Would it be possible to get a variation of the auto targeting system to focus on wrecks for salvaging purposes?
Also a neat pve site idea would be the addition of ship graveyards. PVE sites where salvaging wrecks is the main attraction.
Salvage Drones do not need targeting, don’t target wrecks, pop the drops out, and then hit Salvage, they’ll just go for wrecks and salvage…MTU is your friend, pulls all wrecks nice and close
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Auto-targeting would slow you down, in addition to taking up a high slot you’d otherwise use for another salvager or tractor beam.
The cycle time of that module is much, much longer than the base lock time and cycle time of your salvagers. When I salvage, I use either a Noctis or a Cormorant with a full rack of salvagers. No auto-targeting module could possibly keep up with that, because I already run at near max locked targets at almost all times. I’ll have new wrecks being locked as the individual salvagers finish their cycles and clear existing locks.
Tip: If you hold Ctrl, you can click in space and drag a box around a group of icons to lock them. So if you gather the wrecks with an MTU first, you can just keep boxing the group until they’re all gone.
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I usually select targets from overview, easier for me as I have it set for distance filter to show closest at the top
Salvagers don’t have falloff, so range doesn’t matter. I used to sort them by size, until I got T2 salvagers and started clearing large wrecks on the first cycle more often than not.
5km and 6km respectively. Just easier to pull all to 2500km to loot if there is any.
That’s range. If they’re in that range your salvagers will work. Sorting by range is a must if you’re salvaging with a MWD destroyer and don’t have room for MTUs.
I had assumed MTU usage in that post, since that when crtl-dragging to target works best. It tries to target everything in the box, regardless of range, and whatever completes the process first is what you get on your targets bar. Having a bracket filter set to display only wrecks helps immensely when using this, because it’s indiscriminate. If the bracket is in the box, it’ll try to target it.
Salvage drones are great but wrecks in wormholes have too high difficulty stats for them. It also can take too long so if you’re just relying in salvage drones in a site where you’re contested for wrecks in hs. I’ve had dudes steal a good value of the site from under me just salvaging the stuff I shot because I couldn’t salvage it fast enough.
Crtl-Drag locking is what i do most of the time yes. but having an option to make it easier when salvaging 200+ wrecks constantly, I would gladly sacrifice a salvage gun for auto targeting of wrecks.