Clean start

[Marikosic™]

i have idea when nimbatus (mother ship) can suck materials and staring position can be clear :)

[Lurkily]

I would actually prefer this to the current hopper.  Automated drones have issues with gettting over/under that hopper.

[GreyCore]

I dont like the hopper either, but then something else should be needed other than a gathering nimbatus. What if the hopper was a part of nimbatus, and that would be the spot to deposit?

[Lurkily]

47 minutes ago, GreyCore said:

I dont like the hopper either, but then something else should be needed other than a gathering nimbatus. What if the hopper was a part of nimbatus, and that would be the spot to deposit?

I'm not sure if that's substantively different from this suggestion.  Can you elaborate?

[GreyCore]

12 minutes ago, Lurkily said:

I'm not sure if that's substantively different from this suggestion.  Can you elaborate?

There isnt much to elaborate upon. I think that the hopper should be erased, and the Nimbatus which hovers high in the sky would have a compartment which would suck up the resources from tanks when flying nearby it, just like the hopper, only that it would collect the resources upwards as a vacuum. p.s. *substantially*

[Lurkily]

I thought that's what he suggested, that the Nimbatus vacuum stuff up from you instead of dropping it in a hopper.

Substantively means in a meaningful or important way, while substantially means to a significant extent.  They're similar, but the connotations differ in a manner similar to 'quantity vs quality'.