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Nethod
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Posted - 2011.05.06 18:38:00 -
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I'm playing from Afghanistan on ET's speak and spell and I lag out all the time.
Logging back in, I'm warped back to the beginnning of a mission, 3 gates away from my drones where they're being blown to bits before I'm even aligned.
Yeah, its my connection, I know, but having a chance of recovery is better than non at all. Suggesting something like a 5-10 min grace period before NPCs kill off a few million ISK worth of sentry drones after lagouts.
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DestroyRoid
Caldari
Confederated Armed Traders
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Posted - 2011.05.06 19:03:00 -
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i agree there should be something that allows you to reconnect to drones after lagouts/ crashes.
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SGT FUNYOUN
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.05.07 06:07:00 -
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Yes a grace period of one minute before the Rats start popping your drones would be awesome.
I say you should be able to reconnect to drones from anywhere in the system, like probes. Just reconnect, and tell your drones to warp to you. If I can launch a probe the size of a drone and it have a tiny warp drive on it big enough to fly it 145 ly across an empire system... then why can't my drones do the same thing?
Maybe make it so that they just warp with you even.
Hmmmm... warping drones... I could deploy my drones and warp them into a fight already deployed along side my ship... ooooooooo my drone boat would be faster on the attack then. Heheheheeee
Yargh.  I be SGT Funyoun. King of the Pirates!!! |
Nethod
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Posted - 2011.05.07 09:03:00 -
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 Originally by: SGT FUNYOUN
Yes a grace period of one minute before the Rats start popping your drones would be awesome.
I say you should be able to reconnect to drones from anywhere in the system, like probes. Just reconnect, and tell your drones to warp to you. If I can launch a probe the size of a drone and it have a tiny warp drive on it big enough to fly it 145 ly across an empire system... then why can't my drones do the same thing?
Maybe make it so that they just warp with you even.
Hmmmm... warping drones... I could deploy my drones and warp them into a fight already deployed along side my ship... ooooooooo my drone boat would be faster on the attack then. Heheheheeee
1 min? it takes like 30 seconds or more just to align my BS. I dunno about other people, but if you get warped out from the last room in a mission from a lagout it could take a lot longer to get back.
Reconnecting drones from far distance wouldn't make sense with modules like drone link augmenters in game, and warping drones into areas with you would change pvp. 1 small change for the pve kiddy pool would be a huge tidal wave for the rest of the game mechanics and balances.
Great suggestions, not to knock them but I think they'd mess with the rest of the game a little too much for ccp to look at them as a drone-loss lagout fix.
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Nethod
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Posted - 2011.05.07 10:44:00 -
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Ok here's a dumb idea I had while wishing I could overload my salvagers cause downtime was happening in like 2 min...
Make it so you can Overload your Drone Link Augmenters to boost the range 1Ly. It'll give more of a reason to train thermodynamics, and have a drawback to sending your drones out past normal range cause your drone link augmenter will take damage (bonus for pvp, or not put that feature in and just leave drone range as is). Make it so drones can warp like probes under the effects of an overloaded DLA and you have a decent chance to recover your drones at a cost of damage to equipment.
The "Chance" of recovery based on whether or not your drones are being targeted by NPC that are warp jamming them.
Thoughts?
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Rek Seven
Gallente
Guy Fawkes Trust Fund
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Posted - 2011.05.07 11:20:00 -
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Drones shouldn't be attacked if they are not connected to a pilots ship.
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Nethod
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Posted - 2011.05.09 16:50:00 -
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*kicks life back into thred*
Handful of posts doesn't change things here I don't imagine. It was worth a try, but without the all attention gaining 6th or 7th elements of either pure genius or pure stupidity, I don't think this subject will become more than a minor blip. thx for opinions those that shared.
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Reeno Coleman
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Posted - 2011.05.09 19:45:00 -
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i feel like any kind of grace period or drone disconnect protection could be very easily abused.
drone gets attacked -> release control -> aggro switch -> resume control
=> drones invincible
i know the problem; yes its very annoying; but i don't see the suggested fixes working out.
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Nethod
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Posted - 2011.05.10 13:59:00 -
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Originally by: Reeno Coleman
i feel like any kind of grace period or drone disconnect protection could be very easily abused.
drone gets attacked -> release control -> aggro switch -> resume control
=> drones invincible
i know the problem; yes its very annoying; but i don't see the suggested fixes working out.
"releasing control" would mean logging out...how is that different if someones ship has agro and is about to be blown but they log out and log back in before it happens? ship invincible?
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