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Polux
FinFleet
Raiden.
Posted - 2003.11.24 12:23:00 - [1]
 
Edited by: Polux on 24/11/2003 13:07:24
Drones are a good backup force in combat and all ships are deadly whit enuff drones. The only reson why I don't use them so much is that controling them is realy slow and you realy have limided controle over them.
It would be nice to get the Drone panel remade all over again. I think that you should be able to give the drones more commands like "Defend" that will make them Defend ship or object from getting killed and when fired upon they would respond whit firing back. This way you could leave the drones in space and make them defend the belt wile you get the indy and haul your ore, if you don't come back the drones will disapire after 1 hour in space or just like the cargocontainers.

Just I thougt but this could realy fix many problems in the game for example the Megathron again one of the wantid and used BS in the game.


One thing that is bugging me is that the drone window is buged. It doesn't show the damage your drones are taking.

Ruffles
Posted - 2003.11.24 12:57:00 - [2]
 
I don't think drones should be left there to guard things automatically. Thats just wrong.

Yes I like the defend command, and we had a very good thread a long time back with lots of different commands, and possibly even new types of drones to fill some roles like missile defense.

Yes they are slow to deploy, and won't attack past 20km presently, but they also never miss, no matter what the range and size of your target.

I agree the drone interface should be given an overhaul, and you should be able to group some drones, so that one command issued would send drones in that group to do that task, and you could command another group to go do something else. It would be far quicker then trying to multi-select more then one, send, then multi-select others. Basically why no one probably does anything other then Select All - Attack when necessary.

I think this was one of the good threads:

Cro Ramel's crazy drone ideas. (Not suitable for children.)

Eisha
Gallente
Aliastra
Posted - 2003.11.24 20:05:00 - [3]
 
Edited by: Eisha on 24/11/2003 20:07:02
I would like to able to group them into wings. Right now you can't cntrl select two or three of your drones, its one at a time or select all.

I've gotten around it by launching them in two wings. I CNTRL selct a group from my drone bay, launch, select all, then CNTRL select the next group and launch. Now I can invert slection to control my drones in two wings. This process is a bit of a hassle though.

I also like to CNTRL select my drones just after arriving in a system. So that I can launch a bunch ASAP. CNTRL Selections in a wondow are lost when you jump. So I'd really like to be able to assign them into wing in the Drone bay then just launch the wing.

* Sorry if I hijacked your thread. Oops.

Baldour Ngarr
Black Thorne Corporation
Black Thorne Alliance
Posted - 2003.11.24 23:29:00 - [4]
 
Quote:
Edited by: Eisha on 24/11/2003 20:07:02
I would like to able to group them into wings. Right now you can't cntrl select two or three of your drones, its one at a time or select all.


Actually you can; but for some bizarre reason, in the drone window it's shift-click to select multiple drones, instead of ctrl-click. Don't ask me why Rolling Eyes

Eisha
Gallente
Aliastra
Posted - 2003.11.24 23:52:00 - [5]
 
shift cntrl huh? I'll try that. Thanks, should help bunches.

Indira Firebrand
Caldari
Organized Disorder
Posted - 2003.11.25 11:16:00 - [6]
 
I would like to be able to give my drones an orbiting radius so they stay out of smartbomb range.

Maybe more people would use them if they werent almost useless in PvP.


 

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