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Rengerel en Distel
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Posted - 2012.12.04 19:34:00 -
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Release drones, don't send them. When they get aggro, recall them. Wait a sec, then relaunch them. You've now got aggro until the next wave.
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Rengerel en Distel
Amarr Science and Industry
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Posted - 2012.12.04 19:39:00 -
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Jame Jarl Retief wrote:Rengerel en Distel wrote:Release drones, don't send them. When they get aggro, recall them. Wait a sec, then relaunch them. You've now got aggro until the next wave.
That is a bug, a known one, confirmed by CCP. Which leads to 2 questions: 1. When this bug is fixed, what will you do then? 2. If you exploit the current bug, does that count as an exploit, and is it punishable? I don't want to eat a suspension or a ban for this.
It is a known bug which they said is a workaround until they actually get around to fixing all the other problems this new AI has caused. Recalling drones can hardly be considered an exploit.
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Rengerel en Distel
Amarr Science and Industry
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Posted - 2012.12.04 20:20:00 -
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Kenneth O'Hara wrote:Welcome to the life of a wormholer. I'm not even sure if the bug works against sleepers since they have been doing this since they came around. It's about time you missioners had a challenge. Oh, what's that? I've never done lvl 4s because I live in w-space... let me just say before this patch, lvl 4s were way easier to solo than even a c2 wormhole anom.
The difference being you don't get waves of 20 or 30 rats at a time in WHs? And even with sleepers, they have a 2 min timer, so you just have to time your aggro.
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Rengerel en Distel
Amarr Science and Industry
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Posted - 2012.12.04 20:44:00 -
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No More Heroes wrote:Chip Whittley wrote:Anybody else noticing this today? In level 4 missions, in my Domi, I throw my drones out after all npcs lock me, and almost immediately they're switching aggro to the drones, and the drones are dying. Some missions more than others, but it is in every mission. I don't usually lose drones, but I've lost a bay's worth of them just this morning.... This is a great change. Well done CCP- PVE should be challenging.
Should be challenging if you're in a drone boat, no one else need be bothered.
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Rengerel en Distel
Amarr Science and Industry
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Posted - 2012.12.04 22:28:00 -
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Cynter DeVries wrote:Mr Epeen wrote:Without commenting on this half assed attempt at whatever it is CCP is up to, I will say something in general that seems to show CCP taking a step backwards. They have been 'dumbing down' the game to some and 'reducing needless complication ' for others. I see the recent trend as a good thing, personally. Having mechanics simply to be a pain in the ass is the wrong way to attract and keep players. Yet this is exactly what has happened here. Throwing in a half finished new mechanic that can be worked around by putting drones out, pulling them back, then launching again is not adding anything to game play. It's just needlessly complicating something simple to make it seem attractive to the hardcore few that like this kind of thing. It will, in my opinion, backfire badly. Mr Epeen Or... CCP just buffed co-op play a good bit. Think about it. There are now logistics frigates. Bring a newbie in a Navitas and tell them "Keep my drones alive, I'll worry about the rest. Aggro? Try to speed tank some of it. My Domi has a big repper for you, just in case." Or as someone above pointed out... Alts, bring alts in logi frigates.
Aggro is based on signature size and ewar. That logi would get aggro over the drones, especially if they're acting like logi. It's the same reason ratters are happy, because frigs/bombers coming at them will now be attacked by the very rats the ratter was trying to kill.
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Rengerel en Distel
Amarr Science and Industry
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Posted - 2012.12.04 22:40:00 -
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Potamus Jenkins wrote:LOL wormhole dwellers say hello
That was even more clever than the other 2 people that said it before you.
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Rengerel en Distel
Amarr Science and Industry
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Posted - 2012.12.05 02:34:00 -
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Bane Necran wrote:Some Rando wrote:Huh, maybe CCP are trying to move L4s back to group activities. More likely they're trying to crack down on people letting drones do all the work. I once had a Domi that could tank entire pockets, and i'd just get everyone after me, activate my two stable armor reppers, release drones, then tab out for awhile. Safe bet things like that are frowned upon by CCP.
They actually wanted to nerf this, but actually buffed it by making repping draw more aggro than the drones themselves. So afk RR-sentry boats got a boost, everyone else has more to deal with.
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Rengerel en Distel
Amarr Science and Industry
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Posted - 2012.12.05 03:23:00 -
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Mara Rinn wrote:Have you tried fitting a TP or ECM to your drone boat?
At least on the test server, neither a TD nor a TP was enough to draw aggro off drones. I didn't try every different form of ewar though. Remote repping seemed to be the only thing that had a good deal of success. Of course, that only really works when you're talking about sentry boats.
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