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A drone pilots wish list.
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Major Hawke
Dawn's LightP
#1 - 2013-01-25 23:58:03 UTC
A friend once told me that if i don't let my voice be heard, well then what's the point.
So here is my current wish list for ccp, as a drone humping gallente pilot.

Make my domi look shmexy! I mean, i love the details on it, but the actual shape.....ewwwww. Look at what they did to the scorpion, that is now one of my favourite looking ships when it used to be the worst. Arguably i could crosss train for missiles to fly the rattle, but im not so keen on that, i like my guns.

Ui improvements. But yet the drone ui is still the same old one we've had for years? I hope this is in the works with everything else being done to the interface, it would be a shame to overlook the drone ui.

new drone skins? with turrets that actually track their targets rather than just orbit around and magically shoot from the air around them? Missiles look awesome now... but my pretty drones are starting to look a bit neglected!

Also can i name my drones plz :P

I'l have hank, frank, spank and tank, gank, tom, ****, harry, and of course liv tyler, cos, well, i love liv tyler.

Well i hope someone reads this. BTW great job on the past few expansions, i like very much.

Wow.... a thread with no complaining.... so far.... :)

Drone update suggestions: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=197943
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#2 - 2013-01-26 00:00:10 UTC
I want grouped drones to use the same one AI determination so they will always shoot the same target at the same time and all return at the same moment when I tell them to.

Sovereignty and Population

New Mining Mechanics
Irya Boone
The Scope
#3 - 2013-01-26 00:13:02 UTC
My drone wishlist

Dominix looking more to the Nyx with a frontor back door for unleasch drones.
Want my caldari drones launching some missiles
And My SINNNNNNNNNN be a TECH2 drone boat too

My drone shooting/hit right after the unleash and progressively get the right damages while approching the target.

CCP it's time to remove Off Grid Boost and Put Them on Killmail too, add Logi on killmails .... Open that damn door !!

you shall all bow and pray BoB
Rengerel en Distel
#4 - 2013-01-26 00:16:54 UTC
Abrazzar wrote:
I want grouped drones to use the same one AI determination so they will always shoot the same target at the same time and all return at the same moment when I tell them to.


passive + engage target.
shift R

done!

With the increase in shiptoasting, the Report timer needs to be shortened.
Jame Jarl Retief
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-01-26 00:33:55 UTC
As a drone user, I only have 1 wish:

Everyone at CCP gets barred from using any ship EXCEPT drone boats for 30 days. That's all I ask.

Do that, and I guarantee you drone fixes will come piling up in no time flat. Blink
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#6 - 2013-01-26 00:54:11 UTC
Rengerel en Distel wrote:
Abrazzar wrote:
I want grouped drones to use the same one AI determination so they will always shoot the same target at the same time and all return at the same moment when I tell them to.


passive + engage target.
shift R

done!


Half of them responds immediately the other half a tick later. Same with the attack command. Sometimes, even on passive, a single drone switches target on its own while the others do as told. If they would share a mind, this would not happen anymore. And it would probably save processing time, similar to weapon grouping.

Sovereignty and Population

New Mining Mechanics
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#7 - 2013-01-26 01:26:34 UTC
Jame Jarl Retief wrote:
As a drone user, I only have 1 wish:

Everyone at CCP gets barred from using any ship EXCEPT drone boats for 30 days. That's all I ask.

Do that, and I guarantee you drone fixes will come piling up in no time flat. Blink

All the slowcat battles.

Triggered by: Wars of Sovless Agression, Bending the Knee, Twisting the Knife, Eating Sov Wheaties, Bombless Bombers, Fizzlesov, Interceptor Fleets, Running Away, GhostTime Vuln, Renters, Bombs, Bubbles ?
Merouk Baas
#8 - 2013-01-26 01:45:51 UTC
My wish list:

- each group of drones in the drone control window to have its own remappable key for launching
- overloaded keys for drone control - F9 launches, F9 again makes them attack, F9 again returns them to hangar
- mouse hover pop-up info about my current drone range
- mining drones, salvage drones to respond to the usual Engage Target drone command / keybind
- each salvage drone in a group of 5 to pick a different wreck if "Focus Fire" checkbox is unchecked

- currently, drone control window disappears briefly when drones are launched, and/or the groups are expanded/contracted randomly; fix this
Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#9 - 2013-01-26 01:46:27 UTC
My wish drone wish list:

Bring back last year.

http://youtu.be/t0q2F8NsYQ0
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#10 - 2013-01-26 02:19:15 UTC
Major Hawke wrote:
Arguably i could crosss train for missiles to fly the rattle, but im not so keen on that, i like my guns.

