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feature upgrade - launch drones hotkey
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Arch Raptor
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ZERG REBORN
#1 - 2013-12-07 15:30:04 UTC
been missing this for awhile now, but there are hotkeys for drone commands but there is not a hotkey for launch drones. For obvious reasons, you might have multiple drone types which it will / should launch your top stack but we really need this for combat. As all know, some pvp fights last only seconds, and you need to get all dps on the field. I am one of those person's that uses hotkeys to get as much firepower on target as soon as possible. I constantly find myself not using drones at all at times because I am focused on flying my ship vs finding the drone window, right click and launch drones.

Can CCP work on adding a launch drone hotkey? With the focus on making more and more drone boat ships, this would be really handy to use, especially if you loose a drone but have 15 more of the same type sitting in the hanger.
Dato Koppla
Spaghetti Militia
#2 - 2013-12-07 16:02:35 UTC
You can drag and drop a drone group from the window into space to launch them, but yeah, the drone UI is crap and people have constantly been harping on CCP to change it but apparently the code is ancient and messy so it's actually a bigger deal than we think.