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Drone Control Interface

Author
Orion Wolff
Fukushima Industries
#1 - 2013-04-12 16:56:20 UTC
As a drone pilot, I speak from heavy experience. The drone interface is very lacking. It needs a visit from the devs. A scale able window with automatically organized categories of drones that are selectable to launch by left clicking on them and then left clicking a launch drones button on the window that would take out the right clicking to launch drones now. A subsection of the window would have the active drones and their health, and would be pretargeted to rep against damage - essentially you left click on the drone to rep and activate a remote rep mod. This would free up targeting issues in carrier fighter repping problems, also I don't think it would affect gameplay too badly. It only makes drone use simpler, its not really OP. Also, a recall and orbit button and recall and dock button always open in the window to alleviate right clicking on drones to give orders. Turrets and bays don't require much right clicking - only to change ammo or reload early. Drones are heavy on mouse demand.