Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Does that go alongside Drones becoming indestructible then like guns and missiles are.....
Really, you are arguing just for the sake of trolling here, you haven't produced a single meaningful argument here, just the 'It's always been this way so drone pilots should continue to suffer' and trotted out old platitudes that you are misusing.
Well, goons will be goons, gotta fight somewhere you think you might win I guess.

Back on topic, it's a no brainer, no other basic weapon skill gains 100% damage per skill level, yet drones do, because you go from 1 drone to 5 drones. They specifically cut back on Drone interfacing adding 20% per level to only 10% per level because the bonus was too large per skill level. Basic drone operation is exactly the same issue, but 5 times larger in it's per level difference.
Sure, drones would probably lose 10% DPS and it would become a 2% per level DPS skill, just like gunnery & launcher operation are (So the same at V either way). Which would also solve the complaint that a day 1 tristian would put out a little too much DPS, the skill would still need training to maximise drones, but it wouldn't prohibit people actually using them. As for the utility, don't make me laugh. No rookie pilot is going to have all the utility drone or ewar drone options trained. You need to sink a LOT of SP in order to get that utility that people attribute to drones.

I'll even add that we could lower the required skills for light drones. Needing drones to level three before you can use anything but civilian drones is also annoying.