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Sesshomaru Sama
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Posted - 2007.07.03 12:43:00 -
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Here are a few things I would like to see in the future in regards to drones. Voice your support and sign the petition below to lobby for change.
Idea 1) Have the show info for drones you are currently using accurately depict how your skills and upgrades are actually affecting its stats like they have for every ship and other Module. Amazing how an entire Race's primary focus is over looked and under developed. Poor Gellente.
Idea 2) Incorporate a better user interface for drone deployment and control. Perhaps a series of key bindings would help. IE a blanket command for all drones to engage target.
Idea 3) user defined drone intellegence modifyers. Ie Solo Mode and Group Effort mode. Solo each drone acts independently of each other and group effort/hive mind targets are selected for the whole group by designating Setting a master for the others to slave off of. Ie Target automatic target selection bassed on class of ship as defined by ranks ie frigate can be set to 1 and a crusier set to 2 so when the drones are in auto mode they target frigates first that move within their automated proximy range and then continue to select targets based on the user defined system until an override is given in by the user.
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Moggy TheCat
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Posted - 2007.07.03 12:55:00 -
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signed
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Sesshomaru Sama
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Posted - 2007.07.03 12:55:00 -
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I Sesshomaru Sama am for Ideas 1 2 and 3.
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Washell Olivaw
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Posted - 2007.07.03 14:39:00 -
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1) Probably a good technical reason for it but high time it gets fixed anyway.
2) The whole interface could use a redesign, with customability as a design focus.
3) I'm a micromanager, would prefer to see a "dumb" mode in which the drones only do what I tell them and start picking their noses on the spot when I don't.
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Everybody has a photographic memory, some people just don't have film.
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Natalia Fachiri
Minmatar
Huang Yinglong
Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.07.03 14:50:00 -
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signed. and I also want a dumb mode. Dumb mode would even reduce server load :)
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Cornucopian
Gallente
Dutch Omega
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Posted - 2007.07.03 14:50:00 -
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/signed
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Vasiliyan
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:07:00 -
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Key commands would be great.
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TimMc
The Caldari Confederation
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Posted - 2007.07.03 15:45:00 -
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/signed
Originally by: Vasiliyan
Key commands would be great.
and /signed
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Ajurna Jakar
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Posted - 2007.07.03 18:50:00 -
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/signed
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Sylaera Nightwish
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Posted - 2007.07.04 17:25:00 -
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Edited by: Sylaera Nightwish on 04/07/2007 17:25:21
See my post here for a few others.
Drone Improvements
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dragonofearth
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Posted - 2007.07.04 17:32:00 -
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signed
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Neuromandis
Novastorm Inc
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.07.04 17:44:00 -
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If (3) was implemented, it could make all drone bunch up and show a single icon, drastically decreasing drone lag in gang fights.
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Alyssee
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Posted - 2007.07.04 20:02:00 -
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Fix Amarr and Caldari first, Gallente can wait.
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Pavlinka
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.07.04 20:11:00 -
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/signed
Originally by: Alyssee
Fix Amarr and Caldari first, Gallente can wait.
u meat to make them weaker? ok, then gallente can w8  , but drones r used by all races
Pavlinka & Pavlinecka
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Sesshomaru Sama
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Posted - 2007.07.06 20:48:00 -
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*Smiles* Comon guys need more support then this if you want to influence the game. More signitures.
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Acacia Everto
State War Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.06 23:45:00 -
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/signed
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dragonofearth
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Posted - 2007.07.07 00:54:00 -
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signed
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Divideby0
Gallente
Amalgamated Industries
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Posted - 2007.07.07 01:26:00 -
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/signed
A right-click menu option right below "Keep at distance" would be great: "Drones -> Group -> ACTION".
Drones are the only thing that force me to actually interact with the overview...and thats slow/messy while in a fight.
Who is the bigger carebear: The miner who braves lowsec on his own, or the "PvPer" who attacks an unarmed ship? |
Sesshomaru Sama
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Posted - 2007.07.12 11:20:00 -
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I'm pretty sure more people then this want drones improved. We need signitures people to show how many want it improved.
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Harkwyth Mist
Caldari
The Black Ops
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Posted - 2007.07.12 12:22:00 -
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Edited by: Harkwyth Mist on 12/07/2007 12:22:34
Drone Modes
Aggressive Mode - Any hostile within scan/lock range is targetted and attacked, will only return to orbit when no hostiles are within detection range.
Defensive Mode - Will only lock/attack hostiles when it's owner is attacked, will return to orbit as soon as target hostile is defeated. (Current drone AI standard)
Passive Mode - Will orbit owner until given different instruction.
The above would need a behaviour window, and a toggle for possible options :-
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|Drone1 Aggr[] Def[] Pass[] Attack[] Orbit[]|
|Drone2 Aggr[] Def[] Pass[] Attack[] Orbit[]|
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Drones are Eve's equivalent of Pets in AO/EQ etc, all the other game developer's have managed to produce a usable interface for the management of pets, surely they can't be any smarter/better than the developr's here ?
The drone ui currently has the appearance of a hastily rushed afterthought, it needs updating, overhauling and turning into wellthought and implemented addition to the games effectiveness.
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Cheeba Don
Ihatalo Navy
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Posted - 2007.07.12 14:37:00 -
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signed :)
Im especially eager to get some hotkeys for drones, everyone else has them for their guns/missiles.
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Sesshomaru Sama
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Posted - 2007.07.16 14:17:00 -
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I suppose there just isn't that many people for overhauling Drones as I thought there might be. *Frowns*
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Tarron Sarek
Gallente
Endica Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.07.16 16:42:00 -
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Edited by: Tarron Sarek on 16/07/2007 16:43:00
1) Agreed. It's quite annoying even drones in space or in your drone bay don't show modified stats.
2) Agreed. All that rightclicking is awkward.
3) Not agreed. I don't like control/effort/skill being taken away from the player. Drones are pretty powerful as is. They shouldn't be made easier or automatically more efficient to use.
One thing I could imagine though would be an inherent size-dependant primary targeting mechanism.
That means light drones would target frigates first, medium drones would target cruisers first and large drones would target battleships first, unless told otherwise of course. That would still be pretty dumb, but it would curb their stupidity a bit.
If you want all drones to attack the same target, you should have to order them. They obviously have no group awareness.
What makes this hard to do atm is the random wandering off.
But that's a bug and as soon(tm) as it gets fixed I see no problem with having to manually control drones
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Signaldog
Gallente
Venom.
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Posted - 2007.07.16 20:37:00 -
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/signed
READ MY SALVAGER THREAD HERE!!!!
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Xorlev
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Posted - 2007.07.19 20:29:00 -
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/signed
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Jordan Musgrat
Convergent
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.07.20 04:07:00 -
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/signed.
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Sesshomaru Sama
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Posted - 2007.09.04 06:05:00 -
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boost
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Venkul Mul
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.09.04 07:39:00 -
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Good ideas both Sessomaru and the added "dumb" option suggested by some other post.
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Chris Stormrider
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Posted - 2007.09.04 09:05:00 -
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/signed
one can only...
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Arctur Gestator
Amarr
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2007.09.04 10:50:00 -
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/signed 
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