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CCP Dolan
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:30:00 -
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Check out some ground breaking changes to everyone's favorite little helpers, drones.
You can find the dev blog with all it's graph and spreadsheety goodness here. CCP Dolan | Community Representative
Twitter: @CCPDolan
Gooby pls |
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CCP Fozzie
C C P C C P Alliance
9538
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:32:00 -
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Looking forward to all your feedback. CCP Rise and I have been working hard on these changes and we think they'll be great for the drone ecosystem as a whole. Game Designer | Team Five-0 https://twitter.com/CCP_Fozzie http://www.twitch.tv/ccp_fozzie/ |
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CCP Logibro
C C P C C P Alliance
365
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:34:00 -
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As someone that actually has Amarr Drone Specialization V, I'm happy that I can finally get some use out of that skill! CCP Logibro // EVE Universe Community Team // Distributor of Nanites
@CCP_Logibro |
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
514
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:39:00 -
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CCP Logibro wrote:As someone that actually has Amarr Drone Specialization V, I'm happy that I can finally get some use out of that skill!
woah, it must be like april first or something You can trust me, I have a monocole |
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CCP Logibro
C C P C C P Alliance
365
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:40:00 -
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Chainsaw Plankton wrote:CCP Logibro wrote:As someone that actually has Amarr Drone Specialization V, I'm happy that I can finally get some use out of that skill! woah, it must be like april first or something
No joke I seriously have that skill (and Caldari Drone Spec V) CCP Logibro // EVE Universe Community Team // Distributor of Nanites
@CCP_Logibro |
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Antoine Jordan
SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:40:00 -
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Overall, the changes look good. I didn't see any mention of change to drone behavior though. Has there been any thought to allowing bonuses to affect drone speed while they're NOT mwding? For most situtations, the mwd-orbit-mwd-orbit cycle that drones go through significantly hurts their applied dps. My understanding is that all drone speed bonuses only affect MWD speed. I could be wrong, but if not, it seems like that would be a good change.
edit: i realize this could lead to cases where drones out-track themselves by virtue of orbiting too fast? I guess this is more complicated than I initially thought. |
Anhenka
Daktaklakpak. Red Coat Conspiracy
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:40:00 -
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Dev Blog was really quite hazy about the some of the important bit of the Sentry Drone alterations.
With the base increase of T1 Sentries, and the 2% increase per level, will a char with say Racial Drone spec IV and all the other drone skills maxed deal equal or less damage with a set of T2 Sentries (Say Gardes) than they did previously with the same skills?
You spelled the damage changes out quite clearly for everything else, but left the effects on T2 sentries quite hazy. |
Omnathious Deninard
Novis Initiis
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:42:00 -
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Love it, one thing though.
Any chance on moving the bulk of the drone HP put of hull and evenly distributing it between hull, shield and armor? -á --á |
Two step
Aperture Harmonics No Holes Barred
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:43:00 -
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Sounds pretty good to me. I wish you guys used this rebalance as a time to adjust fighter size (and carrier drone bay size to match), so that carriers cannot carry as many extra drones. Make them 600m3 if you are worried about subcaps being able to carry them, or better yet, make them 300m3. CSM 7 Secretary CSM 6 Alternate Delegate @two_step_eve on Twitter My Blog
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Grarr Dexx
Snuff Box
330
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:44:00 -
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So how about giving drone assist back to pirates in lowsec? |
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CCP Fozzie
C C P C C P Alliance
9539
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:46:00 -
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Anhenka wrote:Dev Blog was really quite hazy about the some of the important bit of the Sentry Drone alterations.
With the base increase of T1 Sentries, and the 2% increase per level, will a char with say Racial Drone spec IV and all the other drone skills maxed deal equal or less damage with a set of T2 Sentries (Say Gardes) than they did previously with the same skills?[
You spelled the damage changes out quite clearly for everything else, but left the effects on T2 sentries quite hazy.
This was mainly because the spelling out the details a bit more long winded for sentries since they're not changing by uniform percentages. I decided to pass along the basics and let the spreadsheet at the end provide the specifics.
In practice, damage with T2 Gardes and Bouncers will be going down a bit (but with Bouncers gaining a lot of tracking and Gardes gaining a fair amount of falloff) while damage with T2 Curators and Wardens goes up a bit. Game Designer | Team Five-0 https://twitter.com/CCP_Fozzie http://www.twitch.tv/ccp_fozzie/ |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:46:00 -
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Every drone needs a helping hand.
/c
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Benny Ohu
Beneath the Ashes Margin of Silence
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:47:00 -
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let me get this straight
instead of posting unfunny april fools' articles you're making a comprehensive, long-awaited balance pass on eve's most ubiquitous weapons system
... this is an outrage. contacting csm with angry evemail |
Sala Cameron
North Eastern Swat Pandemic Legion
177
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:48:00 -
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Quite excited about these changes, and now they're finally posted @sala_cameron |
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CCP Fozzie
C C P C C P Alliance
9539
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:48:00 -
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Grarr Dexx wrote:So how about giving drone assist back to pirates in lowsec?
The opportunities for confusion about the crimewarch implications of actions (the pilot who assisted the drones would lose sec status and get gate guns without any direct action on their part) means this is not something we plan to change.
