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More noticeable drone damage alerts
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Karma Anstian
Chimera Research and Development
#1 - 2014-06-28 06:25:43 UTC
Can we get some more noticeable drone damage alert? The health bar is kind of puny and its hard to notice if your drones are taking any damage at all unless you're staring at their health the entire time.

Can we get an alert, maybe like we have for the watch list where the name pulses red. Though not exactly that probably since we already have the red "fighting" indicator right next to the name.
Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2014-06-28 06:33:57 UTC
+1

An indicator telling you which of your drones is under attack (not necessarily taking damage already) would be helpful in PvP and PvE.

I'm my own NPC alt.
Fer'isam K'ahn
SAS Veterinarians
#3 - 2014-06-28 08:28:31 UTC
I have been wondering about this myself for a while, always assumed that by dragging the window bigger I could extend the bars to show more detail, but it doesn't work.

The pulsing idea is great

+1
Komodo Askold
Strategic Exploration and Development Corp
Silent Company
#4 - 2014-06-28 08:57:35 UTC
+1 Yes, please. It feels very strange that such advanced drones can't even report they're under attack. They don't even report they're exploding. Also, since "turret missed shot" animations don't work for drones yet (they always seem to be hit), you end up eyes locked both on the little drone window and the drones themselves.

I like the blinking idea. Would be quite simple and probably effective (I imagine it similar to a "war target blink"). I'd also like to see, as a complement to that, damage reports for the drones themselves (incoming damage).