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Does increasing drones optimal increase their orbit range
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hydraSlav
Synergy Evolved
#1 - 2014-03-06 16:01:32 UTC
Does increasing the drone's optimal range increase its orbit range? Or are optimal omni pointless on anything other than sentries?
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#2 - 2014-03-06 19:11:24 UTC
It does not affect orbit range. Note that logi drones and ECM drones start doing their thing from a ways out but still orbit at 1km.

omnidirectional is not useless, and it does increase the optimal range. In a model where the target is stationary and the drone orbiting calmly, then the extra optimal would not help. However, if you've seen drones in combat vs moving targets, this is rarely the case. They often end up shooting when the target is in falloff. Heavy drones can be quite effective vs frigates (at least npc ones), and an omni can help out here. Although so will a navicomputer.

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Nash MacAllister
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The Initiative.
#3 - 2014-03-06 19:50:31 UTC
Batelle wrote:
Although so will a navicomputer.


Just need to be careful of creating tracking issues, especially when talking about Heavies and increasing their velocity.

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hydraSlav
Synergy Evolved
#4 - 2014-03-06 21:58:48 UTC
Nash MacAllister wrote:
Batelle wrote:
Although so will a navicomputer.


Just need to be careful of creating tracking issues, especially when talking about Heavies and increasing their velocity.


That's the issue i ran into with navicomps and ogres.
Mund Richard
#5 - 2014-03-08 22:22:23 UTC
hydraSlav wrote:
Does increasing the drone's optimal range increase its orbit range? Or are optimal omni pointless on anything other than sentries?

Good thing swapping from optimal script to tracking goes faster than reloading a launcher. Smile
They seem to help my drones when rats get under sentry tracking quite nicely.

"We want PvE activities to require active participation and mirror PvP more closely." Stacking penalty for NPC EWAR then? Lock range under 9km from over 100 in a BS is not fun. Nor is two NPC web drones making me crawl 10m/s. PvP SW-900 x5: 75m/s.