Missions & Complexes

I believe this is the number 95864784124 post going about AI is finally good.

I haven't found it to be that bad, it just requires a little bit of micro. Pull a drone in when his shields get shot. Repeat. Shoot frigs as they approach. It makes missions a little more fun.

Especially when you're land (after jump) right on scrambling frigs knees and all your drones instapopped after lauch :)

too soon 1/10

while that's all fine and dandy

I did a angel 8/10 before down time none of my drones got agro till the last room

I launch they get insta popped by the elite frigs..
I just swapped out for a racial smart bomb. took care of the drone hating npc frigs and after they was gone. drones took care of everything else. :)

adaption ftw \o/

LOL yeah. Micromanaging drones doesn't work when they are 30km away and need to be recalled to dock to drop aggro. Fundamentally the new AI ought to be an improvement, it should have made PvE more interesting, rather than the absolutely predictable "I have all the aggro" old AI. Sadly it's failed, it's just as predictable, but in a more annoying way that is beating the snot out of solo PvE play.

CCP usually tunes and fixes this stuff. Sadly sometimes it takes them 2 years. (faction warfare!.. ECM.. black ops.. oh wait, they're still crap)

adaption?

billy, mom and dad won't tell you this, but... you're adapted

Make a suggestion as to how, please. Everyone here would LOVE to adapt (you're not seeing 'wahhh I quit') it's just that the options for dealing with the AI change mostly make for uninteresting play.

i saw that video on micro

if by micro you mean squint my eyes and talk another language and beat my keyboard like a spastic epileptic to play a game i will pass

and anyone that says this new AI doesn't kill drones in missions has obviously not flown a mission since the changes
or at least not a level 4

i left with 12 Valkyrie T2 i came home with 5 and they were so shot to hell i had to repair them too , all my drones have to do is kill frigs i always kill everything else before releasing them and i have all drone skills to 5

i have tried a few ewar drones in the mix and they don't help i launch and recall and still they die
i am not a noob either i been playing since 2007 So don't even go there

point being this drone aggro is crap i don't see a pure drone boat being of any use ever in missions with these changes much less a a well tanked battle ship with auto cannons

as for posting this hoping for a response from CCP yeah good luck with that the devs have not said a word on this since before Christmas and i doubt that will change anytime soon what with the Fan fest planning ETC

every post has fallen on deaf ears and this one will be no different

as for those that say it makes missions more fun lets see how fun it is when all your drones die and you are webbed and scrammed and jammed with no way out , sure you may can tank it but you are stuck hoping someone will be nice enough to come help you out of the jam you got yourself in , When that day comes the salty tears from you will be like sweet nectar

Honestly i hope CCP does reply to this post ,but i think you have a better chance of winning the lottery

Yeah this is the Ba-gil-ianth time this has been posted (yes that is a real number).

I still fly my Rattlesnake doing level 4's (noob i know but i can watch cartoons at the same time)

I haven't lost a single drone since day one of the new patch when the new AI caught me off guard, since then i've used a TP and even a micro jump drive to solve my pesky frig probs,

Wooooomp jump 100 km and blow those little buggers up with sentries...

People that say adapt ... well it maybe patronising, but its True...

As for complexes I haven't left my corner of the universe for a while to see how they're affected so I'll not comment on those. ..