Hmmmm... I don't see how anyone can say drones are useless.
Is it against humans they are useless? Because against the AI they can be exceptionally effective in many ways... if you are willing to manage the problem of ordering them around in large bunches.
This isn't the only thread around here that has mentioned "drones are useless", but I don't get it... take on a telekenetic race with subverters and telekentics on massive mounts on weap plats and you'll kiss your drones all night and build them by the hundreds, delivered in cloaked dread carriers scores at a time.
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