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i am forced to stop using drones !

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Gaming God
Gaming God Corporation
#1 - 2012-12-10 16:30:13 UTC
I Am losing so much drones in a mission that i lose isk on it to do the mission.

Drones are being killed instantly there is no way to safe them .

It has not become more difficult but it has come less profitable and since we have a big inflation already in eve we cant use anymore of that **** .

CCP you fuckt up
Daria Meridian Carlile
Necromatic Inc.
#2 - 2012-12-10 17:18:54 UTC
Gaming God wrote:
I Am losing so much drones in a mission that i lose isk on it to do the mission.

Drones are being killed instantly there is no way to safe them .

It has not become more difficult but it has come less profitable and since we have a big inflation already in eve we cant use anymore of that **** .

CCP you fuckt up


Buddy, i fly a gila which uses nothing but drones as offense, i've lost 2 heavy drones, 1 light and 1 medium since the AI change.

"Gaming God" you ****** up.
Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-12-10 18:02:06 UTC
Use keyboard shortcuts instead right clicking and choosing from menu.

Life is short and dinner time is chancy

Eat dessert first!

Kasutra
No Vacancies
No Vacancies.
#4 - 2012-12-10 18:06:15 UTC
I feel your pain. I lost a Warrior II in an 8/10 the other day. My emotions threatened to overwhelm me.
Derath Ellecon
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-12-10 18:24:23 UTC
Daria Meridian Carlile wrote:
Gaming God wrote:
I Am losing so much drones in a mission that i lose isk on it to do the mission.

Drones are being killed instantly there is no way to safe them .

It has not become more difficult but it has come less profitable and since we have a big inflation already in eve we cant use anymore of that **** .

CCP you fuckt up


Buddy, i fly a gila which uses nothing but drones as offense, i've lost 2 heavy drones, 1 light and 1 medium since the AI change.

"Gaming God" you ****** up.



Thank you for useless statistics. Without knowing the other details that tells us nothing (ie losing those drones after 20 hours of flying not horrible, losing them after 3 hours kinda crappy).

How many drones did you lose prior to the changes?
Gritz1
Ice Fire Warriors
#6 - 2012-12-10 18:37:56 UTC
Im sorry, did you try to HTFU?

Go build yourself a million tech 1 drones if you really care that much about losing them.
Cage Man
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Pandemic Horde
#7 - 2012-12-10 18:56:26 UTC
Perhaps people need to start looking at their fits with the changes. If you use turrets, you fit tracking computers and enhancers to improve performance, so it stands to reason if you using drones you should do the same.. fit some drone mods in the mids and train the skills properly like you do your gunnery and missile skills and life will be far easier. Changing the way you play also helps, ie don't send heavy drones 50KM away, many ships have a free high.. put shield RR to save your drones.

EVE is REAL.. Not easy Twisted
Craggus
Doomheim
#8 - 2012-12-10 19:44:46 UTC
CCP, my tear jar is filling up way to fast. Can you please make the capacity larger?
Zeko Rena
ENCOM Industries
#9 - 2012-12-10 20:04:11 UTC
I have only lost one drone so far, a Vespa II.

I have had one awesome scenario so far though, Duo of Death, with the two webbing Spider Drones, I engage the turrets, and launch my other remaning Vespa II and tell it to engage the Spider Drones.

At first it is doing damage but then I notice it is doing nothing, I check and the drone is still alive, then I notice its not really moving, why, because the Spider Drones have switched target to web the Vespa.

Success \o/
Rip Minner
ARMITAGE Logistics Salvage and Industries
#10 - 2012-12-10 23:42:49 UTC
Gaming God wrote:
I Am losing so much drones in a mission that i lose isk on it to do the mission.

Drones are being killed instantly there is no way to safe them .

It has not become more difficult but it has come less profitable and since we have a big inflation already in eve we cant use anymore of that **** .

CCP you fuckt up


I'v lost a few lights. 1 med and zero heavys/sentry. I'm even banging up the WC all the way though as well as the other High dps instant argo missions.

You just got to relearn the AI. I belive if you realy use the graymatter between your ears you can fig it out. The drones were the easyest of the bunch of changes to deal with.

Is it a rock point a lazer at it and profit. Is it a ship point a lazer at it and profit. I dont see any problems here.

Blastrodamus
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2012-12-10 23:52:55 UTC
drone navigation computer is your friend
Mund Richard
#12 - 2012-12-11 01:47:13 UTC
Blastrodamus wrote:
drone navigation computer is your friend

Now if only it made them immune to npc web/scram...

"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.

Blastrodamus
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-12-11 02:00:08 UTC
Mund Richard wrote:
Now if only it made them immune to npc web/scram...


how often does that happen? i've lost one drone due to that over the last 10 missions.
Miranda Ctan
Radex Solutions
#14 - 2012-12-13 16:11:17 UTC
I heard there is a skill that gives drones more HP.
Mund Richard
#15 - 2012-12-13 16:16:08 UTC
Miranda Ctan wrote:
I heard there is a skill that gives drones more HP.

That's nothing!
I've heard there are ships that give drones more HP!

Hmm.
Just lost 5 garde II-s.
Might as well go back and scoop them up.

"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.

Acrel
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2012-12-13 16:34:51 UTC
You've already made a topic about this. Would you like some cheese with your whine?
Anneliese Pollard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2012-12-13 17:24:58 UTC
Don't feed the troll. He is fat. His cholesterol is high (the bad kind), and he has Diabetes.

To lose that many drones after the agro patch seems far-fetched. You really need to try adapting and not doing the same thing over and over. If you lose drones, stop for a second, think about what you're doing, and do something different. There are maybe dozens of posts from mission runners that are doing things slightly differently to keep their drones alive.

If your post came in pre-agro patch, then I get it. But now... not so much.
SSgt Sniper
MAIDS
#18 - 2012-12-13 18:45:17 UTC  |  Edited by: SSgt Sniper
I can feel his pain personally. I pretty much have to carry twenty hobs anymore, and sentries.

And I'll only have about eight or ten hobs left over at the end.

it's a domi so I have the room, but it's damned annoying.

I've also gone to carrying nothing but tech I lights. Got tired of replacing the twos.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#19 - 2012-12-13 18:53:13 UTC
Gaming God wrote:
I Am losing so much drones in a mission that i lose isk on it to do the mission.

Drones are being killed instantly there is no way to safe them .

It has not become more difficult but it has come less profitable and since we have a big inflation already in eve we cant use anymore of that **** .

CCP you fuckt up


I Am loosing so much payshence on a forums that i lose sanity on the forums and rite my raje and say palabras malos at company that make game becuz i Am mad.
Anneliese Pollard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2012-12-13 18:57:30 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
I Am loosing so much payshence on a forums that i lose sanity on the forums and rite my raje and say palabras malos at company that make game becuz i Am mad.


Honestly, I had a hard time reading this...
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