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Did something change with drones?
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MicDeath Titan
No Mans Corp
#1 - 2014-12-17 22:38:40 UTC  |  Edited by: MicDeath Titan
I took a break, and before I took this break I was able to see optimal range and tracking speed changes. Now I am unable to see the updated numbers. with or with out the omnidirectional on, and scripted for either. Is this a recent issue or am I missing something?

I should note i look for the numbers via fitting window's drone tab.

EDIT:
MicDeath Titan wrote:
http://www.twitch.tv/micdeath/c/5703533

here is a recording of what I am talking about. It also includes all the tips given in this thread.
Rawketsled
Generic Corp Name
#2 - 2014-12-17 22:42:14 UTC
I think you need to look at the drone while it is in space.

Buffs to drones aren't applied in bays.
Eldwinn
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-12-17 22:42:50 UTC
There has been quite a lot of changes on drones. You can find the updated stats from,

http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Drones_101
MicDeath Titan
No Mans Corp
#4 - 2014-12-17 22:45:51 UTC
Rawketsled wrote:
I think you need to look at the drone while it is in space.

Buffs to drones aren't applied in bays.

I tried that, it only shows base stats.
Rawketsled
Generic Corp Name
#5 - 2014-12-17 23:02:09 UTC
Well, I've got nothing, sorry.
Violet Hurst
Fedaya Recon
#6 - 2014-12-17 23:32:14 UTC
I don't know if that helps, but for me bonuses to drones from skills are actually not shown when they're in space. When they're inside the bay i can use "show info" from the drone bay, inventory or drone window and my skills are factored in. Once they are launched and i use "show info" from the overview or drone window, the stats of vanilla drones are displayed.

Tested with warriors and mining drones.
Firestorm Delta
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#7 - 2014-12-17 23:33:29 UTC
Open your drone bay while you are in space. Don't launch them or anything, just open it, right click, and show info. There are your magical bonused numbers.

On a side note, now you can see drone hp bars even when they are still in your bay.
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2014-12-18 00:30:35 UTC
Firestorm Delta wrote:
Open your drone bay while you are in space. Don't launch them or anything, just open it, right click, and show info. There are your magical bonused numbers.

On a side note, now you can see drone hp bars even when they are still in your bay.


yeah useful change.

In the past you had to reassign damaged drones to a "damaged" group before recalling them or risk accidentally redeploying them. This is much simpler.
MicDeath Titan
No Mans Corp
#9 - 2014-12-18 00:49:16 UTC
http://www.twitch.tv/micdeath/c/5703533

here is a recording of what I am talking about. It also includes all the tips given in this thread.
Artassaut
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2014-12-18 01:03:25 UTC
Modules that require activation to change drone stats are not factored into their showinfo no matter what you do.

Put on an Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer and view your bayed drones in space and you'll see that, because it's passive, it will show modifications on the showinfo panel.
MicDeath Titan
No Mans Corp
#11 - 2014-12-18 01:23:55 UTC
Artassaut wrote:
Modules that require activation to change drone stats are not factored into their showinfo no matter what you do.

Put on an Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer and view your bayed drones in space and you'll see that, because it's passive, it will show modifications on the showinfo panel.

Yep, that was the problem. Now question is, why would CCP do that? It goes against every other related design choices.
Sisohiv
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2014-12-18 07:19:30 UTC
When you lose or kill drones you get a kill mail for them in your character sheet but it's a really, really small link down in the bottom right. Just keep hovering your mouse, eventually you will find it.
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#13 - 2014-12-18 07:46:55 UTC
Hasikan Miallok wrote:
Firestorm Delta wrote:
Open your drone bay while you are in space. Don't launch them or anything, just open it, right click, and show info. There are your magical bonused numbers.

On a side note, now you can see drone hp bars even when they are still in your bay.


yeah useful change.

In the past you had to reassign damaged drones to a "damaged" group before recalling them or risk accidentally redeploying them. This is much simpler.



Now, if only we could slather those drones in nanite paste to repair them.....


(we can dream)

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Primary This Rifter
Mutual Fund of the Something
#14 - 2014-12-18 08:11:22 UTC
MicDeath Titan wrote:
Artassaut wrote:
Modules that require activation to change drone stats are not factored into their showinfo no matter what you do.

Put on an Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer and view your bayed drones in space and you'll see that, because it's passive, it will show modifications on the showinfo panel.

Yep, that was the problem. Now question is, why would CCP do that? It goes against every other related design choices.

They didn't do it intentionally.

They broke it and never fixed it.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#15 - 2014-12-18 08:56:49 UTC
Notorious Fellon
#16 - 2014-12-19 15:48:20 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
Hasikan Miallok wrote:
Firestorm Delta wrote:
Open your drone bay while you are in space. Don't launch them or anything, just open it, right click, and show info. There are your magical bonused numbers.

On a side note, now you can see drone hp bars even when they are still in your bay.


yeah useful change.

In the past you had to reassign damaged drones to a "damaged" group before recalling them or risk accidentally redeploying them. This is much simpler.



Now, if only we could slather those drones in nanite paste to repair them.....


(we can dream)



Is this a new form of drone porn I have not yet seen?

Crime, it is not a "career", it is a lifestyle.
McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
#17 - 2014-12-19 19:50:09 UTC
What does MicDeath Titan mean? Is that like rage quitting comms after you lose your Avatar?

There are all our dominion

Gate camps: "Its like the lowsec watercooler, just with explosions and boose" - Ralph King-Griffin
Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#18 - 2014-12-19 20:29:11 UTC
Despite all of the tweaks, changes, and additions made to drones lately, sadly they are still an area of Eve in dire need of some missing little stuff; more reliable stats on drones to show the effects of skills, ship bonuses, mods, etc. rather than some update in bay/some out in space/some not at all is one of them. We can't even see what are control range is for Maker's sake. That's something else we need to guess or use Pyfa/EFT to check for. Drones are a "Swiss cheese" element in Eve with small, yet problematic areas, that have been that way for far too long to be any good.

The HP readouts in drone bay are a good example of what sort of things drones sorely need right now (so, CCP, you nailed it with that one)...way-of-life tweaks and fixes.

"Tomahawks?"

"----in' A, right?"

"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

"----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."
Mara Gus
Doomheim
#19 - 2014-12-19 21:49:38 UTC
he made more lagg for you now