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Two buttons that would make EVE mucuh better!

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Ocrot
Silverstar Corp
#1 - 2013-05-11 09:23:18 UTC
-Autopilot button inside the station. You press it and the Autopilot undocks and flies to your target

-Drones Attack button. Why on earth is this not implemented yet. I hate attacking with drones! Give us justa a small button that we click and our drones attack. Just like freaking every other mmo has with pets.



Should be work for just a couple of hours and makes the game alot better. Just do it. Thanks!
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#2 - 2013-05-11 09:42:57 UTC
There is a drones attack button. I'm not sure what it's called, but I have a hotkey for setting my drones on a target.

Oh god.
Goldiiee
Bureau of Astronomical Anomalies
#3 - 2013-05-11 09:45:37 UTC
Next time you want drones to shoot at something hit ' f '

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Herr Esiq
Viziam
#4 - 2013-05-11 09:47:55 UTC
Riot Girl wrote:
There is a drones attack button. I'm not sure what it's called, but I have a hotkey for setting my drones on a target.

There is no denying that a obvious improvement on the current drone mechanics is a obvious improvement. Even launching the correct drones is a clusterfuck if you think about how a UI could work.

The fact that we worked around that clusterfuck for years and managed to get by, doesnt mean its good and there's no room for improvement.

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Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#5 - 2013-05-11 09:50:39 UTC
What are you talking about?

Oh god.
Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
#6 - 2013-05-11 10:02:08 UTC
I agree both of these are major obstacles for proper AFK macro'ing.

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Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#7 - 2013-05-11 10:19:34 UTC
Came expecting a Logout to Character Screen button, was disappointed.

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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#8 - 2013-05-11 10:22:42 UTC
Being able to drop a drone group on a module hotkey for launch and recall would be an improvement.

Then again, the whole drone UI could use a re-imagining.

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Corey Fumimasa
CFM Salvage
#9 - 2013-05-11 10:28:54 UTC
I wear a button that says "strong like ox, smart like cart." sometimes.

I have one that says "Kiss me I'm Irish" that I don't wear, I just have it.

I think I'm going to make one that says "Kick me, I'm on autopilot" to hand out at fanfest someday.

I guess those are the only 3 I can think of offhand.
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Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2013-05-11 10:29:43 UTC
Assign drones keybind

hello
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-05-11 10:33:42 UTC  |  Edited by: J'Poll
Riot Girl wrote:
There is a drones attack button. I'm not sure what it's called, but I have a hotkey for setting my drones on a target.


F


But heh, obviously going to the esc. to see that it has keybinds is too much effort for the OP..

Like hitting the undock button and then autopilot is also too much work.

OP is just lazy.

p.s. didn't anybody tell you that Autopilot is slow and dangerous

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YuuKnow
The Scope
#12 - 2013-05-11 10:49:56 UTC
I think the OP means assigning a icon on the UI for drones... which makes sense actually.

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Arcelian
0nus
#13 - 2013-05-11 11:06:12 UTC
I don't think the autopilot idea is really...good. At all.

However the drone button could work, but with the way drones are implemented at the moment, I don't think it would be much of an improvement. If you had a button it would really only be useful if you only had one type of drone, otherwise to change drones you would have to right click and then select them like ammunition, based on their grouping.
Rayzilla Zaraki
Yin Jian Enterprises
#14 - 2013-05-11 12:58:55 UTC
Undocking and going on autopilot Is two clicks, they're even both on the lower half of the screen. How is reducing that to one click by adding another button an improvement? Not seeing it.

"Drones attack", however, has some merit, at least. Many is the time I have right clicked and thought I hit "engage target" only to find out a minute later all I did was collapse the group.

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Ocrot
Silverstar Corp
#15 - 2013-05-11 13:08:01 UTC
You know why i wish there was this Station Autopilot? Because sometimes undocking lasts ages and waiting for that is crap... This small button would make unimportant hauling much more fun.
Rayzilla Zaraki
Yin Jian Enterprises
#16 - 2013-05-11 13:16:31 UTC
Ocrot wrote:
You know why i wish there was this Station Autopilot? Because sometimes undocking lasts ages and waiting for that is crap... This small button would make unimportant hauling much more fun.


You'd be better off asking for a "Dispense beer" button if your goal is to make "unimportant hauling" fun. Its the only way.

Sorry, but Station Autopilot just smacks of "I'm too lazy to click two buttons".

Gate campers are just Carebears with anger issues.
Fillingkillboards
State War Academy
Caldari State
#17 - 2013-05-11 13:36:12 UTC
Ocrot wrote:
You know why i wish there was this Station Autopilot? Because sometimes undocking lasts ages and waiting for that is crap... This small button would make unimportant hauling much more fun.


You can actually activate the autopilot from inside the station by clicking the capital A left of Route, select "activate autopilot" and then just undock.
lanyaie
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#18 - 2013-05-11 13:41:47 UTC
F is your button regarding drones


how ever...for autopilot no thanks I'd probably screw up badly in some way before I go afk and end up somewhere bad

Spaceprincess

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I Love Boobies
All Hail Boobies
#19 - 2013-05-11 14:10:35 UTC
I would like a button that would allow only me to become indestructible that also allows me to one shot titans with a rookie ship, but I doubt that'll ever happen. Sad
DSpite Culhach
#20 - 2013-05-11 14:46:21 UTC
Abrazzar wrote:
Being able to drop a drone group on a module hotkey for launch and recall would be an improvement.

Then again, the whole drone UI could use a re-imagining.


I think the reason not to have drone launch groups is because the groups are dynamic and code would have to be made to attach a hotkey to groups that may not exist and whatnot.

Recall drones is easily done on extra mouse keys (most mice have extra ones this days) and you can recall that way much faster then hitting a key on a keyboard really.

I apparently have no idea what I'm doing.
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