@Alerius This is a really thoughtful, well fleshed-out suggestion you've clearly thought through not just the core idea but the balancing considerations too (lot cost, power/credit upkeep, blueprint rarity via Architect/Shipwright and event tokens). Turning otherwise-deleted junk like low-value ISOs and augments into something usable is a great way to add purpose to loot that currently just clutters inventories or gets tossed.
There's one significant hurdle we'd need to work through before something like this could move forward, though. As a volunteer project, our support team already fields a fair number of tickets from players who've accidentally deleted items they didn't mean to lose. A device designed around feeding items in for a random return would likely increase that risk accidental drops into the disposal could mean permanently losing something a player didn't intend to part with, and that's honestly been the main thing holding back systems like this in the past. Any implementation would need strong safeguards (confirmation prompts, a review window, something along those lines) to make sure it doesn't create more problems than it solves.
That said, the core idea is a good one, and it's worth continuing to think through ways to make loot like this useful without adding to that support burden. We'll keep this in mind going forward.
One thing worth mentioning in the meantime: Evolve already includes a quality-of-life feature that ties into this kind of large-scale inventory management you can Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select and drag multiple items at once, which makes clearing out and organizing junk loot much faster and more efficient.
Thanks for putting this much thought into it feedback this detailed makes a real difference. Keep the ideas coming!
Best,
Orton
Evolve Community Manager
