KuruptU4Fun
Vice Admiral
Now I need to look at buying a Liberator in order to carry a Prospector and Vulture out into the void for days on end.... lol
For the Salvage peeps
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Leofev
Commander
Ok, decided to strong-arm it and do without a tractor beam. My first haul, just got to sell it now.
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Annnnnnddd the first time the PTU decides to crash on me is right as I'm making my landing approach at NB, so everything is gone. I still haven't managed to sell any salvage at this point.
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Annnnnnddd the first time the PTU decides to crash on me is right as I'm making my landing approach at NB, so everything is gone. I still haven't managed to sell any salvage at this point.
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I am ok with salvaged material being as valuable as refined ore for now, but think over time it should be balanced appropriately so it can't be exploited. This gameplay loop looks to have very little risk financially except for other players, maybe random NPCs attacking in the future.
It's one material type that can be harvested in a way that could be described in a numbered list.
Good to see it's a fun little addition for industrial players though, and I am really excited to see how far the community can take it.
It's one material type that can be harvested in a way that could be described in a numbered list.
Good to see it's a fun little addition for industrial players though, and I am really excited to see how far the community can take it.
Leofev
Commander
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Thats twice today where I get my Vulture fully loaded and then CTD as I'm heading back to port to sell the salvage. FML.
Thats twice today where I get my Vulture fully loaded and then CTD as I'm heading back to port to sell the salvage. FML.
Leofev
Commander
I'd say let it marinate a couple more days in the PTU a bit before hopping in. I believe it was released in the state it was in because they were under pressure to have something out before the end of the year.
I mean I still haven't gotten around to testing racing yet as I have yet to even complete one loop of salvaging after two days.
Thats awesome to see, not a mechanic i'm interested in but great to see this progress :-)
It may be refactored in the future, it could be highly priced to entice players to do it, so they can test it.
Leofev
Commander
And my streak of crashing as I'm finishing up a load of salvage remains unbroken today. After three days I've seen zero profit.
Anyhow, some tidbits I've picked up:
Salvage modes:
Your different beam modes differentiate between radius, speed, efficiency. Your smallest (Cinch) is small and slow but will net you more overall salvage. Abrade is large and fast, but you end up with a bit less. I think the Reclaimer has a third mode, Trawl, which I don't have any experience with yet.
Also, if you see an Avenger, those are almost not worth the time. Usually, I'll just give those a quick pass with Cinch, then blow it up to get rid of the marker. I've found a couple of A2's which were good, and heard some people found 890j's. But the ones I really love are these large scrap plates. They often come in sets of three. And where one Avenger might get me about one crate worth, a single plate will fill up a good portion of my hold. If it's in the set of three, those will about fill me up to capacity by themselves.
Anyhow, some tidbits I've picked up:
Salvage modes:
Your different beam modes differentiate between radius, speed, efficiency. Your smallest (Cinch) is small and slow but will net you more overall salvage. Abrade is large and fast, but you end up with a bit less. I think the Reclaimer has a third mode, Trawl, which I don't have any experience with yet.
Also, if you see an Avenger, those are almost not worth the time. Usually, I'll just give those a quick pass with Cinch, then blow it up to get rid of the marker. I've found a couple of A2's which were good, and heard some people found 890j's. But the ones I really love are these large scrap plates. They often come in sets of three. And where one Avenger might get me about one crate worth, a single plate will fill up a good portion of my hold. If it's in the set of three, those will about fill me up to capacity by themselves.
Yeah nice, I also like that you can use the compactor to spit out a repair canister for using with your multi-tool.
Also it will be interesting to see if they release some paints for it once 3.18 hits for everyone.
Leofev
Commander
Can you? I haven't even gone out to find the multi-tool attachment to use yet. I'll have to try it out sometime in the next couple patches. Surely, I can't crash on EVERY single salvage run.... right?
Yeah saw it on the vid I posted I think. The guy goes down to the hold and there's a button on the compactor that will "create a can" or a similar description. If you have scrap in there it will do it, then use it like a tool attachment for repair.
Yeah saw it on a vid, one guy tractoring out processed cubes and sticking straight onto the Hull A, was pretty efficient looking.
Leofev
Commander
So after having boxes that didn't want to stack in my run today, or a tractor beam that didn't want to lock on, and a pilot seat that kept ejecting me out to space when I just wanted to stand up inside my ship.... I finally got my loaded Vulture back to the TDD terminal to sell! But now my cargo doesn't show up on the sell screens....
My quest to finish just one damn salvage run continues.
My quest to finish just one damn salvage run continues.
I'm glad only that I'm not the only one having problems with 3.18.
HOLY Bananas!!! This is brilliant! Stay away from the elevator I got trapped in one.
View: https://youtu.be/MzmQt-bAkGM
KuruptU4Fun
Vice Admiral
Last I had heard that isn't possible if the ships shields are up. I remember that being an issue that was resolved back when the Prospector could use it's mining laser as a weapon.