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Nemiscent
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Posted - 2009.11.21 01:03:00 -
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The mechanic of swapping drones is fine. However once the drone is back in the drone bay I have no way of knowing which drone is damaged, which is undamaged, and which has finished regenerating its shields.
This makes fielding drones a nightmare of jettison/scooping until the right drone is deployed.
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Song Li
MinmaTire Corporation LTD
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Posted - 2009.11.21 05:37:00 -
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Drones need a complete overhaul including this.
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Lusulpher
Blackwater Syndicate Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2009.11.21 06:50:00 -
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I believe their is a main Drone fix thread in here.
Bm'd on my other HDD. Darnit. 7 |
Herschel Yamamoto
Agent-Orange
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Posted - 2009.11.21 16:45:00 -
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Yup, would be quite handy.
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Marlona Sky
D00M. Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2009.11.21 16:54:00 -
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Fille Balle
Ballbreakers R us
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Posted - 2009.11.21 17:59:00 -
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Makes sense.
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Corian Teranos
Critical Mass Inc.
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Posted - 2009.11.21 18:35:00 -
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:Its all fun and games untill your logistics guy tries passive tanking his raven: |
Zorvoz
State War Academy
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Posted - 2009.11.22 11:11:00 -
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+1
supported!
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WheatGrass
Silent but Friendly
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Posted - 2009.11.22 12:34:00 -
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Reef Skywalker
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Posted - 2009.11.22 12:36:00 -
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Alaria Tinburin
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Posted - 2009.11.22 22:19:00 -
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Tirrus Rex
American Gods Sanctimony of Bellum
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Posted - 2009.11.23 14:20:00 -
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Like it!
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Don Pellegrino
Helljumpers
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Posted - 2009.11.23 17:28:00 -
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Vestus Regula
The Black Dawn Gang
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Posted - 2009.11.23 20:16:00 -
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I believe this has already been posted but wtv.
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Cyberman Mastermind
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Posted - 2009.11.25 07:40:00 -
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Originally by: Vestus Regula I believe this has already been posted but wtv.
Of course it has been posted already. IIRC, the answer was that the almighty server would not be able to handle all those drones, especially when looking at carrier bays.
I'm still expecting the day drones are removed completely... |
Alvar Kesh
Ealurian Wolves Aegis Militia
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Posted - 2009.11.25 14:49:00 -
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Minchurra
Shadow Veil Industrial
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Posted - 2009.11.25 16:12:00 -
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Fully supported. This post has been cleared of inappropriate content. |
Pasus Nauran
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.12.14 18:39:00 -
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I completely support this idea, though I agree the drone interface needs a bigger overhaul.
It seems odd that you can see the damage a drone has sustained while it's flying about remotely, but once it docks with your ship you no longer have any idea. Fixing this would help immensely when re-launching T2 drones after spawn wave, if you're trying to prevent your severely damaged drone from joining the battle and getting destroyed.
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De'Veldrin
Special Projects Executive The Obsidian Legion
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Posted - 2009.12.14 18:54:00 -
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Supported.
Also, the other posters in this thread who said it were right, drones need a massive looking at in terms of their mechanics. --Vel
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Maxsim Goratiev
Imperium Technologies
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Posted - 2009.12.14 19:34:00 -
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has been asked for 900 times, and hopefully it will be done some day.
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Melke
Capital Construction Research
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Posted - 2009.12.14 20:02:00 -
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Drones need looked at so this would be pretty essential.
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Omega Flames
Last Resort Inn SYSTEM SHOCK INITIATIVE
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Posted - 2009.12.16 02:26:00 -
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Rebus Valstay
Deneb Kaitos Engineering
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Posted - 2009.12.16 02:50:00 -
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Agreed. I've wondered why this option was here years ago. As of now I have to send damaged drones to a damaged group which is really irritating but considering I'm cheap and hate losing T2 drones... yeah.
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Hugo Lordmagnus
Vexillari
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Posted - 2009.12.16 03:05:00 -
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Supported.
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Trypton Fungi
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Posted - 2009.12.16 09:04:00 -
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Frankly, I'm not sure how this was overlooked in the first place. Supported.
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Cyberman Mastermind
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Posted - 2009.12.16 10:47:00 -
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Originally by: Trypton Fungi Frankly, I'm not sure how this was overlooked in the first place.
Who says it was overlooked? It was sacrificed on the altar of efficency, probably even before it was fully conceived. |
Veilag
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Posted - 2009.12.16 12:17:00 -
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LustBunny
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Posted - 2009.12.16 12:50:00 -
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Also, when you scoop and launch a flight of drones and there are more drones available, stop launching the damaged ones!
So, if you have 10 drones in a single 'group' or in your unsorted drone bay and one is damaged that drone (so long as it is the same type) should be pushed to the bottom of the launch que.
Nothing annoys me more than scooping a drone under attack and then not knowing which of my 15 other 'warrior IIs' is the damaged one. If I just say 'launch drones' that [i]one[/b] damaged drone will be the one launched. The only way to prevent that happening is to scoop it to my cargo hold... which = useless until I can dock & repair.
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Pasus Nauran
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.12.16 16:11:00 -
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Originally by: LustBunny Also, when you scoop and launch a flight of drones and there are more drones available, stop launching the damaged ones!
