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Grarr Dexx
Now Look What You've Made Me Do
#1 - 2014-01-09 17:17:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Grarr Dexx
If drone assist with drones as a main weapon system is fine, where is my gun assist? Or better yet, why can't we use drone assist on neutrals in lowsec? Us pirates not valid enough of a playstyle to have access to all the content in this game?
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#2 - 2014-01-09 18:08:53 UTC  |  Edited by: ShahFluffers
Counter proposal: remove drone assist or make them follow the same rules/restrictions as fighters.

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ISD Ezwal
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ISD Alliance
#3 - 2014-01-09 23:27:00 UTC
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Toshiro Ozuwara
Perkone
#4 - 2014-02-06 21:33:24 UTC
I want gun assist and bomb assist as well. Then I can truly enjoy tidiOnline by playing DotA or watching a movie during the epic moments in this game.

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Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#5 - 2014-02-06 22:38:06 UTC
Grarr Dexx wrote:
If drone assist with drones as a main weapon system is fine, where is my gun assist? Or better yet, why can't we use drone assist on neutrals in lowsec? Us pirates not valid enough of a playstyle to have access to all the content in this game?


Drones have some advantages and disadvantage guns, and they are purposely different animals. It makes good game play.


What makes poor game play often happen when mechanics that scale poorly (or too well).

RR scales too well, allowing any fleet member to tank the dps of an entire fleet. In most cases, there is a limit where the incoming alpha is greater than the buffer of a ship, but not necessarily true for capitals and supercapitals.

Drone Assist scales too well, allowing one fleet member to control the dps of 1000 drones. I personally would have preferred a different solution than limiting drone assist to 50 drones. I would have advocated drones jammed by ecm bursts and lockbreaker bombs nullify the drone assist command so drones return to their owners control, but the 50 drone limit is a more pragmatic and workable solution.

Grarr Dexx
Now Look What You've Made Me Do
#6 - 2014-02-06 23:53:20 UTC
Toshiro Ozuwara wrote:
I want gun assist and bomb assist as well. Then I can truly enjoy tidiOnline by playing DotA or watching a movie during the epic moments in this game.


Nobody's forcing you to play in TiDi. Plenty of us get around fine by avoiding these multi-thousand idiot meatpiles.
Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries
VOID Intergalactic Forces
#7 - 2014-02-07 23:50:13 UTC
yeah gun assist than a instalocking interceptor can command every cap ship gun in a fleet on 1 target for insta blaps Twisted

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seth Hendar
I love you miners
#8 - 2014-02-12 09:19:42 UTC
Grarr Dexx wrote:
If drone assist with drones as a main weapon system is fine, where is my gun assist? Or better yet, why can't we use drone assist on neutrals in lowsec? Us pirates not valid enough of a playstyle to have access to all the content in this game?

when was the last time your gun was destroyed by an ennemi, reducing your dps?
ElextriX
The Forge Buccaneers
#9 - 2014-02-13 02:11:28 UTC
Grarr Dexx wrote:
Us pirates not valid enough of a playstyle to have access to all the content in this game?


How could you possibly think such a thing? Twisted

I'm pretty jealous that nullseccers can watch a movie while their fc fights their battles while we low sec scrubs have to actually manually shoot stuff.
Sean Parisi
Blackrise Vanguard
#10 - 2014-02-21 16:13:33 UTC
No
Luwc
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2014-02-25 13:21:52 UTC
Grarr Dexx wrote:
If drone assist with drones as a main weapon system is fine, where is my gun assist? Or better yet, why can't we use drone assist on neutrals in lowsec? Us pirates not valid enough of a playstyle to have access to all the content in this game?


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Thirtythousand
#12 - 2014-02-25 14:54:17 UTC
Either allow turrets/missiles the assist options or remove them from drones. Make people play the game....

But in all seriousness, remove drone assist completely and Adhere to the same rules as turrets/missiles.

Fighters and fighter bombers should be the only assistance able ships as they follow different rules (e.g. Are piloted manned fighters)

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