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Wicked Spider
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Posted - 2007.03.22 00:32:00 -
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i read some time back that ccp has employed a dedicated drone coder to fix the problems with drones.
i know there many devs comming to the forums and sharing what they doing / their opinions with the community which i think is great.
i'd like to hear from the "drone coder" (if there's such a person at all) whats he been up to, his thoughts about the drone problems, work done etc.. i want to meet him so i can keep faith in training drone skills 
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Dethis
Caldari
Obliteration Unlimited
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Posted - 2007.03.22 01:06:00 -
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I support this losing massive t2 drones on missions last night from reinforcements and new bugged spawns really puts me off on using a dominix for missions.
I really hope something does get done this is beyond frustrating.
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Kill em all and let god sort em out
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Alaron Giancol
Resurrection
R i s e
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Posted - 2007.03.22 01:55:00 -
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my drones seem to have a death wish. They keep changing targets or will come to a dead stop instead of returning to drone bay, getting themselves blown up, or pulling extra groups.
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Callthetruth
Caldari
Logical Logtistics
New Eve Order
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Posted - 2007.03.22 07:10:00 -
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yes we would like to meet the drone programmer to get his thoughts on why they are still bugged and what is being planned to fix it
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Pytria Le'Danness
Placid Reborn
The Cyrene Initiative
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Posted - 2007.03.22 07:35:00 -
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They behaved pretty well until a few weeks ago started attacking ships I did not command them to, or being very slow in returning. It almost looked to me as if an old code branch was put back in for some reason.
Shortly after Kali deployment they were acting well, but now I have to babysit them again.
I'd love to get some feedback too so I can stop them before it's too late. If they only attack the wrong target that has already aggroed me it's no big issue, but sometimes they wander off to targets that totally baffle me - and that despite constant "Engage Target" commands.
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Plasticine Perfection
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Posted - 2007.03.22 14:54:00 -
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I'd like to support this invite to the new drone coder 
Flying a dominix in missions really isn't feasible now, the new drone agro behaviours seem to be specifically designed to **** us drone users off - please come and tell us how it's suppsed to be
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Wicked Spider
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Posted - 2007.03.26 19:57:00 -
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well no reply :(
is there even such a person
ccp please respod :/
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Dethis
Caldari
Obliteration Unlimited
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Posted - 2007.03.27 02:04:00 -
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Indeeed.
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Kill em all and let god sort em out
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Voin
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Posted - 2007.03.27 07:23:00 -
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I would like to ask that programmer too, if he mind to fix drones was promise to us in 2005 year to work properly:
These are not the drones.... haven't we done this title already?
and
Tux does the math on drones
If he don't mind I would like to ask CCP to switching my (near) 3 mil SP from Drones folder to some other more useful skill's...
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Brutor Shaun
Minmatar
Freelancers UK Alliance
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Posted - 2007.03.27 08:54:00 -
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/signed
My T2s seem to be taking a pasting just lately. I think I've lost more drones since 1.4 than in all the time prior to that.
"Facts are stupid things." - Ronald Reagan
My skills
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Lexiana Del'Amore
Gallente
Equilibrium Society
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Posted - 2007.03.27 15:56:00 -
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Project "Need for speed"
Somewhere in a Bar in Iceland...
Dev1: Drones create alot of lag.
Dev2: Well, lets **** of drone users in the hope they stop using them.
Dev1: Great idea, you want some coke with that Bacardi?
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RahSun
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Posted - 2007.03.27 16:19:00 -
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I've been having issues with drones assigned to attack a ship, get about half way and then they decide "meh, lets attack something else" If i could reach outside of my pod, I'd smack those drones straight to the next system. Can I shove some of the Elite Drone AI into my own drones and get them to respond to actual commands?
As a drone user, I would be interested in seeing what kind of developments CCP has planned for drones in the future, and what they're doing to improve the drones and their wayward ways.
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Egil Kolsto
Caldari
Collwood Collective
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Posted - 2007.03.27 18:23:00 -
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Yeah, I think thats a great idea. Was suggested a while back, have the ability to upgrade ONE drone with an Elite Drone AI and that drone would fucntion as a "commander." The other would attack the same ship as it, so you would get some effective use of the drones. Nothing was ever heard back from the Devs at that time either.
For you guys flying a mainly drone as weapon boat, I feel sorry for you.
