Chomper Cargo Transfer

[Hopeinmo]

I think that chompers should have an effect like the miners cargo drone, sending all minerals (only minerals) back to bc but! to keep the melee factor in, it should be restricted the exact same as docking, if in docking range, can transfer minerals back :p perhaps maybe a "chomper tractorbeam" upgrade could be purchased or when battlecruiser tractorbeam upgrade purchased, the chomper could transfer it's cargo even further...... lets say with this upgrade it could be normal tractorbeam raduis, or half....

after some thought, i think chomper maybe has this tractor ability normally, which would be a little further than docking range... just a tad, and main bc tractor up would increase the range at which minerals could be beamed back to bc, maximum bc tractor radius

EDIT:
(revision, chomp starts close range unload, no dock, main bc upgrade boosts maximum range of effect to tractor radius... MESSAGE BELOW! was chopped out of blinker thread, accidental mistake i made @_@ o wait its last messge, maybe i can delete my post spot =o SUCCESS!)

As for the tractor upgrade (as far as im concerned, only bc up) to increase transfer range for chomper... say your in one of those irritating bc on bc angry domination fights (where they are moving way to fast for any ship in game to catch up to unless have ionics) with that range, depending if your chaser or chasee, you could risk a max range flyby of a stealth chomper to get cargo and hope chomper gets out of visual range before other bc passes by it... and there are many updates to games that don't "solve problems" @_@ some lil pieces are to add lil relievers and things that may be of use for a pro team to try and pull off... it was just an idea @_@

People may have said chomper is fine, but I really REALLY did not like the cooldown on chomping, D= Then the further movement speed nerfing on it afterwards, I liked the idea of chomper basically having grinders on front to eat junk, (not sure about the idea of mechanics behind but the speedy chomping was just fine) but I always thought you should be able to ram-eat roids :p though I definitely not arguing that point for sake of preventing chomper autoplowing small ships and roids....

UNLESS!!! you have a upgrade path that removes the magnetic pull and replaces chomper mining function with ram scoop (uses energy as a grinder cooler so after ramming so much you need to recharge before can eat more =p)

I'm just trying to be h helpful so TRY NOT TO STOMP MEH FEELINGS
(emotional trigger troll face please)

[DumbMarine]

This seems like a lot of work for Siretu to do with the only thing being accomplished is that the chomper doesn't press 'd' when returning minerals, they press some other button.

And I am 100% for giving the chomper a tractor beam. Every ship should have one.

[Hopeinmo]

This seems like a lot of work for Siretu to do with the only thing being accomplished is that the chomper doesn't press 'd' when returning minerals, they press some other button.

And I am 100% for giving the chomper a tractor beam. Every ship should have one.

This tractor, doesn't effect anything excep the teleport minerals ability, maximum reference is in tooltip and possibly a visual effect
(i accidently posted in other thread thinking ws mine @_@ gonn add a frag I was putting there in here)

[Siretu]

I'm sorry, I dont think this is viable.