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Dymn
The Black Guards
Solaris Consortium
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:22:00 -
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How do sentry drones work?
Yes, you throw them 'em out of your drone bay and they remain stationary.
- Can you command them like any other drone?
- Do sentry drones count against your total number of active drones?
- What's the maximum control distance? Other drones have 20 km base control radius, scout drones with Scout Drones V even 45 km.
- Can I pick them up again, like offline drones or loot cans?
- Can you pull a sentry drone with a tractor beam?
- Do they remain active if you cloak or dock?
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Sorted
EVE Empowerment League Navy
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:28:00 -
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1. Yes. But they cant move once deployed.
2. Yes.
3. They have a hit range - like guns. Drone controll range may vary.
4. Yes.
5. No.
6. Cloak and you loose controll of drones and fighters (including senty drones)
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Dymn
The Black Guards
Solaris Consortium
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:33:00 -
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 Originally by: Sorted
3. They have a hit range - like guns. Drone controll range may vary.
I basically want to know if i can deploy a sentry at the one end of an asteroid belt and mine the other end.
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OneSock
Silentia Mortalis
Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:37:00 -
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Question on exact control range mechanics.
Assuming my drone control range is 48km.
1. If I drop my drones at point A and remain at point A. Which are true:
a) I can target any NPC within 48km of the drone ?
b) I can target any NPC within 48km of my ship ?
2. If I drop my drones at point A and move 50km from my from my drones, which are true:
a) I cannot control my drones.
b) I can target any NPC within 48km of my ship even though my drones may be more than 48km away.
c) I cannot target anything >48km from my ship even though my drones maybe <48km from the target.
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Aioa
Planetary Assault Systems
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:38:00 -
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Originally by: Dymn
Originally by: Sorted
3. They have a hit range - like guns. Drone controll range may vary.
I basically want to know if i can deploy a sentry at the one end of an asteroid belt and mine the other end.
Theoretically, yes. However it might not be such a great idea. Sentries have pretty poor tracking and only tend to hit frigs if they have a very low transversal. Don't know what sec you're mining in, so no ideas what sort of rats you'll be seeing.
I once tried laying out sentries in a triangle in a belt. They suceeded in killing absolutely nothing, and the rats aggroes the sentries instead of my ship and a couple got popped. If you needed to scoop your sentries in a hurry, you'd be screwed too.
In conclusion (imo)...if you're gonna use sentries, keep them close to your ship so you can scoop and re-deploy/deploy other drone types.
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Brodde Dim
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:41:00 -
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Originally by: Dymn
Originally by: Sorted
3. They have a hit range - like guns. Drone controll range may vary.
I basically want to know if i can deploy a sentry at the one end of an asteroid belt and mine the other end.
Yes, the drone control range is based on the distance from your ship. You can tell them to attack, but they have a optimal and fall off range just like a turret, so they wont hit very well at a long distance.
And scout drone operation and EW drone operation will increas the control range for sentry drones too.
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Aioa
Planetary Assault Systems
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:42:00 -
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Originally by: OneSock
Question on exact control range mechanics.
Assuming my drone control range is 48km.
1. If I drop my drones at point A and remain at point A. Which are true:
a) I can target any NPC within 48km of the drone ?
b) I can target any NPC within 48km of my ship ?
2. If I drop my drones at point A and move 50km from my from my drones, which are true:
a) I cannot control my drones.
b) I can target any NPC within 48km of my ship even though my drones may be more than 48km away.
c) I cannot target anything >48km from my ship even though my drones maybe <48km from the target.
1. b is true
2. b+c both true
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Brodde Dim
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:44:00 -
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Originally by: OneSock
Question on exact control range mechanics.
Assuming my drone control range is 48km.
1. If I drop my drones at point A and remain at point A. Which are true:
a) I can target any NPC within 48km of the drone ?
b) I can target any NPC within 48km of my ship ?
2. If I drop my drones at point A and move 50km from my from my drones, which are true:
a) I cannot control my drones.
b) I can target any NPC within 48km of my ship even though my drones may be more than 48km away.
c) I cannot target anything >48km from my ship even though my drones maybe <48km from the target.
1) B is correct
2) B and C are correct
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Crystalium
Minmatar
Infinite Improbability Inc
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Posted - 2007.07.09 11:59:00 -
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- Same orders (attack / return and orbit / return to ship / scoop to dronebay)
- 1 sentry = 1 heavy = 1 medium = 1 light for the number of drones out
- usually when you want to use sentries you have scout drones op V (+5*5 km) and one or two drone link in high slot (1 or 2 * 20km) so it makes 65 or 85 km range. (rigs give 15km range)
- You can take sentries in you cargohold (like the other drones) but can't put it back unless you dock ..
- they are no considered as "object" you can tract :p
- just by warping they put themselves in standby .. but are still a target for players/npc
When you want to play with sentries, the best way is to have modules for range, an ab (or warp @ 100 for missions), go to the limit of your target range, take some warden sentries (they have the longest range) and snipe .. because you're very far, frigs will have a trasversal of 0 or so, until they approach 20/30 km from you, it's a 2 waves of sentries'shots :]
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Brodde Dim
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Posted - 2007.07.09 12:11:00 -
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With a couple of drone augmentors and omni tracking links you get good range, and they do decent damage, just below heavy drones, and you can increase it with sentry rigs.
But make sure you have a backup plan when small/fast ships come closer and orbit.
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Mudkest
MetaForge
Ekliptika
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Posted - 2007.07.09 13:32:00 -
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Originally by: Dymn
What's the maximum control distance? Other drones have 20 km base control radius, scout drones with Scout Drones V even 45 km.
false, all drones have 20km base control range, and each level of scout drone ops add 5km(so lvl5 scout drone operations will let your heavy and ewar drones go out 45km jsut like scout drones)
ewar drone interfacing adds another 3km range to drone control range fo all drones.
drone range modules and rigs affect all drones again.
senrty drones work a bit different, think theye can hit targets up to drone control range away from you(so if you have 50km control range sentry drones can shoot things 50km away from you)
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Shiken Kan
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Posted - 2007.07.09 22:52:00 -
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Originally by: Dymn
I basically want to know if i can deploy a sentry at the one end of an asteroid belt and mine the other end.
that's not the best idea as you can't command it to return to you and thus will loose the sentry if it gets aggroed. normally it would be better to have it in range so you can swoop it to your dronebay and redeploy it. this way it's pretty hard to loose one and as you don't know exactly where the rats spawn it doesn't make a difference for killing the frigs (for stroyers and bigger ships sentries are fine even if they come close)
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