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Lucas Bowman
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Posted - 2003.09.06 03:34:00 -
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I would like to suggest a new non-combat drone type. I would like to see a new class of utility drones introduced that are very fragile but useful to the owner. One utility drone type I see very useful is the repair drone, used to repair damage to ships or drones that you have targetted. Perhaps not work as fast as repair kits, but would allow you to repair your teammate ships over time, even quicker with massive amounts of repair drones. Another drone I would really like to see is a retrieval drone. A small drone that would go to a targetted container and would bring it to within about 1000m of your ship. Those who like to park and mine will find this a very handy feature after popping off a few npc pirates at range. Of course, you might want to introduce new skills in order to operate these drones. Another mod option I'd like to suggest is a drone repair bay. This mod could take up a small portion of your drone bay, but would automatically repair any damaged drones in your bay over time. Would make a good medium energy mod to have on a deep space mission. Anyway, I hope you like these ideas and impliment them as well!
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Seriphim
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Posted - 2003.09.06 04:47:00 -
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Very good ideas I like them also.
I think that the repair drones should be nano-drones. They are very small like the size of... your computer moniter. You would send out a bunch of them and they would circle very very close to your ship, they are close enough to benefit from your sheilds. But after your sheilds are gone if a missile, or explosive damage hits you it will obliterate the repair drones.
I like that idea.
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Cell Satimo
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Posted - 2003.09.06 11:15:00 -
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Repair drones will be a neccesity when the player deployables are released (sentry guns, mobile refineries) to enable repairing other structures. You'll probably see them within 1-2 months | Join eve-webring.com to promote your site. |
Darsk'hul
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Posted - 2003.09.06 12:03:00 -
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Repair drones are already in the pipes.
So, i guess it's a good idea indeed |
Arch Aggelos
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Posted - 2003.09.07 06:07:00 -
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Edited by: Arch Aggelos on 07/09/2003 06:09:07 Yeah, look at character creation again... Repair Drones is a skill you can get at creation, so they already have plans for this. Good thinking though!
I like the Drone Repair Bay idea as well... would be good to see.
As for retreival drones, it's interesting, but I don't know how much I really like it... Seems like it just lets people be lazy and overly cautious...
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raglah
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Posted - 2003.09.07 12:52:00 -
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Edited by: raglah on 07/09/2003 12:53:50 I like the suggestion both of them. Could I take the retrival drone either to the next lvl? thats is salvage drones where you can salvage ships,stns,etc and or cut them up for scap? [the abandonded ones]?
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Ramez
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Posted - 2003.09.08 02:45:00 -
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i like the idea of retrieval drones accept for one catch once they arrive at the container they will be laden with its weight and return only very slowly this will allow for their use in rounding up pirate loot but not allow people to steal other peoples cans
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Ar'leich Grade
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Posted - 2003.09.08 11:17:00 -
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Edited by: Ar'leich Grade on 08/09/2003 11:17:50 Repair drones are a cool idea too, as long as other things in game are also upgraded so the game remains balanced When on the battlefield, if you try not to let others take the lead and have the sole intention of breaking into the enemy lines, then you will not fall behind others, your mind will become fierce, and you will mainfest martial valor. Furthermore, if you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy. |
Nelia Hawk
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Posted - 2003.09.08 11:59:00 -
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repair drones and salvage drones will cone to the game! (there are skill for them already (but they dont work atm)) ---------------------------------- some of my ideas: Very Long Balancing Suggestion !!! and My Ideas for EVE |
Annihilation
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Posted - 2003.09.08 12:13:00 -
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Don't forget you Gallente people that fly all Gallente ships, when you go up agianst say a Caracal you have no real defenses to it's missles due to the lack of launcher bays.
Some kind of defense drones would be nice, when deployed they would stay out of blast range and shoot down incoming missles. Just an idea for you drone lovers, and Gallente people that get slammed with missles.
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Aeryn
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Posted - 2003.09.09 14:13:00 -
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Quote: Some kind of defense drones would be nice, when deployed they would stay out of blast range and shoot down incoming missles. Quote:
I like the idea of point-defence drones. You can't give them orders to attack - they just orbit your ship. When a drone or missile is targetted at your ship, they peel off and try to take it out before it hits.
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Darsk'hul
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Posted - 2003.09.09 14:23:00 -
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For missiles, there's always smart bomb (and medium smart bomb are the ultimate anti-missile).
But why not ? Defender drones' idea sounds quite cool __________
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true sight
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Posted - 2003.09.10 15:59:00 -
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I mentioned defender drones in a new thread after reading it here and thinking it was a great idea,
problem with smartbombs is if your using drones yourself.. does your own smart bomb damage your own drones? I think they do.....?
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Lucas Bowman
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Posted - 2003.09.16 12:27:00 -
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Some very good additional ideas, I like them. I've also seen a few more threads with some other drone ideas since my posting. Should all the suggested drones come into play, I can see a need for a new class of ship, a Drone Carrier or Hive. A Cruiser or BS class vessel (or perhaps one of each) with a massive drone bay, a decent cargo hold, but limited on the high energy slots. Perhaps a converted Industrial ship? A new skill to go with it to allow even more drone control capabilities, I'm thinking a multi-tasking control skill to keep the game within balance. One that would limit the type of drone control, say would allow you to control up to 20-30 drones at a time, but max 10 of any type of drone (combat, repair, defense, mining, etc).
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Naran Darkmood
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Posted - 2003.09.16 16:29:00 -
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I like all this ideas! esp. defence and repair drones would be great. The 'hauler' drone should not only be very slow, but very limited in carrying capacity as well. What has to be avoided is that this dronetyp will replace all haulers (in compnation with mobile refineries). It should be able to pull a can with a few item drops, but not with large amounts of ore. -----------------------------------------------
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Ka'loor
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Posted - 2003.09.16 23:24:00 -
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I must second the defense drone idea.....itd really give some ships great abilities.....even to imagine what you could do then......turn your ship into a missle killer.....and smartbombs are a nono for most Gallente anyway......nobpdy wants to blast his own drones after all.......
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Lucas Bowman
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Posted - 2003.10.10 12:13:00 -
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buh-da bump!
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voogru
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Posted - 2003.10.10 19:28:00 -
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I like the idea of defender drones, Normally I fight my targets from over 20km, if they are using missles not much I can do cept use smartbombs, which I cant use if my drones are closer than 4km.
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