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A drone pilots wish list.
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fukier
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2013-01-26 17:12:41 UTC
the ability to use nanite repair paste on drones when they are in the drone bay

and small and medium sentry drones.
At the end of the game both the pawn and the Queen go in the same box.
Major Hawke
Dawn's LightP
#22 - 2013-01-27 09:39:20 UTC
Small/med/large sentries would make sense, caldari drones shooting missiles would make sense too, a bonus to drone effects and a sexy new domi to????
They re-skinned the megathron to make it look more up to date. Wonder if they are planning on overhauling the rest?
Re-posting for a bump and hoping devs check the forums on a sunday :P

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Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2013-01-27 10:00:26 UTC
I have a big drone wish list :-)
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Major Hawke
Dawn's LightP
#24 - 2013-01-27 19:51:57 UTC
Has anyone heard of drones undergoing an overhaul?

Omnathious Deninard wrote:
I have a big drone wish list :-)
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Thats one hell of a drone thread you made (link in your sig)

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Jacid
Corvix.
#25 - 2013-01-28 18:17:10 UTC
Merouk Baas wrote:
My wish list:

- each group of drones in the drone control window to have its own remappable key for launching
- overloaded keys for drone control - F9 launches, F9 again makes them attack, F9 again returns them to hangar
- mouse hover pop-up info about my current drone range
- mining drones, salvage drones to respond to the usual Engage Target drone command / keybind
- each salvage drone in a group of 5 to pick a different wreck if "Focus Fire" checkbox is unchecked

- currently, drone control window disappears briefly when drones are launched, and/or the groups are expanded/contracted randomly; fix this


Drones are a pain to manage in actual combat when the bloods pumping i agree with the F9 option. As it stands now in pvp flying a drone boat defiantly has its drawbacks and a new drone UI is in order.
Mike Voidstar
Voidstar Free Flight Foundation
#26 - 2013-01-28 20:50:43 UTC
Things that need done:

1. Do....*something*... with the overall UI on the silly things. My computer barely runs EVE as it is, and with the lag I get in the clouds that are now in every mission navigating all those right click menus for every little thing is getting really, really old.

2. Do... *something*... with their survivability. They are the only destructible weapon system. Surely there is some middle ground between 'easy as pie to pop' and 'lolz, immune' that the things could inhabit. T2 Resists, signature reduction, ACTIVE REPAIR, overall hp buff... something. The new AI is groovy and PVE has so much work that needs done to it... but Retribution made me finally buy a Kronos and I usually don't bother even popping drones out of it anymore.

3. They are the primary weapons system of a whole line of Gallente ships, a few Amarr ships, and of course the carriers of all races. Please support them as such with proper lines of implants, boosters, modules and faction varients of the drones themselves. Missles, Turrets, even most Ewar and stuff like smartbombs have a whole range of meta levels from crap through amazing officer mods available. Some movement has been made on this front as well, but much more needs done. As a side note, I understand why the drone damage amplifier was made a low slot module, but could it not have followed the other drone mods and been Mid Slot? An overview and overhaul of existing drone mods with an eye toward consistancy is overdue.
Luc Chastot
#27 - 2013-01-29 19:09:05 UTC
- Drone attack groups no longer use specific drones, but drone types instead. Launch an attack group of, say, 3 hobs and 2 hammers and the system will choose which ones to use from the many the ship has in the bay.
- UI improvements. Just give us what you showed at fanfest.
- AI improvements. Make drones intelligent, or at least less dumb.
- Stats rebalance. Consider everything that's available now for drone users.
- Graphics improvements. We need new models and textures that are more "authentic" (guns no longer shooting perpendicularly).
- Behaviour algorithms. Let me program my drones, let me tell them to only attack player frigates that are aggressing me at a distance of 10km or less (and other stuff).

Give me this and I will give my first-born to CCP.

Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Major Hawke
Dawn's LightP
#28 - 2013-01-29 21:44:49 UTC
Luc Chastot wrote:
- Drone attack groups no longer use specific drones, but drone types instead. Launch an attack group of, say, 3 hobs and 2 hammers and the system will choose which ones to use from the many the ship has in the bay.
- UI improvements. Just give us what you showed at fanfest.
- AI improvements. Make drones intelligent, or at least less dumb.
- Stats rebalance. Consider everything that's available now for drone users.
- Graphics improvements. We need new models and textures that are more "authentic" (guns no longer shooting perpendicularly).
- Behaviour algorithms. Let me program my drones, let me tell them to only attack player frigates that are aggressing me at a distance of 10km or less (and other stuff).

Give me this and I will give my first-born to CCP.


This. Modular drones???? Programmable settings would be awesome. They are combat rones in space after all> Surely they have advanced enough ai that we pod pilots can set them more parameters other than "aggressive" or "passive".

