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Ruffles
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Posted - 2004.03.04 10:33:00 -
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Darker, very sensible idea. Perhaps worth submitting as a bug, there is an option in type of bug that allows you to select Feature Request.
I think thats a very sensible idea, assuming they fix the firing range bug in presently.
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Grut
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Posted - 2004.03.04 11:00:00 -
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drones would work ok if their range wasnt bugged, their meant to have a 1k optimal or something. I dont know about anyone else but my rifter takes 1/2 a second to do that distance.
Atm their just plain wrong, ive been hit a couple of times out to 50k, might aswell pod myself and save the drones some effort 
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Ruffles
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Posted - 2004.03.04 16:41:00 -
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The bug doing the rounds at the moment isn't that, yes its a little annoying being shot from 20km and being hit all the time.
The current bug people are upset about is that once the drones entered that 20km firing range, if you leave it they don't stop firing. They will only seem to stop firing once you exceed 60-70km from it.
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Zecht Wisto
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Posted - 2004.03.04 20:43:00 -
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as I use drones and the ones asking to remove them donŠt I feel free to ask to remove missiles - I donŠt use them !
kthxbye !
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Nybbas
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Posted - 2004.03.04 21:58:00 -
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wow i thought this post was a joke.... if you are really serious about drones you need to have your head checked, this game isnt ALL about PVP, drones are amazingly good for npc hunting as they tear thru npc frigs and cruisers.... if you are honestly saying drones should be removed (and not just trying to start an argument) you need to have your head checked.
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Isonkon Serikain
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Posted - 2004.03.05 06:30:00 -
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I vote Hann's idea for most idiotic post of the week...
1) Can you listen to someone who makes fun of other people's sigs because they have a juvenile style, all the while Hann's has the spelling skills of a fourth grader., Yep you just gave up your age... Do you gate camp after school until bedtime? Oh and I must command you on your l33t photoshop skillz... At least iceblock's sig is funny and has STYLE. Go look it up in the dictionary, god's prototype
2) If Hanns had his head out of his ass long enough, he'd have seen that drones are part of the gallente race description, meaning the ships are designed as drone carriers, used in fleet battles against frigates and such. Example: Remove drones from a Thorax and it won't be able to hold it's own against any other tier 2 cruiser, its part of the balance...
Obviously Caldari ships don't use drones too much, but how would Hanns feel if Caldari's arsenal was reduced by removing missile slots? Removing drones is like rewriting the story of Eve... While it can be done, in this case its moronic.
3) Combat drones saved my ass a bunch of times while I was NPC hunting, oh and PVP fighters in cruisers fear them as well... So there is great use for them. I also can mine alone in .1 space with my drones. You can't do that without drones unless you are in a batteship, which I am a long ways from being able to afford.
4)As for lag, blame the platform, not the game...
I think drones are underutilized. Dominix has a 5000 drone bay... ATM you can fit 20 heavy drones in there but can only control 10 at a time, at the most... Lame. If the gallente were any smart they would design drones so that the entire complement could be used at once. How about a drone with a 500m3 size, to take out battleships?
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Paddyman
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Posted - 2004.03.05 06:40:00 -
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Personaly i hate the damm things and most of the time ive seen them used by people is to create lag, but they are very useful with alot of people using them for proper legit reasons.
My suggestion (which ive petitioned with screenshot links before to proove its done) is to limit the amount of drones deployable in the one area because poeple are flooding the place there camping with them for the sole purpose of lagging it to bits.
In smaller numbers like 1v1's there grand and give ships with drone ability's a boost, for mining they are also effective. Also tomb has stated there are a varity of new drones coming out soon so removing them is unfair and unexciting but limiting there numbers to stop people flooding screen's with 250+ drones(i have screens of it) has to be put in place.
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Siddy
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Posted - 2004.03.05 09:22:00 -
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u mean, like This?
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Soulchaser
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Posted - 2004.03.05 10:01:00 -
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lol
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Darker
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Posted - 2004.03.05 11:29:00 -
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Edited by: Darker on 05/03/2004 11:34:21
lol
Yes, like that Siddy.
To limit the drone deployment would grant the person(s) deploying them first the upper hand in fleet battles and whatnot. A larger gate's magnetic field which would only affect drones could do the trick.
The Dominix is a drone "carrier" not a huge drone deployer. The ship's drone bay is there to grant the ability to deploy drones as they are lost ,it will also accomodate future type of drones which will have a higher cargo volume so i've heard.
And obviously the original poster was just ranting ,but thread took over to try to find solutions for current issues.
*a bit of ranting too : since gate campers normally use Caldari/Amarr/Minmatar ships... why not reduce their drone bay or even remove it on them all together ?... And leave it as a Gallent bonus ?
Sounds silly ? - it is !
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Paddyman
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Posted - 2004.03.06 00:49:00 -
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u mean, like This?
Thats a incident alright but thats only about 20 ships, its been done with numbers 2-3 times what u have in the screenshot, alot of the time screen's wont even load regardless if you warp in,out and in again.
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Dash Ripcock
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Posted - 2004.03.06 04:22:00 -
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Edited by: Dash Ripcock on 06/03/2004 04:23:52
I'm sorry, but the idea of removing combat drones is ludicrous. Just as missiles and hybrids are the Caldari bread and butter set-up, drones and hybrids are the Gallente's. Sure, some people might use them to cause lag, but any old tosh does that. Anyway, the lag is getting better and better with every iteration.
What good would a Thorax be if it had no drones? One more gun than an MOA but no launchers, and considerably less tough. The drones are like having another cruiser fighting alongside you in a fight, not to mention their incredible usefulness in mining low sec without having to sacrifice weapon slots.
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