EVE General Discussion

True, but it was the range from your ship that I was referring to as that is what the drone control augmenter modifies. And it was that range that I was referring to, so it would still stand that if drone optimal was enough to reach the target from it's location, but still not within the drone control range of your ship you cannot have them engage.

The part about them continuing to engage a target that has wondered out of range is, however, a good point I had forgotten about.

Thread actually ended at comment 3, so I'll use this to say I love drones and am excited about a drone damage mod.

As I haven't seen what this new mod affects, I can only think

Rattlesnake
Sentries
with rigs
And damage mods in the lows.

But knowing CCP, they will probably not affect sentries.

Which got me thinking...

Ishtar
Enyo's drone brother (to tired to think right now)
Gila
Vexor, giving up a damage mod for drones since it already has a gun bonus
Tempest's smaller brother that throws missiles like a caldari boat but armor tanks like gallente (I really am that tired )

Yeah, give up a single gun mod and bonus something else. At least its not another mid slot, some ships have a really tight selection between a Omni link and another mod I might need, but glad its not high since they tend to eat a lot of CPU.

Aren't there? The "augmented" drones or something that no one uses since they just get T2s...

I believe there's drones that are like dual damage types or something, but T2s outpace them and they're ultimately so rare that you never see them. I'd like to see that changed up a bit.

I think it should be a high slot mod. I understand the attempt to balance the slot requirements between the mods, and to maintain the low-slot integrity of damage mods. But this is not balance in any way except for the sake of saying "All damage mods go into low slots! HERPderp!"

If you are designing for example a new radio for aviation use, do you put the antenna inside the aircraft? No. Proper weapons design puts things where they are most effective, with consideration given to its interaction with the rest of the vessel. Drone boats tend to have more utility high slots. So make sense and put the mod there. Frankly, drone boats need the buff.

Personally, I would gladly swap a drone link aug for a damage mod on a Domi or Rattlesnake. Heck, whens the last time you saw a Drake with all 8 high slots filled? How many pilots realized they actually have 8 slots? I can't tell you how many times I've looked at a utility high slot and, after flipping through the meager list of utility high items available, simply left it empty because there was nothing I could fit there that would be of any use.

Honestly, passive* auto-targeters, drone link augs, and salvagers aren't exactly the first choice for utility highs in pvp. My first choice is usually neuts or Nos. But they use a metric ****-ton of grid. We need something less grid intensive for those slots that is actually useful.

(@Trolls: Max fitting skills, so don't bother with "train moar skillz!")

CCP, make the drone damage module a high slot item. Not because it is supposed to go in a certain location. But because it would make sense. If you feel they would be abused, you can cut the bonus and/or make them stacking penalized. Throw it out on SiSi first. Let's give it a try and see how it goes. Gallente pilots everywhere will thank you.


Edit: You see? I got them confused because they are so rarely used.

Low slot is good. Putting damage mod in high slot takes away dps from guns. Most drone boats with the exception of the Ishtar and perhaps the Amarr drone boats rely on both for dps. Helps ships who are using capacitor warfare as well.