So, if you have 10 drones in a single 'group' or in your unsorted drone bay and one is damaged that drone (so long as it is the same type) should be pushed to the bottom of the launch que.
Nothing annoys me more than scooping a drone under attack and then not knowing which of my 15 other 'warrior IIs' is the damaged one. If I just say 'launch drones' that [i]one[/b] damaged drone will be the one launched. The only way to prevent that happening is to scoop it to my cargo hold... which = useless until I can dock & repair.
Just throwing my support behind this suggestion as well. Quite annoying.
As another suggestion related to drones, how about saving the expanded views of the Drone window. It's more than a bit annoying having to expand my drone categories each time I undock, and then again when I launch drones (so I can see their damage levels).
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Ebeneser Scrooj
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Posted - 2010.01.24 22:39:00 -
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Bubbled
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Posted - 2010.01.25 10:28:00 -
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+1
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RootEmerger
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Posted - 2010.01.25 11:10:00 -
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Dariah Stardweller
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Posted - 2010.01.25 11:49:00 -
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Originally by: Song Li Drones need a complete overhaul including this.
QFT
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Ecatherina W
AAA.FSI Holding Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2010.01.25 12:16:00 -
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Agree, this is a pain in the neck... ***** Empress of the Multiverse ***** |
Captain Mastiff
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Posted - 2010.01.25 13:55:00 -
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Insa Rexion
CTRL-Q
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Posted - 2010.01.25 13:58:00 -
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Reverend Book
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Posted - 2010.01.25 21:25:00 -
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This needs to be addressed, along with updating the information on the drones based on skills and equipment, just like any other weapon system.
Drones need to be treated like a part of the game and not a pariah by the programmers. I recognize that they cause problems with server load and such, but surely there is something that could be done?
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Taos Marz
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Posted - 2010.01.28 20:35:00 -
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this is needed and a complet drone overhul |
Chilton Haynes
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Posted - 2010.01.28 23:29:00 -
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Lord FunkyMunky
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Posted - 2010.01.29 18:39:00 -
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SUPPORTED x100000000000000000000
And if their is another General Overhaul of Drones thread, then I SUPPORT THAT ONE TOO!
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Lord Helghast
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Posted - 2010.01.29 20:27:00 -
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Edited by: Lord Helghast on 29/01/2010 20:27:13 Drones need love, end of story, I cant imagine being a carrier pirate trying to find which drones are damaged in those immense storage areas.
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Lord Dralos
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Posted - 2010.02.05 19:57:00 -
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as an avid drone user i agree with this post give us a way to work out which drones in bay are damaged and i seen a simple idea post by someone about putting damaged drones to last of the que that idea is good also
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Boris Borison
S0NS OF ANARCHY MACHI MISCHIEF
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Posted - 2010.02.05 20:22:00 -
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+1
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Battlingbean
Heaven's Gate
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Posted - 2010.02.05 21:14:00 -
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Originally by: Cyberman Mastermind
Originally by: Vestus Regula I believe this has already been posted but wtv.
Of course it has been posted already. IIRC, the answer was that the almighty server would not be able to handle all those drones, especially when looking at carrier bays.
Most drones are destroyed before they can get back to the drone bay. So perhaps the drones could be repaired in the drone bay right away, so when you have docked up drones, they are always full health. Might be overpowered though so maybe make it a skill or a module?
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Sep'Shoni
Carpe Diem inc. Celestial Shadows
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Posted - 2010.02.07 16:26:00 -
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Yes, I ran into this just the other day. Got some drones from one group damaged in one pocket, some drones from another group damaged in another pocket, and had to dock to repair drones since I couldn't select only sound drones to deploy in the third pocket.
Originally by: Battlingbean ... maybe make it a skill or a module?
This -- an in-bay drone repair module would be just the thing for the drone carrier ships that substitute drones for turrets. Sep'Shoni
Mining ore and making stuff. Its not just a job, its an obsession. |
Betid
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Posted - 2010.02.09 17:26:00 -
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Supported
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Imiarr Timshae
Funny Men In Funny Hats
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Posted - 2010.02.09 18:41:00 -
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Edited by: Imiarr Timshae on 09/02/2010 18:41:27
Originally by: Lusulpher I believe their is a main Drone fix thread in here.
Bm'd on my other HDD. Darnit.
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Remember kids, both meth and macro use are Really Quite Bad Things.
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Forester Pete
Frog Morton Industries Anuran Origin
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Posted - 2010.02.19 13:34:00 -
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supported
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Fistme
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Posted - 2010.02.19 15:12:00 -
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Can't agree more. Kinda silly that you gather more info about your own drones when they are zipping around at 5kms than you do when they are sitting in your hanger...
As people have already stated drones need a massive revamp... Imho I think that the system needs to be taken back to the drawing board and reworked as a whole.
Buying drones should be like buying ships. I think that drones should have slots and allow for customization beyond the ability to buy slightly faster or slower drones that do less or more dmg of a different type. New drone models as well as cool drocking and undocking animations would be pretty pro.
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Razin
The xDEATHx Squadron Legion of xXDEATHXx
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Posted - 2010.02.19 18:19:00 -
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Also need to be able to fix drones in drone bay. Slowly. ...
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