Suggestion: Salvage Probes & Salvage Probe Launcher

[Gerard_Amatin]

@Demon_Ex_Machina

In regard to the ship, the mechanics I laid out make such a thing irrelevant. How are combat probes any less an issue even with a low signature radius? Even if your sig is low, if you see combat probes you’re going to have to make a decision: Stay and potentially fight or abandon the site. It’s not guaranteed that you won’t be found.

If I know from intel that the guy in local is flying a T3D when I see his combat probes on D-scan, and I’m flying a ship that’s maximum-unprobable, I can just continue doing my thing as there’s no way he can scan me down. I’m guaranteed not to be found, unless he brings a better ship.

@Demon_Ex_Machina

The fear of combat probes is a competent player who narrows down a target with DSCAN and then instantly probes you down with one quick cycle of a tight probe formation.

Yes I know, I do combat probing myself. But if the target fit is sufficiently hard to probe down, this trick won’t allow you to catch them unless you’ve brought the right implants.

@Demon_Ex_Machina

If MTU and Mobile Depots did have a salvage probe jamming capability it would make those even more valuable and maintain the counterplay as the salvage probe is unable probe for ships. Dropping a MTU would solve your issue in regard to ships as well. If I’m missing something, please elaborate.

I don’t think this should be tied to certain deployables. This should be universal for all deployables and ships. If all anchorables and all ships will jam salvage probes, then it might work.