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Assigning Drones To NPC
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DrysonBennington
Eagle's Talon's
#1 - 2016-07-10 23:58:08 UTC
I think a function should be present that would allow a Pilot to assign their drones to a particular ship class that would have a second function of assigning the drones to a certain type of ship such as DPS, ECM, Web, Warp Scramble etc.

Once the drones have been deployed they would attack the target that the Pilot makes a call to but once the first target is destroyed the drones would auto seek out the secondary function of their programming.

A new skill would have to be learned for Drone Automatic Targeting for each of the NPC ship classes as well as skill for each to be able the flight of drones to automatically the functions on the call-out list which would have three slots for secondary functions where slot one would be priority, slot two secondary and slot three tertiary.

With each level of the ship class learned a 20% increase in target recognition would be programmed into the drone. With each skill level trained for the secondary function learned a 20% increase in the drones recognizing the ship types based on the secondary programming.

Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#2 - 2016-07-11 00:06:44 UTC
Drones are like angry 5yold kids, or squirrils with autority issues.
There are only so many things you can safely expect of them before your house burns down and/or you get bitten.

I fear this may be to far.

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DrysonBennington
Eagle's Talon's
#3 - 2016-07-11 00:10:59 UTC  |  Edited by: DrysonBennington
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Drones are like angry 5yold kids, or squirrils with autority issues.
There are only so many things you can safely expect of them before your house burns down and/or you get bitten.

I fear this may be to far.



If you give the squirrels the correct type of nuts they are no longer angry. Drones get angry because their human masters repress their inner intelligence. Drones want to be sentient and show their masters like 5 year old children want to show their parents that one day they can make intelligence decisions on their own.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#4 - 2016-07-11 00:43:49 UTC
*is a Dryson thread*

*makes popcorn*

How did you Veterans start?
Iain Cariaba
#5 - 2016-07-11 04:57:42 UTC
DrysonBennington wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Drones are like angry 5yold kids, or squirrils with autority issues.
There are only so many things you can safely expect of them before your house burns down and/or you get bitten.

I fear this may be to far.



If you give the squirrels the correct type of nuts they are no longer angry. Drones get angry because their human masters repress their inner intelligence. Drones want to be sentient and show their masters like 5 year old children want to show their parents that one day they can make intelligence decisions on their own.

Intelligent decisions? You mean the rogue drones that regularly kill off living beings are making intelligent decisions?

Look off in the distance. See those specks that are steadily getting smaller as they recede towards the horizon? Those are our friends Logic and Reason. Not sure why, but somehow they keep running away whenever you post anything. Smile
Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#6 - 2016-07-11 13:37:35 UTC
NO

I find I am in agreement with Iain Cariaba.
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#7 - 2016-07-11 17:42:18 UTC
The finest minds of AG have spent years dreaming this idea up

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

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Sonya Corvinus
Grant Village
#8 - 2016-07-11 17:57:09 UTC
I was trying to think of a sarcastic reply to explain why this is a bad idea, but I can't think of anything right now.

Instead, have a gif of Neil Patrick Harris and Elmo dancing https://i.imgur.com/fc4l5.gif
Arya Regnar
Darwins Right Hand
#9 - 2016-07-11 20:03:24 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
*is a Dryson thread*

*makes popcorn*

What else can you expect from a scissor technique master LolLol

EvE-Mail me if you need anything.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#10 - 2016-07-11 21:10:20 UTC
Arya Regnar wrote:
ShahFluffers wrote:
*is a Dryson thread*

*makes popcorn*

What else can you expect from a scissor technique master LolLol

Actual sissors... not those small blunted ones for children or pubic trimming.

How did you Veterans start?
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#11 - 2016-07-11 21:30:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
A Dryson thread What?, but posting anyway


The drone AI is modelled on the synaptic patterns present in the brain of the average house cat.

It has 3 modes

  • Kill stuff
  • Ignore all commands, even when in structure
  • Randomly kill stuff that drops a spawn on you


    • Lorewise a common or garden NPC probably can't control them or we'd see NPC Domi's and the like fielding drones; we have a wetware interface with the ships systems, they do not.

    In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

    New Player FAQ

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    Andrew Indy
    Cleaning Crew
    #12 - 2016-07-12 07:53:47 UTC
    Maybe I'm ******** but why would you want an NPC to control your drones. NPCs are about as smart as a drone and if they did the work for you why would you even play the game.
    Shae Tadaruwa
    Science and Trade Institute
    Caldari State
    #13 - 2016-07-12 09:24:23 UTC
    Never put the machines in charge of the machines.

    Bad things happen to people.

    Dracvlad - "...Your intel is free intel, all you do is pay for it..." && "...If you warp on the same path as a cloaked ship, you'll make a bookmark at exactly the same spot as the cloaky camper..."
    Sobaan Tali
    Caldari Quick Reaction Force
    #14 - 2016-07-12 11:17:27 UTC
    Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
    A Dryson thread What?, but posting anyway


    The drone AI is modelled on the synaptic patterns present in the brain of the average house cat.

    It has 3 modes

  • Kill stuff
  • Ignore all commands, even when in structure
  • Randomly kill stuff that drops a spawn on you


    • Lorewise a common or garden NPC probably can't control them or we'd see NPC Domi's and the like fielding drones; we have a wetware interface with the ships systems, they do not.


    You forgot "FREEZE and don't make an F'ING MOVE...for several seconds while the server catches up, then go shoot something else."

    "Tomahawks?"

    "----in' A, right?"

    "Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

    "----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."
    Jonah Gravenstein
    Machiavellian Space Bastards
    #15 - 2016-07-12 12:53:18 UTC
    Sobaan Tali wrote:
    Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
    A Dryson thread What?, but posting anyway


    The drone AI is modelled on the synaptic patterns present in the brain of the average house cat.

    It has 3 modes

  • Kill stuff
  • Ignore all commands, even when in structure
  • Randomly kill stuff that drops a spawn on you


    • Lorewise a common or garden NPC probably can't control them or we'd see NPC Domi's and the like fielding drones; we have a wetware interface with the ships systems, they do not.


    You forgot "FREEZE and don't make an F'ING MOVE...for several seconds while the server catches up, then go shoot something else."
    I thought that one was accessed by using the keyboard to input the Konami Code

    In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

    New Player FAQ

    Feyd's Survival Pack