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Steph Livingston
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Posted - 2014.05.09 12:54:00 -
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Fozzie clarified in an R&D thread after this was announced.
Combat Drone Operation = Removed
Light Drone Operation, Medium Drone Operation = Added at same level as Combat drones or Scout Drones, whichever is higher.
If anything, you're getting MORE skill points back by losing a T2 skill and gaining both a T1 and T2 in exchange.
The reason you'll get points equal to Combat OR Scout drones is they're changing how you unlock lights/meds. Right now they're unlocked off Scout drone operation, after the patch it will be the unique skills.
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Steph Livingston
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Posted - 2014.05.09 13:01:00 -
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James Amril-Kesh wrote:No it isn't, it's being decided by SDO only.
No, that's what people were confused about when that dev blog was first announced. It mentioned Combat Drone would turn into both Light and Medium drone operation so people wouldn't loose access to their drones.
Since it was Scout Drones, not combat drones, that unlocked T2 lights and mediums people were confused. Fozzie clarified later that both the Light Drone and Medium Drone skills would get the same level as EITHER Combat drones or Scout Drones, whichever skill you have more points in.
That way you'll still have access to the same level of drones as before, and the same damage bonus. |
Steph Livingston
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Posted - 2014.05.09 13:20:00 -
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James Amril-Kesh wrote:
I like to think I'm usually pretty good about keeping track of changes. Dropped the ball pretty hard this time.
Not your fault, you really had to be watching the feedback thread on that blog in order to know about the highest between SDO/CDO skill being applied. A few of us had to hound Fozzie in order to get him to clarify and the blog was never updated so it was quite easy to miss. |
Steph Livingston
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Posted - 2014.05.09 14:28:00 -
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Medalyn Isis wrote:
As mentioned previously, this method of skill transition seems badly thought through.
This method would make a lot more sense;
Combat drone operation = drone avionics
Scout drone operation = medium drone + light drone operation.
That way there is no overlap and all skills serve a purpose when being transitioned unlike the current proposed transition arrangement.
It might be bad, but it's the only way that CCP can swap the skills over and not screw someone. It would be nice if it was a 1 to 1 swap, but because light/meds were unlocked on scout drones (aka distance) instead of combat drones (damage), the progression is currently screwed up.
There could be people out there that put 5 in scout drones, and next to nothing in combat drones, to unlock T2s. If CCP went exclusively off Combat drones those players would loose access to tech they'd already unlocked. Conversely, players that have high stats in Combat drones but low Scout Drones (unlikely, but possible), would get the T2s but loose any damage bonuses they previously had.
If they had unlocked lights and meds using combat drones, like how the heavy and sentry drones are further up the tree, they could get away with just splitting the skill. It's because the desired effect (unlocking T2 AND damage bonuses) is spread across two skills currently that they need to take the higher of them. Otherwise someone is going to lose out.
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