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Atheoss
Lunar Asylum
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Posted - 2012.04.19 04:03:00 -
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Hi, I'm starting a new Gallente pilot.. enjoying myself so far and I'm planning on mission running to build up my bank account before I try my hand at PVP.
My main question though, is that I plan to use drone boats... and I've heard the drones can be hard to manage. Is there a way to group the drones to release all 5+ that I want or would I have to pick each one individually? So far I just hit "release drones" and the game seems to decide which ones to toss out and I see no instructions on how to manage your drones. Pro-tips for drone use appreciated! |
malaire
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Posted - 2012.04.19 06:21:00 -
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In drone-window (when in space) you can right click and create groups. You can then right click on your drones and move them to groups.
When drones are in groups just right click on group name to command whole group at once. (Launch, attack, etc..)
EDIT: Also 5 drones is max amount of drones you can have in space at once. (Except for carriers and certain rare ship.)
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Atheoss
Lunar Asylum
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Posted - 2012.04.19 06:26:00 -
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Aaahh, I see. Thanks! |
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ISD Athechu
ISD STAR
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Posted - 2012.04.19 22:30:00 -
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Hello Atheoss,
Along with what Malaire said I would suggest to have a read of the drones guide http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Drones
The guide will help you understand the different types of drones along with different modules that can help increase their abilities too.
I hope this answered your question.
Feel free to mail me in-game if you have any additional questions.
Fly safe o/
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ISD Athechu
Commander
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Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2012.04.19 23:26:00 -
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Set up the keyboard shortcuts for drones if you haven't. Do this now 
Esc -> menu
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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
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Posted - 2012.04.20 06:21:00 -
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Louis deGuerre wrote:Set up the keyboard shortcuts for drones if you haven't. Do this now Esc -> menu
I pretty much erased ALL the default keyboard shortcuts, and replaced them with my own.
Example:
* ALT E "Engage"
* ALT B "return to Bay"
* ALT R "Return and orbit"
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Keyboard_Controls |
Lost Greybeard
Fenrir's Dogs of War
Union 0f Revolution
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Posted - 2012.04.20 20:56:00 -
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Tau Cabalander wrote:Louis deGuerre wrote:Set up the keyboard shortcuts for drones if you haven't. Do this now Esc -> menu I pretty much erased ALL the default keyboard shortcuts, and replaced them with my own. Example: * ALT E " Engage" * ALT B "return to Bay" * ALT R " Return and orbit" http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Keyboard_Controls
If he's using drone boats as a primary, he might want to give them single-key commands (my drone herding keys are f9-f12, personally, I have engage and return to bay and stuck the aggression and focus fire toggles in as well to deal with the drones going stupid on me). But yeah, this. Hotkeying drone management cut my clicking down in mission-running by something like a factor of 10. |
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