(1) Drones do not auto-attack anything unless I target it and press 'F'. And once they start shooting something, they keep shooting that same thing until it dies or I tell them not to.

(2) NPCs do not shoot drones. Full stop.

I think if my space shoe looked the same, but my drones looked like flying laser turrets of laser spewing death, I would be OK.

But my turrets look like fragile kite frames and I sit in a big Shoe.

Send us some love (and yes to many of the GUI requests)!

As a drone user I have been requesting changes and complained a rather large amount of times about specific issues.
The main "Issues" I have been screaming about are

1. focus fire doenst really work.....

2. actuall drone boats, not hybrids ( rattle and domi both use 2 weapon systems, and no, I dont count carriers as drone boats since they can also use fighters) ( and do change the look on the domi, the blob needs a new face!! )

3. hotkeys ( this however isnt a drone specific issue but rather a UI issue... I hate needing to have the darn overview tagged ( in focus ) for hotkeys to actually work )

While I have seen some effort in terms of drones, drone damage amps etc etc, it feels like ccp are ignoring drones in general which is sad.

Drone ideas

- A Module that repairs drones in bay

- Salvage drones that work (IGÇÖve still got problems with salvage drones sitting idle and not auto salvaging my own wrecks)

- Emergency recall skill; If a pos can activate it's shield in response to damage a drone should be able to automatically retreat to the drone bay if it's damaged to structure, (maybe start at 50% + 10% per level of skill)

- New Drone options; examples

Suicide drones basically a heavy drone with a smart bomb
EW Camo Drones that project false images to scanners/probes/and target map but look the same to visual inspection
Defender Drones that act as AOE Missile denial (thus if you assign them to "assist" a target they defend it from missiles rather than the launcher)
Afterburner based drones rather than mwd

- New Drone Controls

The ability to assign priority targets to drones (in a broad way) such that certain ship sizes are targeted first

Individual recall hotkeys

An option to have damaged drones float to the bottom of the launch list (ever recall a drone and accidently send it right back out?)


- Ship options

Sub carrier fighters/bombers; I'm not advocating insanity, but the idea of a micro carrier has been rattling around in my brain ever since the orca showed up. Why wouldn't someone jury-rig a support bay for a fighter into the smallest possible spaces? For example a Firbolg is only 5000m^3 while a thorax is 62 times that size. To keep it balanced drop the highs to almost nothing, and rely entirely on its drones. Essentially converting from a drone boat, to a parasite carrier.



Stupid over the top ideas.....


Micro acceleration gate that "launches" drones to targets (normal recall of course)
Micro Barrier generating drones (requires 4 or more orbiting a target) that optionally generate a shield or negates warp
Scout Drones in line with the MicroAccel idea, Drones that you can launch toward celestial targets that burn out reaching their target, but send back a window of the target overview. (To ID gate camps)
Structure repair drones that work on self?


I guess to sum it up what I really want is a parasite ship.

I want a space ship that is worthless on its own; absolutely zero gank, not a single hardpoint, which instead has everything focused on drones and tank.
With a UI that allows a little better fine grained control over the drone A.I. (Target Priorities, Damage thresholds, working salvagers.)