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Sava Tsero
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2013.12.14 14:42:00 -
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Old topic I know, but I just had this thought and wanted to share it.
Keep all mining ships the way they are. Keep mining lasers the way they are. Change the asteroids.
Make it so that when a mining laser finishes a cycle on an asteroid there is a graphical effect of the laser pulsing(surge in power?). This pulse will coincide with the asteroid kicking out scatter containers that are re-skinned to look like smaller versions of what ever asteroid that is being mined. These scatter containers that break off will float away from the asteroid at a decent velocity, will be tractorable, and they will disappear after a short duration.
These scatter containers have to be dragged in to a ship (The players, a dedicated second ship, or anyone's and doesnt generate a flag) via a tractor beam. Mining ships only need to have one mining laser fitted, but more active lasers upon a single asteroid will create additional timers (one for each laser) that will spawn more of these tractor-able scatter containers. This spawn rate can easily be balanced against current yield rates.
EX1: A solo miner can have one strip miner and two tractor beams on his ship, or two strip miners and one tractor for faster-paced action to try and grab all the cans before they disappear.
EX2: A mining fleet can operate as a group doing EX1; or they can designate a ship(s) that has a lot of high slots to sit back and tractor in all the scatter cans to a central location where the cans will be dragged into a fleet hanger/freighter/orca/cargocan which will then be hauled to station like normal.
EX3: A miner will be operating as in EX1; however someone else who wants to annoy him will warp in with another ship with a lot of highs and will start stealing his scatter cans. Only one tractor can be operational on an object at one time, so this will be a race for tractoring in cans. (Sensor boosted Noctis/Destroyer?)
Rough thoughts,
inb4 "highsec pubby go back to carebearing" |
Sava Tsero
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.12.14 19:58:00 -
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@Yonis Kador
Not sure what you mean by your first sentence. I would almost think that this would cater to multi-boxing fleets because then one ship could then do all the tractoring for everyone else. You would really only need to look at one client (the tractor client) and the rest can just sit there with lasers cycling.
Also, good point on the Skiff/Procurer. I use those so infrequently that I forgot they only had one high slot. Edited main post to say: "All mining ships should get a high-slot that you can only fit a tractor beam in. Or something like that. Ideally it would be a special module that only they could use, but for now the tractor beam is low-hanging fruit.
@Endovior
I am still on the fence myself there. I think that they should all go over to the scatter container aspect, but I can also see arguments for the legacy system.
For your second paragraph: That is exactly what I was trying to say with the OP. I like how you phrased it though, might be more readable. I like the idea of another ORE ship, but really I would like to see the Primae revitalized for this role.
@Centis Adjani
I agree with you here. Sadly this isn't the real world and we have to live within the bounds of CCP's sandbox. I would like to see this mining-mothership a reality; however one could say that that is what the Rorqual was used for, and is used for when it is in-belt next to a posse of hulks. |
Sava Tsero
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.12.14 22:11:00 -
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@ Yonis Kador
I understand what you are saying now, however I find that I must disagree.
I routinely mine with 6 Hulks under full Rorqual boosts. I find that I am so bored with the process that I often play CIV V or minecraft on the other screen just to keep somewhat interested. You must not have an efficient routine to mining.
inb4: I do not use ISboxer or any other 3rd party anything.
@Little Dragon Khamez
I agree to some extent, but any other method would ruin the economy as it is now.
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Sava Tsero
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.12.17 05:46:00 -
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But wouldn't this make mining easier for large fleets?
Only the tractor-dude would really have to pay attention. |
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