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Voin
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Posted - 2007.03.28 06:55:00 -
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 Originally by: Egil Kolsto
Yeah, I think thats a great idea. Was suggested a while back, have the ability to upgrade ONE drone with an Elite Drone AI and that drone would fucntion as a "commander." The other would attack the same ship as it, so you would get some effective use of the drones. Nothing was ever heard back from the Devs at that time either.
For you guys flying a mainly drone as weapon boat, I feel sorry for you.
and for RahSun:
Please don't give to CCP chance insert one more useless skill in to Drones folder... by your idea...
Let me remind to them and to you both as well : YOU ARE A COMMANDER WHO SPENT YOUR EXPENSIVE TIME TO LEARN THOSE DRONES SKILL!!! Thats all about, and bloody drones MUST work properly under your command - is that clear? Nothing more - nothing less, just proper work as we were promised by CCP in 2005... 2 years passed, and yes, I feel very very very SORRY to Callente pilots... shame for CCP...
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Ventro69
Caldari
Manson Family
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Posted - 2007.03.28 09:28:00 -
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LOL @ Lexiana!!!
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Thira Rans
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Posted - 2007.03.28 11:41:00 -
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My impression is that the Caldari have sabotaged the
control algorithm. They have manipolated the blueprints.
They prepare for an assault!
Thats the only possible explanation, as even I could code
it better....
PssT: Couldn't we remove one from the designer team, exactly that person who designed the new look of the skillbooks (why
the hell change something like that?) and put him in the drone lab instead?!
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Wicked Spider
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Posted - 2007.03.28 11:43:00 -
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hehehe Lexiana
but serious, cant be that hard to answer here CCP
even a "we are working on it" or "we dont care about drones now" will do
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Makrsh
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Posted - 2007.03.28 11:48:00 -
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We NEED working drones.... Please throw us a bone...
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Bull61
The Renegade Industries
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Posted - 2007.03.28 12:41:00 -
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Glad to see it's not just me... Well, not really.
Another odd bug, during a mission I was between a group of NPC ships and an NPC structure... My drones were attacking the structure when the npc group started locking on me. I locked them, unlocked the structure and sent the drones towards the NPC ships. After each kill, despite having other locked ships, the drones consistently started after the structure again until I manually told them to attack target. Annoying as hell.
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Gossef
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Posted - 2007.03.28 14:43:00 -
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That thing with the structure has happened to me as well. It does help if I want to raze several structures in a row and I'm too lazy to manually let them attack stuff. I just target 5 buildings and send my drones to several buildings to damage them. As soon as 1 drone is finished with it's building it moves to a different building with damage. Actually comes in handy sometimes , but rather annoying if you have to switch to rats and have some structure with tons of hp but with dmg.
A different point, I've had several instances when my drones are attacking a ship (I see them circleing the target) but they're not doing any damage (usually frigs/cepters), even webbing the target (X5 web) has absolutely no effect. But when I switch a different target, same type of ship, not webbed, my drones eat it within seconds O.o
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MrTripps
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.03.28 14:57:00 -
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I use drones extensively. Recently I have been 0.0 ratting using Ogre II's in a Myrmidon. I've closely watched their behavior and it seems they work just as I expect them to. I don't understand how they pick targets when not told to engage, but they do seem to follow orders. I'm sure folks have had problems, but what is needed is a way to specifically define and reproduce those problem. Generic calls to fix the drones are not constructive. A reproducible bug and a detailed bug report would be. Drones could use some love, but I suspect many errors attributed to drone AI are actually do to lag and/or user error.
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C0VEN
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Posted - 2007.03.29 01:05:00 -
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i fly a curse in pvp, and havent had any problems. ive had my drones mwd 50+km behind me to the my target, and they do not autoswitch.
it would seem that the more targets there are, the more likely you will have a problem. I dont have drone problems when belt ratting either....but i do not run missions. all drone complaints i see are in missions. There are hundred of targets in missions...connection perhaps?
maybe things will auto get better when they remove some npcs and make the rest harder....they already made them harder in some missions 
Originally by: Snuggly
It's just so great to have an actual reason to not die, incentive is fantastic!
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Jollyreaper
Gallente
Ace Adventure Corp
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Posted - 2007.03.31 22:02:00 -
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Told ya this would happen if eve radio kept playing all that emo. Drones have heard too much of it and now they're trying to end it all.
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