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Drone repair paste*
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Mike Voidstar
Voidstar Free Flight Foundation
#21 - 2013-06-10 14:20:03 UTC
At the cost of drones, it does not need paste.

A lot of ideas for this have been floated over the years. Most commonly people just want to see health status of drones from the interface window. That way you could at least see which drones to pop out and repair when the action is over.

I am personally a fan of making it an inherent ability of the drone. Simply assume they have a micronized hull and armor rep built in. Modules to increase these base stats are welcome, though I'm perfectly fine with using remote rep modules to do the job.

If you are using drones as a little back up dps and frigate control then the 'passive' repair rate similar to shields would be appropriate. You could not immediately redeploy, but with a bit of time you would be good to go. If you are a dedicated drone user, drone boats can afford the slots for remote armor and hull repairers.

Being able to see damaged drones in the bay would be a huge help though.
Jim Lovell
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2013-06-11 19:38:08 UTC
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Maximus Andendare
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
#23 - 2013-06-11 20:22:52 UTC
Jim Lovell wrote:
I had an idea the other day whislt ratting , drones get damaged a lot during usage but you cannot repair them unless you dock or use remote armor /hull repair mods to repair them , why not introduce a drone repair paste like nanite repair paste for heat damaged modules , that can repair drones on the move in the drone bay , saving having to dock to repair them etc, you would need new skill mabey for it and new paste etc , this also would be very usefull for carrier and super carrier pilots having to repair fighters or fighter bombers Smile

Anyway that's just an idea I had :P
Honestly, true drone boats ought to have a role bonus whereby the drones heal themselves in the bay over time.

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Mole Guy
Bob's Bait and Tackle
#24 - 2013-06-12 14:19:47 UTC
no need for a new paste. that will just bog the data base down even more like the 50 different auto targeters and whatnot.
just allow us to use repair paste on drones.

or, put a small armor repper on your drones while in space. if yer running a golem, u have extra highs.

while using my rattlesnake, i have a small armor repper. while rats are shooting my drones, i lock em up and the battle over the drone commenses. they shoot, i rep, back and forth. at 100km, they dont do much damage so i can keep up. if they start getting the better of him, i pull him, stick him back out, lock and rep him while they shoot me.
Jim Lovell
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2013-06-16 08:41:22 UTC
yeah this is exactly what I was saying just make nanite repair paste usable on your drones whilst in the bay Smile
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