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The Cannibal Drone, an Idea to counter Drones and Fighters
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Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#21 - 2017-03-16 13:57:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Donnachadh
Yuki YokaiYasha wrote:
have stronger drones after that to use.

I can see the outcome of this now. Mass alts in high sec NPC corps free from the potential of a war dec feeding their cannibal drones an endless supply of T1 targets until they become strong enough to take on cap ships and survive. Nothing in this that could be game breaking is there.
Yuki YokaiYasha
Golden Goats
#22 - 2017-03-16 19:46:51 UTC
ok ok, I got the message
Whippy Whip
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#23 - 2017-03-16 21:34:09 UTC
they already exist, they are called..... get this.... you're never gonna believe it..... drones

and more specifically, superiority fighters
Gleb Koskov
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#24 - 2017-04-29 03:55:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Gleb Koskov
I like the idea of setting loose drones to kill other drones, it sounds almost like auto targeting missiles but drone version, the only concern would be strain on the server with AI calculations.
Kazaheid Zaknafein
Zaknafein Tactical Reconnaissance
#25 - 2017-04-30 13:33:51 UTC
Honesty I see no reason why these couldn't be a viable counter drone. The growing on kills is a bit much, but racial counter drones would be a nice touch. Having a varient of t2 drones that try to screen missiles drones and bombs would open up a lot of drone play for ships that would otherwise carry a bunch of jamming drones for shtf.

These new drones would have to be t2, and only able to interfere with drones missiles and bombs. Cool ways would be a plus, like the gallente ones basically be lampets and pulling the engaged drone off to the side ect
Alderson Point
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2017-05-01 16:34:58 UTC
360 wrote:
so the idea came to my mind quite a while ago already. When I read a hefty discussion in a EVE channel among some pilots yesterday it surfaced again and I fleshed it out a little. so here it is:

basic idea:

- a drone launched from the regular drone bay that if launched attacks other drones and fighters on its own. with each killed drone it grows its potential (i.e. gaining dps, speed and HPs). it does so non-targeted means it also eats friendly drones or even others of its sort. Its starts with the closest target.

- the cannibal drone can be killed just as any other drone and should be rather squishy in its early phase.

- If left unattended it starts killing off all drones on grid one after the other and gains strenght rapidly with each one killed thus speeding up the process.


I think this could be a cool way to have a weapon against the swarms of drones and fighters out there. In small and solo pvp but also in large and capital fights. I can be balanced well to not become too oppressive and is still counterable by killing the cannibal drones. Small gangs and Subcaps in general would have a way to deal with fighters and in capital brawls another level opens up to warfare.

Lorewise it could be a hybrid of technologies. A cannibal AI that feeds on the lesser drone AIs. Drones,BloodRaiders,Drifter, pretty sure its easy to create a cool background for this.

If the Drone has eaten all other drones on field or is left on a grid with no other drones it could either return automatically or even selfdestruct after a given time if it aint recalled by its pilot. after getting back into drone bay the cannibal drone would loose its buff and if relaunched start from being thin again.

Should help to naturally clear load on the server too in big fights :P

Different sizes could be a thing too with different stats or maybe a target selection according to its size:
small cannibal drones target light and medium sized drones.
medium cannibal drones target medium and large drones
large cannibal drones target large drones and fighters
fighter cannibals target fighters and heavy fighterbombers

dunno how hard its from a dev viewpoint to make this stuff, guessing the "growth" of the drone in damage speed and HP maybe a problem.

but growth could also be made visual wich would be pretty cool, watching your cannibal drones feed on the other drones and get meaner looking.


how do you guys feel about this idea? Is it BS, could it work, does EVE need this?



It is an imaginative idea that's for sure, but there are significant tactical skills employed in drone warfare, and this would tent to introduce a degree of luck, as to which drones get eaten, and no one wants to even engage in a fight where you lose everything based on blind luck.

I also believe sentinent drones are banned under the yulai convention.Lol

Nice idea overall, but a bit too much I think.
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