Limpets running out too quick

[ferneeg]

Hi I wonder if anyone knows what I am doing wrong. When mining sometimes when I send out a collector limpet it expires after collecting only 1 thing. I have no idea why this keeps happening and it seems to be random. Anyone else having this issue?

 

[tafkabb]

If you target something, the limpet will collect it and then self-destruct. That's to prevent collecting anything you don't need.
If you don't target anything, your limpets will keep collecting everything within range until they naturally expire.

 

[ferneeg]

Thanks it’s been driving me mad not knowing what I was doing!

 

[tafkabb]

It catches a lot of people out, it could definitely be explained in-game a bit better

 

[Torrigwynt174]

Does the targeted limpet travel faster than the untargeted one? Or does it not matter and they fly the same velocity?

 

[Skürt Avil]

This has been bugging me for ages!!
Took me a while to work why I was told my Prospector limpet expired everytime I launched one too!

 

[Frankymole]

Does the targeted limpet travel faster than the untargeted one? Or does it not matter and they fly the same velocity?

Exactly the same speed.

 

[Frankymole]

This has been bugging me for ages!!
Took me a while to work why I was told my Prospector limpet expired everytime I launched one too!

That would be the oldest one expiring, since the controller can only control a limited number.

 

[Yure]

Exactly the same speed.

False. Targeted limpets travel faster. It's good for those missions that need you to dive in, grab something, and bail out as other ships wake in.

 

[Aeorath]

Limpets expire way too fast WITHOUT targeting anything. It started happening again in the past two days. Horizons, console version.

 

[Sensei Jacksama]

Does the targeted limpet travel faster than the untargeted one? Or does it not matter and they fly the same velocity?

The advantage to targeting a limpet is 1 it negates the minimum speed requirement so you can travel as fast as you want and it will collect it. 2 After firing it if you move outside the limpets maximum range it will still collect it. 3 the limpet wont be destroyed by Point Defence or weapons fire. I cant say if ECM will work on it or not since litterly noone uses them even NPC'S.

The wiki says they move faster by targeting it but that's not correct.

 

[Yure]

Has that been reported as a bug? Because it's not just the wiki that says it goes faster. Each limpet has a stat speed for targeted pick ups. They definitely seem faster but I guess I really haven't tested it. I just assumed they performed as they said they do.

 

[Sensei Jacksama]

Has that been reported as a bug? Because it's not just the wiki that says it goes faster. Each limpet has a stat speed for targeted pick ups. They definitely seem faster but I guess I really haven't tested it. I just assumed they performed as they said they do.

i have no idea. If it is a bug its probably pushed so far down the line its standing in the street two blocks away with all of the other issues that have plagued this game for years now. It is what it is and speaking as former megaship pirate be thankful its at least functional.