I don't use guns.

[Rattlesnake, Cheapskate]
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II

Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
EM Ward Amplifier II
Thermic Dissipation Amplifier II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
100MN Afterburner II

Drone Link Augmentor II
Drone Link Augmentor II
Auto Targeting System II
Large Remote Armor Repair System II
Large Shield Transporter II
Heavy Nosferatu II

Large Core Defense Field Purger II
Large Core Defense Field Purger II
Large Core Defense Field Purger II


Ogre II x5
Garde II x5
Warden II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Josef Djugashvilis
#11 - 2013-01-26 11:12:58 UTC
Jame Jarl Retief wrote:
As a drone user, I only have 1 wish:

Everyone at CCP gets barred from using any ship EXCEPT drone boats for 30 days. That's all I ask.

Do that, and I guarantee you drone fixes will come piling up in no time flat. Blink



Sounds like a good plan to me.

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Tauranon
Weeesearch
CAStabouts
#12 - 2013-01-26 11:18:26 UTC
See the damage status of drones in the dronebay. I like to bay the damage drone and keep fighting sometimes, and If I am cycling drones I need to know which one is which when the old drone goes into the bay.

Any unpacked drone has its own line anyway, its not like it needs more UI space for this.
Turelus
Utassi Security
#13 - 2013-01-26 11:39:38 UTC
I want "Focus Fire" to make them actually focus fire... Sad

Turelus CEO Utassi Security
Major Hawke
Dawn's LightP
#14 - 2013-01-26 11:44:48 UTC
Turelus wrote:
I want "Focus Fire" to make them actually focus fire... Sad


This lol. My drones where switching targets last night when i had focus fire checked.
Also, bonus to drone "effects" , for the ewar drones etc etc, rather than just damage and hitpoints.
Cos lets face it, who uses webby drones??

Everyone has made good points here, hopefully they are aware of these issues, i haven't taken the time to read the csm minutes.

Drone update suggestions: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=197943
Spurty
#15 - 2013-01-26 12:49:44 UTC
Well said, space potato should really look more like a spaceship than a potato.

Be cool if fc / wc could issue a command to return all drones.

Also, drone expander mod. Bump up your stock. This is an over looked missing module (low slot please).

There are good ships,

And wood ships,

And ships that sail the sea

But the best ships are Spaceships

Built by CCP
ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2013-01-26 12:58:47 UTC
Leave the dominix alone. If you dare touch my space potato there will be hell to pay.

Dodixie > Hek
Mariner6
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2013-01-26 13:35:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Mariner6
- Sentries that deploy when you launch them as they are now. But when recalled they can MWD back to your ship. They can't be used again until pulled into the drone bay and redeployed.

- EWAR/NEUT/WEB etc aspects of those particular drones all receive a corresponding bonus from drones boats. Ie web drones would get a boost to stasis effect etc. Because all EWAR drones right now, except ECM, are worthless.

- speed up heavies on all drone boats that can carry them. They are just too slow.

- balance all combat drones so that speed, tanks, etc are all the same per weight class. The only difference is then damage type. I know some would say this would vanilla the game but no one complains that all missiles of a specific type fly at the same speed, have the same explosion radius etc etc, only difference being damage type. This would give a few more options and see some of the other races drones used more often and in PvP.
Ottersmacker
Genos Occidere
HYDRA RELOADED
#18 - 2013-01-26 14:24:22 UTC
do something about dishonour drones (i.e make them self-destruct, like a chaff/flare)

give us reasons to use amarr drones other than delicious curators

bay/bandwidth rigs?

i just locked an open door.. strange, yet symbolically compelling.
crazy0146
The Federation of assorted candy
#19 - 2013-01-26 14:29:54 UTC
-Drone Implants

-Faction and deadspace drone mods
Kirila
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#20 - 2013-01-26 17:03:11 UTC
crazy0146 wrote:
-Drone Implants

-Faction and deadspace drone mods



faction drone mods are already coming
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