[UI] DRONE DAMAGE

So losing alll your drones when they reach 100% is not of a logical thing at all , many people forget to repair them and people dont trust the drone repair cpu enough add to that that there is a priority to other cpus , specially if your drones are upgraded ! like if we are still in the days before upgrades were implemented i wouldnt be posting this, but losing your apis or zeus or a drone thats leveled up is not a logical thing, it is literally taking our money.

So like any other online game you can keep the damage if you don't want to remove it.

Of the the follow things should happen :

1-Either remove drone damage completely

OR

2-The higher drone damage you have the lower efficiency your drones give(less damage bonus and shields bonus etc)

Hope this gets taken into consideration i have many friends who lost drone and some are level 16 , so no need for this unfairness

Thank you

 

drone damage should be removed.

 

When you play, one of the first things you should do each day is see where you are in drone damage. You are right in that it sucks, but that is also one of the things that keeps players in check. There are weaknesses for all. No matter how strong you are, you have to take time to heal from time to time.

 

You can heal them without the need to lose them at 100% damage, as i said for example less efficiency

Also at least add that there should be a notification to know!

 

At most they can open a window at death or something to show the dmg your drones have recently taken, other than that, you'e at fault if you can't remember to check drones.

 

Specially with the new aliens very strong and the mindfire too , you have a high chance to get killed several times in BL maps and get much drone damage !

 

Do you not repair your car when it gets damaged? Do you not repair your pc when it gets errors?

Do you not repair your ship/pet when damaged? I don't see why your drones should be different. This game used to be better, but please don't make it easier to fly than it already is. maybe next you will want no ammo consumption?

 

Hi All,

Loyalty Above All is right. I have lost drones until I found the CPU. I know it works because the numbers usage (for save you drone) has dropped. I make sure it is there (on all config) and my drones are less than 25% damage. I know it sucks losing a level for the drone, but it is better than losing it completely.

Just be glad you didn't lose the equipment too.

Angus

 

yes if u can't take the few mins to check ur drones then i am sorry to say but it's ur own fault if u lose them i use the drone repair chip but i also repair my drones at around 50% i only use the drone chip as a backup in case we r in battle and i don't have time to check because i am needed in the fight. i usually fly the hammerclaw so i am the group healer.

 

Wait . . . if drone damage is removed, how am I supposed to pop the drones of the bots?

 

not possible since u cannot pop the same player many times

so why would we think of the botters instead of thinking of ourselves as loyal old players ?

I say yes to removing drone dmg or to making it less efficient with higher dmg as i said, for example when at 50% you lose 10% efficiency and at 100% you lose 20% , which causes a bit less dmg and shields etc which will force all ppl to repair, but no need to lose drones

 

I mean, if several people focus the bots their drones can pop, but the repair cpu saves them anyways. And just learn to repair your drones or lose them, so tired of scrubs crying that an easy game is too hard for them, git gud.

 

I feel like we should remove drone damage as well. What is the purpose of it? To fight bot users? Really? As Dream Demon stated there is always the repair CPU and even if it wasn't it takes way to long to destroy drones anyway. Furthermore from my point of view bots are much more likely to repair their drones in time compared to regular players while new players are more likely to lose their drones and at that stage are also more likely to quit.

Lastly I seriously doubt repairing your drones in time has anything to do with 'skill'. It is human nature to forget things, users should not be punished this hard for doing so.

 

I strongly agree

 

I think removing the drone damage completely is kinda too easy , but lets look at cargo , you loose only some % of your cargo. So how about doing the same with drones but with little new mechanic , all your drones would pop but if you managed to get back to the spot you died in some limited time , you would be able to collect the "scrap" from your lost drones and get some % of them back. Just a little thought i had while reading this suggestion.

 

The point of drone damage is to bring a more realistic point to the game. In a battle those drones are still flying about, they would take damage logically speaking. That's my thought on it though. The drones are fine as is, I lost 1 single drone my whole life, it was a Flax, and I just didn't care, I got an Iris right after lol. This was obviously back in the day, year 1.

 

correct me if i'm wrong but isn't there a kill count that you can lose your drones on. something like 60 kills for flax, 80 for iris and 100 for apis and zues. sorry to but in....

 

No, that has never existed, you take dmg, repair them, and lvl them back up, repeat.

 

HI All,

Here is a thought. We have Repair Bots that repair the ship after damage. Why can't it also repair the drones as well. They are part of the ship.

Or here is another thought: Like P.E.T. there is a damage bar could there be a drone bar or a warning light when a drone is in danger? It would flash its number in red. Or have the drones listed in order of 1-8. the number would be light up like: Green ok, yellow trouble, red danger. You could have an Icon like the P.E.T. has. It could be called up to be checked or be active like I do for my P.E.T..

Angus

 

Pet has an HP bar, totally different, I think you're missing the point of a repair bot and an HP bar compared to overall damage taken OVER TIME, the way drones are, is not a problem.