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Goldensaver
Maraque Enterprises
Just let it happen
#29 - 2013-01-29 23:15:27 UTC
You want them to change the space shoe? Blasphemy!

http://stuffpoint.com/eve-online/image/36732-eve-online-the-shoe.jpg
Major Hawke
Dawn's LightP
#30 - 2013-01-30 01:34:48 UTC
Goldensaver wrote:
You want them to change the space shoe? Blasphemy!

http://stuffpoint.com/eve-online/image/36732-eve-online-the-shoe.jpg



yes...yes i do :P
But also drones sorely need a major overhaul.

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Curarae
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2013-01-30 05:36:12 UTC
I'd like a captured rogue drone ship. I figure we have the captured pirate faction ships, why not the rogue drone ones?

The new aggro in missions. The aggro shift should be gradual like it would be in real life. As it is now, it functions as if one intelligence is controlling the entire fleet and they all shift targets at once firing on the exact same target in unison. In real life, a commander would give a command to his fleet and then they would each respond as they are able to react. This would also mean some may target differect targets or not at all. Otherwise, we should have the ability to fit each drone with modules similar to our own ships so they have a fighting chance against a entire fleets alpha strike.

I do like the idea of the different color flasheys to indicate a drone being targeted and the drone module to deploy drones as a weapons module.
Luc Chastot
#32 - 2013-01-31 08:21:30 UTC
One thing I forgot to add to the list:

- Skill hardwirings for drone skills.

Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Seranova Farreach
Biomass Negative
#33 - 2013-01-31 10:05:43 UTC
id love to see a different kind of "sentry drone" that when deployed stay with your ship (effectivly acting like turrets) possably gravity tethered or something.. OR let us use tractors on our sentrys so we can drag em around :P downside is extra energy use from 5x tractors.

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Freighdee Katt
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#34 - 2013-01-31 10:29:41 UTC
(1) Drones do not auto-attack anything unless I target it and press 'F'. And once they start shooting something, they keep shooting that same thing until it dies or I tell them not to.

(2) NPCs do not shoot drones. Full stop.

EvE is supposed to suck.  Wait . . . what was the question?
Luc Chastot
#35 - 2013-01-31 17:21:50 UTC
Freighdee Katt wrote:
(1) Drones do not auto-attack anything unless I target it and press 'F'. And once they start shooting something, they keep shooting that same thing until it dies or I tell them not to.

(2) NPCs do not shoot drones. Full stop.


1. It's called "Passive" mode, right there in your drone interface. Drones always shoot stuff until it dies or you tell them to stop.

2. I was thinking of something witty to say, but honestly, not worth my time. EVE is not for you, go play something else.

Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Morrigan LeSante
Perkone
Caldari State
#36 - 2013-01-31 18:49:10 UTC
Stop their MWD sig bloom.

Different sized sentries is a fabulous idea - or some other mechanism to eliminate travel time/vulnerability


This might not be popular but it would be nice if (since there are hosts of other weaknesses) that the drones had selectible damage a-la missiles, without gimping their overall damage. For instance I can't think of any real reason to use an Acolyte over a Hobgoblin, for example.
Asuka Solo
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#37 - 2013-01-31 18:57:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Asuka Solo
my drone-wishlist:

t2 carriers, t2 fighters (e-war fighters, interceptors, heavy fighters), t2 bombers

Eve is about Capital ships, WiS, Boobs, PI and Isk!
Epsilon Bathana
EPS Kings
#38 - 2013-02-01 18:03:25 UTC
From other thread


  1. Setting to change drone lauch order. As it is now (by displayed order??) or damage (%) on drone(no/low damaged first). Reduces launching of damaged, near death drones
  2. Indicators in Drones windows next to each launched drone (righthand side) if they are targeted (yellow), locked upon(red), webbed..
  3. Buttons in Drone window before each launched drone (left handside) for performing operations. At least recall to bay
  4. T2 drones proper T2 resist to better withstand current NPC onslaught on drones
  5. Drones not reducing speed when there are enemies around to reduce being damaged. Especially when idling between targets and for scout drones
  6. Display of HP for Drones in Bay (less important if first one has been done)

Major Hawke
Dawn's LightP
#39 - 2013-02-01 20:26:15 UTC
T2 resists.... can't believe i missed that one. T2 drones definitely should have t2 resists.
Are you listening ccp! *shakes fist*

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Hammer Borne
Doomheim
#40 - 2013-02-01 20:31:41 UTC
I think if my space shoe looked the same, but my drones looked like flying laser turrets of laser spewing death, I would be OK.

But my turrets look like fragile kite frames and I sit in a big Shoe.

Send us some love (and yes to many of the GUI requests)!
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