Drone assist will continue to be a mechanic that is somewhat limited in empire space, along with other mechanics such as bombs and bubbles. Game Designer | Team Five-0 https://twitter.com/CCP_Fozzie http://www.twitch.tv/ccp_fozzie/ |
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Sentient Blade
Crisis Atmosphere
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:49:00 -
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Yay, more skills for relatively new players to train! |
Myxx
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:49:00 -
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this is april fools, right?
... right?
I'm not sure if i can take anything seriously yet or not. I'll wait til tomorrow to see if this is still around. |
Grarr Dexx
Snuff Box
330
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:49:00 -
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Good to see lowsec is still a solid meh out of ten in your current 'iteration' plans. |
TrouserDeagle
Beyond Divinity Inc Shadow Cartel
584
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:50:00 -
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balance stuff is supposed to go in F&I
are we going to get medium drones on medium drone ships, or is it only going to be on special snowflake gurista ships?
when are my 8km/s warrior IIs going to be able to kill a 5km/s frigate?
and lastly, and can you actually do this: can you make sentry damage rigs into just drone damage rigs?
edit: don't be jealous of my drone skills |
TheMercenaryKing
StarFleet Enterprises StarFleet.
149
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:50:00 -
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Rename the blog Fozzie. It was misleading. |
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Wibla
Tactical Narcotics Team
153
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:50:00 -
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So when are you rebalancing ishtars? |
mynnna
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:50:00 -
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Grarr Dexx wrote:So how about giving drone assist back to pirates in lowsec?
As I feel bad for the residents of lowsec, I'll have you know that I'm not only lobbying for lowsec assist to be fixed but also for the cap to be removed in lowsec only. If I'm successful, you, too, will be able to experience the pinnacle of elite pvp. Member of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal |
Capqu
Love Squad
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:51:00 -
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none of this explains why heavy (read: at LEAST a cruise sized weapon system) drones have the same tracking as an interceptor, and why the damage:range:tracking statistics of sentries are way above any other weapon system in the game http://pizza.eve-kill.net |
Omnathious Deninard
Novis Initiis
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:54:00 -
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Wasn't there also some talk about increasing the Optimal Range on heavy drones also? -á --á |
Antoine Jordan
SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:55:00 -
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TrouserDeagle wrote: when are my 8km/s warrior IIs going to be able to kill a 5km/s frigate?
this is what I was talking about! I don't think I fully understand the mechanics behind why it happens, though. |
TrouserDeagle
Beyond Divinity Inc Shadow Cartel
584
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:57:00 -
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Antoine Jordan wrote:TrouserDeagle wrote: when are my 8km/s warrior IIs going to be able to kill a 5km/s frigate?
this is what I was talking about! I don't think I fully understand the mechanics behind why it happens, though.
it's because drones MWD to the target, then MWD off, then the target flies 50km away and takes no damage, and then the drones MWD up to them again, etc. they are very infrequently in range to hit the target.
basically CCP are bad and it's too difficult to fix it or something when they can buff mining barges instead. |
Marcel Devereux
Aideron Robotics
343
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:57:00 -
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CCP Fozzie wrote:Looking forward to all your feedback. CCP Rise and I have been working hard on these changes and we think they'll be great for the drone ecosystem as a whole.
If this is a troll I will pod you!
Quote:We are also splitting the current Combat Drone Operation skill into two new skills, Light Drone Operation and Medium Drone Operation. This means that all light combat drones will now be unlocked and bonused from the Light Drone Operation skill, and medium combat drones will be unlocked and bonused from the Medium Drone Operation skill. During the patch downtime, existing players with the Combat Drone Operation skill trained will receive both new skills trained to the same level that their Combat Drone Operation skill was trained to.
Be aware of the side effect this is going to have on new players wanting to fly the Algos. To reach its full potential you will need to train both light and medium drones. This previously was done with one skill but now will require two. Same thing goes for the Vexor. In both cases you will need to train for three weapon system to fully use the ship. This is not new player friendly.
Are you going to change the bandwidth/bonus on these ships? |
Obil Que
Star Explorers Reckoning Star Alliance
49
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:58:00 -
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If racial drone skills will now be required to use T2 sentries, will those with Sentry Drone Interfacing V been getting any skills credited for racial drones or will they simply lose access to any drones they do not have the racial skills already trained for? |
Djeli
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:59:00 -
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While each item listed has always been a concern for me for years, I would like to see other things addressed too. While the Tristan has had a special place in my heart since beta and still does, I always felt uncomfortable how an anti-frigate weapon is on this frigate in such quantity. I am glad for the inventive controls CCP has introduced into the game since then in terms of drone bay and drone bandwidth, but to me it sits better if the Tristan were changed to a repair effectiveness bonus and being the little brother to the brutix and hyperion.
I forsee the vexor now having a change to medium and light drone damage and hopefully a drone bandwidth change to match. Heavy drones felt a bit out of place on a Vexor, another favorite of mine. Fortunately with the change proposed changes, that can easily be rectified if so desired. |
Mindo Junde
Bunnie Slayers Redrum Fleet
0
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Posted - 2014.04.01 17:59:00 -
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Look interesting. One thing though
If you want the integrated drones to be more used, then i suggest you allow the bpc's to drop in more places, at reduced rates, in other areas of EVE. |
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