted - 2013.11.22 05:55:00 -
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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. |
Jarod Garamonde
Sardaukar Merc Guild
General Tso's Alliance
740
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Posted - 2013.11.22 06:21:00 -
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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... |
James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation
Goonswarm Federation
6268
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Posted - 2013.11.22 06:35:00 -
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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.
EVE Online - A Rigged Game |
Czeris
Wildly Inappropriate
Goonswarm Federation
82
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Posted - 2013.11.22 06:43:00 -
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Your mom is a mobile depot. |
Eko Fromtv
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
70
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Posted - 2013.11.22 09:15:00 -
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1. Go to a wormhole
2. Kills sleepers
3. Drop depot
4. Refit with tractor and salvagers
5. Loot and salvage the field
6. Refit back to guns
7. Scoop depot
8. ???
9. Massive profits
(Ice) Miner for life. |
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
284
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Posted - 2013.11.22 11:13:00 -
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Infinity Ziona wrote: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.
I don't think it's a bug, it's just like all other containers - it can't be put in another one |
Amber Kurvora
Turalyon Plus
Turalyon Alliance
108
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Posted - 2013.11.22 11:18:00 -
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So now you can have newbies come into your corp and not fear their thieving ways. |
DSpite Culhach
Corp 54
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
202
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Posted - 2013.11.22 12:30:00 -
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Ptraci wrote: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.
Robots.
I suddenly woke up thinking I had a nightmare, then remembered I can't even fly Amarr Battleships.
I add bits to this when I'm bored https://www.dropbox.com/s/foijsawsqolarom/EVE_Online.html |
Abdiel Kavash
Paladin Order
Fidelas Constans
1949
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Posted - 2013.11.22 12:37:00 -
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DSpite Culhach wrote:Ptraci wrote: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. Robots.
Unfortunately automation is against the EULA. |
Infinity Ziona
Cloakers
824
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Posted - 2013.11.22 14:06:00 -
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Ruskarn Andedare wrote:Infinity Ziona wrote: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. I don't think it's a bug, it's just like all other containers - it can't be put in another one
Yeah you're right actually. Never tried to put a packaged secure container into a jet can. |
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
284
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Posted - 2013.11.22 14:41:00 -
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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)
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!
For me it means I can return to the days of single ship exploring without having to worry that I have the wrong ship for the sites I find, I can simply reship as needed. Yeah, I'm not flying the optimum ship for every site but at least I don't have to totally ignore half the sites I find as I'm in the wrong ship. |
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