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Drone Suggestions

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Coyote Laughing
#1 - 2013-05-29 08:56:56 UTC
1) Allow people to name their "pet" drones - this is also important when you have drones doing different tasks and can't tell which one is attacking/mining/salvaging which targets. At least let people TAG their drones with letters, or have a unique ID number.

2) Let people assign drone to more than one group, so they can easily switch between combinations of drones.

3) Assign a launch priority within drone groups, so when drones from another group returns, the next drone launches without being told.

4) Set conditions for drone to return, such as how much ASH (armour/shield/hull) they have left, or being aggressed.

5) Allow people to specify fleet drone behaviour, such as spreading out to patrolling at the edge of control range, or to protect/logi certain fleet ships in order.

6) Let drones and the ship scanner have a certain ammount of "probe strength" in addition to the probes from launchers, letting them help triangulate on targets using their onboard sensor strength (even it weak, it helps)

l8r \o/

monkfish2345
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-05-29 09:08:37 UTC
most if not all of this will be done when the drone overhaul comes about, however it is a large piece of work, and CCP have given no indication that it is at the top of their to do list yet, so don't hold your breath
Coyote Laughing
#3 - 2013-05-29 09:09:38 UTC
I won't hold my breath then.

Oh, being able to tell logi drones to chain to each other and/or combat drones would be nice, too.

l8r \o/