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NPCs with drones
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Sedstr
#1 - 2013-01-30 11:27:35 UTC
Why no mission/site NPC with drones like we have?

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Perdurabo
#2 - 2013-01-30 11:33:34 UTC
First thing that pops to mind is all the drones that would be abandoned by the downed npc's, that owned the drones.
They could be scooped by the victor.
Is it a rewards, imbalance,
For a drone can be sold for isk on the market.

Could just make the drones turn into...
Twisted Hull Breachers, Twisted with friggin laserbeams! and Flamethrowers. Twisted
Latch onto the pc ship and just start drilling the hull away.
Twisted UNTIL THEY POD U!! :D Twisted

At this point Perdvrabo you may have to click: State_of_the_Union_-_Five_Minutes_to_Midnight... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO6Exvsr2ps Die_Krupps_-_Nazis_Auf_Speed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1MUK7rcGZI Mental_Discipline_-_Butterfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5VaYOw0hSw
Hakan MacTrew
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-01-30 12:27:01 UTC
Perdurabo wrote:
First thing that pops to mind is all the drones that would be abandoned by the downed npc's, that owned the drones.
They could be scooped by the victor.
Is it a rewards, imbalance,
For a drone can be sold for isk on the market.

Could just make the drones turn into...
Twisted Hull Breachers, Twisted with friggin laserbeams! and Flamethrowers. Twisted
Latch onto the pc ship and just start drilling the hull away.
Twisted UNTIL THEY POD U!! :D Twisted

Have you been watching the Matrix Trilogy recently?

Anyway, loot isn't an issue. You could tweek drop rates to accomodate. What is an issue is the sheer number of objects that would end up creating lag on the server. Say you entered a room with 15 BS and each BS had 5 drones, plus another 10 cruisers with 3 drones each and about 10 frigates...
What was 35 objects becomes 140, that's a 300% increase!

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Ruareve
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-01-30 16:38:22 UTC
There are a few missions with NPCs similar to drones. The spider ships are drones and the turrets are sentry drones.

I think if adjustments were going to be made to NPCs there are better ways to spend the coding time than add in drones. Smarter AI, random triggers, missions that add some challenge and have a decent storyline to make the end goal somewhat interesting.

Besides, drones would need smartbombs and that is a bad idea in high-sec.

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Jonas Sukarala
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-01-30 18:04:15 UTC
i always thought that why does guristas specialize in drones but never use them against you?...

'Tech3 ships need to be put down, like a rabid dog drooling everywhere in the house, they are out of line' CCP Ytterbium Nerf missile range into place where is the TD missile change?  ..projectiles should use capacitor. ABC's should be T2 HABC and nerf web strength its still too high