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Any skills to improve Repair Drones (e.g. rep amount)?
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Grunklestank
Break on Through to the Other Side of Omega
#1 - 2013-07-06 08:16:08 UTC
I planned on training Drone Durability and Drone Navigation just to give them some base stat boosts, but are there any other drone skills that I can train to give them a boost? Especially something to make them rep for more?
Whitehound
#2 - 2013-07-06 08:21:57 UTC
Grunklestank wrote:
I planned on training Drone Durability and Drone Navigation just to give them some base stat boosts, but are there any other drone skills that I can train to give them a boost? Especially something to make them rep for more?

The skills you see under Drones are all there are.

Only when you train for a logistics ship do you get a further bonus by the ship to the repair amount of drones.

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Grunklestank
Break on Through to the Other Side of Omega
#3 - 2013-07-06 18:59:26 UTC
OK, so is optimal range (etc) useful to repair drones at all?
Whitehound
#4 - 2013-07-06 19:40:15 UTC
Grunklestank wrote:
OK, so is optimal range (etc) useful to repair drones at all?

Yes, I believe it is. As well as drone speed and hitpoints.

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#5 - 2013-07-06 20:33:20 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Grunklestank wrote:
I planned on training Drone Durability and Drone Navigation just to give them some base stat boosts, but are there any other drone skills that I can train to give them a boost? Especially something to make them rep for more?

The skills you see under Drones are all there are.

Only when you train for a logistics ship do you get a further bonus by the ship to the repair amount of drones.


Technically the revised T1 logi ships also have the same bonus (listed as a role bonus, so no per level for the T1s, which is fine as the T2s have it linked to the racial cruiser skill anyhow so they both get the same inherent bonus).

Repair Drone Operation obviously gives the increased reps and access to T2 rep drones. Otherwise you're just stuck with the normal drone stuff: help them move faster, survive longer when being shot, etc. It would be kind of nice but likely rather overpowered if Drone Interfacing's bonus extended to reps -- but it doesn't.

Sharpshooting does indeed help them rep at longer range, so there's that. Not sure how much of a boon that ends up being. It does mean reps land a little faster when you switch to a new target but that's about it.
Grunklestank
Break on Through to the Other Side of Omega
#6 - 2013-07-06 21:34:58 UTC
Gotcha. Thanks guys.
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#7 - 2013-07-07 06:19:46 UTC
Rigs can help if you feel wasting slot on those is justified Medium drone repair augmentor II for example.

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Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#8 - 2013-07-08 08:33:39 UTC
Ships have bonuses to rep drones, check that **** out yo.

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