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When you have various (>5) drones in drone bay how does the game decide which ones launch?
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God's Apples
Wilderness
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
#21 - 2012-03-22 23:27:16 UTC
Ines Tegator wrote:
You'd think it would be smart enough to at least pick all the same type or something. If I'm carrying 3 flights of sentries and hobs for a Domi mission boat, I'll end up with 2 wardens, a Curator, and 2 hobs or something phenomally stupid. What use could a mixture like that possibly have...

I learned to group my drones long ago.


My domi has 400m3 of drone space as well.

"Hydra Reloaded are just jealous / butthurt on me / us because we can get tons of PVP action in empire while they aren't good enough to get that." - NightmareX
Flurk Hellbron
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#22 - 2012-03-22 23:39:07 UTC
Drones? Really..........................? Use Mining drones.............. them are always the best
Liam Mirren
#23 - 2012-03-23 02:55:05 UTC
Fleet Warpsujarento wrote:
Using groups means extra clicks. Extra clicks take extra time. Extra time means dead ships.


Yes, it's very difficult to rclick drones and launch hoping the correct ones are used, rather than rclicking a group called "Thermal Light"...

Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
Anya Ohaya
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#24 - 2012-03-23 11:05:30 UTC
I just wish you could see damaged drones in the drone bay.
Lost Greybeard
Drunken Yordles
#25 - 2012-03-24 10:43:41 UTC
Jame Jarl Retief wrote:
Starlight Kouvo wrote:
You do know you can create groups in the drone window and give launch orders to a named group rather than the random selection in the Drone Bay Roll


This. Just create groups.

I just went with Overlord names - Browns, Reds, Greens, Blues, ALL!


Maybe if you have a really short overview, I usually fully label things, like "medium (thermal) - advanced" and "heavy (kinetic) - normal". Mainly because drones actually retain their group affiliation and I use them differently in different ships.

(I only carry small drones for PvP, I find they can be safely ignored in missions and carrying multiple damage types to speed the grind is preferable.)
lanyaie
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#26 - 2012-03-24 11:14:39 UTC
Simple, If you don't use drones you're fine I'm so L33T I use mining drones in pvp

They are VERY effective against minmatar ships

Spaceprincess

People who put passwords on char bazaar Eveboards are the worst.
Katalci
Kismesis
#27 - 2012-03-25 19:12:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Katalci
Use groups. It's exactly zero extra clicks if you keep them visible.

Instead of DRONES:

Have it be
DRONES:
ECM (S)
ECM (M)
Warrior IIs
Hobgoblin IIs
Einherjis
Tyrfings
etc.
Nnam Pir
Nnam Fleet
#28 - 2012-03-25 20:19:38 UTC
I use groups for my Drones, and I've never (ever) had the drone window disappear in space. Groups definitely make it easier, and there really aren't more clicks. you can R-click the group itself to launch Drones, and use keyboard shortcuts after that.
Celestra Doxaila
MinTek Tactical Division
#29 - 2012-03-28 20:36:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Celestra Doxaila
It launches the one with the most damage first. :)

Actually this might be true, by side effect, if I have 10 identical drones in the bay and launch, it will launch the same five as it launched last time. (you can tell because the other 5 drones will still be stacked, and the first 5 it launches are listed individually). So the drones that were already in combat once might well have been damaged.

/Gallente first world problems/ :)
Barbelo Valentinian
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#30 - 2012-03-29 01:22:20 UTC
'twould be nice to be able to assign a key to launch a group - e.g. a numpad key
Alexa Coates
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2012-03-29 01:44:39 UTC
I thought it always attempted to get an even mix of the types.

That's a Templar, an Amarr fighter used by carriers.
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