It can be scooped back to your ship’s cargohold at any time. Any contents will appear in space in a cargo container at that time. A Mobile Depot can only be accessed or scooped up by its owner; you cannot launch it for use by other players at this time.
Is a Noctis worth it?
Besides its bonuses to tractor beams and salvagers it also sports a large cargo bay, able to store loot from even the most destructive level 4 missions. The Noctis is expensive however, and is unlikely to be worth it for a player who is not yet running at least level 3 missions.
Can mobile depots be scanned down?
Mobile depots can be scanned, but can’t be destroyed unless you ignore them for 48 hours.
Is salvaging worth it EVE Online?
Salvaging is a good secondary income source when doing PvE combat, as NPC wrecks can drop valuable modules or items, and their salvage is used to manufacture rigs. Salvaging is easy to train into, reasonably safe, and a good way for newer characters to participate in higher-level PvE content (e.g. locust fleets).
Can you scan down wrecks in EVE?
You cannot scan down or probe out wrecks. You can scan down or probe out mission runners’ ships.
What is salvaging in EVE?
Salvaging is the practice of obtaining items from wrecks, which are left behind after a ship (NPC or player) is destroyed. Wrecks may contain loot (which can be taken by anyone) and salvage (which requires specialised equipment to recover).
Can you loot yellow wrecks?
Stealing, or “ninja looting”, is taking items from a wreck without permission. This act requires you to have yellow safeties (partial) or red safeties (turned off) and will flag you as a suspect. With green safeties (full) you will simply not be able to take loot from someone else’s can or wreck.
How do I loot a wreck in EVE?
Use your tractor beams to pull more distant wrecks to within 2500m of your ship (as you’ll want to loot them in addition to salvaging them); once they are within range, turn the tractor beams off, and re-target them on additional distant wrecks.
What is jettison Eve?
Jetcanning is basically the process of storing up a bunch of ore over time in what’s called a “jetcan” (short for jettisoned canister), and then hauling it back to your homebase (or wherever you choose to refine or sell it).
Can you scan down containers Eve?
Neither core nor combat probes will scan down containers. You can see them on your Directional Scanner. You can get a bearing on them by narrowing the degrees the scanner is scanning by moving your POV around your ship in the horizontal plane and up and down in the vertical plane.
What happens when you destroy a mobile tractor unit?
Criminal Activities – While only you can access the inventory or scoop your own MTU, other players can shoot it which will only get them a suspect flag. When destroyed the MTU has a 50% chance to drop each item in its inventory just like a ship. MTUs can be scanned down with combat probes which means it may be destroyed if you leave it for a while.
Where do you scoop the mobile tractor unit?
Ofc you have to be sitting within range of the mtu to scoop it. Folk will typically try and bump you off the mtu to prevent you from scooping as they kill it. Also the loot/salavage you get from missions is generally not worth the effort it takes to collect it.
Can You scoop a tractor unit in Eve?
Yes to all. By the way, even if you forget to loot the unit and scoop it, it drops a can with the goodies. And maybe it’s just all in my mind, but it seems I’m getting lower loot value with the tractor unit :\\. yes.
Which is better mobile tractor unit or salvage unit?
The “Free Wrecks” channel, Pro Synergy, or OhGee the freelanth thalvager in are all far better options than the mobile tractor unit. Of course some marauder pilots would prefer to tractor, loot and salvage while in the mission space.
